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Re: Fwd: RE: Route Distinguisher Questions

  • From: "Lukman W. Kusuma" <lukman@commverge.com>
  • Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 23:41:31 +0800
  • CC: MPLS-ops Mailing List <mpls-ops@mplsrc.com>
  • Resent-Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 12:16:25 -0500
  • To: Roger Clark Williams <rogerw@nordlink.com>
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Roger,

Good metaphor !!

Lukman


Roger Clark Williams wrote:

> Dana, you have it right.
>
> As to your last question, a metaphor: I know two guys named Bill who 
> play on the same basketball team. Their names are the same. but one 
> plays forward, the other  plays guard. In other words, they are 
> announced by the same "word" but their function and use within the 
> system are not the same. They play on the same team (RD and RT within 
> one VRF) but there is no correlation between them other than that fact 
> and their names. So no, there is no underlying reason the RD and RTs 
> have to be the same number. In fact, there are all kinds of instances 
> in which there are multiple RTs within a single VRF and yet perhaps 
> only one pair (if that) have the same "name" as the RD.
>
>
> Roger Williams 


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