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The SRM defines the architecture of MCC, which as you have noted,
is some times ahead of the implementation.
The PM processing of the WITH clause was done as a short term mechanism
so as to guarantee that all modules support the clause. It (to the
best of my knowledge) the intention that in a future, as yet
undetermined, release the WITH information would be passed down
to the xM for processing. Currently though, there are no mechanisms
for doing this.
jill
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| I hope this is planned fairly soon. The Phase V management models have been
designed with the knowledge that the WITH clause exists and I believe it
will become a very important and frequently used feature. Already,
OSIrouter problem solving is absolutely dependent on the WITH clause (it is
the only way in Phase V to find the load host's MOP client entry to check
the down-line load information). I expect it to find common use in Routing
(and Bridging, maybe) database operations soon.
The current MCC implementation (filtering performed in the PMs) will be
adequate for a while but the sooner the filter can be passed to the AM the
sooner the unnecessary network traffic can be eliminated.
Graham
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