Network Working Group V. Manral, Ed. Internet-Draft IPInfusion Inc. Intended status: Standards Track January 02, 2011 Expires: July 6, 2011 Encapsulating LMP Test message over MPLS-TP draft-manral-mpls-tp-lmp-test-01 Abstract LMP Test Message is transmitted over the Data Link and is used to verify the data link connectivity. In most cases these messages are transmitted over UDP. This document clarifies the use of LMP Test messages over MPLS LSP's when the IP addressing of test messages may not be available or may not be desireable. 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]. Status of this Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). 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Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. LMP Test message over ACH for LSP's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Manral Expires July 6, 2011 [Page 2] Internet-Draft LMP Test Message MPLS-TP January 2011 1. Introduction Except for LMP test messages all other LMP messages are sent in the control channel over UDP encapsulation as defined in RFC 4204 [RFC4204]. The test messages are sent over the individual data links and can be used for data plane discovery, interface_id exchange and physical connectivity verification. In certain MPLS-TP deployment scenarios IP addressing might not be available in the data plane or it may be preferred to use non-IP encapsulation for LMP-Test packets. To enable re-use of LMP Test techniques provided by LMP in such networks, rest of this document defines extensions to LMP Test messages and procedures for using LMP for the same. 2. LMP Test message over ACH for LSP's RFC5586 [RFC5586] defines an ACH mechanism for MPLS LSPs. This document defines a new ACH channel type for LMP Test messages, when IP addressing is not in use in the data plane, for LMP Test message over associated bi-directional LSPs and co-routed bi-directional LSPs. 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 2 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0 0 0 1|Version| Reserved | LMP-Test Channel Type | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Figure 1: LMP-Test ACH Channel Type When ACH header is used, an LMP-Test packet will look as follows: Manral Expires July 6, 2011 [Page 3] Internet-Draft LMP Test Message MPLS-TP January 2011 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 2 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | MPLS Label stack | | | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | GAL | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ |0 0 0 1|Version| Reserved | LMP-Test Channel Type | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | ACH TLVs | | | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | LMP-Test payload | | | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Figure 2: LMP-Test packet with ACH 3. IANA Considerations A new Channel type is defined in Section 2.1. IANA is requested to assign a new value from the "PW Associated Channel Type" registry, as per IETF consensus policy. Value Meaning ----- ------- TBD Associated Channel carries LMP-Test packet 4. Security Considerations This document raises no new security issues. 5. Acknowledgements This document derives a lot of its text and content from "LSP-Ping and BFD encapsulation over ACH" draft and the authors of that are duly acknowledged. 6. References Manral Expires July 6, 2011 [Page 4] Internet-Draft LMP Test Message MPLS-TP January 2011 6.1. Normative References [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [RFC4204] Lang, J., "Link Management Protocol (LMP)", RFC 4204, October 2005. [RFC5586] Bocci, M., Vigoureux, M., and S. Bryant, "MPLS Generic Associated Channel", RFC 5586, June 2009. 6.2. Informative References [RFC2205] Braden, B., "Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) -- Version 1 Functional Specification", September 1997. Author's Address Vishwas Manral (editor) IPInfusion Inc. 1188 E. Arques Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94085 US Phone: 408-400-1900 Fax: Email: vishwas@ipinfusion.com URI: Manral Expires July 6, 2011 [Page 5]