Subject: [rbridge] Optional configuration of RBridge nickname

From: Radia.Perlman at sun.com ([email-masked])
Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 18:43:23 -0700

Yes. If two RBridges are configured with the same nickname, the loser has
to fall back on negotiation ("loser" based on priority concatenated with ID).

You might want to log an error "Hey! I was configured with nickname 75 but
someone else is also configured with it". But other than that, it's straightforward
what the algorithm in all those cases is.

Radia

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Gray (LO/EUS)" <eric.gray at ericsson.com>
Date: Thursday, May 3, 2007 7:37 am
Subject: RE: [rbridge] Optional configuration of RBridge nickname

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> 	If so, then how do we address the issue with contention
> if more than one administrator wants to use a specific nickname
> and so more than one sets the priority to the highest possible
> value for the same configured nickname?
> 
> 	Also, how do you propose to address the general problem
> where two devices are configured with the same nickname but at
> different priorities?  Does the one with the lower priority
> fall back to negotiation?  If so, what effect does this have 
> on network stability if the device with the higher priority 
> starts to behave erratically?