Re: Frameformat in a l2cs gmpls rnvironment.

[Pär Mattsson <per@defero.se>]

> Per and Dimitri,
>
> I would like to come down stronger than that, for me it is
> a very strong requirement that the same switch can handle
> both VLANs and GMPLs trafic correctly. I can't dsee how that
> could be done if using the VLAN tpid to indicate GMPLS
> traffic.

If you ever want that same switch to handle traffic for a directly
connected  host (not to uncommen) you would want that to use normal
ethernet macaddress switching. So of course you do not want to have to
choose between vlan and gmpls, you would want both at the same time.

/per


>
> /Loa
>
> Pär Mattsson wrote:
>>>hi par, one of the possibilities that has been considered to cope with
>>>this requirement is to use a dedicated TPID for the Ethernet labeled
>>>frames; this would allow differentiated processing with non-labeled
>>>framesthanks.
>>
>>
>> That seems to make more sence. If that frame is to be sized like a
>> 802.1q
>> frame. There is not that much space left to a label. Or is the demand to
>> use jumboframes ?
>> Has there been any discussion on labelstacking, and mainly where to
>> place
>> the information?
>>
>> Regards.
>> Per
>>
>>
>>
>
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