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draft-ali-ccamp-rsvp-te-include-route-00
CCAMP Working Group                                       Zafar Ali 
     Internet Draft                                       George Swallow 
     Intended status: Standard Track                   Clarence Filsfils 
     Expires: September 04, 2012                             Ori Gerstel 
                                                           Cisco Systems
                                                          March 05, 2012 
      
                                         
                         Include Routes - Extension to  
          Resource ReserVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) 
                  draft-ali-ccamp-rsvp-te-include-route-00.txt 
                                         
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     Abstract 

     There are scenarios in which it is required that two or more LSPs 
     or segments of LSPs follow same route in the network. This document 
     specifies methods to communicate route inclusions along the loose 
     hops during path setup using the Resource ReserVation Protocol-
     Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) protocol.  
         
     Conventions used in this document 

     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]. 

     Table of Contents 

         
     Copyright Notice..................................................1 
     1. Introduction...................................................3 
     2. RSVP-TE signaling extensions...................................4 
        2.1. Explicit Inclusion Route Subobject (EIRS).................5 
        2.2. EIRS Subobject Processing Role............................7 
        2.3. Processing of EIRS with XRO and EXRS......................9 
     3. Security Considerations........................................9 
     4. IANA Considerations............................................9 
     5. Acknowledgments................................................9 
     6. References....................................................10 
        6.1. Normative References.....................................10 
        6.2. Informative References...................................11 
      

      
      
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     1. Introduction
 

        The RSVP-TE specification, "RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP    
        Tunnels" [RFC3209] and GMPLS extensions to RSVP-TE, "Generalized    
        Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Resource 
        ReserVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Extensions" 
        [RFC3473] allow abstract nodes and resources to be explicitly 
        included in a path setup. However, such inclusion may not be 
        possible when a loose hop is expanded. It is obviously possible 
        to divide the loose hop into multiple loose hops and construct 
        an inclusion in that fashion. However, there are scenarios where 
        division of a loose hop into multiple explicit loose hops is not 
        possible, including but not limited to the following:  

        .  When the destination is in another area, AS, or across a UNI, 
          the ingress node may not have full visibility of the topology. 
          In cases where the ingress node lacks sufficient topological 
          knowledge around the loose hop, it is not able to divide a 
          loose hop into a proper sequence of strict or a sequence of 
          finer-grained loose hops. 
 

        .  The ingress node requires that two Label Switched Paths 
          (LSPs) follow the same route but has no knowledge of how a 
          loose hop of a reference LSP was expanded. There are scenarios 
          in which it is required that two or more LSPs follows same 
          route in the network. E.g., in many deployments it is required 
          that member LSPs of a bundle/ aggregated link (or Forwarding 
          Adjacency (FA))) follow the same route. Possible reasons for 
          two or more LSPs to follow the same end-to-end or partial 
          route include, but are not limited to: 

          -  Fate sharing: it is sometimes required that two or more 
             LSP fail together. In the example of bundle link this would 
             mean that if one component goes down, the entire bundle 
             goes down.  

      
      
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          -  Homogeneous Attributes: it is often required that two or 
             more LSPs have the same TE metrics like latency, delay 
             variation, etc. In the example of a bundle/ aggregated link 
             this would meet the requirement that all component links 
             (FAs) of a bundle should have same latency and delay 
             variation. As noted in [OSPF-TE-METRIC] and [ISIS-TE-
             METRIC], in certain networks, such as financial information 
             networks, network performance (e.g. latency and latency 
             variation) is becoming critical and hence having bundles 
             with component links (FAs) with homogeneous delay and delay 
             variation is important.  

        . The ingress node requires certain SLRGs to be explicitly 
           "included" when the loose hop is expanded. This document 
           defines inclusion use of the SRLG subobject defined in 
           [RFC4874].  

       When the entire route of LSPs that need to follow the same route 
       is computed by the ingress node, the aforementioned requirements 
       can be met by a local decision at the ingress node. However, 
       there are scenarios when a route computation is not performed at 
       the ingress and instead are performed by remote nodes, in which 
       case there is a need for relevant affinity requirements to be 
       communicated to the route expanding nodes. These include (but are 
       not limited to): 

       .  LSPs with loose hops in the Explicit Route Object (ERO), e.g. 
          inter-domain LSPs.   

       .  Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) User-
          Network Interface (UNI) where route computation may be 
          performed by the UNI-Network (server) node;  

        This document addresses the above-mentioned requirements/ 
        scenarios and defines procedures that may be used to signal LSPs 
        such that the entire LSP or segments of LSP follow the same 
        route.  

     2. RSVP-TE signaling extensions 

        A new ERO subobject type the Explicit Inclusion Route Subobject 
        (EIRS) is introduced to indicate an inclusion between a pair of 
        included nodes or abstract nodes. The ERO subobject encoding and 
        processing rules are similar to Explicit Exclusion Route 
        Subobject (EXRS) subobject of ERO defined in [RFC4874], with the 
        exception of include vs. exclude usage.  

      
      
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     2.1. Explicit Inclusion Route Subobject (EIRS) 

        The Explicit Inclusion Route Subobject (EIRS) defines abstract 
        nodes or resources (such as links, SRLG, Circuit IDs (see 
        [DRAFT-LSP-XRO]), unnumbered interfaces, or labels, etc.) that 
        must or should be used on the path between two inclusive 
        abstract nodes or resources in the explicit route. An EIRS is an 
        ERO subobject that contains one or more subobjects of its own, 
        called EIRS subobjects. Each EIRS may carry multiple inclusions. 
        The inclusion is encoded exactly as for XRO subobjects and 
        prefixed by an additional Type and Length.  

        The format of the EIRS is as follows: 

        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 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
       |L|    Type     |     Length    |           Reserved            | 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
       |                                                               | 
       //                one or more EIRS subobjects                  // 
       |                                                               | 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
         

           An example of EIRS for SLRG inclusion (SRLG Id 1 and SRLG Id 
        2) is provided in the following. This example is referenced in 
        the following description.  

        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 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
       |L|    Type     |     Length    |           Reserved            | 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
       |L|    Type     |     Length    |       SRLG Id 1 (4 bytes)     | 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
       |      SRLG Id 1 (continued)      |           Reserved          | 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
       |L|    Type     |     Length    |      SRLG Id 2(4 bytes)       | 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
       |      SRLG Id 2 (continued)      |           Reserved          | 
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ 
         

                 Figure 1: Example of EIRS with SRLG subobjects 

      
      
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        Please note that there are two or more "L bits" in an EIRS. The 
        following convention is used to reference the individual "L 
        bits".    

              EIRS.L: The L bit of the header of the EIRS subobject. 
              E.g., EIRS.L refers to the first L bit in EIRS example in 
              Figure 1.  

              EIRS.SubobjectN.L: The L bit of the nth subobject of EIRS. 
              E.g., EIRS.Subobject2.L refers to the third L bit in EIRS 
              example in Figure 1 (i.e., the L bit to define the 
              expected treatment of SRLG ID2 value). 

        The fields of the EIRS subobject are defined as follows:  

              EIRS.L bit: The L bit is an attribute of the EIRS 
              subobject. The L bit SHOULD be set, so that the subobject 
              represents a loose hop in the explicit route.  

              EIRS.Type: The type of the subobject is to be defined by 
              IANA (Suggested Value: 68).  

              EIRS.Reserved: This field is reserved. It SHOULD be set to 
              zero on transmission and MUST be ignored on receipt. 

             EIRS subobjects: An EIRS subobject indicates the abstract 
             node or resource to be included in the path. The format of 
             an EIRS subobject is exactly the same as the format of a 
             subobject in the eXclude Route Object (XRO) (See [RFC4874] 
             and [DRAFT-LSP-XRO-SUB]). This is with the exception of the 
             interpretation of the "EIRS.SubobjectN.L bit" of the 
             subobjects, as detailed in the following.  

             EIRS.SubobjectN.L bit: For all supported subobjects of 
             EIRS, the EIRS.SubobjectN.L bit has the following 
             interpretation.  

             -EIRS.SubobjectN.L = 0 indicates that the attribute 
               specified MUST be included. 

             -EIRS.SubobjectN.L = 1 indicates that the attribute 
               specified SHOULD be included. 

              An EIRS may include all subobjects defined in this 
              document for the XRO (See [RFC4874] and [DRAFT-LSP-XRO-
              SUB]). Specifically, an EIRS may include the following 
              subobjects: 
      
      
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              EIRS.SubobjectN.Type = 1: IPv4 address [RFC3209].   

              EIRS.SubobjectN.Type = 2: IPv6 address [RFC3209].   

              EIRS.SubobjectN.Type = 3: Label [RFC6001]. 

              EIRS.SubobjectN.Type = 4: Unnumbered Interface ID 
              [RFC3477]. 

              EIRS.SubobjectN.Type = 32: Autonomous system number 
              [RFC3209].  

              EIRS.SubobjectN.Type = 34: SRLG [RFC4874].  

              EIRS.SubobjectN.Type = 35: Switching Capability (SC) 
              [RFC6001]. 

              EIRS.SubobjectN.Type = TBD (suggested value 37): LSP 
              [DRAFT-LSP-XRO-SUB].  

              Please note that EIRS.SubobjectN.Type = 33: Explicit 
              Exclusion Route subobject (EXRS) [RFC4874] is not 
              supported.  

     2.2. EIRS Subobject Processing Rule  

        The scope of the inclusion is the previous ERO subobject that 
        identifies a node or an abstract node, and the subsequent ERO 
        subobject that identifies a node or an abstract node. The 
        processing rules of the EIRS are the same as the processing rule 
        of the EXRS, with the exception that EIRS subobjects request 
        resource inclusion, whereas EXRS subobjects request resource 
        exclusion.  

        Multiple inclusions may be present between any pair of nodes or 
        abstract nodes. An EIRS may be present when an EXRS is also 
        present in the ERO and/ or an XRO is also present in the path 
        message. Section 2.3 discusses details of processing of the EIRS 
        with the XRO object and the EXRS subobject of ERO.  

        If the processing node does not understand the EIRS subobject, 
        it behaves as described in [RFC3209] when an unrecognized ERO 
        subobject is encountered.  This means that this node will return 
        a PathErr with error code "Routing Error" and error value "Bad 
        EXPLICIT_ROUTE object" with the EXPLICIT_ROUTE object included, 
        truncated (on the left) to the offending EIRS subobject. 

      
      
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        If the EIRS.L bit is not set, the processing node SHOULD 
        generate a Path Error with error code "Routing Problem" and 
        error subcode "Bad EXPLICIT_ROUTE object". 

        If the processing node understands the EIRS subobject and all 
        the subobjects contained in the EIRS, it takes the following 
        steps:  
         
        .  For all subobjects contained in the EIRS such that 
          EIRS.SubobjectN.L = 0, the processing node finds a path that 
          MUST include the resource attribute identified by the 
          EIRS.SubobjectN.  
        .  For all subobjects contained in the EIRS such that 
          EIRS.SubobjectN.L = 1, the processing node finds a path that 
          MUST include the resource attribute identified by the 
          EIRS.SubobjectN.  
        .  If the processing node fails to find a route such that the 
          all resources identified in the EIRS.SubobjectN for all N can 
          be included in the route (depending on EIRS.SubobjectN.L bit 
          setting), the node SHOULD return a PathErr with the error code    
          "Routing Problem" and error value "Route Blocked by Include 
          Route". The error subcode "Route Blocked by Include Route" for 
          Path Error code "Routing Problem" is to be assigned by IANA 
          (Suggested Value: 110).  
         
        If the processing node understands the EIRS subobject but does 
        not understand or support a subobject contained in the EIRS (say 
        EIRS. SubobjectN), it SHOULD return a PathErr with error code 
        "Routing Error" and error value "Bad EXPLICIT_ROUTE object" with 
        the EXPLICIT_ROUTE object included, truncated (on the left) to 
        the EIRS subobject containing the unsupported EIRS.subobjectN.  

        A node MAY reject a Path message if the EIRS is too large or    
        complicated for the local implementation or as governed by local    
        policy.  In this case, the node SHOULD send a PathErr message 
        with the error code "Routing Error" and error subcode "EIRS Too 
        Complex".  An ingress node receiving this error code/subcode 
        combination MAY reduce the complexity of the EIRS. The error 
        subcode "EIRS Too Complex" for Path Error code "Routing Problem" 
        is to be assigned by IANA (Suggested Value: 111). 

      
      
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     2.3. Processing of EIRS with XRO and EXRS 
 

        A node performing ERO expansion MAY find an XRO in the Path 
        message and both EIRS and EXRS subobjects in ERO. In this case, 
        the processing node MUST include all resources identified in the 
        EIRS and exclude all resources identified in the EXRS and XRO.  

        If the constraints identified by the EIRS, EXRS and XRO conflict 
        each other, the processing node SHOULD send a PathErr message 
        with the    error code "Routing Error" and error subcode 
        "inconsistent include/ exclude constraints". The error subcode 
        "inconsistent include/ exclude constraints" for Path Error code 
        "Routing Problem" is to be assigned by IANA (Suggested Value: 
        112). 

     3. Security Considerations 

        This document does not introduce any additional security issues 
        above those identified in [RFC5920], [RFC2205], [RFC3209], and 
        [RFC3473] and [RFC4874].  

     4. IANA Considerations 

        This document adds the following new subobject of the existing 
        entry for ERO (20, EXPLICIT_ROUTE):  

        Value                      Description 

        -----                      ------------ 

        TBA (suggest value: 68)    Explicit Inclusion Route Subobject 
                                   (EIRS) 

        These subobject may be present in the Explicit Route Object, but 
        not in the Route Record Object.  

     5. Acknowledgments 

        Authors would like to thank Matt Hartley, Gabriele Maria 
        Galimberti, Luyuan Fang and Walid Wakim for their review 
        comments.  
      

      
      
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     6. References 

     6.1. Normative References 

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

        [RFC3209] Awduche, D., Berger, L., Gan, D., Li, T., Srinivasan, 
                  V., and G. Swallow, "RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for 
                  LSP Tunnels", RFC 3209, December 2001. 

        [RFC3473] Berger, L., "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label 
                  Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Resource ReserVation 
                  Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Extensions", 
                  RFC 3473, January 2003.  

      
        [RFC 3473] Berger, L., Ed., "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label 
                  Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Resource ReserVation 
                  Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Extensions", 
                  RFC 3473, January 2003. 

        [RFC4874] Lee, CY., Farrel, A., and S. De Cnodder, "Exclude 
                  Routes - Extension to Resource ReserVation Protocol-
                  Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE)", RFC 4874, April 2007. 

        [RFC6001] Papadimitriou, D., Vigoureux, M., Shiomoto, K., 
                  Brungard, D., and JL. Le Roux, "Generalized MPLS 
                  (GMPLS) Protocol Extensions for Multi-Layer and Multi-
                  Region Networks (MLN/MRN)", RFC 6001, October 2010. 

        [RFC3477] Kompella, K. and Y. Rekhter, "Signalling Unnumbered 
                  Links in Resource ReSerVation Protocol - Traffic 
                  Engineering (RSVP-TE)", RFC 3477, January 2003. 

        [DRAFT-LSP-XRO-SUB] Ali, Z., Swallow, G., Filsfils, C., et al, 
                  "Resource ReserVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering 
                  (RSVP-TE) LSP Route Diversity using Exclude Routes", 
                  draft-ali-ccamp-xro-lsp-subobject, work in progress.  

      

      
      
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     6.2. Informative References 

        [RFC4208] Swallow, G., Drake, J., Ishimatsu, H., and Y. Rekhter, 
                  "Generalized Multiprotocol Label Switching (GMPLS) 
                  User-Network Interface (UNI): Resource ReserVation 
                  Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Support for the 
                  Overlay Model", RFC 4208, October 2005. 

        [RFC2209] Braden, R. and L. Zhang, "Resource ReSerVation 
                  Protocol (RSVP) -- Version 1 Message Processing 
                  Rules", RFC 2209, September 1997. 

        [RFC5920] Fang, L., Ed., "Security Framework for MPLS and GMPLS 
                  Networks", RFC 5920, July 2010. 

     Authors' Addresses 

        Zafar Ali 
        Cisco Systems, Inc. 
        Email: zali@cisco.com 
      
        George Swallow 
        Cisco Systems, Inc. 
        swallow@cisco.com 
         
        Clarence Filsfils  
        Cisco Systems, Inc. 
        cfilsfil@cisco.com 
         
        Ori Gerstel 
        Cisco Systems 
        ogerstel@cisco.com 
         
         

      

         

      
      
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