Subject: Reminder: Multicast Deployment BOF

From: "David M. Meyer 503/346-1747" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 15:10:15 -0700 (PDT)

Folks,

	A BOF on Deployment of Multicast Routing is being planned
	for the IETF meeting in Montreal. The purpose of the BOF
	is to discuss the barriers to more ubiquitous multicast
	routing. In particular, NSPs and ISPs, as well as in
	others interested in multicast routing, are invited to
	attend and share their perspectives. 

	Time: Monday, 24-Jun-1996 at 1300

	Current BOF Organizer(s):

	David Meyer <[email-masked]>

	Draft Agenda
	------------

        I.      Agenda Bashing

        II.     Goals

                (i).    Document Deployment History

                        (a).    Review any existing documents that may be
                                relevant. For example,

                                draft-ietf-idmr-traceroute-ipm-00.txt
                                draft-rfced-info-semeria-00.txt
                                <...

                        (b).    Possibly create a history document

                (ii).   Document Multicast Routing Implementation Inventory

                (iii).  Create Configuration Guidelines Documents

                        DVMRP (mrouted, gated, Cisco, Bay, Alantec, ...)
                        PIM   (Cisco, gated, ....)
                        MOSPF
                        CBT   (Bay, ...)

                        Specification of protocol interoperatbility and
                        interfaces?

                (iv).   Document and standardize tools for
                        operators, including

                        (a).    Document and standarize tools
                                such as

                                mtrace
                                mrinfo
                                mrdebug
                                mrmap
                                MIBs
                                ....

                                Specify what support is required
                                (such as in the mtrace case).

                        Also, there are a few tools that I would
                        like for management purposes. Specification
                        of these tools may have requirements on protocol
                        implementations.

                (v).    Create Practice & Experience Documents

                (vi).   Host and router requirements for multicast
                        requirements. Can we provide additional input
                        for these documents?

                (vii).  Document Deployment Objectives

                        (a).    Current interoperatability problems/issues

                        (b).    How to facilitate moving to native multicast

                        (c).    What is holding back large scale deployment?

                        (d).    Hierarchical multicast routing deployment

                        Need guidelines. Also need volunteers to host
                        "higher-level" RPs (in the PIM case).

                        Also need coordination for the "HDVMRP"
                        deployment.

        III.    Action Items

                (a).    Formation of working group?
                (b).    Others?

	Please forward any addtional agenda items.

	Thanks,

	Dave