Peter,

> > Question: Can I use UDABM to set bits in metrics for use with selective
> > flex-algo topologies ?
>
> no, all flex-algo constraints are defined in the flex-algo draft.
>

That's news to me. And from what I am seeing not only to me.

So I ask vendor X & Y to allow me to set 2 bits in UDABM (that already is
not user defined but vendor defined, but ok). Then I signal some of the
existing metric with bits set only in UDABM. And I specify to run Dijkstra
on it. As a result I build a new topology and start forwarding traffic via
it.

So the only practical difference this topology has vs identical one buildl
with flex-algo SABM bit is that I used a different bit to propagate the
metric selectively for this topology (rather then sending it with X-bit and
applying affinities all over the place).

It seems that the current version of flex-algo draft has a bunch of hidden
assumptions - maybe it is past WG last call - but I do ask to state
explicitly there a sentence indicating that UDABM bits can not be used to
signal metrics for it. I don't think this requires a new WG last call as
this is purely clarification not a major change.

Thx for sharing it ...
Robert
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