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IETF RFC 5556
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Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL): Problem and Applicability Statement

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IETF
Doc Type
Informational
Pages
17
Abstract
Current IEEE 802.1 LANs use spanning tree protocols that have a number of challenges. These protocols need to strictly avoid loops, even temporary ones, during route propagation, because of the lack of header loop detection support. Routing tends not to take full advantage of alternate paths, or even non-overlapping pairwise paths (in the case of spanning trees). This document addresses these concerns and suggests applying modern network-layer routing protocols at the link layer. This document assumes that solutions would not address issues of scalability beyond that of existing IEEE 802.1 bridged links, but that a solution would be backward compatible with 802.1, including hubs, bridges, and their existing plug-and-play capabilities. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
Publication Date
2009-05-01
Status Note
Informational
DOI
10.17487/RFC5556
Link
https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5556
Author(s)
Dr. Joseph D. Touch
Radia Perlman
Keyword(s)
STP
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Bibliographic Reference(s)

  • IEEE.STD802.1D.2004 — 802.1D-2004 EXTERNAL
  • IEEE.STD802.1Q.2006 — IEEE06 EXTERNAL
  • Perlman, R., "Interconnection: Bridges, Routers, Switches, and Internetworking Protocols", Addison Wesley, Chapter 3, 1999. EXTERNAL
  • Myers, A., T.E. Ng, H. Zhang, "Rethinking the Service Model: Scaling Ethernet to a Million Nodes", Proc. ACM Third Workshop on Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets-III), Mar. 2004. EXTERNAL
  • Touch, J., Y. Wang, L. Eggert, G. Finn, "A Virtual Internet Architecture", ISI Technical Report ISI-TR-570, Presented at the Workshop on Future Directions in Network Architecture (FDNA) 2003 at Sigcomm 2003, March 2003. EXTERNAL
  • Perlman, R., J. Touch, A. Yegin, "RBridges: Transparent Routing," (expired work in progress), Apr. 2004 - May 2005. EXTERNAL
  • Perlman, R., "RBridges: Transparent Routing", Proc. Infocom 2005, Mar. 2004. EXTERNAL
  • IETF RFC 826 [Active*]
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  • IETF RFC 3376 [Superseded*]
  • IETF RFC 3819 [Active*]
  • IETF RFC 3927 [Active*]
  • IETF RFC 3971 [Active*]
  • IETF RFC 4286 [Active*]
  • IETF RFC 4541 [Active*]
  • IETF RFC 4861 [Active*]
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