RFC 9183

Single Nickname for an Area Border RBridge in Multilevel Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL), February 2022

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Status:
PROPOSED STANDARD
Authors:
M. Zhang
D. Eastlake 3rd
R. Perlman
M. Cullen
H. Zhai
Stream:
IETF
Source:
NON WORKING GROUP

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC9183

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Abstract

A major issue in multilevel TRILL is how to manage RBridge nicknames. In this document, area border RBridges use a single nickname in both Level 1 and Level 2. RBridges in Level 2 must obtain unique nicknames but RBridges in different Level 1 areas may have the same nicknames.


For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.




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