[ipv6-wg] Last Call (20101117): Requirements For IPv6 in ICT Equipment

On 10.11.10 9:08, Ivan Pepelnjak wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> As I'm one of the original authors of this document (now nicely hidden behind
> the "Slovenian IPv6 working group" blob ;)

;)

> * If MPLS functionality (for example, BGP-free core, MPLS TE, MPLS FRR) is
> requested, the PE-routers and route reflectors MUST support "Connecting IPv6
> Islands over IPv4 MPLS Using IPv6 Provider Edge Routers (6PE)" [RFC 4798]

Agree.

>
> * If layer-3 VPN functionality is requested, the PE-routers and route
> reflectors MUST support "BGP-MPLS IP Virtual Private Network (VPN) Extension
> for IPv6 VPN" [RFC 4659]

Agree.

> The "Router or Layer 3 switch" equipment section thus needs two more items:
>
> MANDATORY --------- * If MPLS Traffic Engineering is used in combination with
> IS-IS routing protocol, the equipment MUST support "M-ISIS: Multi Topology
> (MT) Routing in Intermediate System to Intermediate Systems (IS-ISs)" [RFC
> 5120]
>
> OPTIONAL -------- * When IS-IS routing protocol is requested, the equipment
> SHOULD support "M-ISIS: Multi Topology (MT) Routing in Intermediate System to
> Intermediate Systems (IS-ISs)" [RFC 5120] (this support is highly
> recommended)

What can I say? Agree :)

You are the MPLS man (as you wrote a Cisco book about that), so I trust you with 
this :)

Cheers, /jan