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suggested added text for multipath in draft-ietf-mpls-lsp-pin g-01

  • From: Curtis Villamizar <curtis@fictitious.org>
  • Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 00:04:35 -0500
  • cc: curtis@fictitious.org, mpls@UU.NET


In message <FFFC48AEAA5F7447929F4F0D93FCC12DC39321@zcard031.ca.nortel.com>, "Da
vid Allan" writes:
> 
> - hash key type 5 has an unclear role, presumably the TLV length tells me
> how many label entries to expect.


I still owe you a response of this.


> > +
> > +    Hash Key Type:                         IP Address or Next Label
> > +    --------------                         ------------------------
> > +                 1   label                 1 or more label
> > +                 2   IPv4 address          1 or more IPv6 address
> > +                 3   label range           1 or more 
> > low/high label pairs
> > +                 4   IPv4 address range    1 or more 
> > low/high address pairs
> > +                 5   no more labels        (nothing)
> > +                 6   All IPv4 addresses    (nothing)
> > +                 7   no match              (nothing)
> > +		 8   IPv6 address	   1 or more IPv6 address
> > +		 9   IPv6 address range	   1 or more low/high 
> > address pairs
> > +		10   IPv4 bitmap	   see encapsulation below
> > +		11   label bitmap	   see encapsulation below
> > +		12   IPv6 bitmap	   see encapsulation below


Hash key 5 is used when doing "per label" hashing and means "if there
are no more labels on the stack we'd take this path".

Sorry for the delay in responding.

Curtis