Subject: Comments on draft-ietf-bfd-mib-11

From: Muly Ilan <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:28:10 +0000

Hi,

Some of the description amendments done in this version of the document seem like a mistake.

1.       The definition of bfdSessPerfCtrlPktInHC is recursive.

bfdSessPerfCtrlPktInHC OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX     Counter64
        MAX-ACCESS read-only
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
            "This value represents the total number of BFD control
             messages received for this BFD session.

             It MUST be equal to the least significant 32 bits of
             bfdSessPerfCtrlPktInHC if supported, and MUST do so
             the rules spelled out in RFC 2863."
        ::= { bfdSessPerfEntry 14 }

2.       The description of all the HC counters is wrong. It now states that the value of the HC counter (64 bit) must be equal to the value of the regular counter (32 bit) ???

An example problematic description:
    bfdSessPerfCtrlPktOutHC OBJECT-TYPE
        SYNTAX     Counter64
        MAX-ACCESS read-only
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
            "This value represents the total number of BFD control
             messages transmitted for this BFD session.

             It MUST be equal to the least significant 32 bits of
             bfdSessPerfCtrlPktOut if supported, and MUST do so
             the rules spelled out in RFC 2863."
        ::= { bfdSessPerfEntry 15 }

Muly