I sent the comment below to the authors, upon reviewing the diffs from
the previous version of this draft. I would appreciate clarification on
this issue before the WG adopts this document as a basis for further work:
In looking at the latest revision of this draft, the text seems to have
moved from describing the devices at the ToR as switches / routers to
refering to them as just switches. I can not tell if this change is
because the authors understand switch to include IP forwarding device
(possibly with IP routing protocol support), or if there is a change in
capabilities envisioned.
If the former, it should be stated explicitly, since it is an unusual usage.
If the later, I am confused as the document then very clearly states
that the data center interconnect devices (now referred to in section
1.3 as switches) are L3 capable devices. In fact, the premise of the
document requires such L3 capable devices (usually known as routers.)
Thus, teh sentence "Core switches are usually Ethernet switches, but can
also support routing capabilities" seems very strange. switches !=
routers. And this document and the WG charter requires those devices to
support L3 capabilities.
Thank you,
Joel M. Halpern
On 6/18/2012 5:51 PM, Benson Schliesser wrote:
Dear NVO3 Participants -
This message begins a two week Call for Adoption of
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-lasserre-nvo3-framework-02 by the NVO3 working
group, ending on 02-July-2012.
Please respond to the NVO3 mailing list with any statements of approval or
disapproval, along with any additional comments that might explain your
position. Also, if any NVO3 participant is aware of IPR associated with this
draft, please inform the mailing list and/or the NVO3 chairs.
Thanks,
-Benson & Matthew
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