Mitchell,

2) Their is no GUARANTEE that any Restart will
   be sucessful, that the LSDB will be stable and/or
   that helper(s) exist.

I wanted an automated and deterministic number 2.

Any ideas or any attempts in the direction of 2 ?

With Regards,
Abhay


----- Original Message -----
From: "Erblichs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Abhay D.S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2007 3:43 AM
Subject: Re: [OSPF] Cascaded Graceful Restarts with NSF for OSPF
protocolQuestion


> Abhay D.S., et al,
>
> Their are multiple issues that need to be addressed
> before you can even attempt to sucessfully perform
> a cascade restart:
>
> 1) NSF is a patented process that is specific to
>    one well-known company.
>
> 2) Their is no GUARANTEE that any Restart will
>    be sucessful, that the LSDB will be stable and/or
>    that helper(s) exist.
>
> 3) It would be my initial expectation that
>    resumption of recieving "aliveness" from a
>    restarting router COULD be a passive method.
>
> Mitchell Erblich
> -----------------
>
> "Abhay D.S" wrote:
> >
> > hi all,
> >
> > Suppose I am providing real-time transactions over IP in a
> > non NSR environment(I dont invest much on getting a backup RP i.e).
> >
> > But I have NSF, owing to the ease of which OSPF can be used, I
> > use OSPF to manage connections to WAN.
> >
> > And I have bought new I/0 modules which require a restart for
> > all my routers for proper installation.
> >
> > Luckily, I have inservice upgrade on the boxes.
> >
> > Assuming that I am a new operator without any certifications under
> > my belt, I dont have a beautiful NMS with colored buttons.
> >
> > But I must implement the new I/O cards and its features without
disturbing
> > the users who are using the network for routing transactions such as
data
> > backup over network or voice forwarding and other distributed
applications
> > running over TCP/IP using my network.
> >
> > I want to graceful restart all my routers one by one, called as cascaded
> > re-starts, how can I make sure the transition is done seamlessly.
> >
> > I want the "this thing" to be automatic, since each router is graceful
> > restarted
> > and then then the next one is re-started and then the next one,
> > automatically.
> >
> > I can write a script to do that, but I am not sure the forwarding will
be
> > safe,
> > because it is difficult to control the network transient conditions.
> >
> > Any mechanism available ?.
> >
> > Thanks and Regards,
> > Abhay
> >
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