[c-nsp] Feature request

[Rodney Dunn]

I agree.

I've never tested an OC192 running at high utilization and swing
the routing over from one path to the other on a transit link.
I wonder if you could reprogram the hardware fast enough to not
drop a *single* packet. :)

Rodney

On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 07:18:39AM +1000, matt carter wrote:
> > 
> > Disruptive means different things to different people.
> > If you define disruptive as losing a single packet it can't 
> > be done today.
> > 
> 
> presuming we're talking scheduled work as mentioned i'd argue you could
> could can quite comfortable do this without a single packet drop simply by
> adjusting the metrics and resulting flow paths allowing you to effect a
> graceful removal of the device you are going do perform work on, before you
> do the work??? make before break, or have i got my wires crossed somehow..
> 
> --matt
> 
>