[Nsi-wg] NML issues

[John MacAuley]

I talked myself through this:

PortGroup == VLAN range in LabelGroup
Port == Single VLAN Label

Therefore, the ampath and nordunet topologies are generated incorrectly as they are mixing up definitions.

John

On 2013-09-23, at 11:16 AM, John MacAuley <john.macauley at surfnet.nl> wrote:

> I thought Label is a single value, so they vlan range cannot be specified in there.  If it was a single port with one vlan then it might be viable, however, using a vlan range in the label file is semantically incorrect.
> 
> On 2013-09-23, at 11:04 AM, Hans Trompert <hans.trompert at surfnet.nl> wrote:
> 
>> The same goes for the unidirectional port declarations, some use Port and Label:
>> 
>>       <nml:Port id="urn:ogf:network:nordu.net:2013:netherlight-out">
>>         <nml:Label labeltype="http://schemas.ogf.org/nml/2013/05/ethernet#vlan">1780-1783</nml:Label>
>>         <nml:Relation type="http://schemas.ogf.org/nml/2013/05/base#isAlias">
>>           <nml:Port id="urn:ogf:network:netherlight.net:2013:port:a-gole:testbed:nordu.net:1:in"/>
>>         </nml:Relation>
>>       </nml:Port>
>> 
>> While others use PortGroup and LabelGroup:
>> 
>>       <nml:PortGroup id="urn:ogf:network:netherlight.net:2013:port:a-gole:testbed:nordu.net:1:out">
>>         <nml:LabelGroup labeltype="http://schemas.ogf.org/nml/2012/10/ethernet#vlan">1779-1799</nml:LabelGroup>
>>         <nml:Relation type="http://schemas.ogf.org/nml/2013/05/base#isAlias">
>>           <nml:PortGroup id="urn:ogf:network:nordu.net:2013:netherlight-in"/>
>>         </nml:Relation>
>>       </nml:PortGroup>
>> 
>> Can both ways be used?
>> 
>>     HansT.
>> 
>> On 9/23/13 4:46 PM, John MacAuley wrote:
>>> Can someone explain to me which of the following two segments are correct?
>>> 
>>>         <nml:BidirectionalPort id="urn:ogf:network:netherlight.net:2013:port:a-gole:testbed:232">
>>>             <nml:PortGroup id="urn:ogf:network:netherlight.net:2013:port:a-gole:testbed:232:in"/>
>>>             <nml:PortGroup id="urn:ogf:network:netherlight.net:2013:port:a-gole:testbed:232:out"/>
>>>         </nml:BidirectionalPort>
>>> 
>>> or
>>> 
>>>         <nml:BidirectionalPort id="urn:ogf:network:ampath.net:2013:ndn">
>>>             <nml:name>ndn</nml:name>
>>>             <nml:Port id="urn:ogf:network:ampath.net:2013:ndn-in"/>
>>>             <nml:Port id="urn:ogf:network:ampath.net:2013:ndn-out"/>
>>>         </nml:BidirectionalPort>
>>> 
>>> Should Port or PortGroup be used?  We have a mix right now in our topologies.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> John
>>> 
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