Proposal: Add ManagerNetworkProtocol.Oem.OpenBMC.mDNS

[Gunnar Mills]

On 4/6/2020 9:57 AM, Joseph Reynolds wrote:
> Proposal: Add ManagerNetworkProtocol.Oem.OpenBMC.mDNS.
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> This is a proposal to add a new Oem.OpenBMC.mDNS property to BMCWeb's 
> implementation of the Redfish ManagerNetworkProtocol.
> This property would be used to enable and disable OpenBMC's Avahi/mDNS 
> discovery service and be similar to Redfish's SSDProtocol
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Why OEM? Why not ask Redfish to add mDNS to ManagerNetworkProtocol so it 
can be enabled/disabled via standard Redfish?


> Redfish's direction is to use SSDP as the standard discovery 
> mechanism.  See discussion here:
> https://redfishforum.com/thread/267/add-avahi-managernetworkprotocol
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