Nimrod Functionality

Martha Steenstrup
msteenst@bbn.com
IETF Nimrod BOF
26 July 1994

Routing Functions


Goals Emphasized for Nimrod


Clustering of Physical Assets


Abstraction of Service Information


Nimrod Database


Nimrod Database Organization


Database Consistency


Nimrod Agents


Initialization/Discovery


Maps


Map Example

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Endpoint/Locator Associations


Routes


Nimrod Forwarding


Path Example

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