A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 7178 Title: Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL): RBridge Channel Support Author: D. Eastlake 3rd, V. Manral, Y. Li, S. Aldrin, D. Ward Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: May 2014 Mailbox: d3e3e3@gmail.com, vishwas@ionosnetworks.com, liyizhou@huawei.com, sam.aldrin@huawei.com, dward@cisco.com Pages: 21 Characters: 49461 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-trill-rbridge-channel-08.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7178.txt This document specifies a general channel mechanism for sending messages, such as Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) messages, between Routing Bridges (RBridges) and between RBridges and end stations in an RBridge campus through extensions to the Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) protocol. This document is a product of the Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links Working Group of the IETF. This is now a Proposed Standard. STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Internet Official Protocol Standards (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC