Proposal: Add ManagerNetworkProtocol.Oem.OpenBMC.mDNS

[Gunnar Mills]

On 4/6/2020 10:42 AM, Joseph Reynolds wrote:
> On 4/6/20 10:23 AM, Gunnar Mills wrote:  +cc:Ratan
>>
>> On 4/6/2020 9:57 AM, Joseph Reynolds wrote:
>>> Proposal: Add ManagerNetworkProtocol.Oem.OpenBMC.mDNS.
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>> Why OEM? Why not ask Redfish to add mDNS to ManagerNetworkProtocol so 
>> it can be enabled/disabled via standard Redfish?
>
> Thanks for the reply.  I asked the Redfish forum in thread 267 linked 
> below.  The reply was to use SSDP instead of Avahi mDNS. IMHO, we 
> either get them to accept mDNS as an alternative to SSDP, or we are 
> free to implement the Oem property.  There hasn't been much 
> discussion, so I am plowing ahead with what I see as the most likely 
> course.  Feel free to contribute to the forum thread.
>
>

Know why we choose Avahi/mDNS over SSDP? Jeff asked that question in the 
thread. If we have valid reasons of why Avahi/mDNS over SSDP, let's 
share that with Redfish.