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Requirements for Configuration Management of IP-based Networks



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Network Working Group                                         L. Sanchez
Request for Comments: 3139                                       Megisto
Category: Informational                                    K. McCloghrie
                                                                   Cisco
                                                              J. Saperia
                                                          JDS Consultant
                                                               June 2001


     Requirements for Configuration Management of IP-based Networks

Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
   not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this
   memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2001).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This memo discusses different approaches to configure networks and
   identifies a set of configuration management requirements for IP-
   based networks.

Table of Contents

   1.0  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
       1.1 Motivation, Scope and Goals of this document . . . . . . . 2
       1.2 Requirements Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
       1.3 Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
       1.4 Definition of Technical Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   2.0 Statement of the Problem  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   3.0 Requirements for an IP-based Configuration Management System . 7
   4.0 Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   Authors' Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
   Full Copyright Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11










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