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Re: Why MSDP?
- To: Steve Simlo <ssimlo@cisco.com>
- Subject: Re: Why MSDP?
- From: jhall@UU.NET (Jeremy Hall)
- Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 07:11:44 -0400 (EDT)
- CC: Bill Nickless <nickless@mcs.anl.gov>, Dino Farinacci <dino@procket.com>, ssprunk@cisco.com, aboudani@irisa.fr, dmm@cisco.com, fenner@research.att.com, nagesh.chintada@alcatel.com, ssm-interest@external.cisco.com, pim@catarina.usc.edu, msdp@network-services.uoregon.edu, rcoltun@redback.com, ahuja@umich.edu
- In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010406081027.027c3ef8@london.cisco.com> from SteveSimlo at "Apr 6, 2001 08:11:38 am"
msdp could in theory be used to cross a pim-sm domain and connect two
dvmrp domains. The fact that no sane vendor has implemented this
functionality is beyond the scope of the definition of msdp.
_J
In the new year, Steve Simlo wrote:
> At 18:19 05/04/2001 -0500, Bill Nickless wrote:
>
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> >At 02:14 PM 4/5/2001 -0700, Dino Farinacci wrote:
> > > >> Think of the split between PIM and MSDP as similar to the split between
> > > >> ISIS/OSPF/EIGRP/RIP and BGP -- we use different protocols within and
> > > >> between routing domains.
> > >
> > > I wouldn't go that far.
> > >
> > >Dino
> >
> >Making sure I understand you here: MSDP is PIM-specific?
>
> Correct - MSDP is PIM SM specific....from:
>
> http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-msdp-spec-08.txt
>
> snip
> The Multicast Source Discovery Protocol, MSDP, describes a mechanism
> to connect multiple PIM-SM domains together. Each PIM-SM domain uses
> its own independent RP(s) and does not have to depend on RPs in other
> domains.
> snip
>
>
> >===
> >Bill Nickless http://www.mcs.anl.gov/people/nickless +1 630 252 7390
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