Re: [Isis-wg] New Layer2 extensions to ISIS - thorough review will berequired

["David Michael Bond" <[e-mail]>]

Hi Peter and David,
I have mentioned this in other contexts as well but I just wanted to mention
it again. The UNH InterOperability Laboratory is willing to assist in
preparing a report in regards to the interoperability of devices (whether
TRILL or 802.1aq) if a third party neutral facilitator is needed.
Thanks,
David


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On
> Behalf Of David Ward
> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 10:17 PM
> To: Peter Ashwood-Smith
> Cc: [e-mail]; isis-wg; [e-mail];
> [e-mail]; Adrian Farrel; Hopps; Droms
> Subject: Re: [Isis-wg] New Layer2 extensions to ISIS - thorough review
> will berequired
> 
> Peter -
> 
> It's excellent news that there are interoperable implementations of the
> .aq TLVs. Can you prepare an implementation report? If you need an
> example, please contact me directly. It's all pretty straightforward
> stuff.
> 
> -DWard
> 
> On Apr 25, 2010, at 7:59 PM, Peter Ashwood-Smith wrote:
> 
> >
> > Well .. I see the emails have been flying over the weekend.
> >
> > Obviously I agree with Dave, John, Paul and Don that 802.1aq should
> be
> > separate, that it only needs a few TLVs with no behavioral changes to
> IS-IS
> > and that OTV needs to follow the proper standards process, for
> example by
> > presenting and being accepted in the L2VPN working group.
> >
> > We have no problem with the few TLV's we request being subject to
> scrutiny.
> > The important ones have had (in slightly varied form) live
> deployments and
> > several implementations now for well over a year.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On
> Behalf
> > Of John E Drake
> > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 2:44 PM
> > To: John E Drake; David Allan I; David Ward; isis-wg
> > Cc: Christian Hopps; Adrian Farrel; Ralph Droms
> > Subject: Re: [Isis-wg] New Layer2 extensions to ISIS - thorough
> review will
> > berequired
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > In particular, it appears that OTV is out of scope wrt the current
> charter.
> > Also, no one likes proprietary extensions more than I do, but they
> should
> > have their own document and codepoints.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > John
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On
> Behalf
> >> Of John E Drake
> >> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 4:19 AM
> >> To: David Allan I; David Ward; isis-wg
> >> Cc: Christian Hopps; Adrian Farrel; Ralph Droms
> >> Subject: Re: [Isis-wg] New Layer2 extensions to ISIS - thorough
> review
> >> will be required
> >>
> >> +1
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On
> >> Behalf
> >>> Of David Allan I
> >>> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 9:31 AM
> >>> To: David Ward; isis-wg
> >>> Cc: Christian Hopps; Adrian Farrel; Ralph Droms
> >>> Subject: Re: [Isis-wg] New Layer2 extensions to ISIS - thorough
> review
> >>> will be required
> >>>
> >>> Hi Folks:
> >>>
> >>> While the decision of splitting the drafts is in discussion (and
> that is
> >> a
> >>> direction I favor as the scope of IS-IS changes is radically
> different
> >> and
> >>> disjoint between the "layer 2"s), the question needs to be asked
> "what
> >> in
> >>> the draft survives the split as WG items".
> >>>
> >>> 802.1aq - yes
> >>> TRILL - yes
> >>> OTV - does not belong here, it is proprietary...
> >>>
> >>> If OTV is standardized it COULD be considered by the WG at some
> point in
> >>> the future. Right now it is simply an wholly inappropriate
> complication
> >> in
> >>> addressing the two technologies the WG has agreed to...
> >>>
> >>> It should be removed from the draft and a new version published
> ASAP.
> >>>
> >>> My 2 cents
> >>> D
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] On
> >> Behalf
> >>> Of David Ward
> >>> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 1:30 PM
> >>> To: isis-wg
> >>> Cc: Christian Hopps; Ralph Droms; Jari Arkko; Adrian Farrel
> >>> Subject: [Isis-wg] New Layer2 extensions to ISIS - thorough review
> will
> >> be
> >>> required
> >>>
> >>> All -
> >>>
> >>> The WG Chairs would like to be clear on the approach to review and
> >>> progression of the draft: draft-ietf-isis-layer2. There will be a
> >> request
> >>> for the routing directorate, specific guest reviewers and a lengthy
> >>> community review. There will also be a requirement of multiple,
> >>> interoperable implementations. Whether we split the draft into
> TRILL,
> >> .aq,
> >>> OTV extensions into separate drafts or not, the foundational
> changes to
> >>> ISIS for each of the technologies will need to be proven working
> and
> >>> correct.
> >>>
> >>> The draft itself will need to be cleaned up and clear what PDUs,
> TLVs,
> >> etc
> >>> are necessary for any of this technology which will make reading
> and
> >>> implementation awareness easier. If we decide to split them (we
> will
> >>> decide later - please remain calm  and not discuss this nit now-
> let's
> >> get
> >>> the information completed as we know it); it will be quite trivial.
> If
> >> we
> >>> decide not to; it will be clear to the reader/implementor.
> >>>
> >>> The purpose of such a process is because in several decades of the
> >>> existence of ISIS and extremely wide deployment, no new PDU types
> were
> >>> ever deemed necessary. The new TLVs being proposed and the data
> being
> >>> carried has never been carried before and may cause new scaling,
> >>> performance or other impacts that we don't currently understand. We
> need
> >>> to fully understand the impact of these changes and learn what we
> don't
> >>> know about the changes we are proposing. I've found in my
> experience
> >> that
> >>> new protocols, new technologies and fundamental changes to
> protocols
> >>> require a deep understanding and implementation experience and not
> a
> >> rush
> >>> to RFC. Headsup
> >>>
> >>> Thanks.
> >>>
> >>> -DWard, CHopps
> >>>
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