Re: [Lsr] New draft on Flex-Algorithm Bandwidth Constraints

Peter Psenak <ppsenak@cisco.com> Wed, 03 March 2021 09:34 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Lsr] New draft on Flex-Algorithm Bandwidth Constraints
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Hi Tony,

On 01/03/2021 21:47, Tony Li wrote:
> Robert,
> 
>> Constructing arbitrary topologies with bw constrain is useful work. For example I want to create a topology without links of the capacity less then 1 Gbps. All cool. Of course if I have a case where two nodes have 10 L3 1Gbps links nicely doing ECMP I will not include those which may be a problem.
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> I agree that it may be a problem. Maybe it’s not the right tool for the job at hand. That doesn’t make it a bad tool, just the wrong one. I try not to turn screws with a hammer. And I try not to drive nails with a screwdriver.
> 
> I will happily stipulate that we need more tools and that these are not enough.  We should not reject a tool simply because it doesn’t solve all problems. Let’s work towards the right set of tools. Linear algebra tells us that we want an orthogonal set of basis vectors. What are they? Adding them one at a time is not horrible progress.
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>> However my observation is precisely related to your last sentence.
>>
>> Is this extension to be used with static or dynamic data ? If static all fine. But as William replied to me earlier link delay may be dynamically computed and may include queue wait time. That to me means something much different if Flex-Algo topologies will become dynamically adjustable. And I am not saying this is not great idea .. My interest here is just to understand the current scope.
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> Link delay was dynamic before this draft.  As William mentioned, TWAMP can already be used to provide a dynamic measurement of link delay.  That, coupled with the link delay metric already gave us dynamic path computation requirements and the possibilities of oscillation and instability. We have chosen to charge ahead, without addressing those concerns already.

TWAMP provided Min Unidirectional Link Delay is a dynamic one. On the 
other side this value is calculated based on multiple measurements over 
period of time and an average is used. Also, smart implementations can 
normalize the value so that a small fluctuation of the delay is not 
causing the traffic to shift or cause ECMP loss.

What is important here is that the Min Unidirectional Link Delay is a 
link characteristic, not something that is affected by the amount of 
traffic on the link or subject to queuing delay. Same applies to Maximum 
link bandwidth.

thanks,
Peter


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> Regards,
> Tony
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