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PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoletes:

RFC 6439

Updates:

RFC 6325,RFC 7177

Authors:

D. Eastlake 3rd
Y. Li
M. Umair
A. Banerjee
F. Hu

Stream:

IETF

Source:

trill (rtg)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8139

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Abstract

TRILL (Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links) supportsmulti-access LAN (Local Area Network) links where a single link canhave multiple end stations and TRILL switches attached. Wheremultiple TRILL switches are attached to a link, native traffic to andfrom end stations on that link is handled by a subset of those TRILLswitches called "Appointed Forwarders" as originally specified in RFC6325, with the intent that native traffic in each VLAN be handled byat most one TRILL switch. This document clarifies and updates theAppointed Forwarder mechanism. It updates RFCs 6325 and 7177 andobsoletes RFC 6439.

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.