Am I correct in understanding that the goal is to not have to implment spb on the client device? so this takes the place of an isis implementation that would do the signaling per 802.1aq.
On 2/15/16 7:09 AM, Romascanu, Dan (Dan) wrote: > Hi, > > > > I would like to draw the attention of the participants in the OPSAWG on > an individual submission that I am co-authoring. The problem we are > trying to solve is the optimization / minimizing of the amount of > configuration that an operator needs to do when new applications require > the creation of paths or tunnels in the core network. In order to avoid > the reconfiguration of the core or heavy configuration at the edge the > proposed method which we call auto-attachment allows for the usage of a > protocol running between the end stations and the first (edge) router > that adds the information and characteristics of the new path according > to the policies or mapping tables of the operators. A first > implementation that we have running code for and is deployed is > described in https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-unbehagen-lldp-spb/ > and uses the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) with an IEEE 802.1aq > Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) network. > > > > Please have a look and let me know if there is interest and/or similar > on-going work. If there is enough interest I plan to request a short > slot to discuss the idea at the OPSAWG meeting at IETF 95. > > > > Thanks and Regards, > > > > Dan > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OPSAWG mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/opsawg >
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