Jean-Louis -

Sorry for the delayed response.
Comments inline.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: LE ROUX Jean-Louis RD-CORE-LAN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ftgroup.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 11:14 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Les Ginsberg (ginsberg)
> Subject: RE: [Pce] Comments on draft-ietf-pce-disco-proto-isis-02.txt from
> ISISWG
> 
> Hi Les,
> 
> Thanks for these comments.
> 
> Please see inline,
> 
> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : Adrian Farrel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Envoyé : mercredi 21 février 2007 11:53
> > À : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Objet : [Pce] Comments on
> > draft-ietf-pce-disco-proto-isis-02.txt from ISISWG
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: "Les Ginsberg (ginsberg)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Adrian Farrel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>
> > Cc: "Jean Philippe Vasseur (jvasseur)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 6:56 PM
> > Subject: RE: [Isis-wg] PCE working group last call
> >
> > ondraft-ietf-pce-disco-proto-isis-02.txt
> >
> >
> > Section 1
> >
> >       ABR: IGP Area Border Router (L1L2 router).
> >
> > LES: Use "L2 capable router" instead - or eliminate the
> > definition since as Mike points out it is not used in the document.
> 
> OK, to be eliminated
> 
> >
> >       Examples of domains include IGP areas and Autonomous Systems.
> >
> > LES: area and domain are not the same - though a domain may
> > have only one area. I would omit this sentence.
> 
> In the PCE context the defintion of a domain is as follows (as per RFC
> 4655):
> 
> "A domain is any collection of network elements within a common sphere of
> address management or path computation responsibility.  Examples of
> domains include IGP areas, Autonomous Systems (ASes), and multiple ASes
> within a Service Provider network.  Domains of path computation
> responsibility may also exist as sub-domains of areas or ASes."
> 
> Is that OK if we refer to [RFC4655] and indicate that this definition
> applies to a PCE context?

I think in an IS-IS specific document this is going to get confusing - as area 
and domain have a very specific meaning. So I think you need to define this as 
"PCE-domain", reference RFC4655, and make clear that this should be 
distinguished from a domain as defined by ISO 10589 - and use "PCE_domain" in 
all the appriopriate places in the document.

> 
> 
> >
> > Section 3.1.1
> >
> >      inter-area, inter-AS, inter-layer\205
> >
> > LES: Remove Formatting character \205
> 
> OK
> 
> >
> > Section 3.2
> >
> >    The flooding scope for PCE information advertised through IS-IS can
> >    be limited to one or more IS-IS areas the PCE belongs to, or can be
> >
> > LES: Flooding can only be area or domain scoped flooding.
> > There is no defined method to restrict flooding to some
> > subset of the areas in a domain.
> 
> Right. We are going to rephrase as follows:
> 
> The flooding scope for PCE information advertised through IS-IS can be a
> single L1 area, a L1 area and the L2 sub-domain (when the PCE is a L1L2
> node), or the entire IS-IS domain (S bit set in the Router Capability
> TLV).

The three options are:

1)Single L1 area (only available at Level-1 - S bit clear)
2)L2 sub-domain (only available at Level-2 when S bit is clear)
3)Entire routing domain (S bit set)

You cannot do a combination of #1 and #2 as your statement suggests.

> 
> Does that make sense?
> 
> >
> >    extended across the entire IS-IS routing domain.
> >    Note that some PCEs may belong to multiple areas, in which case the
> >    flooding scope may comprise these areas. This could be the
> > case for a
> >
> >    L1L2 router for instance advertising its PCE information within the
> >    L2 area and/or a subset of its attached L1 area(s).
> >
> > LES: There is no such thing as an L2 area. There is the L2
> > sub-domain, which consists of all L2 routers in a domain.
> 
> OK, we are going to remove the above paragraph
> 
> >
> > Section 4.1. The IS-IS PCED TLV
> >
> > LES: This is a sub-TLV. As Mike has pointed out, it is
> > important to use that terminology consistently throughout the
> > document.
> 
> OK
> 
> >
> >    The format of the IS-IS PCED TLV and its sub-TLVs is the
> > identical to
> >
> >
> > LES: s/the identical/identical
> 
> OK
> 
> >
> > At the end of Section 4.1 it might be helpful to add:
> >
> > "The following sub-sections describe the sub-TLVs which may
> > be carried within the PCED sub-TLV."
> 
> OK
> 
> >
> > Section 4.1.3
> >
> >    Two DOMAIN sub-TLVs are defined
> >
> >             Sub-TLV type   Length        Name
> >                  1         Variable     Area ID sub-TLV
> >                  2           4          AS number sub-TLV
> >
> > LES: These codepoints are not mentioned in the IANA section.
> 
> OK, to be added.
> 
> >
> > Section 4.1.3.1
> >
> >    VALUE: This comprises a variable length IS-IS area ID. This is the
> >
> >           combination of an Initial Domain Part (IDP) and High Order
> >           part of the Domain Specific part (HO-DSP)
> >
> > LES: Rather than invent a term (HO-DSP) which ISO 10589 does
> > not use, say "this is the area address as defined in [ISO]".
> 
> OK
> 
> > Which causes me to mention that you have no reference to ISO
> > 10589 in the references section, a most serious breach of
> > etiquette indeed!!
> 
> OK, to be added
> 
> >
> > Section 4.1.4
> >
> > LES: The domain/area sub-TLVs (nested level 3) which are defined in
> > 4.1.3 appear to be "reused" here. This should be explicitly
> > stated as the scope of the sub-TLV codepoint for domain/area
> > sub-TLVs is the parent sub-TLV (PCE-domain or
> > PCE-NEIG-DOMAIN) and therefore the codepoints cannot be
> > assumed to be the same - it MUST be explicitly stated.
> 
> OK
> 
> >
> > Section 5
> >
> >    defined in [IS-IS-CAP]. A such, elements of procedures are
> > inherited
> >
> >
> > LES: s/A such/As such
> 
> OK
> 
> >
> >    domain, itMUST be carried within an IS-IS CAPABILITY TLV
> > having the S
> >
> >
> > LES: s/itMUST/it MUST
> 
> OK
> 
> >
> >    A PCE MUST originate a new IS-IS LSP whenever the content
> >
> > LES: There is a generic issue here. As a PCE is not a router
> > running the IS-IS protocol, it cannot generate any LSPs. :-)
> > Therefore you cannot say (as you do in multiple places) "a
> > PCE originates a new IS-IS LSP".
> 
> You are right the PCE is a functional block. But it is often assimilated
> to the node hosting the PCE function, which is an IS-IS node in this
> draft.
> Is that OK if we say "An IS-IS node acting as PCE MUST originate"...

But it is also possible to have a PCE which is NOT running on a node which is 
acting as an IS-IS router. In that case the PCE information is passed to the 
IS-IS node in some manner which is beyond the scope of this document and IS-IS 
still advertises the information, but as the IP address of the PCE is NOT an 
address of the IS-IS router it is wrong to say the IS-IS is "acting as a PCE". 
IS-IS is simply advertising PCE information which has been provided to it. It 
does not act as a PCE in any way.

> 
> > Similarly, you say:
> >
> >    A PCC MUST be
> >    able to detect that the PCED TLV has been removed from an
> > IS-IS LSP.
> >
> > As a PCC is also not equivalent to a router running the IS-IS
> > protocol, perhaps you want to say "A PCC MUST be informed..."
> 
> Let say "An IS-IS node acting as PCC..." ?

Please see my previous comment.

> 
> > - although I tend to think that all of the communication
> > between the applications (PCE and
> > PCC) and the IS-IS protocol instance is out of scope for this
> > document.
> 
> Yes it is out of the scope.

So, you could just remove the language entirely.

   Les

> 
> 
> 
> >
> >    The PCE address, i.e. the address indicated within the PCE ADDRESS
> >    sub-TLV, MUST be distributed as part of IS-IS routing;
> >
> > LES: I am not sure what you mean here. Do you mean that there
> > MUST be a host route advertisement for the PCE address(es)?
> > Or do you simply mean that the PCE address(es) must be
> > reachable via some prefix(es) advertised by IS-IS? If the
> > latter, then please change the wording. As written it
> > suggests there is a special advertisement required.
> 
> Yes this is the latter, we are going to rephrase as suggested.
> 
> >
> >  Section 8
> >
> >   IS-IS provides no mechanism for protecting the privacy of LSAs, and
> >
> > LES: I don't know what you are trying to say here. Do you mean TLVs?
> > Certainly not LSAs!
> 
> Yes TLVs :-)
> 
> >
> >
> >    in particular the privacy PCE discovery information.
> >
> > LES: s/privacy/privacy of
> 
> OK
> 
> Again, thanks a lot for these comments.
> Once the last call is completed, we are going to submit a new revision
> that accounts for all these comments.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> JL
> 
> >
> >    Les
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Adrian Farrel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 9:36 AM
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Cc: Jean Philippe Vasseur (jvasseur)
> > > Subject: [Isis-wg] PCE working group last call
> > ondraft-ietf-pce-disco-
> > > proto-isis-02.txt
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > The PCE working group is holding a last call on
> > >
> > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-pce-disco-proto
> > -isis-02.t
> > xt
> > >
> > > Since this I-D proposes protocol extensions to ISIS we
> > would like the
> > ISIS
> > > working group to participate in this last call, and we have
> > accordingly
> > > made
> > > the last call period three weeks in order to give you plenty of time
> > to
> > > respond.
> > >
> > > The last call will end at 12 noon GMT on Thursday 8th March.
> > >
> > > Please send your comments to the PCE mailing list if you are
> > subscribed.
> > > Otherwise, please channel your comments through the PCE
> > working group
> > > chairs ([EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > >
> > > Background reading is:
> > > RFC4655 - The PCE Architecture
> > > RFC4674 - Requirements for Path Computation Element (PCE) Discovery
> > >                   (These are the requirements that this I-D is
> > addressing)
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Adrian
> > >
> > >
> > >
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