perfsonar development work

[Martin Swany <>]

Hi Fausto,

> I observed in interface schema that exists 2 fields possible to  
> describe address to an interface:
>
> - ifAddress
> - ipAddress
>
> May, in my implemetation under cactisonar rrdma, use in ifAddress a  
> MAC address and in ipAddress a IP value? Because I observed that in  
> perfSONAR-UI it uses ifAddress to inform IP value of the interfaces.

The intent of this was that the ifAddress is the same as used
in the SNMP MIB, i.e. the IP of the interface.  The ipAddress
is actually the contact address, i.e. the address to do an SNMP
Get toward.

IMO the layer 2 characteristics should go under the L2
interface characteristics, but that is only available in
the revised topology schema.  It's in the SVN, so feel
free to take a look and make suggestions.

best,
martin