The IESG has approved the following document: - 'TRILL: Vendor Specific TRILL Channel Protocol' (draft-ietf-trill-vendor-channel-01.txt) as Proposed Standard This document is the product of the Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Alvaro Retana, Alia Atlas and Deborah Brungard. A URL of this Internet Draft is: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-trill-vendor-channel/ Technical Summary The IETF TRILL (TRansparent Interconnection of Lots of Links) protocol is implemented by devices called TRILL switches or RBridges (Routing Bridges). TRILL includes a general mechanism, called RBridge Channel, for the transmission of typed messages between RBridges in the same campus and between RBridges and end stations on the same link. This document specifies a method to send vendor specific messages over the RBridge Channel facility. Working Group Summary Working group pushed for this draft even though it came at the end of work. It provides a way for TRILL vendors to send vendor specific messages. This feature will allow the vendors to innovate and then come back to IETF with "baked" features for standardizing. Document Quality No protocol implementations, but it is important for future vendor-dependent innovation - and the document is straightforward. Personnel Document Shepherd: Sue Hares Responsible Area Director: Alia Atlas
