Hi Robert,

>> * If operators choose not to use MPLS transport SR-MPLS can be easily 
>> transported over IPv4 or IPv6 vanilla data plane
I’m little confused about the above argument – given it starts with don’t want 
to use MPLS, can you clarify?

Regards,
Tarek

From: spring <[email protected]> on behalf of Robert Raszuk 
<[email protected]>
Date: Friday, September 6, 2019 at 9:33 AM
To: Ron Bonica <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [spring] Regaining Focus on SRv6 and SRv6+

Dear Ron,

I think you forgot few main points in the summary:

* Many operators use SR-MPLS successfully and it has been both standardized and 
successfully deployed in the network with interoperable implementations

* The overhead on the data plane of SRv6+ is very comparable to overhead of 
SR-MPLS

* The control plane extensions BGP, IGP are available for SR-MPLS and non are 
available for SRv6+

* SRv6+ requires a new mapping of SIDs to prefixes to be distributed by control 
plane

* If operators choose not to use MPLS transport SR-MPLS can be easily 
transported over IPv4 or IPv6 vanilla data plane

* Extensions for additional applications like L3VPNs or L2VPNs will require 
another set of protocol and implementation changes.

* If there are vendors who do not want to provide SR-MPLS SID mapping to IPv6 
addresses in their control planes let's focus standardization and industry work 
in this direction.

With all of the above I think it would be a serious mistake - at this point of 
time - to continue work on SRv6+ in the IETF.

Thank you,
Robert.


On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 3:08 PM Ron Bonica 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 
wrote:
Folks,

We have explored many facets of SRv6 and SRv6, sometime passionately. I think 
that this exploration is a good thing. In the words of Tolkien, “All who wander 
are not lost.”

But it may be time to refocus on the following:


· For many operators, SRv6 is not deployable unless the problem of header 
length is addressed

· Many objections the uSID proposal remain unanswered

· SRv6+ offers an alternative solution

Given these three facts, I think that it would be a mistake to discontinue work 
on SRv6+.

                                                                                
   Ron



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