[rbridge] ????: ????: rbridge for ipv6 ?

[Yiou Deng]

¡¡¡¡Hi Vishwas,
¡¡¡¡Thanks a lot for your information. It's helpful for me to understand
more about rbridge. 
¡¡¡¡Another doubt for me is that, will protocols other than ROUTING
PROTOCOLS be considered to use in rbridge? I think running a routing
protocol like IS-IS is a big burden for lan switches. Yes, we can say
that rbridge campus is a layer-2 CORE network and switches in it are all
middle-end or high-end switches which can afford to run IS-IS. But as
the network expands, or the application requirement changes, more
switches may be added into rbridge campus. For example, if end to end TE
tunnels are to be established over L2 network, not only switches in the
core network, but also the ones in the access layer, will be required to
run routing protocol like IS-IS.
¡¡¡¡Is there any consideration for this issue in rbridge?
¡¡¡¡
¡¡¡¡Thanks & Regards,
¡¡¡¡Yiou
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´ú±í Vishwas Manral
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¡¡¡¡Hi Yiou,
¡¡¡¡
¡¡¡¡I am not sure if IS-IS is the preferred protocol (I guess we are
some distance from finalizing a protocol), however one advantage of
IS-IS is that it uses TLV based reachability information and hence is
independent of the protocol for which it carries information (It was
initially used for the OSI stack and later extended to work for TCP/IP).
¡¡¡¡
¡¡¡¡Besides IS-IS already works over Layer-2.
¡¡¡¡
¡¡¡¡Thanks,
¡¡¡¡Vishwas
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¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡Hi Ganesh,
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡I mean that ANY of the routing protocols can be used for rbridge
¡¡¡¡reachability. I'm new for this mailing list and know little about
why
¡¡¡¡ISIS is preferred for rbridge. Will anyone be kind enough to explain
¡¡¡¡this for me? Thanks in advance.
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡Regards,
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡Yiou
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¡¡¡¡´ú±í Ganesh CS
¡¡¡¡·¢ËÍʱ¼ä: 2005Äê9ÔÂ14ÈÕ 22:45
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¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡Hi Yiou,
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡Do you mean that still routing protocols other than IS-IS
routing
¡¡¡¡are
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡required just for rbrige reachability ?
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡regs
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡Ganesh
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡Yiou Deng wrote:
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡Hello!!
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡Rbridge network is just like a L2VPN network formed by IP
or
¡¡¡¡MPLS,
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>the only use of routing protocols in Rbridge is to ensure the
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>connectivity of Rbridge network internally. 
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡Maybe we can talk face to face at Kuike building if any
doubts
¡¡¡¡still
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>there :-)
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡Yiou
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¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>´ú±í Yang Yang
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>·¢ËÍʱ¼ä: 2005Äê9ÔÂ14ÈÕ 0:36
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¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>Ö÷Ìâ: Re: [rbridge] rbridge for ipv6 ?
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¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡Hi,
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡   Rbridge forwards frames based on L2 address in data
plane.
¡¡¡¡But it
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>uses
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡routing protocols which may operate at L3 in control plane.
If
¡¡¡¡L3
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>address is
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡used, is Rbridge a L2 device? And I think IPv4 and IPv6
should
¡¡¡¡both
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>be
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡supported.
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡   Still now, I am not sure whether the routing protocol
can
¡¡¡¡use MAC
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>address
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡via adding a new TLV in IS-IS.
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡   Best Regards!
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡    Yang Yang
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡
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¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>On
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡Behalf Of Joe Touch
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 12:01 AM
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¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡Subject: Re: [rbridge] rbridge for ipv6 ?
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡Rbridge is an L2 device; at the ingress, it should be
capable
¡¡¡¡of
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>peeking
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡into various packets for optimization like other L2
systems, e.
¡¡¡¡g.,
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>for
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡multicast. This includes IPv4 and IPv6, but these are just
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>optimizations
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡- if not implemented, it should not affect correct
operation.
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡Joe
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡Ganesh CS wrote:
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡> Hi all,
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡> Is rbridge for ipv6 under consideration ?
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡> 
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡>¡¡¡¡> Ganesh
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