Interface to the Routing System (I2RS) Ephemeral State Requirements
RFC 8242
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) J. Haas
Request for Comments: 8242 Juniper
Category: Informational S. Hares
ISSN: 2070-1721 Huawei
September 2017
Interface to the Routing System (I2RS) Ephemeral State Requirements
Abstract
"An Architecture for the Interface to the Routing System" (RFC 7921)
abstractly describes a number of requirements for ephemeral state (in
terms of capabilities and behaviors) that any protocol suite
attempting to meet the needs of the Interface to the Routing System
(I2RS) protocol has to provide. This document describes, in detail,
requirements for ephemeral state for those implementing the I2RS
protocol.
Status of This Memo
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
1.1. Requirements Language ......................................4
2. Architectural Requirements for Ephemeral State ..................4
3. Ephemeral State Requirements ....................................5
3.1. Persistence ................................................5
3.2. Constraints ................................................6
3.3. Hierarchy ..................................................6
3.4. Ephemeral Configuration Overlapping Local Configuration ....6
4. YANG Features for Ephemeral State ...............................7
5. NETCONF Features for Ephemeral State ............................7
6. RESTCONF Features for Ephemeral State ...........................7
7. Requirements regarding Supporting Multi-Head Control via
Client ..........................................................7
8. Multiple Message Transactions ...................................9
9. Pub/Sub Requirements Expanded for Ephemeral State ...............9
10. IANA Considerations ...........................................10
11. Security Considerations .......................................10
12. Normative References ..........................................10
Acknowledgements ..................................................12
Authors' Addresses ................................................12
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1. Introduction
The Interface to the Routing System (I2RS) Working Group (WG) is
chartered with providing architecture and mechanisms to inject into
and retrieve information from the routing system. The I2RS
Architecture document [RFC7921] abstractly documents a number of
requirements for implementing the I2RS and defines ephemeral state as
"state that does not survive the reboot of a routing device or the
reboot of the software handling the I2RS software on a routing
device" (see Section 1.1 of [RFC7921]). Section 2 of this document
describes the specific requirements that the I2RS WG has identified
based on the I2RS architecture's abstract requirements. The
Interface to the Routing System (I2RS) Working Group (WG) is
chartered with providing architecture and mechanisms to inject into
and retrieve information from the routing system. The I2RS
Architecture document [RFC7921] abstractly documents a number of
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