[rbridge] Terminology Change?

Dinesh G Dutt ddutt at cisco.com
Mon Jun 23 23:36:00 PDT 2008


Yes,

Dinesh
Eric Gray wrote:
> Silvano/Radia/Donald/Erik/Dinesh,
>
> Based on an inconsistency pointed out during a review, I need to make
> some of the terminology definitions more consistent.
>
> I propose changing the following two definitions - 
>
>    o  Egress RBridge: for any specific frame, the RBridge through 
>       which that frame leaves the TRILL Campus. For frames 
>       transiting a TRILL Campus, the egress RBridge is an edge 
>       RBridge where RBridge encapsulation is removed from the 
>       transit frames prior to exiting the TRILL Campus. 
>
>    o	Ingress RBridge: for any specific frame, the RBridge through 
>       which that frame enters the TRILL Campus. For frames 
>       transiting a TRILL Campus, the ingress RBridge is the edge 
>       RBridge where RBridge encapsulation is added to the transit 
>       traffic entering the TRILL Campus.  
>
> - to read as follows:
>
>    o  Egress RBridge: for any specific frame, the RBridge at which 
>       the TRILL header is removed from the frame prior to delivery
>       to an end station (possibly via a LAN).  
>
>    o  Ingress RBridge: for any specific frame, the RBridge at which 
>       a TRILL header is added to the frame prior to being forwarded
>       to one or more other RBridges. 
>
> Is this change okay with you? 
>
> --
> Eric Gray
> Principal Engineer
> Ericsson 
>
>   

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