This homework is rather straightforward, as was the previous one. It is essentially a reading assignment since all questions are answered in the suggested references. You must submit only your own work, however, and not merely copy and paste, Whenever you cite a doucment, you have to provide an exact reference. (100 points total)
Reading assignment: Chapter 7 and Appendix (except for the Identity Management part)
1. (10 points) Explain the motivation for developing COPS. What were the goals of COPS framework?
2. (10 points) What feature is intrinsically new to COPs (compared to the SNMP)
3. (30 points) NETCONF:
Read RFC 3535, and answer the following questions (you can cite the relevant text of RFC 3535 verbatim). Each correct answer is worth 10 points.
a. Why the SNMP transactional model and the protocol constraints make it more complex to implement MIBs, as compared to the implementation of commands of a command-line interface interpreter?
b. What is the problem with the SNMP lack of support for easy retrieval and playback of Configurations?
c. List the operators’ requirements for network management:
4. (10 points) Does NETCONF use REST API in its Messages layer?
5. (10 points) Name a de-facto modeling language for NETCONF. What document is it specified in? What is the name of this language’s XML-based representation?
6. (10 points) List the steps involved in onboarding of an application.
7. (10 points) List the actors involved in the service life cycle and its stages. What constitutes an
offering?
8. (10 points) What is the name of the protocol used for communications among the OpenStack
daemons?
