> Why does the header need to indicate how the packet is to be forwarded? > Since the packet is terminated, how to forward it or process it is an > otherwise local decision. > OAM would be better served to be expressed in an EtherType to eliminate > awkward semantics of the bit, > so then all geneve packets are processed first based on EtherType.
I think if you want the OAM and user data packets to follow the same ECMP path then as long as the EtherType is not included in the hash that produces the source of entropy (i.e. the UDP source port in the case of VXLAN) then yes you could use a different EtherType for OAM, otherwise if EtherType is included in the hash you need a bit outside the hash. Cheers, Peter _______________________________________________ nvo3 mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/nvo3
