Re: Requirement regarding load sharing

[Brian E Carpenter <brian@hursley.ibm.com>]

Erik Nordmark wrote:
> 
> > Well, I suspect this would actually be a source of confusion.
> >
> > I don't disagree that load balancing mechanisms need to be
> > managed by a policy system. But only some load balancing mechanisms
> > are likely to be the same as multi-homing mechanisms. Somehow I'd
> > rather keep the issues separate at the requirements level.
> 
> What type of confusion are you concerned about?

see below...

> 
> Unless there is load sharing in site multihoming there isn't
> any need for a load sharing policy.
> Thus if such a policy is desirable/required/nice to have
> it might make sense to add something in the load sharing
> section saying something of this general flavor
>         It is desirable/required/nice to have a load sharing control
>         by the site administrator so that the outbound traffic can be
>         directed to ...
> 
> Maybe there is also a desire for control of inbound traffic (through
> control of source address selection/locator selection).

I'm confused about why I would mention this in a document about
multihoming. 

   Brian