[j-nsp] RE2/RE3 and unwarranted reboots

[Pekka Savola]

On Fri, 1 Jul 2005, Hannes Gredler wrote:
> the amount of state bound to an RE and the protocols to replicate
> said state to another RE are non-trivial [do not just think of an M10i
> with dual REs - think of a fully blown TX routing matrix with 10 REs in
> the cluster and try to imagine the state replication firework upon
> switchover];

Wouldn't a simpler solution be just not supporting these combinations 
on TX matrices?

Or even, not supporting graceful switchover at all?

It's embarrassing to see the primary RE reboot when something 
unspected happens at the secondary RE slot.

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