The IESG has approved the following document: - 'TRILL: RBridge Channel Support' (draft-ietf-trill-rbridge-channel-08.txt) as Proposed Standard This document is the product of the Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Ralph Droms and Brian Haberman. A URL of this Internet Draft is: http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-trill-rbridge-channel/ Technical Summary The TRILL base protocol standard [RFC6325] provides for TRILL Data messages and TRILL IS-IS messages. This document specifies a general channel mechanism for the transmission of other messages within an RBridge campus, such as BFD (Bidirectional Forwarding Detection, [RFC5880]) and error messages, between RBridges and end stations that are directly connected on the same link and between RBridges. This mechanism supports a requirement to be able to operate with minimal configuration. Working Group Summary There was consensus in the working group in favor of the document. Document Quality The document has been carefully reviewed in the WG and by the document shepherd. There are currently no known implementations of the channel mechanism, but BFD and error reporting will drive their implementation. Personnel Who is the Document Shepherd? Erik Nordmark Who is the Responsible Area Director? Ralph Droms
