Subject: Re: [nvo3] Multi-homing of NVEs [was Re: TS conects to VN through one NVE [was Re: No need for NVE-NVE control plane [was Re: Poll for WG adoption and IPR check for draft-narten-nvo3-arch-01.txt]]

From: Xuxiaohu <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 02:26:20 +0000

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> You can see by now is that my point is that architecturally you shouldn't say where NVEs are or how they are implemented (in software, hardware or combo software/hardware).

> I will argue that if you push an NVE further out there are less of them to manage so you get OpEx benefits.

I definitely agree with Dino's points. Since this is an architecture draft, rather than a solution draft, it should be flexible if possible.

Best regards,
Xiaohu

> Dino