Subject: [rbridge] PS issue #2

From: Eric.Gray at marconi.com (Gray, Eric)
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 14:03:37 -0500

Spencer,

	I agree.

--
Eric 

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--> [mailto:rbridge-bounces at postel.org] On Behalf Of Spencer Dawkins
--> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 2:18 PM
--> To: TRILL/RBRIDGE WG
--> Subject: [rbridge] PS issue #2
--> 
--> #2 should the solution apply to current ethernet scales or not?
-->    and if so, what are current ethernet scales?
-->    Harald proposed as a starting point:
-->    * 1000 end-hosts in a single bridged LAN of 100 bridges
-->    * 100.000 end-hosts inside 1000 VLANs served by 10.000 bridges
--> 
--> FWIW, I was reviewing a proposed customer deployment 
--> yesterday that included 
--> 5000 end-hosts in a single bridged LAN of 120 bridges...
--> 
--> A quick look at the IEEE tutorial archives turned up 
--> "Deploying the world's 
--> largest IEEE 802.11b campus", at 
--> http://www.ieee802.org/802_tutorials/nov03/www.wireless.ubc.
--> ca-IEEE-Nov2003.ppt, 
--> with 5000 end-hosts and 1200 APs/200 distribution switches 
--> (I assume 
--> "distribution switches" == "bridges", in this context).
--> 
--> I'd like our definition of "current ethernet scales" to 
--> accommodate these, I 
--> think...
--> 
--> Thanks,
--> 
--> Spencer 
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