Talk:TRILL (computing)

Limitations
I have removed the above from the article due to the reference not mentioning "TRILL" nor "TRansparent Interconnection of Lots of Links".
 * TRILL uses two different mechanisms to forward packets, making it difficult to know the path of packets.
 * TRILL is susceptible to out-of-order packets when the MAC state transitions from unknown to known for Multicast, Broadcast and Unknown packets.

Product support
Extreme Networks published [https://extremeportal.force.com/ExtrArticleDetail?an=000091046 Q A: Which platforms do support TRILL? | Extreme Portal] on December 15, 2015 Ruijie Networks:	confirmed RG-S6220, unconfirmed RG-S12000, and unconfirmed RG-N18000 Series 1.152.105.14 (talk) 11:01, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Does Extreme Networks still sell the Enterasys S-Series Switch Range?
 * I am unable to easily identify which products support EXOS 15.4 and above.
 * I am unable to determine what product the BD-X series refers to.
 * I have fortunately been able to confirm the Summit X670 and X770 series of switches do support TRILL.

"Proposed"
I deleted the references to TRILL as a "Proposed" standard. That references is highly misleading to the typical reader. True, the IETF has three levels of standards, Proposed, Draft, and Full. But almost all IETF standards are the the Proposed level. They are not something being considered. They are standards. For example, the extremely widely used HTTP web protocol is still at the Proposed level. Also, it is not necessary that the RFC actually be printed for a document to be an IETF standard. TRILL was announced as a standard on March 15, 2010: https://www.ietf.org/ibin/c5i?mid=6&rid=49&gid=0&k1=934&k2=7667&tid=1312512726. DonaldEastlake3 (talk) 02:54, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Who uses this?
Is there a reliable-source reference indicating that this protocol is actually deployed by anyone, anywhere? 121a0012 (talk) 04:00, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Standard conformant TRILL is used in at a number of Internet Exchange points and in a number of Data Centers. The only public reference I'm able to find quickly is DonaldEastlake3 (talk) 18:52, 25 January 2015 (UTC)

There are over 2000 sites running Cisco FabricPath and over 1500 running Brocade VCS (total >100 thousand switches) both of which are pre-standards versions of TRILL. FabricPath uses the TRILL control plane but a different data format. VCS uses the TRILL data plane but a slightly different control plane. Cisco now also supports standard TRILL. About ten companies have publicly announced TRILL products. DonaldEastlake3 (talk) 18:52, 25 January 2015 (UTC)


 * So where are the reliable third-party sources? You have a conflict of interest.  121a0012 (talk) 03:15, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Who gives a shit? What I would like to see in this article is a clearer rationale why these are useful; I don't mind if it's from corporate sources "According to Cisco, ..." Someone not using his real name (talk) 19:25, 10 December 2013 (UTC)