Aijun,

You are mixing flooding speed with area convergence and with failure
detection. Those are completely orthogonal elements.

You questioned use of BFD - all I am stating that there is no easy way to
detect failure of the neighbour when LOS trigger is not an option.

Thx,
R.

On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 1:26 PM Aijun Wang <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi, Robert:
>
> Aijun Wang
> China Telecom
>
> On Nov 23, 2021, at 20:00, Robert Raszuk <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 
> Dear Aijun,
>
>
>> [WAJ] Once there is a link/node failure, upon receiving the updated LSA,
>> the ABR ....
>>
>
> That node failure will need to be detected fast.
>
> The entire discussion here is to do it reasonably fast or as fast as
> possible.
>
> [WAJ] And also as less configuration as possible. We have invested several
> tools to increase the speed of LSA flooding.
>
> That is why such detection must happen quickly via LOS or BFD or CFM
> etc.... That is way before ABR will receive any LSA/LSP from the adjacent
> nodes informing it of the failed adj. And in fact all such adj nodes MUST
> do it fast as ABR will not react till it hears bad news from every node
> previously connected to such PE.
>
> [WAJ] The reaction time depend on the IGP convergence time after one node
> is detached from the network. It should be in milliseconds within one area?
> Right?
>
>
> In every solution we work on we must see a full picture, not just single
> pieces of the puzzle.
>
> Thx,
> R.
>
>
>
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