[c-nsp] Odd request to anyone who has a switch capable of EoMPLS

[Jason Lixfeld]

Hi,

This sounds odd, but I'm wondering if someone can test something for  
me.  I don't have the gear to do the test myself, but I need the  
results for a compatibility study I'm currently working on.

I need to know whether or not a switch port from a 6500/7600 or ME6500  
(or any other switch series that does EoMPLS) that is configured for  
EoMPLS (xconnect <vc> <IP>) still transmits STP BPDUs while the EoMPLS  
tunnel is up (or down for that matter).

I have observed that with one vendor, BPDUs are still transmitted  
after the port has been put into EoMPLS mode and it is my personal  
belief is that this is the incorrect behavior.

If anyone has the ability to test this with Wireshark or tcpdump, I'd  
be most grateful.