This revision includes changes based on AD review as discussed at https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/trill/current/msg07618.html
Thanks, Donald =============================== Donald E. Eastlake 3rd +1-508-333-2270 (cell) 155 Beaver Street, Milford, MA 01757 USA [email protected] On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 1:27 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts > directories. > This draft is a work item of the Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links > of the IETF. > > Title : Alternatives for Multilevel TRILL (Transparent > Interconnection of Lots of Links) > Authors : Radia Perlman > Donald Eastlake > Mingui Zhang > Anoop Ghanwani > Hongjun Zhai > Filename : draft-ietf-trill-rbridge-multilevel-05.txt > Pages : 33 > Date : 2017-04-27 > > Abstract: > Although TRILL is based on IS-IS, which supports multilevel unicast > routing, extending TRILL to multiple levels has challenges that are > not addressed by the already-existing capabilities of IS-IS. One > issue is with the handling of multi-destination packet distribution > trees. Other issues are with TRILL switch nicknames. How are such > nicknames allocated across a multilevel TRILL network? Do nicknames > need to be unique across an entire multilevel TRILL network or can > they merely be unique within each multilevel area? > > This informational document enumerates and examines alternatives > based on a number of factors including backward compatibility, > simplicity, and scalability and makes recommendations in some cases. > > > > > > The IETF datatracker status page for this draft is: > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-trill-rbridge-multilevel/ > > There are also htmlized versions available at: > https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-trill-rbridge-multilevel-05 > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-trill-rbridge-multilevel-05 > > A diff from the previous version is available at: > https://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-ietf-trill-rbridge-multilevel-05 > > > Please note that it may take a couple of minutes from the time of submission > until the htmlized version and diff are available at tools.ietf.org. > > Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at: > ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/ _______________________________________________ trill mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/trill
