Speaking as WG member: I agree. The whole Data Center IGP flooding discussion went on years ago and the simplistic enhancement proposed in the subject draft is neither relevant or useful now.
Thanks, Acee > On Nov 24, 2023, at 11:55 PM, Les Ginsberg (ginsberg) > <ginsberg=40cisco....@dmarc.ietf.org> wrote: > > Xiaohu – > I also point out that there are at least two existing drafts which > specifically address IS-IS flooding reduction in CLOS networks and do so in > greater detail and with more robustness than what is in your draft: > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-lsr-distoptflood/ > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-lsr-isis-spine-leaf-ext/ > I do not see a need for yet another draft specifically aimed at CLOS > networks. > Note that work on draft-ietf-lsr-isis-spine-leaf-ext was suspended due to > lack of interest in deploying an IGP solution in CLOS networks. > You are suggesting in draft-xu-lsr-fare that AI is going to change this. > Well, maybe, but if so I think we should return to the solutions already > available and prioritize work on them. > Les > From: Lsr <lsr-boun...@ietf.org> On Behalf Of Tony Li > Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2023 8:39 AM > To: xuxiaohu_i...@hotmail.com > Cc: lsr@ietf.org > Subject: Re: [Lsr] New Version Notification for > draft-xu-lsr-flooding-reduction-in-clos-01.txt > Hi, > What you’re proposing is already described in IS-IS Mesh Groups > (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2973.html) and improved upon in Dynamic > Flooding > (https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-lsr-dynamic-flooding). > Regards, > Tony > > > On Nov 23, 2023, at 8:29 AM, xuxiaohu_i...@hotmail.com wrote: > Hi all, > Any comments or suggestions are welcome. > Best regards, > Xiaohu > 发件人: internet-dra...@ietf.org <internet-dra...@ietf.org> > 日期: 星期三, 2023年11月22日 11:37 > 收件人: Xiaohu Xu <xuxiaohu_i...@hotmail.com> > 主题: New Version Notification for > draft-xu-lsr-flooding-reduction-in-clos-01.txt > A new version of Internet-Draft draft-xu-lsr-flooding-reduction-in-clos-01.txt > has been successfully submitted by Xiaohu Xu and posted to the > IETF repository. > > Name: draft-xu-lsr-flooding-reduction-in-clos > Revision: 01 > Title: Flooding Reduction in CLOS Networks > Date: 2023-11-22 > Group: Individual Submission > Pages: 6 > URL: > https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-xu-lsr-flooding-reduction-in-clos-01.txt > Status: > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-xu-lsr-flooding-reduction-in-clos/ > HTMLized: > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-xu-lsr-flooding-reduction-in-clos > Diff: > https://author-tools.ietf.org/iddiff?url2=draft-xu-lsr-flooding-reduction-in-clos-01 > > Abstract: > > In a CLOS topology, an OSPF (or ISIS) router may receive identical > copies of an LSA (or LSP) from multiple OSPF (or ISIS) neighbors. > Moreover, two OSPF (or ISIS) neighbors may exchange the same LSA (or > LSP) simultaneously. This results in unnecessary flooding of link- > state information, which wastes the precious resources of OSPF (or > ISIS) routers. Therefore, this document proposes extensions to OSPF > (or ISIS) to reduce this flooding within CLOS networks. The > reduction of OSPF (or ISIS) flooding is highly beneficial for > improving the scalability of CLOS networks. > > > > The IETF Secretariat > > _______________________________________________ > Lsr mailing list > Lsr@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/lsr > _______________________________________________ > Lsr mailing list > Lsr@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/lsr _______________________________________________ Lsr mailing list Lsr@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/lsr
