Re: [irs-discuss] An idea ... MTR + IRS

David Meyer <dmm@1-4-5.net> Wed, 08 August 2012 14:59 UTC

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Subject: Re: [irs-discuss] An idea ... MTR + IRS
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On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 9:07 PM, Tina TSOU <Tina.Tsou.Zouting@huawei.com> wrote:
> So, r u updating Nitin's statement as following?
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> Top layer: Northboundapi

#dmm: I propose we depricate the term "Northbound API".  It is pretty
much (if not completely)  meaningless.
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> Middle layer: IRS
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> Bottom layer: IRS (topo export)


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> Tina
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> On Aug 7, 2012, at 9:01 PM, "Alia Atlas" <akatlas@gmail.com> wrote:
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> The requirement for topology export is DEFINITELY part of IRS.  It is
> a crucial piece for a meaningful feedback loop.   Clearly there are
> existing technology pieces that may have a role to play as well.
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> Alia
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> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Tina TSOU <Tina.Tsou.Zouting@huawei.com>
> wrote:
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> Oh, I meant in Nitin's description in the mailing list, there are 3
> sub-layers of a orchestrator.
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> Top layer: Northboundapi
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> Middle layer: IRS
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> Bottom layer: topo export
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> Therefore, the topo export is not part of IRS. It is another layer which
> sits below IRS.
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> Tina
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> On Aug 7, 2012, at 5:30 PM, "Alia Atlas" <akatlas@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Topology export is definitely under the umbrella of IRS - and we are
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> actively starting to think about the associated requirements and
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> use-cases.   Feel free to contribute - on the list or towards drafts!
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> Alia
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> On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Tina TSOU <Tina.Tsou.Zouting@huawei.com>
> wrote:
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> Nitin said topo information export is on the sub-layer under IRS.
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> Tina
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> From: irs-discuss-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:irs-discuss-bounces@ietf.org] On
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> Behalf Of Edward Crabbe
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> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 3:20 PM
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> To: robert@raszuk.net
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> Cc: irs-discuss@ietf.org
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> Subject: Re: [irs-discuss] An idea ... MTR + IRS
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> Robert,
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> If topo information export is in scope (which I believe it is) and PBR route
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> injection with nh recursion to rib (and thus connected routes) is in scope
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> (which I'm quite sure it is) then yes, this is in scope.
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> Although I'm not sure what it has to do with OF /OF controllers? ;P
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> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Robert Raszuk <robert@raszuk.net> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> This morning Scott mentioned that he would like to use IRS to shut down all
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> protocols and just be able to write to RIB. Now James said that he would
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> like to get a network topology as "every OpenFlow controller requires this"
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> Both connected together resulted in an idea of using multi-topology-routing
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> where your base topology discovers physical link connectivity graph while
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> other topologies could be programmed by external entities example: OF
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> controllers or any other external to routers network intelligence oracles to
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> deliver actual services ?
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> Would that be in scope of IRS effort ? If so what would be the proposed
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> "write to RIB" set of protocols ? Would you support OF 1.3 even if one would
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> be happy to lock such topologies only to software/programmable switching
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> paths ?
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> Best rgs,
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> R.
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