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Questions about /network-instances/network-instance/afts/ethernet

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We have a few questions about mapping for ethernet based forwarding entries under /network-instances/network-instance/afts/ethernet/mac-entry.

  • Based on our understanding this should represent the Hardware mac table (both local and remote mac-entries). Is that understanding correct?
  • What kind of metadata should be carried in this property?
    • /network-instances/network-instance/afts/ethernet/mac-entry/state/entry-metadata

Hi @dplore, I see this was added to the OC operator review last month. Was there any discussion on this topic?

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Hi @mikewiebe you are correct, this is the (abstract) hardware mac entry.

I am not sure what people had in mind for /network-instances/network-instance/afts/ethernet/mac-entry/state/entry-metadata. Typically these fields are opaque blobs that are implementation / out-of-band defined data.

Looking at the git blame, I don't see any other insight into the content of the entry-metadata leaf:
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