Hi Carlos,
as pointed in draft-wang-sfc-multi-layer-oam direct use of Net Protocol
field in encapsulation requires the code point for each OAM function, e.g.
BFD, Echo Request/Reply, PM, and etc.

Regards,
Greg

On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 3:21 PM, Carlos Pignataro (cpignata) <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Greg,
>
> Thank you for the quick response!
>
> On Mar 29, 2018, at 8:14 AM, Greg Mirsky <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Carlos,
> I believe that introduction of the OAM Header with demultiplexing OAM
> functions through use of Msg Type will enable use of non-IP encapsulation,
> including for BFD and Echo Request/Reply (more on options to demultiplex
> active OAM functions could be found in draft-wang-sfc-multi-layer-oam
> <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-wang-sfc-multi-layer-oam/>).
>
>
> non-IP BFD works well already without this additional overhead. Each
> tunneling/encap has appropriate demos capabilities already.
>
> Still, a header for demultiplexing (a protocol ID) for encapsulations that
> already have a protocol ID seems unnecessary. Further, it carries
> timestamps and flags for “capabilities”. So it is an OAM in its own to
> carry OAM.
>
> The complete proposition sounds triply duplicative.
>
> And I see ability to use non-IP encapsulation as more significant
> improvement even with relative cost of introducing OAM Header.
> Thank you for your reference to RFC 7942. I will discuss your suggestion
> with co-authors and we'll consider adding such section.
>
>
> Thank you. Look forward to seeing the Implementation Status.
>
> Carlos.
>
> Regards,
> Greg
>
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 2:56 PM, Carlos Pignataro (cpignata) <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi, Greg,
>>
>> I was not in London, but if you do not mind, I will piggy back on this
>> email to ask a couple of key questions that I still cannot figure out:
>>
>>    1. What is the objective of an OOAM, or what is purpose for adding an
>>    indirection, a shim, a nested header and additional lookup, to a bunch of
>>    encapsulations? The Abstract in draft-ooamdt-rtgwg-ooam-header says
>>    “to ensure that OOAM control packets are in-band with user traffic and
>>    de-multiplex OOAM protocols.” But frankly I cannot make sense of that
>>    sentence. The same holds equally true without OOAM and this will not 
>> change
>>    the behavior of active OAM methods. Imagine the performance of BFD buried
>>    under redundant fields to parse.
>>    2. Could you add an Implementation Status section [RFC 7942] to this
>>    document?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Carlos.
>>
>> On Mar 29, 2018, at 1:32 AM, Greg Mirsky <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Ignas,
>> another well-captured discussion, thank you. Few notes:
>>
>>    - I believe that in discussion of OOAM Header "?/Cisco" should be
>>    Frank Brockners
>>    - would you consider splitting comments and responses with <CR><LF>
>>    to ease readability?
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Greg
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 4:38 AM, Ignas Bagdonas <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Working group,
>>>
>>> Draft minutes for IETF101 NVO3 WG meeting have been posted at the
>>> meeting materials page.
>>>
>>> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/minutes-101-nvo3/
>>>
>>> Please take a look and provide any corrections if needed.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> Ignas
>>>
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