MPLS LDP Identifier Name
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Network Working Group                                         Anil Kumar
Internet-Draft                                                  Deepak J
Intended status: Standards Track                              Basil Saji
Expires: March 25, 2019                                    RtBrick India
                                                      September 21, 2018

                        MPLS LDP Identifier Name
                 draft-abd-mpls-ldp-identifier-name-00

Abstract

   This document introduces a new optional LDP Identifier Name TLV that
   allows LDP routers to inform their LDP-Identifier-to-Name mapping in
   LDP Hello messages as part of the LDP Discovery Mechanism.  This
   document describes a mechanism to provide a simple and dynamic
   mechanism for ldp routers to learn about symbolic LDP Identifier
   Names.

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  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  LDP Identifier Name TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.1.  Optional Parameter for Hello Message  . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.2.  LDP Identifier Name TLV Encoding  . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   4.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   5.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   6.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     6.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
     6.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7

1.  Introduction

   The Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) [RFC5036] sets up LDP sessions
   that run between LDP peers.  The peers could either be directly
   connected at the link level or could be multiple hops away.  An LDP
   Label Switching Router (LSR) could either be configured with the
   identity of its peers or could discover them using LDP Hello
   messages.  These messages are sent encapsulated in UDP addressed to
   "all routers on this subnet" or to a specific IP address.  Periodic
   Hello messages are also used to maintain the relationship between LDP
   peers necessary to keep the LDP session active.

   [RFC5036] states that an LDP Identifier is a six octet quantity used
   to identify an LSR label space.  The first four octets identify the
   LSR and must be a globally unique value, such as a 32-bit router Id
   assigned to the LSR.  The last two octets identify a specific label
   space within the LSR.  The last two octets of LDP Identifiers for
   platform-wide label spaces are always both zero.

   An LSR that manages and advertises multiple label spaces uses a
   different LDP Identifier for each such label space.

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   [RFC5036] specifies using following representation for LDP
   Identifiers: <LSR Id> : <label space id> e.g., lsr171 : 0 lsr19 : 2

   For management and operational reasons, network operators need to
   check the status of LDP adjacencies, entries in Label Information