On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 10:11:57AM -0800, Greg Mirsky wrote:
> >
> > - Does the Interface ID related to other interface numbers, e.g.,
> > SNMP's ifIndex? Or is this an entirely separate number space? Or
> > does it depend on the implementor's choice?
> >
> GIM>> This comes from PTP. AFAIK, it is different from SNMP index.
>
If this is specifically a PTP Interface ID, it might be desirable to
be explicit about this and that it may be different from other numeric
interface IDs. (This is what I heard you saying, I do not know much
about PTP and surely not any details how PTP defines Interface IDs.
/js
PS: This was actually the only operational comment I had. From an
operational perspective, it is important to know whether interface
numbers us a common or possibly different numbering scheme.
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