RE: I-D Action:draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-ethernet-arch-02.txt

["Don Fedyk" <dwfedyk@nortel.com>]

Hi Peng

I believe this refers to 802.1ag Clause 21.5.2 Organization-Specific
TLV.  My read of this is it supports Vendor specific messages.  Is that
OK?

Don  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peng He [mailto:peng.he.2000@gmail.com] 
> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 12:02 PM
> To: Fedyk, Don (BL60:1A00)
> Cc: CCAMP List
> Subject: Re: I-D Action:draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-ethernet-arch-02.txt
> 
> Hello Don,
> 
> Just wonder if you are sure that the "VSM/VSR: Vendor-specific
> extensions Message/Reply" is defined in 802.1ag also (page 8 in your
> draft)?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Peng
> 
> 2008/7/14  <Internet-Drafts@ietf.org>:
> > A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line 
> Internet-Drafts directories.
> > This draft is a work item of the Common Control and 
> Measurement Plane Working Group of the IETF.
> >
> >
> >        Title           : GMPLS Ethernet Label Switching 
> Architecture and Framework
> >        Author(s)       : D. Fedyk, et al.
> >        Filename        : draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-ethernet-arch-02.txt
> >        Pages           : 20
> >        Date            : 2008-07-13
> >
> > There has been significant recent work in increasing the 
> capabilities
> > of Ethernet switches and Ethernet forwarding models. As a
> > consequence, the role of Ethernet is rapidly expanding into
> > "transport networks" that previously were the domain of other
> > technologies such as SONET/SDH TDM and ATM. This document defines an
> > architecture and framework for a GMPLS based control plane for
> > Ethernet in this "transport network" capacity. GMPLS has 
> already been
> > specified for similar technologies. Some additional 
> extensions to the
> > GMPLS control plane are needed and this document provides a 
> framework
> > for these extensions.Contents
> >
> > A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
> > 
> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-eth
ernet-arch-02.txt
> >
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