+1

On Apr 17, 2013, at 5:25 PM, ramki Krishnan <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear Authors,
>  
> In section 3.3.2.1 (LAG/ECMP), the change suggested below articulates the 
> inference of entropy in a much better way.
>  
> >>The entropy information MAY be inferred from the NVO3 overlay header or 
> >>underlay header.
>  
> The entropy information should be ideally present in the overlay header e.g. 
> Entropy Label for MPLS [RFC 6790], VXLAN – UDP source port. In case the 
> overlay protocol does not support the necessary entropy information or the 
> switches/routers in the underlay do not support parsing of the additional 
> entropy information in the overlay header, the following support is needed in 
> the underlay switches/routers. The underlay switches and routers should be 
> programmable, i.e. select the appropriate fields in the underlay header for 
> hash calculation based on the type of overlay header – the point to note is 
> even the location of the underlay header in the packet will vary based on the 
> type of overlay header.
>  
> Thanks,
> Ramki
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