RE: MPLS Tunnel Maximum Hops

["Thomas D. Nadeau" <tnadeau@cisco.com>]

>Any response to the bellow?

	The MIB is well past IETF last call, so
I don't believe we can make any further changes
at this time.

	--Tom



>Hi,
>I have a question  regarding the mplsTunnelMaxHops scalar that 
>indicates the
>maximum number of hops that can be specified on each tunnel 
>supported by the
>LSR.
>This scalar is a read only attribute but I can find it very 
>useful to let
>configure it as well. 
>One of the CSPF constraints is the maximum number of hops the 
>LSP may follow
>through. The limitation on the maximum number for example can 
>result from
>the maximum packet size when fragmentation is not supported. 
>In such a case
>the maximum number of hops can depend on the network nature
>(numbered/unnumbered). Instead of hard coding it with the 
>worst case number,
>let the network administrator, that is aware  of the network nature,
>configure it.
>Moreover, I think that the maximum hops should be configurable 
>per tunnel.
>Thanks, Nurit.
>
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