On 17/Jun/20 20:40, Dave Bell wrote:
> I don't understand the point of SRv6. What equipment can support IPv6 > routing, but can't support MPLS label switching? Indeed. Anything that can support LDPv4 today can support LDPv6, in hardware. SRv6 and SRv6+ is a whole other issue, not to mention the amount of work needed to write code for it. > Not just this, but the LFA path is always the post-convergence path. > You don't get microloops. > > You can implement TE on top if that is your thing. No need to run > RSVP. Another protocol you don't need to run. > > You don't need to throw out all your old kit, and replace with new in > one go. You can incrementally roll it out, and leave islands of LDP > where needed. LDP-SR interworking is pretty simple. > > We are currently introducing it into our core. It will probably be a > while before we fully phase out LDP, but its definitely on the roadmap. Happy to hear, and I have nothing against your choice if you are happy with it. But for a network that may not see the need in spending cycles doing yet-another roll out, it tastes funny when you are forced down a new path. Mark.