Paul, Can this proposal be applied to IS-IS (or other IGP) as well as BGP?
- Alain. On 7/20/08 8:46 AM, "Paul Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gang, > > I have submitted an internet-draft to the IDR group on virtual aggregation > (VA) (http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-francis-idr-intra-va-00.txt). > This draft suggests a few changes to routers that allow operators to control > the size of their FIBs, shrinking them by 5x or 10x quite easily. This would > extend the lifetime of routers that are constrained by FIB size. > > There has been a lively discussion of this on the IDR mailing list, including > a suggestion that FIB reduction is more important for lower tier ISPs (tier > 2, tier 3...) than for tier 1 ISPs. Unfortunately I don't think that people > from smaller ISPs pay much attention to the IDR mailing list, so they are not > being represented in this discussion. > > So I'm looking for input from folks who think that FIB reduction helps them, > so as to better understand their requirements. > > Any help is much appreciated. > > Thanks, > > PF > > >
