Re: TransmissionRate in LMP BeginVery

[Zafar Ali <zali@cisco.com>]

At 04:37 PM 5/8/2002 -0400, Nik Langrind wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> What is the purpose of including the
> Transmission Rate field in the Begin Verify message?

Dear Nik, 

An example case where this field is useful is the case of an optical
cross connect, where you have limited (or one) LMP termination units
(unit). In this case the LMP neighbor is suggesting the transmission rate
at which the verification message will be sent, rather than expecting the
receiver's termination unit to "hunt" for it. 

> If a group of ports
> will be verified in one pass verification, and the ports have different
> transmission speeds... then what?

The transmission rate should always be set to the rate at which the
actual verification message will be sent. 

Thanks

Regards... Zafar 
>  
>  
> Thanks,
> Nik

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