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RFC 7961: Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL): Interface Addresses APPsub-TLV

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This document specifies a TRILL (Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links) IS-IS application sub-TLV that enables the reporting by a TRILL switch of sets of addresses. Each set of addresses reports all of the addresses that designate the same interface (port) and also reports the TRILL switch by which that interface is reachable. For example, a 48-bit MAC (Media Access Control) address, IPv4 address, and IPv6 address can be reported as all corresponding to the same interface reachable by a particular TRILL switch. Such information could be used in some cases to synthesize responses to, or bypass the need for, the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), the IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol, or the flooding of unknown MAC addresses.

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Document ID
RFC7961
Published
August 2016
Authors
D. Eastlake 3rd; L. Yizhou
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
rtg
Pages
24
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