Technical Summary
Current Link State Protocol Data Unit (PDU) flooding rates are much
slower than what modern networks can support. The use of IS-IS at
larger scale requires faster flooding rates to achieve desired
convergence goals. This document discusses the need for faster
flooding, the issues around faster flooding, and some example
approaches to achieve faster flooding. It also defines protocol
extensions relevant to faster flooding.
Working Group Summary
Per the shepherd writeup, "There is a strong consensus for this
document. Interest peaked during its intial discussion and evolution
and many WG memebers contributed to the discussion."
Document Quality
The shepherd writeup mentions about implementations, "There are
existing implementation of both advertising and interpreting the new
TLV and sub-TLVs. While are variations of the implemented
fast-flooding algorithms, all the implementations adhere to the
principles in section 6."
There was an extensive TSVART review by Mirja Kuehlewind, which
the authors worked through with her.
Personnel
The Document Shepherd for this document is Acee Lindem. The Responsible
Area Director is John Scudder.