Hi John, Thanks for the comments, see below.
On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 5:53 PM John Scudder via Datatracker <nore...@ietf.org> wrote: > > John Scudder has entered the following ballot position for > draft-ietf-bess-evpn-oam-req-frmwk-08: No Objection > > ... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > COMMENT: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Thanks for the clear and readable document. I have one nit and one question. > > 1. Section 1, nit: > > “EVPN is an Layer 2” s/an/a/ OK. > 2. Section 2.3: > > EVPN Network OAM mechanisms MUST provide in-band monitoring > capabilities. As such, OAM messages MUST be encoded so that they > exhibit identical entropy characteristics to data traffic in order > that they share the same fate. > > It’s not obvious to me what you mean by “identical entropy characteristics to > data traffic”. Surely, different flows may have different entropy > characteristics, so, *which* data traffic? Similarly, with which data traffic > are you saying the OAM messages must share fate? Well, it depends on what is meant by "characteristics". I believe the intent is to say that with a sufficient quantity of OAM messages, all paths used by actual data will be exercised. Thanks, Donald =============================== Donald E. Eastlake 3rd +1-508-333-2270 (cell) 2386 Panoramic Circle, Apopka, FL 32703 USA d3e...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ BESS mailing list BESS@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/bess
