Hi Joel, This is correct. Legacy devices or devices constrained in resources (think IoT) would have a problem to implement ISIS and the full signaling stack. The proposed solution requires them only to support LLDP or some other one-hop auto-attach protocol.
Regards, Dan > -----Original Message----- > From: joel jaeggli [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 8:05 AM > To: Romascanu, Dan (Dan); [email protected] > Cc: Unbehagen Jr, Paul E (Paul) > Subject: Re: [OPSAWG] automatic attachment of applications and services at > the edge > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ OPSAWG mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/opsawg
