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Questions for SE --- RSVP

  • From: "Hong Liao" <hliao@telcordia.com>
  • Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 15:11:06 -0400
  • cc: mpls@UU.NET
  • X-Lotus-FromDomain: TELCORDIA



David,

Thanks, it makes sense.

Julia




David Charlap <david.charlap@marconi.com> on 09/27/2000 01:57:59 PM

To:   Hong Liao <hliao@telcordia.com>
cc:    (bcc: Hong Liao/Telcordia)
Subject:  Re: Questions for SE --- RSVP




Hong Liao wrote:
>
> How do you know that the Extended Tunnel ID is optional?  It is
> because it says in RSVP-te spec, it is normally set to all zeros, or
> ingress node can be placed here.  Except this, I did not see from the
> spec. that this field is optional.  Can you point it out?

That is the place.

I suppose "optional" isn't technically correct.  But the all-zeros value
means "don't care", so the effect is the same as if it was optional.

-- David