Hi Stewart, On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Stewart Bryant <[email protected]> wrote:
> > In this revised version of the charter I have attempted > to incorporate all of the charter discussion on the list. > > In particular I have used the term Data Center Virtual Private > Network (DCVPN) in place of Overlay. This has lead to > a slight change in WG name, but one that is consistent > with the L3 goals. > I thought that both those changes really helped clarify the charter. However, in the email sent out by the IESG secretary, the name has reverted, both in the subject line and in the body of the email. Was that intended or just a oversight? (snip) NVO3: Network Virtualization Over Layer 3 > This best captures the intent of the WG, and doesn't get into extraneous debates on "what is an overlay?" (snip) NVO3 will develop an approach to multi-tenancy that uses an > encapsulation header that resides above IP rather than relying on traditional L2 isolation mechanisms (e.g., VLANs) to support > multi-tenancy. The approach will provide an emulated ethernet > service capable of satisfying typical data center deployments. > The new wording: NVO3 will develop an approach to multi-tenancy that uses a Layer 3 encapsulation rather than relying on traditional L2 isolation mechanisms ... is better. Was the more explicit "encapsulation over IP or MPLS enabled packet switched networks (PSN)" discussed? Cheers, Kireeti
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