Network Working Group H. Ould-Brahim
Request for Comments: 5543 Nortel Networks
Category: Standards Track D. Fedyk
Alcatel-Lucent
Y. Rekhter
Juniper Networks
May 2009
BGP Traffic Engineering Attribute
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Abstract
This document defines a new BGP attribute, the Traffic Engineering
attribute, that enables BGP to carry Traffic Engineering information.
The scope and applicability of this attribute currently excludes its
use for non-VPN reachability information.
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1. Introduction
In certain cases (e.g., Layer-1 VPNs (L1VPNs) [RFC5195]), it may be
useful to augment the VPN reachability information carried in BGP
with Traffic Engineering information.
This document defines a new BGP attribute, the Traffic Engineering
attribute, that enables BGP [RFC4271] to carry Traffic Engineering
information.
Section 4 of [RFC5195] describes one possible usage of this
attribute.
The scope and applicability of this attribute currently excludes its
use for non-VPN reachability information.
Procedures for modifying the Traffic Engineering attribute, when
re-advertising a route that carries such an attribute, are outside
the scope of this document.
2. Specification of Requirements
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].
3. Traffic Engineering Attribute
The Traffic Engineering attribute is an optional, non-transitive BGP
attribute.
The information carried in this attribute is identical to what is
carried in the Interface Switching Capability Descriptor, as
specified in [RFC4203] and [RFC5307].
The attribute contains one or more of the following:
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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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Switching Cap | Encoding | Reserved |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 0 |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 1 |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 2 |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 3 |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 4 |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 5 |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Max LSP Bandwidth at priority 6 |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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