Hi all,

In my opinion rule (e) should be removed. ( 
https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/search/?email_list=ospf&q=%5BTechnical+Errata+Reported%5D+RFC3101
 ).
If not, it should be clarified more including removing “2. A Type-5 LSA.”

Regards,
Chao Fu

From: OSPF [mailto:ospf-boun...@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Balaji Ganesh (balagane)
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2017 14:01
To: OSPF WG List <ospf@ietf.org>; Acee Lindem (acee) <a...@cisco.com>
Subject: Re: [OSPF] RFC 3101 NSSA/External Route preference clarification

Hi all,

Any views/comments on the below?

Regards,
Balaji

From: Acee Lindem (acee)
Sent: 19 June 2017 00:08
To: Balaji Ganesh (balagane) <balag...@cisco.com<mailto:balag...@cisco.com>>; 
OSPF WG List <ospf@ietf.org<mailto:ospf@ietf.org>>
Subject: Re: [OSPF] RFC 3101 NSSA/External Route preference clarification

Hi –  I encouraged Balaji to post to the list is that I think many 
implementations have ignored #3. I know that I changed the IBM implementation 
to compute ECMP routes to multiple ASBRs and had the Redback implementation do 
this from the start. Consequently, we’d like to solicit input as to what other 
implementations do. If we can reach consensus on this, we could issue an Errata 
to make this optional.

Thanks,
Acee

From: OSPF <ospf-boun...@ietf.org<mailto:ospf-boun...@ietf.org>> on behalf of 
"Balaji Ganesh (balagane)" <balag...@cisco.com<mailto:balag...@cisco.com>>
Date: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 4:13 AM
To: OSPF WG List <ospf@ietf.org<mailto:ospf@ietf.org>>
Subject: [OSPF] RFC 3101 NSSA/External Route preference clarification

Hi all,

When the metrics are same, RFC 3101 specifies the preference for NSSA/External 
routes as follows.
In the section 2.5<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3101#section-2.5> Calculating 
Type-7 AS External Routes - 2.5.6.(e), it says..

          (e) If the current LSA is functionally the same as an
              installed LSA (i.e., same destination, cost and non-zero
              forwarding address) then apply the following priorities in
              deciding which LSA is preferred:

                 1. A Type-7 LSA with the P-bit set.

                 2. A Type-5 LSA.

                 3. The LSA with the higher router ID.


Points 1 and 2 are clear..

However Point 3 specifies preference of an LSA with a higher router ID. Why is 
it so?


  *   Should we not install ECMP paths in this case?
  *   Is point 3 actually intended for NSSA translators to prefer a Type 7 LSA 
which needs to be used for translation to Type 5?

Considering the above 2 points, I guess point 3 needs to be modified in the RFC 
to probably say..

                    3. Preference is same, install ECMP paths.
                       Additionally if the router is an NSSA translator, prefer 
the LSA with higher router ID for Type 7-Type 5 translation.

Please let know any views/comments on the same.

Regards,
Balaji

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