Hi Aijun,

Please check inline below for responses.


On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 1:00 PM Aijun Wang <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi, All:
>
> I have the similar opinions as Les.
>
> Such mechanism is actually one maintenance tools and can’t be used to
> accomplish the metric auto adjustment, as that described in section 2.1
>

KT> Please check my response to Les and let us know if that is not
addressing your concerns.


> The scenario described in section 2.2 is somewhat problematic: AGGR1
> should calculate the adjusted metric value based on its POV, but the
> adjustment will influence the traffic distribution within all the IGP
> domain. Such automatic adjustment is dangerous, and is not one solution
> that can be applied for the more general scenario.
>

KT> Any time the IGP metric is updated for a link, it does influence the
traffic distribution in the IGP domain. This is a given and so I don't
really understand your concern. This use case is very similar to the Spine
Leaf one in RFC8500 - we can clarify that in the text.


>
>
> Based on the above considerations, I think the authors should limit its
> usage only for maintenance scenarios as described in RFC8500.
>
> For the encoding, I think the “offset” value and the “O” bit is not
> necessary, because the meaningful “Reverse Metric” should be the maximum
> value of the metric.
>

KT> The additive offset is there in RFC8500 as well and so I don't see why
we would want to not have that in OSPF.

Thanks,
Ketan


>
>
> Best Regards
>
>
>
> Aijun Wang
>
> China Telecom
>
>
>
> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Les
> Ginsberg (ginsberg)
> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 19, 2022 2:44 PM
> *To:* Acee Lindem (acee) <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> *Cc:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [Lsr] Working Group Last Call for
> draft-ietf-lsr-ospf-reverse-metric - "OSPF Reverse Metric"
>
>
>
> I support progressing this draft.
>
> However, I have some concerns about the current content – specifically the
> use cases – which I would like to see addressed before going to Last Call.
>
>
>
> The equivalent functionality is defined in RFC 8500 for IS-IS and has
> proven useful – make sense to also have it for OSPF.
>
> But the primary use case discussed in RFC 8500 is during maintenance –
> which is discussed extensively and is mentioned as the first use case.
>
> In the case of draft-ietf-lsr-ospf-reverse-metric, the maintenance use
> case is not even mentioned.
>
>
>
> Of the two use cases that are mentioned, the one in Section 2.1 has many
> limitations and constraints. These include:
>
>
>
> ·       Only works when there is a switch in the middle – something which
> the protocol is not able to detect
>
> ·       Only works in the presence of symmetrical metrics
>
> ·       If both neighbors have L2 bundles to the switch and are both
> doing auto-cost adjustment based on the number of members currently up, the
> mechanism doesn’t work
>
> ·       Detecting symmetrical metrics in the presence of reverse metric
> is problematical. Is the neighbor cost including the reverse metric or does
> it reflect something else (e.g., config change on the neighbor)
>
>
>
> I would prefer that this use case be removed. If not, a more complete
> discussion of the limitations should be included.
>
>
>
> In summary, before progressing this draft I would like to see maintenance
> included as the primary use case and the use case described in Section 2.1
> removed.
>
>
>
>     Les
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Lsr <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Acee Lindem (acee)
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 7, 2022 12:18 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Cc:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [Lsr] Working Group Last Call for
> draft-ietf-lsr-ospf-reverse-metric - "OSPF Reverse Metric"
>
>
>
> This begins a Working Group Last Call for
> draft-ietf-lsr-ospf-reverse-metric. While there hasn’t been as much
> discussion as I would like on the draft,  it is filling a gap in OSPF
> corresponding to IS-IS Reverse Metric (RFC 8500).  Please review and send
> your comments, support, or objection to this list before 12 AM UTC on April
> 22nd, 2022.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Acee
>
>
>
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