Re: [Idr] BGP Auto discovery - L2 liveliness??

"Acee Lindem (acee)" <acee@cisco.com> Fri, 20 July 2018 17:02 UTC

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To: "Rajiv Asati (rajiva)" <rajiva@cisco.com>, "idr@ietf.org" <idr@ietf.org>
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Subject: Re: [Idr] BGP Auto discovery - L2 liveliness??
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Hi Rajiv, 
This function is described in section 6 of https://www.ietf.org/id/draft-ymbk-lsvr-lsoe-01.txt. I guess you are questioned whether it should be a requirement of this mechanism. 

Thanks,
Acee 

On 7/20/18, 11:43 AM, "Rajiv Asati (rajiva)" <rajiva@cisco.com> wrote:

    
    Could someone please explain - How is L2 liveliness important for auto-discovery between 2 directly connected BGP neighbors (referring to the topology shown yesterday)? Or is it really meant to benefit the peering relationship (once established) - bring down the peer if L2 fails or vice versa?
    
    Or is it meant to benefit the (tenant/services) traffic (past bgp NLRI exchange) ? Likely not, since  (tenant/services) traffic may be L3 (or MPLS), and L2 liveliness would not be sufficient (after all, L2 can be working, while L3 might not or MPLS might not). 
    
    Cheers,
    Rajiv