[rbridge] When would an RBridge say "I don't want layer 2 multicast"?
Joe Touch
touch at ISI.EDU
Thu Jun 11 14:23:24 PDT 2009
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AOK - I'd like to make a motion to remove the bit.
I'd like to encourage a quick check that all other bits have clear
indications as to when an administrator would want to set/clear them,
based on either existing practice or specific guidance.
I.e., it should be more than just saying "here's what the bit does".
Thanks, all, for the exchange on this.
Joe
James Carlson wrote:
> Dinesh G Dutt writes:
>> I checked and we don't need this bit. It was something that was put in
>> for use in a network where MMRP was widely deployed, kind of thing. But
>> as you pointed out, we can prune multicast effectively using the normal
>> multicast pruning and don't need this bit.
>
> ... and I'm happy with or without the bit. It's not important.
>
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