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[PWE3] MPLS PID

  • From: "David Allan" <dallan@nortelnetworks.com>
  • Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 16:43:51 -0500
  • Cc: "'George Swallow'" <swallow@cisco.com>, "W. Mark Townsley" <townsley@cisco.com>, "Andrew G. Malis" <Andy.Malis@vivacenetworks.com>, "'mpls@uu.net'" <mpls@UU.NET>

Title: RE: [PWE3] MPLS PID

Tom
>
>          As far as I can tell, the hashing algorithmS
> employed by most routers are not an IETF standard. In this
> case, it is clear that t is not about supporting a single,
> proprietary implementation; it is about supporting ALL
> implementations. But if you insist on trying to convince the
> community as you and others unsuccessfully tried to in
> Atlanta to use a standard ECMP algorithm, have fun.

Poor characterization of the Guildlines draft. Didn't propose a standard algorithm, just suggested specific knobs were required for those operators who cared to preserve path semantics for test purposes. BTW it is posted as '03 now.

Dave