Optimized MAC Address Operations in VPLS with Redundancy
draft-jiang-l2vpn-vpls-mac-operation-01
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| Authors | Y. Richard Yang , Yuanlong Jiang | ||
| Last updated | 2009-07-07 | ||
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Abstract
The Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) using Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) signaling is described in RFC 4762. That document describes a mechanism called MAC Address Withdrawal to remove or unlearn MAC addresses which have been dynamically learned in a VPLS instance. Further work in progress defines an extension to MAC Address Withdrawal procedure which can greatly restrict the scope of MAC flushing. This document provides a flushing-free mechanism which removes the need for MAC address flushing in a VPLS instance. This mechanism is called MAC Address Switching.
Authors
Y. Richard Yang
Yuanlong Jiang
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