[Infrastructures] using IA methodologies to build network element configuration

[Daniel Hagerty]

 > 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.

    Sure, given.

    Aside from the obvious "really smart people", "good design", etc,
how do you know that a given change to the management network will not
affect the production network in any way, and vice versa?

    Obviously these issues are not insurmountable.  But you do agree
that they exist as issues, yes?

    Anyway, let me construct a toy example of your router example in
my own reasoning systems.  As I said, it is a very good concrete
example to work from.