[Nsi-wg] Encoding & Labeltype

[Henrik Thostrup Jensen]

On Fri, 1 Nov 2013, John MacAuley wrote:

> Is there a valid scenario where we would define a switching service and 
> not have a label value specified?

I assume you mean label type and not value.

label type  = http://schemas.ogf.org/nml/2012/10/ethernet
label value = 1780

(AFAIK)

But I guess most switching services would have a label type defined.

However I can up with a pedantic example: If you want to show, that you 
can NOT switch any labels an encoding, you could have a switching service 
that has an encoding and labelSwapping="false".

This also raises a question regarding the default behaviour in NML. Can 
all ports (of the same encoding) be connected by default (this is what we 
have now), or should there be a switching service explicitely stating 
which ports can be cross-connected?


     Best regards, Henrik

  Henrik Thostrup Jensen <htj at nordu.net>
  Software Developer, NORDUnet