Subject: Re:Rtg-bfd Digest, Vol 152, Issue 36

From: "Albert Fu (BLOOMBERG/ 120 PARK)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 17:22:40 -0000

Hi Les,

> [Les:] I have read this draft - not sure how relevant it is.
> 
> Naiming had suggested that MTU sized packets need not be sent all the time but only occasionally - 
> and that a failure might not be used to take the BFD session down - 
> rather it would be seen as a "soft-failure" and reported separately from the BFD session state.
> My response was in that context - which it seems was also in your mind in your BFD Echo proposal.
> 
> This, however, seems not to be what Albert has in mind - as he has since commented that he really wants to have sub-second detection of MTU issues and 
> he wants traffic rerouted "immediately".
> 
>  Les

The MTU issue is a "hard" failure - e.g. any TCP application that's 
trying to send traffic with the MTU sized payload over that link 
will time out, and fail. Applications (between the same end stations)
that send small packets over that link will continue to work fine. 
Hence, this makes troubleshooting that much harder especially in 
network with lots of ECMP paths.

Thanks
Albert