By the way, for the five-stage CLOS network topology, which has been widely 
used in large-scale data centers, to minimize the blast radius, it seems 
straightforward to utilize the matured multi-level ISIS or multi-area OSPF 
routing architecture whenever feasible. To make it easier to deploy and 
operate, it seems beneficial to learn the usage of the BGP route reflector, 
where the route reflectors are pre-configured rather than computing and /or 
distributing the flooding topology via some complex algorithms, IMHO.


In a word, the simpler, the better.

Best regards,
Xiaohu

发件人: Tiger Xu <[email protected]>
日期: 星期五, 2024年11月22日 13:14
收件人: Acee Lindem <[email protected]>, lsr <[email protected]>
主题: [Lsr] 答复: Consensus Call on LSR WG work on "Leaderless Flooding Algorithm 
for Distributed Flood Reduction to allow reduced configuration, minimal blast 
radius, and ease of incremental deployment"

Hi Acee,

I firmly believe it’s worthwhile to work on an additional mechanism for 
distributed flooding reduction, which is easier to deploy and has a minimal 
blast radius.

Best regards,
Xiaohu

发件人: Acee Lindem <[email protected]>
日期: 星期一, 2024年11月18日 22:41
收件人: lsr <[email protected]>
主题: [Lsr] Consensus Call on LSR WG work on "Leaderless Flooding Algorithm for 
Distributed Flood Reduction to allow reduced configuration, minimal blast 
radius, and ease of incremental deployment"

During the IETF 121 LSR meeting, we had an excellent discussion of 
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-lsr-distoptflood/

While the CDS flooding reduction algorithm itself was interesting, the main 
area of the discussion was distributed flooding reduction algorithm selection 
and its configuration and deployment.

Today, we have RFC 9667 “Dynamic Flooding on Dense Graphs” which provides 
leader-based supporting both centralized and distributed flooding reduction 
algorithm selection. With the mechanism, an area leader is selected from among 
the OSPF routers in the area supporting flooding reduction and this leader 
selects the flooding reduction algorithm for the area.

The question to be answered by this consensus call is whether or not we want to 
work on an additional mechanism just for distributed flooding reduction to 
allow for reduced configuration, minimal blast radius, and ease of incremental 
deployment.

Please send your support or opposition to this list before Tuesday, December 
3rd.

As WG Co-Chair,
Acee
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