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Re: Fwd: Re: Repost: RFC 3471: IF ID specification WRT component link.



Hi,
Actually, I need to make a correction. The lack of ERO does not require the bundled TE link Id to be specified in the IF-ID HOP since the component link id (numbered or unnumbered) is unique per node.
Thanks,
Anca
p.s. I corrected the text below

At 02:36 PM 3/7/2003 -0500, Anca Zamfir wrote:
Sameer,
I think you are right, currently there is no way to specify a numbered component link in the IF-ID HOP object. Also, AFAIK the ERO is not a mandatory object so because of this both TE Link and component link should be specified in the IF-ID HOP.
If the following text would be added to the draft, it could IMO solve these issues. Comments?

"Added in RFC-3471 - Section 9.1.1. or added to the bundle draft- Proposed Changes:

Type Length Format Description
--------------------------------------------------------------------
1    8      IPv4 Addr. IPv4
2    20     IPv6 Addr. IPv6
3    12     See below IF_INDEX (Interface Index)
4    12     See below COMPONENT_IF_DOWNSTREAM (Component interface)
5    12     See below COMPONENT_IF_UPSTREAM (Component interface)
6    8     IPv4 Addr. IPv4 - DOWNSTREAM (Component interface)    ---> new
7    8     IPv4 Addr. IPv4 - UPSTREAM (Component interface)       ----> new
8   20     IPv6 Addr. IPv6 - DOWNSTREAM (Component interface)    ----> new
9   20     IPv6 Addr. IPv6 - UPSTREAM (Component interface)      ----> new

Types 1-3 are used to identify an unbundled TE Link                       ----> new
Types 3-9 are used to identify the component interfaces in the  ----> new
case of a bundled TE Link.


This being said, maybe the authors of the bundle draft and RFC3471 could help to answer the following:
   - are these issues valid
   - is the proposed change good
   - how could the specification be fixed

Thanks,
Anca

At 01:28 AM 3/7/2003 -0800, Sameer K wrote:

Reposting, as I did not get any response.  Could
someone please answer the question.

Thanks
- Sameer

--- Sameer K <sameerdw@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> From the RFC 3471 - GMPLS Signaling Functional
> Description, Section 9.1.1, it appears that there is
> no way for upstream node, to specify component links
> that are numbered, in the IF-ID HOP object.
>
> The TLV format for IF-ID Types 4 and 5 assumes that
> the component link is always un-numbered.
>
> Is this the way it was planned to be?.  If yes, then
> what should IF-ID look like for numbered component
> link (which is a valid scenario per the Link
> Bundling
> draft).
>
> Or did I get it all wrong?
> TIA
> - Sameer
>
>
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Cisco Systems, Inc.                    email: ancaz@cisco.com
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Anca Zamfir                                Public Carrier IP
Cisco Systems, Inc.                    email: ancaz@cisco.com
2000 Innovation Dr., Kanata          tel#: (613) 254-3484
Ontario, CANADA  K2K 3E8         fax:  (613) 254-3717