Technical Summary
This document describes the use of the Bidirectional Forwarding
Detection (BFD) protocol in point-to-point Generic Network
Virtualization Encapsulation (Geneve) unicast tunnels used to make up
an overlay network.
Working Group Summary
Was there anything in the WG process that is worth noting?
For example, was there controversy about particular points
or were there decisions where the consensus was
particularly rough?
Broad consensus was found in the working group for this document.
Document Quality
Are there existing implementations of the protocol? Have a
significant number of vendors indicated their plan to
implement the specification? Are there any reviewers that
merit special mention as having done a thorough review,
e.g., one that resulted in important changes or a
conclusion that the document had no substantive issues? If
there was a MIB Doctor, Media Type, or other Expert Review,
what was its course (briefly)? In the case of a Media Type
Review, on what date was the request posted?
The are numerous known implementations of BFD over tunnels e.g. MPLS LSPs, and
there are known implementations of Geneve. Although there is no formal record
of implementations of BFD over Geneve, this draft does not make any changes to
the BFD state machine and simply describes how it should be encapsulated.
Personnel
The Document Shepherd for this document is Matthew Bocci. The
Responsible Area Director is Andrew Alston.