[Infrastructures] using IA methodologies to build network element configuration

[Brent Chapman]

At 10:46 PM -0400 4/4/05, Daniel Hagerty wrote:
>   > Yes, obviously, although I'll point out that having a robust
>  > out-of-band command-and-control network to all of your key devices
>
>     I was purposely picking a case with no out of band management.
>Given robust out of band management that you can't destroy, life is
>obviously much simpler.  However, I will note that sooner or later,
>you'll want to manipulate the out of band management network too.
>Wouldn't it be nice if the same tools expressed both problems?

Yes, but you can use the same tools for both the production net and 
the management net as long as you don't change both nets 
simultaneously.  One of them needs to be stable at any given time, 
while you're changing the other one.

Normally, it's going to be the management net that's stable, while 
you change the production net.  On the (hopefully less frequent) 
occasions when you need to change the management net, you need to 
make sure that the production net is stable first.


-Brent
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