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Max msuraev at sysmocom.deHi. I won't claim in-depth experience with MIB frameworks, just want to contribute few buzzwords into brainstorming: NETCONF - rfc 6241 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6241 YANG - rfc rfc 6020 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6020 The former is IETF protocol for configuring network devices [1]. The latter is data modeling language describing device's configuration and state, manipulated by netconf [2]. From brief overview those seems to match well with Harald's outline. There might be few pieces still missing but it seems doable. I see following advantages in adopting netconf & yang: - it's ietf standard - there are open source (including GPL) implementations we can play with [3, 4] - it's already widely supported by telecom vendors so chances are in operators using Osmocom stack, will be some people familiar with it - it's SDN/NFV compatible which makes it future-proof - there's proposed extension RESTCONF which make integration with creepy web things like SOAP much easier [5] - and most important for me personally - there's Emacs mode for it [6] :-) We're not the first to feel the need for proper MIB/configuration subsystem, and the task indeed looks huge. So the more we can rely on work already done in this field, the better. Even if we have to write some things, by relying on open and widely adopted standards we increase our chances of getting external contributions which is always nice. [1] https://trac.ietf.org/trac/netconf [2] http://www.yang-central.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome [3] http://ensuite.sourceforge.net/ [4] https://github.com/CESNET/libnetconf [5] https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-bierman-netconf-restconf-04 [6] https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/yang-mode.el -- Max Suraev <msuraev at sysmocom.de> http://www.sysmocom.de/ ======================================================================= * sysmocom - systems for mobile communications GmbH * Alt-Moabit 93 * 10559 Berlin, Germany * Sitz / Registered office: Berlin, HRB 134158 B * Geschaeftsfuehrer / Managing Director: Harald Welte