[rbridge] "Inter-RBridge-only" port

[Eastlake III Donald-LDE008]

Hi,

This is one reason that there is a (hopefully clear) definition of
"native frames", "control frames", and "TRILL frames" in Section 1.2 of
base protocol draft version -07. But further clarification would
probably be a good idea.

Donald 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dinesh G Dutt [mailto:ddutt at cisco.com] 
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 1:22 AM
To: Eastlake III Donald-LDE008
Cc: Developing a hybrid router/bridge.
Subject: Re: [rbridge] "Inter-RBridge-only" port

Hi Donald,

Eastlake III Donald-LDE008 wrote:
> If port p is configured to be inter-RBridge-only on RB1, then RB1:
> a) ignores all traffic that is not TRILL-encapsulated
>
> @@@ Actually, it still has to pay attention to control frames like
PAUSE
> or, if implemented, local link discovery, etc. It just ignores native
> frames.
>   
This is where I see a need for a clear demarcation between TRILL and 
IEEE functionality. It's useful to talk about the frames the TRILL 
functionality is concerned with. "Native frames" is not a clear enough 
term IMO.

Dinesh

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