Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links Multilevel Using Unique Nicknames
RFC 8397, “Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links Multilevel Using Unique Nicknames”, is a Proposed Standard document published in May 2018 by M. Zhang, D. Eastlake 3rd, R. Perlman, H. Zhai, D. Liu. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
TRILL (Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links) routing can be extended to support multiple levels by building on the multilevel feature of IS-IS routing. Depending on how nicknames are managed, there are two primary alternatives to realize TRILL multilevel: the unique nickname approach and the aggregated nickname approach as discussed in RFC 8243. This document specifies a unique nickname approach. This approach gives unique nicknames to all TRILL switches across the multilevel TRILL campus.
What “Proposed Standard” means
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