Hi Peng Shaofu,

> On May 19, 2021, at 6:55 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> 
> Let's go back to the bandwidth-metric related to bandwidth capability. My 
> worry is that bandwidth-metric (whether it is automatically calculated or 
> manually configured) is not cumulative in nature, which is different from IGP 
> default metric/TE metric/delay metric, so that SPF based on bandwidth-metric 
> may get an unexpected path (see the example of the original mail). Can more 
> text be added in the draft to describe why this can work ?


The whole point of the bandwidth metric (and indeed, of all of FlexAlgo) is to 
get a different path computation result than what we might get with the 
standard IGP metric. What it will do in any given topology is highly dependent 
on the topology, as you’ve seen.  It may or may not ‘work’ by whatever 
definition you have in mind. However, what matters is what the network operator 
is trying to achieve. It doesn’t have to work for every topology or every 
purpose.

Tony

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