The IESG has received a request from the Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links WG (trill) to consider the following document: - 'TRILL Smart Endnodes' <draft-ietf-trill-smart-endnodes-08.txt> as Proposed Standard The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2018-03-06. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract This draft addresses the problem of the size and freshness of the endnode learning table in edge RBridges, by allowing endnodes to volunteer for endnode learning and encapsulation/decapsulation. Such an endnode is known as a "Smart Endnode". Only the attached edge RBridge can distinguish a "Smart Endnode" from a "normal endnode". The smart endnode uses the nickname of the attached edge RBridge, so this solution does not consume extra nicknames. The solution also enables Fine Grained Label aware endnodes. The file can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-trill-smart-endnodes/ IESG discussion can be tracked via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-trill-smart-endnodes/ballot/ The following IPR Declarations may be related to this I-D: https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/2069/ https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/2054/
