[rbridge] TRILL rbridge architecture submitted

Gray, Eric Eric.Gray at marconi.com
Fri Nov 18 12:09:53 PST 2005


Joe,

	I did not find it under that name
(draft-touch-trill-rbridge-arch-00.txt).
do you mean that it has been submitted rather than it has been posted - or
is
it under a different name? 

--
Eric

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--> Hi, all,
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--> The rbridge architecture doc has been posted to the Internet drafts.
--> The only change was the reference to the P&AS doc, and that 
--> this document is currently considered the product of a few 
--> authors rather than an editor (that decision can be revised 
--> if accepted as a WG doc).
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--> Joe
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--> TRILL WG                                                    
-->    J. Touch
--> Internet Draft                                              
-->     USC/ISI
--> Expires: May 2006                                           
-->  R. Perlman
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-->         Sun
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--> November 18, 2005
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-->              The Architecture of an RBridge Solution to TRILL
-->                    draft-touch-trill-rbridge-arch-00.txt
--> 
--> ...
--> Abstract
--> 
-->    RBridges are link layer (L2) devices that use routing 
--> protocols as a
-->    control plane. They combine the link layer ability to 
--> allow hosts to
-->    reattach without renumbering with network layer routing benefits.
-->    RBridges use existing link state routing to provide 
--> higher internal
-->    cross-section bandwidth, faster convergence under 
--> reconfiguration,
-->    and more robustness to link interruption than an 
--> equivalent set of
-->    conventional bridges using existing spanning tree 
--> forwarding. They
-->    are intended to apply to similar L2 network sizes as conventional
-->    bridges and are intended to be backward compatible with 
--> those bridges
-->    as both ingress/egress and transit. They also attempt to 
--> retain as
-->    much 'plug and play' as is already available in existing bridges.
-->    This document proposes the RBridge system as a solution 
--> to the TRILL
-->    problem. It also defines the RBridge architecture, presents its
-->    terminology, and describes its basic components and 
--> desired behavior.
-->    A separate document specifies the protocols and mechanisms that
-->    satisfy the architecture presented herein.
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