Operational Statistics (opstat)
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Charter
Current status: active working group
Chair(s):
Henry Clark <henryc@oar.net>
J. Nevil Brownlee <nevil@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz>
Operational Requirements Area Director(s)
Scott Bradner <sob@harvard.edu>
Michael O'Dell <mo@uunet.uu.net>
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Description of Working Group:
Today there exists a variety of network management tools for
the collection and presentation of network statistical data.
Different kinds of measurements and presentation techniques
make it hard to compare data between networks. There exists a
need to compare these statistical data on a uniform basis to
facilitate cooperative management, ease problem isolation and
network planning.
The working group will try to define a model for network
statistics, a minimal set of common metrics, tools for
gathering statistical data, a common statistical database
storage format and common presentation formats. Collecting
tools will store data in a given format later to be retrieved
by presentation tools displaying the data in a predefined way.
Goals and Milestones:
Done Agreement on a model.
Done Survey for most useful and popular metrics.
Done Survey for most useful and popular presentation formats.
Done Identify similar efforts being performed by other groups.
Done Define a common minimal set of metrics.
Done Propose a MIB for metrics not already there.
Done Define a common storage format to facilitate data sharing.
Done Define common presentation formats to make data comparable.
Done Develop outline, and make writing assignments for paper (Opstat1)
documenting March 1991 milestones.
Done Complete paper Opstat1.
Done Possible mid-term meeting to review Opstat1.
Done Submit Opstat1 as Internet-Draft.
Done Approve paper Opstat1 for submission as RFC; decide
standards-track or Informational?
Done Define a new collection of tools based on defined metrics, defined
storage formats and defined presentation formats.
Done Propose old tools to be retrofitted.
Done Develop outline and make writing assignments for paper (Opstat2) on
new tools and retrofitted tools.
Sep 92 Submit Internet-Draft of new and retrofitted tools.
Dec 92 Submit new and old tools Internet-Draft to IESG as an Informational
RFC.
Mar 93 Post an Internet-Draft defining the client/Server Opstat protcool.
Mar 93 Post the Opstat Statistical MIB as an Internet-Draft.
Jul 93 Submit the Client/Server Opstat Protocol to the IESG for
consideration as a Proposed Standard.
Jul 93 Submit the Statistical Opstat MIB to the IESG for consideration as a
Proposed Standard.
Internet-Drafts:
No Current Internet drafts.
Request For Comments:
RFC Stat Published Title
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RFC1404 I Jan 93 A Model for Common Operational Statistics