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[PWE3] MPLS PID

  • From: Shahram Davari <Shahram_Davari@pmc-sierra.com>
  • Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 11:27:18 -0800
  • Cc: pwe3@ietf.org, mpls@UU.NET


>         No, the point is that there are lots of ways around the ECMP
>problem, as is evident from the fact that most vendors do ECMP
>differently from everyone else.  What seems clear to me is that
>through the use of a PID in the PWE header we can clearly
>identify what is in the packet regardless of these mechanisms.

Are you saying you are OK with a generic PID to be added to the PW
even though the value 2 & 4 may be used for other purposes than IPv4/6?
If so then I retract my comment, but if not so, then I wonder what
"regardless of mechanism" means?


-Shahram

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