The RFC for BGP Large Communities has just been published; https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8092 There is also a draft discussing their use; https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-grow-large-communities-usage-02 There are more details on the BGP Large Communities work and an implementation tracker at; http://largebgpcommunities.net/ BIRD 1.6.3 support it, so I'd like to suggest we think about a third route server for testing with BGP Large Communities. If that goes well then phase it in with the production servers maybe toward the end of 2017 when more of the implementations for big iron routers make it in to production code, What do others think? -- =============================================== David Farmer Email:farmer@umn.edu Networking & Telecommunication Services Office of Information Technology University of Minnesota 2218 University Ave SE Phone: 612-626-0815 <(612)%20626-0815> Minneapolis, MN 55414-3029 Cell: 612-812-9952 <(612)%20812-9952> ===============================================
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 12:37:05AM -0600, David Farmer wrote:
BIRD 1.6.3 support it, so I'd like to suggest we think about a third route server for testing with BGP Large Communities. If that goes well then phase it in with the production servers maybe toward the end of 2017 when more of the implementations for big iron routers make it in to production code,
What do others think?
Quick view: I don't see why upgrading to 1.6.3 and turning it on for just folks wanting it could be done - just don't pass them onto other users. Unless I missed something. -- Mike Horwath, reachable via drechsau@Geeks.ORG
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 07:25:14AM -0600, Mike Horwath wrote:
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 12:37:05AM -0600, David Farmer wrote:
BIRD 1.6.3 support it, so I'd like to suggest we think about a third route server for testing with BGP Large Communities. If that goes well then phase it in with the production servers maybe toward the end of 2017 when more of the implementations for big iron routers make it in to production code,
What do others think?
Quick view: I don't see why upgrading to 1.6.3 and turning it on for just folks wanting it could be done - just don't pass them onto other users.
I would think as well just to upgrade the BIRD code all around anyway at some point, and let people test. AFAIK, the source end has to enable them and specificly configure them in order to use them. They haven't fundementally changed anything, just added on new attributes. Large Communities has already rolled out in most hardware's code, even if the RFC just came out, they've already been doing it in some fashion for a while. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/large-bgp-communities-largely-accept... As somebody was discussing with me, there are several ways of doing setup with them (especially in the Cisco universe), and the BIRD documentation has absolutely zero info on doing any of it right now. Any information is only embedded in the source code. -- Doug McIntyre <merlyn@iphouse.net> ~.~ ipHouse ~.~ Network Engineer/Provisioning/Jack of all Trades
On Feb 17, 2017, at 7:43 AM, Doug McIntyre <merlyn@iphouse.net> wrote:
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 07:25:14AM -0600, Mike Horwath wrote:
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 12:37:05AM -0600, David Farmer wrote:
BIRD 1.6.3 support it, so I'd like to suggest we think about a third route server for testing with BGP Large Communities. If that goes well then phase it in with the production servers maybe toward the end of 2017 when more of the implementations for big iron routers make it in to production code,
What do others think?
Quick view: I don't see why upgrading to 1.6.3 and turning it on for just folks wanting it could be done - just don't pass them onto other users.
I would think as well just to upgrade the BIRD code all around anyway at some point, and let people test. AFAIK, the source end has to enable them and specificly configure them in order to use them. They haven't fundementally changed anything, just added on new attributes.
I’d agree with this as well. This is a relatively low risk upgrade, and don’t see the need to wait or have a third route server. Many IX’s are already running this same code in production. -- Andrew Hoyos hoyosa@gmail.com
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 03:54:21PM -0600, Jonathan Stewart wrote:
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 12:37 AM, David Farmer <farmer@umn.edu> wrote:
BIRD 1.6.3 support it, <snip>
What version of BIRD is MICE running now?
We are running 1.6.3, but no members are asking for large BGP community support yet.
Version 1.6.0 -- Doug McIntyre <merlyn@iphouse.net> ~.~ ipHouse ~.~ Network Engineer/Provisioning/Jack of all Trades
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