Tim,

Thanks for the review and comments.
Pls see inline for responses.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Chown [mailto:tim.ch...@jisc.ac.uk] 
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2018 8:25 PM
To: ops-...@ietf.org
Cc: ospf@ietf.org; draft-ietf-ospf-link-overload....@ietf.org
Subject: Opsdir telechat review of draft-ietf-ospf-link-overload-13

Reviewer: Tim Chown
Review result: Ready

Hi,

I have reviewed this document as part of the Operational directorate's ongoing 
effort to review all IETF documents being processed by the IESG.  These 
comments were written with the intent of improving the operational aspects of 
the IETF drafts. Comments that are not addressed in last call may be included 
in AD reviews during the IESG review. Document editors and WG chairs should 
treat these comments just like any other last call comments.

This document defines mechanism(s) to allow OSPF routers to indicate that a 
specific link, rather than a whole node, is entering an imminent maintenance 
state, to allow other devices that understand the protocol extension(s) to more 
gracefully re-route traffic around the affected link.

I believe the document is Ready for publication.  I have only three minor 
comments below, which the authors may choose to act on.

Overall the document reads reasonably well. Not being overly familiar with the 
material, I needed to read it through end-to-end more than once to better 
understand its scope and intent. My first comment would be that perhaps the 
introduction section could be better written; the abstract seemed clear on the 
purpose of the draft, while the introduction felt a little muddled.  Sections 
2, 3 and 4, which detail the motivations and extensions, were much clearer.
<Shraddha> Added more text to introduction section in version -14. Pls check if 
it looks better now.

Secondly, there are some minor typographic errors throughout the document, 
generally missing (in)definite articles.  While the RFC Editor would pick these 
up, it would be nice for the authors to have a final pass and fix those before 
submission.
<Shraddha> Ack. 

Thirdly, the document does not give any advice on the timing of using the 
extensions - how far in advance is it recommended to use the extensions? - or 
on the return to 'normal' state once the maintenance is completed.  So perhaps 
consider adding a short section on this, maybe in Section 5.
<Shraddha> Added below details to section 5

 When a link is ready to carry traffic, the Graceful-Lnk-Shutdown sub-TLV 
should be removed from the Extended Link TLV/Router-Link TLV and the 
corresponding
LSAs MUST be readvertised.

Best wishes,
Tim


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