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draft-ietf-mpls-ipv6-pw-lsp-ping






Network Working Group                                            M. Chen
Internet-Draft                              Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
Updates: 4379 (if approved)                                       P. Pan
Intended status: Standards Track                                Infinera
Expires: May 30, 2013                                       C. Pignataro
                                                                R. Asati
                                                                   Cisco
                                                       November 26, 2012


Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping for Pseudowire FECs Advertised over IPv6
                  draft-ietf-mpls-ipv6-pw-lsp-ping-04

Abstract

   Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping
   and traceroute mechanisms are commonly used to detect and isolate
   data plane failures in all MPLS LSPs including LSPs used for each
   direction of an MPLS Pseudowire (PW).  The LSP Ping and traceroute
   elements used for PWs, however, are not specified for IPv6 address
   usage.

   This document extends the PW LSP Ping and traceroute mechanisms so
   they can be used with PWs that are setup and maintained using IPv6
   LDP sessions, and updates RFC 4379.

Requirements Language

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   2.  Pseudowire IPv4 Target FEC Stack Sub-TLVs . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   3.  Pseudowire IPv6 Target FEC Stack Sub-TLVs . . . . . . . . . . . 4
     3.1.  FEC 128 Pseudowire  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
     3.2.  FEC 129 Pseudowire  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
   4.  Summary of Changes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
   5.  Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
   6.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
   7.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
   8.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
   9.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
     9.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
     9.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8



















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1.  Introduction

   Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping
   and traceroute are defined in [RFC4379].  These mechanisms can be
   used to detect data plane failures in all MPLS Label Switched Paths
   (LSPs) including Pseudowires (PWs).  The PW LSP Ping and traceroute
   elements, however, are not specified for IPv6 address usage.

   Specifically, the PW FEC sub-TLVs for the Target FEC Stack in the LSP
   Ping and traceroute mechanism are defined only for IPv4 Provider Edge
   (PEs) routers, and are not applicable for the case where PEs use IPv6
   addresses.  Three PW related Target Forwarding Equivalence Class
   (FEC) sub-TLVs are currently defined (FEC 128 Pseudowire-Deprecated,
   FEC 128 Pseudowire-Current, and FEC 129 Pseudowire, see Sections
   3.2.8 through 3.2.10 of [RFC4379]).  These sub-TLVs contain the
   source and destination addresses of the LDP session, and currently
   only an IPv4 LDP session is covered.  Despite the fact that the PE IP
   address family is not explicit in the sub-TLV definition, this can be
   inferred indirectly by examining the lengths of the Sender's/Remote
   PE Address fields, or calculating the Length of the sub-TLVs (see
   Section 3.2 of [RFC4379]).  When an IPv6 LDP session is used,
   therefore these existing sub-TLVs can not be used since the addresses
   will not fit.  Additionally, all other sub-TLVs are defined in pairs,
   one for IPv4 and another for IPv6, but not the PW sub-TLVs.

   This document updates [RFC4379] to explicitly constrain the existing
   PW FEC sub-TLVs for IPv4 LDP sessions, and extends the PW LSP Ping to
   IPv6 LDP sessions (i.e., when IPv6 LDP sessions are used to signal
   the PW, the Sender's and Receiver's IP addresses are IPv6 addresses).
   This is done by renaming the existing PW sub-TLVs to say "IPv4", and
   also by defining two new Target FEC sub-TLVs (FEC 128 Pseudowire IPv6
   sub-TLV and FEC 129 Pseudowire IPv6 sub-TLV) to extend the
   application of PW LSP Ping and traceroute to the IPv6 usage when an
   IPv6 LDP session [I-D.ietf-mpls-ldp-ipv6] is used to signal the
   Pseudowire.  Note that FEC 128 Pseudowire (Deprecated) is not defined
   for IPv6 in this document.


2.  Pseudowire IPv4 Target FEC Stack Sub-TLVs

   This document updates Section 3.2 and Sections 3.2.8 through 3.2.10
   of [RFC4379] as follows and as indicated in Section 4 and Section 6.
   This is done to avoid any potential ambiguity and confusion, and to
   clarify that these TLVs carry only IPv4 addresses.  Note that the
   changes are limited to the names of fields; there are no semantic
   changes.

   Sections 3.2.8 through 3.2.10 of [RFC4379] list the PW sub-TLVs and



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   state:

      "FEC 128" Pseudowire (Deprecated)

      "FEC 128" Pseudowire

      "FEC 129" Pseudowire

   These names and titles are now changed to:

      "FEC 128" Pseudowire - IPv4 (Deprecated)

      "FEC 128" Pseudowire - IPv4

      "FEC 129" Pseudowire - IPv4

   Additionally, when referring to the PE addresses, these three
   sections state:

      Sender's PE Address

      Remote PE Address

   These are now updated to say:

      Sender's PE IPv4 Address

      Remote PE IPv4 Address


3.  Pseudowire IPv6 Target FEC Stack Sub-TLVs

3.1.  FEC 128 Pseudowire

   FEC 128 Pseudowire IPv6 sub-TLV has the consistent structure with FEC
   128 Pseudowire sub-TLV as described in Section 3.2.9 of [RFC4379].
   The encoding of FEC 128 Pseudowire IPv6 sub-TLV is as follows:














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      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |      FEC 128 PW IPv6 Type     |            Length             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     ~                   Sender's PE IPv6 Address                    ~
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     ~                    Remote PE IPv6 Address                     ~
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |                             PW ID                             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |            PW Type            |          Must Be Zero         |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                    Figure 1: FEC 128 Pseudowire - IPv6

   FEC 128 PW IPv6 Type: TBD1. 2 octets.

   Length: Defines the length in octets of the value field of the sub-
   TLV and its value is 38. 2 octets.

   Sender's PE IPv6 Address: The source IP address of the target IPv6
   LDP session. 16 octets.

   Remote PE IPv6 Address: The destination IP address of the target IPv6
   LDP session. 16 octets.

   PW ID: Same as FEC 128 Pseudowire IPv4 [RFC4379].

   PW Type: Same as FEC 128 Pseudowire IPv4 [RFC4379].

3.2.  FEC 129 Pseudowire

   FEC 129 Pseudowire IPv6 sub-TLV has the consistent structure with FEC
   129 Pseudowire sub-TLV as described in Section 3.2.10 of [RFC4379].
   The encoding of FEC 129 Pseudowire IPv6 is as follows:















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      0                   1                   2                   3
      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |      FEC 129 PW IPv6 Type     |            Length             |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     ~                   Sender's PE IPv6 Address                    ~
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     ~                    Remote PE IPv6 Address                     ~
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |            PW Type            |   AGI Type    |  AGI Length   |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     ~                           AGI Value                           ~
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |   AII Type    |  SAII Length  |      SAII Value               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     ~                    SAII Value (continued)                     ~
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |   AII Type    |  TAII Length  |      TAII Value               |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     ~                    TAII Value (continued)                     ~
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
     |  TAII (cont.) |  0-3 octets of zero padding                   |
     +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                    Figure 2: FEC 129 Pseudowire - IPv6

   FEC 129 PW IPv6 Type: TBD2. 2 octets.

   Length: Defines the length in octets of the value field of the sub-
   TLV. 2 octets

   The length of this TLV is 40 + AGI length + SAII length + TAII
   length.  Padding is used to make the total length a multiple of 4;
   the length of the padding is not included in the Length field.

   Sender's PE IPv6 Address: The source IP address of the target IPv6
   LDP session. 16 octets.

   Remote PE IPv6 Address: The destination IP address of the target IPv6
   LDP session. 16 octets.

   The other fields are same as FEC 129 Pseudowire IPv4 [RFC4379].


4.  Summary of Changes

   Section 3.2 of [RFC4379] tabulates all the sub-TLVs for the Target
   FEC Stack.  Per the change described in Section 2 and Section 3, the



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   table would show the following:

   Sub-Type       Length        Value Field
   --------       ------        -----------
     ...
          9           10        "FEC 128" Pseudowire - IPv4 (deprecated)
         10           14        "FEC 128" Pseudowire - IPv4
         11          16+        "FEC 129" Pseudowire - IPv4
     ...
       TBD1           38        "FEC 128" Pseudowire - IPv6
       TBD2          40+        "FEC 129" Pseudowire - IPv6


5.  Operation

   This document does not define any new procedures.  The process
   described in [RFC4379] MUST be used.


6.  IANA Considerations

   IANA is requested to perform the following assignments in the "Multi-
   Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switched Paths (LSPs) Ping
   Parameters" registry, "TLVs and sub-TLVs" sub-registry.

   [RFC Editor: To be REMOVED prior to publication.  This registration
   should take place at <http://www.iana.org/assignments/
   mpls-lsp-ping-parameters/
   mpls-lsp-ping-parameters.xml#mpls-lsp-ping-parameters-7>]

   The following Sub-TLV changes, which comprise three updates and two
   additions, are made for the TLV Type 1 "Target FEC Stack" in the
   aforementioned sub-registry.

   Update the names of the Value fields of these three Sub-TLVs, adding
   the "IPv4" qualifier (see Section 2), and update the Reference to
   also point to this document:

   Type       Sub-Type        Value Field
   ----       --------        -----------
      1            9          "FEC 128" Pseudowire - IPv4 (Deprecated)
      1           10          "FEC 128" Pseudowire - IPv4
      1           11          "FEC 129" Pseudowire - IPv4

   Create two new entries for the Sub-Type field of Target FEC TLV (see
   Section 3):





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   Type       Sub-Type        Value Field
   ----       --------        -----------
      1         TBD1          "FEC 128" Pseudowire - IPv6
      1         TBD2          "FEC 129" Pseudowire - IPv6


7.  Security Considerations

   This draft does not introduce any new security issues, the security
   mechanisms defined in [RFC4379] apply here.


8.  Acknowledgements

   The authors gratefully acknowledge review and comments of Vanson Lim,
   Tom Petch, Spike Curtis, Loa Andersson, and Kireeti Kompella.


9.  References

9.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [RFC4379]  Kompella, K. and G. Swallow, "Detecting Multi-Protocol
              Label Switched (MPLS) Data Plane Failures", RFC 4379,
              February 2006.

9.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.ietf-mpls-ldp-ipv6]
              Asati, R., Manral, V., Papneja, R., and C. Pignataro,
              "Updates to LDP for IPv6", draft-ietf-mpls-ldp-ipv6-07
              (work in progress), June 2012.


Authors' Addresses

   Mach(Guoyi) Chen
   Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
   No. 3 Xinxi Road, Shang-di, Hai-dian District
   Beijing  100085
   China

   Email: mach@huawei.com





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   Ping Pan
   Infinera
   US

   Email: ppan@infinera.com


   Carlos Pignataro
   Cisco Systems
   7200-12 Kit Creek Road
   Research Triangle Park, NC  27709
   US

   Email: cpignata@cisco.com


   Rajiv Asati
   Cisco Systems
   7025-6 Kit Creek Road
   Research Triangle Park, NC  27709
   US

   Email: rajiva@cisco.com




























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