Hey Paul, 

Is the interface number associated with the LLDP Management Address TLV always 
the local ifIndex of the Layer-2 link? 

Hope All is Well,
Acee

> On Mar 4, 2025, at 2:01 PM, Les Ginsberg (ginsberg) <ginsb...@cisco.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> Acee -
> IEEE Std 802.1AB-2016 Figure 8-11 has exactly what we need.
> In particular:
> 8.5.9.5 interface numbering subtype
> The interface numbering subtype field shall contain an integer value 
> indicating the numbering method used
> for defining the interface number. The following three values are currently 
> defined:
> 1) Unknown
> 2) ifIndex
> 3) system port number
> And
> 8.5.9.6 interface number
> The interface number field shall contain the assigned number within the 
> system that identifies the specific
> interface associated with this management address.
>    Les
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Acee Lindem <acee.i...@gmail.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 4, 2025 9:56 AM
>> To: Acee Lindem <acee.i...@gmail.com>
>> Cc: lsr <lsr@ietf.org>; draft-glctgp-lsr-l2-bundle-member-remote...@ietf.org
>> Subject: Re: WG Adoption Poll for "Advertisement of Remote Interface
>> Identifiers for Layer 2 Bundle Members" -draft-glctgp-lsr-l2-bundle-member-
>> remote-id-02
>>> Speaking as WG member:
>>> I support adoption.
>>> With respect to acquiring the remote ID, I don't believe that LLDP include 
>>> the
>> remote ID. There is a port ID but I believe this is an L2 construct. If 
>> you're going
>> to reference LLDP, you should add it to the "LLDP IETF Organizationally 
>> Specific
>> TLV" as is done for BGP parameters in https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-
>> acee-idr-lldp-peer-discovery/. Also, you don't mention (via an informational
>> reference) https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-lsvr-l3dl/ which 
>> does, in
>> fact, advertise the local ifIndex which is commonly used as the interface ID.
>>> Thanks,
>> Acee
>>> On Mar 2, 2025, at 8:56 AM, Acee Lindem <acee.i...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> LSR WG,
>>> 
>>> This starts the Working Group adoption call for draft-glctgp-lsr-l2-bundle-
>> member-remote-id-02. Please send your
>>> support or objection to this list before March 17th, 2025.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Acee
>> 

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