[Bloat] [iccrg] [aqm] AQM deployment status?

[Akhtar, Shahid (Shahid)]

Hi Steinar and Lars,

Please see below examples of support for RED/WRED from switches (from ALU and Cisco websites, search for RED or WRED in document): 

ALU 7450:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&ved=0CDMQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww3.alcatel-lucent.com%2Fwps%2FDocumentStreamerServlet%3FLMSG_CABINET%3DDocs_and_Resource_Ctr%26LMSG_CONTENT_FILE%3DData_Sheets%2F7450ESS_HS_MDA_ds.pdf&ei=pS5DUrIZiI70BLyYgYgK&usg=AFQjCNGS8uB-0Ele3TpDIRqbL4p1_kd2DQ&sig2=v-AgGJMpcZjrpjP2oZIHrA&bvm=bv.53077864,d.eWU

ALU Omniswitch:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDkQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww3.alcatel-lucent.com%2Fwps%2FDocumentStreamerServlet%3FLMSG_CABINET%3DDocs_and_Resource_Ctr%26LMSG_CONTENT_FILE%3DData_Sheets%2Fent_OS6855_datasheet_en.pdf&ei=9i1DUsXlOo788QTU94HQAQ&usg=AFQjCNFSXSEpkFjSihK1a0pkSHhItU8sZQ&sig2=3fitEZLZZI7Dmf0H2T3QbQ&bvm=bv.53077864,d.eWU

Cisco Catalyst 6000/6500:  

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps708/prod_white_paper09186a0080131086.html

Cisco Catalyst 4500:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps4324/white_paper_c11-539588.html

Best regards,

-Shahid.

-----Original Message-----
From: Steinar H. Gunderson [mailto:sgunderson at bigfoot.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 9:35 AM
To: Eggert, Lars
Cc: Akhtar, Shahid (Shahid); bloat; iccrg at irtf.org; aqm at ietf.org
Subject: Re: [Bloat] [iccrg] [aqm] AQM deployment status?

On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 02:31:21PM +0000, Eggert, Lars wrote:
>> Most routers/switches/access equipment support RFC 2309, which is a 
>> description of RED.
> I've heard that statement from many different people. I wonder if it 
> is actually true. Is there any hard data on this?

I don't have hard data, but my soft data is that generally, devices branded as switches (including L3 switches) do not support it. Routers might.

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