Re: [nvo3] I-D Action: draft-xia-nvo3-vxlan-qosmarking-01.txt

[Behcet Sarikaya <[e-mail]>]

On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 9:41 PM, Brian E Carpenter
<[e-mail]> wrote:
> [resend with corrected address, sorry]
>
> Hi,
>
>>  The first three bits (bits 5-7) are precedence bits. They are
>>  assigned according to [RFC0791]. Precedence values '110' and '111'
>>  are selected for routing traffic.
>>
>>  The last three bits (bits 8-10) are class selector bits. Thet are
>>  assigned as follows:
>>
>> 001 - BK or background traffic
> ...
>> As can be seen the markings are the same as in IEEE 802.1p...
>
> This is not in any way compatible with RFC 2474, which also made the
> relevant part of RFC 791 obsolete.
>
> If you want to be compatible with RFC 2474 you should not specify the
> bits at all - just say that they are exactly as defined in RFC 2474
> and the various PHB definitions that have been published.

I think that diffserv is less relevant in the context of VXLAN.

>  If you
> want to be compatible with IEEE 802.1p that is a different matter,

Yes this is more relevant for VXLAN.

> but you cannot mix the two up in this way.

I now understand that we confused the two very different things.

Regards,

Behcet
>
>     Brian
>
>
>