Currently, the LINK record in VanFlow is operational. The records only exist when there is an open inter-router link in operation. There is no positive indication of the desire to have a link that may or may not be currently connected.
This change changes the semantics of LINK and adds a new record type ACCESS_POINT. These track link connectors and listeners respectively. LINK has an attribute called OPER_STATUS that is either "down" or "up" depending on whether the link is connected to a peer router or not. ACCESS_POINT has an attribute called LINK_COUNT that indicates the number of link connections that are connected inbound from peer routers.
Improvements:
These entities are administrative and follow the lifecycle of the configured listeners and connectors.
They handle edge links as well as inter-router links (currently, only inter-router links are shown).
Currently, the LINK record in VanFlow is operational. The records only exist when there is an open inter-router link in operation. There is no positive indication of the desire to have a link that may or may not be currently connected.
This change changes the semantics of LINK and adds a new record type ACCESS_POINT. These track link connectors and listeners respectively. LINK has an attribute called OPER_STATUS that is either "down" or "up" depending on whether the link is connected to a peer router or not. ACCESS_POINT has an attribute called LINK_COUNT that indicates the number of link connections that are connected inbound from peer routers.
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