Re: Address Family Support in OSPFv3

[Sina Mirtorabi <[e-mail]>]

Acee,

->> The fact of not using AF cannot be counted an advantage for
->multiple
->> instance-id as the solution to AF in OSPFv3

->Sina,
->
->I disagree with you here. Adding a new layer for AF to OSPFv3
->requires more base protocol changes as well as the attendant
->implementation costs and overhead. Any unbiased evaluation
->has to take this into consideration.

If you do not need to have other AF, you can only have the minimum
required in our proposal that is setting the AF bit in the Hello and
v6-AF bit in the AdressFamilies field  (Disabled mode)

Once you want to have additional AF then you have to bother about the
additional two new LSA and potentially other new LSAs in other AF (if
needed) which even in case of multiple instance you would need to define
ways to be backward compatibles, define new LSA for new AF etc

Sina


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->Thanks,
->Acee
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->>
->> thanks
->> Sina
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->Acee
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