Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping Mechanisms for EVPN and Provider Backbone Bridging EVPN (PBB-EVPN)
draft-ietf-bess-evpn-lsp-ping-11

BESS Workgroup                                                   P. Jain
Internet-Draft                                                A. Sajassi
Intended status: Standards Track                                S. Salam
Expires: 30 November 2023                                          Cisco
                                                              S. Boutros
                                                                   Ciena
                                                               G. Mirsky
                                                                Ericsson
                                                             29 May 2023

               LSP-Ping Mechanisms for EVPN and PBB-EVPN
                    draft-ietf-bess-evpn-lsp-ping-11

Abstract

   LSP Ping is a widely deployed Operation, Administration, and
   Maintenance mechanism in MPLS networks.  This document describes
   mechanisms for detecting data plane failures using LSP Ping in MPLS
   based Ethernet VPN (EVPN) and Provider Backbone Bridging with EVPN
   (PBB-EVPN) networks.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Specification of Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.  Proposed Target FEC Stack Sub-TLVs  . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     4.1.  EVPN MAC/IP Sub-TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     4.2.  EVPN Inclusive Multicast Sub-TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     4.3.  EVPN Ethernet Auto-Discovery Sub-TLV  . . . . . . . . . .   8
       4.3.1.  Ethernet TAG Value  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
       4.3.2.  Per-ES EVPN Auto-Discovery Route with different
               RDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
       4.3.3.  EVPN VPWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     4.4.  EVPN IP Prefix Sub-TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   5.  Encapsulation of OAM Ping Packets . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   6.  Operations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     6.1.  Unicast Data-plane connectivity checks  . . . . . . . . .  12
     6.2.  Inclusive Multicast Data-plane Connectivity Checks  . . .  14
       6.2.1.  Ingress Replication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
       6.2.2.  Using P2MP P-tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
       6.2.3.  Controlling Echo Responses when using P2MP P-tree . .  16
     6.3.  EVPN Aliasing Data-plane connectivity check . . . . . . .  17
     6.4.  EVPN IP Prefix (RT-5) Data-plane connectivity check . . .  17
   7.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
   8.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     8.1.  Sub-TLV Type  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
     8.2.  Proposed new Return Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   9.  Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   10. Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20

1.  Introduction

   [RFC7432] describes MPLS based EVPN technology.  An EVPN comprises
   CE(s) connected to PE(s).  The PEs provide layer-2 EVPN among the
   CE(s) over the MPLS core infrastructure.  In EVPN networks, the PEs
   advertise the MAC addresses learned from the locally connected CE(s),
   along with MPLS Label, to remote PE(s) in the control plane using
   multiprotocol BGP [RFC4760].  EVPN enables multihoming of CE(s)
   connected to multiple PEs and load balancing of traffic to and from
   multihomed CE(s).

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   [RFC7623] describes the use of Provider Backbone Bridging [802.1ah]
   with EVPN.  PBB-EVPN maintains the Customer MAC (C-MAC) learning in
   data plane and only advertises Provider Backbone MAC (B-MAC)
   addresses in control plane using BGP.

   Procedures for simple and efficient mechanisms to detect data plane
   failures using LSP Ping in MPLS network are well defined in [RFC8029]
   and [RFC6425].  The basic idea for the LSP Ping mechanism is to send
   a MPLS Echo Request packet along the same data path as data packets
   belonging to the same Forwarding Equivalent Class (FEC).  The Echo
   Request packet carries the FEC being verified in the Target FEC Stack
   TLV [RFC8029].  Once the Echo Request packet reaches the end of the
   MPLS path, it is sent to the control plane of the egress PE.  The
   Echo Request packet contains sufficient information to verify the
   correctness of data plane operations and validate data plane against
   the control plane.  The Egress PE sends the results of the validation
   in an Echo Reply packet to the originating PE of the Echo Request
   packet.

   This document defines procedures to detect data plane failures using
   LSP Ping in MPLS networks deploying EVPN and PBB-EVPN.  This document
   defines four new Sub-TLVs for Target FEC Stack TLV with the purpose
   of identifying the FEC on the Egress PE.

2.  Specification of Requirements

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

3.  Terminology

   AD: Auto Discovery

   B-MAC: Backbone MAC Address

   BUM: Broadcast, Unknown Unicast or Multicast

   CE: Customer Edge Device

   C-MAC: Customer MAC Address

   DF: Designated Forwarder

   ES: Ethernet Segment

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   ESI: Ethernet Segment Identifier

   EVI: EVPN Instance Identifier that globally identifies the EVPN
   Instance

   EVPN: Ethernet Virtual Private Network

   FEC: Forwarding Equivalent Classs

   G-ACh: Generic Associated Channel

   GAL: G-ACh Label

   OAM: Operations, Administration, and Maintenance

   P2MP: Point-to-Multipoint

   PBB-EVPN: Provider Backbone Bridge with EVPN

   PE: Provider Edge Device

   VPWS: Virtual Private Wire Service

4.  Proposed Target FEC Stack Sub-TLVs

   This document introduces four new Target FEC Stack Sub-TLVs that are
   included in the MPLS Echo Request packet.  The Echo Request packets
   are used for connectivity check in data plane in EVPN and PBB-EVPN
   networks.  The target FEC stack Sub-TLVs MAY be used to validate that
   an identifier for a given EVPN is programmed at the target node.

4.1.  EVPN MAC/IP Sub-TLV

   The EVPN MAC/IP Sub-TLV identifies the target MAC, MAC/IP binding for
   ARP/ND, or IP address for an EVPN Instance Identifier (EVI) under
   test at an egress PE.  This Sub-TLV is included in the Echo Request
   sent by a EVPN/PBB-EVPN PE to a Peer PE.

   The EVPN MAC/IP Sub-TLV fields are derived from the MAC/IP
   Advertisement route defined in Section 7.2 in [RFC7432] and have the
   format as shown in Figure 1.  The fields of EVPN MAC/IP Sub-TLV
   should be set according to the following that is consistent with
   [RFC7432] and [RFC7623]:

   *  The Route Distinguisher (RD) field is a 10-octet field and is set
      to the RD of the MAC-VRF on the Peer PE.

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   *  The Ethernet TAG ID field can be 0 or a valid VLAN ID for EVPN
      VLAN-aware bundle service [RFC7432].  For PBB-EVPN, the value of
      this field is always 0 as per Section 5.2 of [RFC7623].

   *  The Ethernet Segment Identifier field is 10-octet field.  For
      EVPN, it is set to 0 for singlehomed ES or to a valid ESI ID for a
      multihomed ES.  For PBB-EVPN, the Ethernet Segment Identifier
      field must be set to either 0 (for single-homed segments or
      multihomed segments with per-I-SID load-balancing) or to MAX-ESI
      (for multihomed segments with per-flow load-balancing) as describe
      in Section 5.2 in [RFC7623].

   *  The MAC Addr Len field specifies the MAC length in bits.  Only 48
      bit MAC Addresses are supported as this document follows MAC
      address length supported by [RFC7432].

   *  The MAC Address field is set to the 6-octet MAC address.

   *  The IP Address field is optional.  When the IP Address field is
      not present, the IP Addr Len field is set to 0.  When the IP
      Address field is present, the IP Addr Len field is in bits and is
      either set to 32 for IPv4 or 128 for IPv6 address.

   *  The Must Be Zero fields are set to 0.  The receiving PE should
      ignore the Must Be Zero fields.

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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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                    Route Distinguisher                        |
       |                        (8 octets)                             |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                     Ethernet Tag ID                           |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |               Ethernet Segment Identifier                     |
       |                     (10 octets)                               |
       +                               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                               | Must Be Zero  |  MAC Addr Len |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                MAC Address                                    |
       +                 (6 Octets)    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                               | Must Be Zero  |  IP Addr Len  |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                IP Address (0, 4 or 16 Octets)                 |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                       Figure 1: EVPN MAC Sub-TLV format

   The MPLS Echo Request is sent by the ingress PE using the EVPN MPLS
   label(s) associated with the MAC/IP advertisement route announced by
   the egress PE and the MPLS transport label(s) to reach the egress PE.

   In EVPN, MAC/IP Advertisement has multiple personality and it is used
   for the following cases:

   *  This route with only MAC address and MPLS Label1 is used for
      populating MAC-VRF and performing MAC forwarding.

   *  This route with MAC and IP addresses and only MPLS Label1 is used
      for populating both MAC-VRF and ARP/ND tables (for ARP
      suppression) as well as for performing MAC forwarding

   *  This route with MAC and IP addresses and both MPLS Label1 and
      Label2 is used for populating MAC-VRF and IP-VRF tables as well as
      for both MAC forwarding, and IP forwarding in case of symmetric
      IRB.

   When MPLS Echo Request is sent by an ingress PE, the contents of Echo
   Request and the egress PE mode of operation (i.e., IRB mode or L2
   mode) along with EVPN MPLS label of the packet, determine which of
   the above three cases is this Echo Request for.  When the egress PE
   receives MAC/IP Sub-TLV containing only MAC address, the egress PE
   validates the MAC state and forwarding.  When the egress PE receives

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   MAC/IP Sub-TLV containing both MAC and IP addresses and if the EVPN
   label points to a MAC-VRF, then the egress PE validates the MAC state
   and forwarding.  If the egress PE is not configured in symmetric IRB
   mode, it also validates ARP/ND state.  However, if the EVPN label
   points to an IP-VRF, then the egress PE validates IP state and
   forwarding.  Any other combinations, such as the egress PE receiving
   MAC/IP Sub-TLV containing only MAC address but with EVPN label
   pointing to an IP-VRF, should be considered invalid and Echo Reply
   should be sent with the appropriate return code by the egress PE to
   the ingress PE.

4.2.  EVPN Inclusive Multicast Sub-TLV

   The EVPN Inclusive Multicast Sub-TLV fields are based on the EVPN
   Inclusive Multicast Tag route defined in [RFC7432] Section 7.3.  This
   TLV is included in the Echo Request sent to the EVPN peer PE by the
   originator of request to verify the multicast connectivity state on
   the peer PE(s) in EVPN and PBB-EVPN networks.

   The EVPN Inclusive Multicast Sub-TLV has the format as shown in
   Figure 2.  The fields of this Sub-TLV should be set according to the
   following that is consistent with [RFC7432] and [RFC7623]:

   *  The Route Distinguisher (RD) field is a 10-octet field and is set
      to the RD of the MAC-VRF on the Peer PE.

   *  For EVPN, the Ethernet TAG ID field can be set to 0 or a valid
      VLAN ID for EVPN VLAN-aware bundle service [RFC7432].  For PBB-
      EVPN, the value of this field is set to Service Instance
      Identifier (I-SID) value as per Section 5.3 of [RFC7623].

   *  The IP Addr Len field specifies length of the Originating Router's
      IP Addr field in bits and it is either set to 32 for IPv4 or 128
      for IPv6 address.

   *  The Originating Router's IP Addr field is set to IPv4 or IPv6
      address of the peer PE.

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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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                    Route Distinguisher                        |
       |                        (8 octets)                             |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                     Ethernet Tag ID                           |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       | IP Addr Len |                                                 |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                                                 |
       ~               Originating Router's IP Addr                    ~
       |                                                               |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

               Figure 2: EVPN Inclusive Multicast Sub-TLV format

   Broadcast, unknown unicast or multicast (BUM) traffic can be sent
   using ingress replication or P2MP P-tree in EVPN and PBB-EVPN
   network.  In case of ingress replication, the Echo Request is sent
   using a label stack of [Transport label, Inclusive Multicast label]
   to each egress PE participating in EVPN or PBB-EVPN.  The inclusive
   multicast label is the downstream assigned label announced by the
   egress PE to which the Echo Request is being sent.  The Inclusive
   Multicast label is the inner label in the MPLS label stack.

   When using P2MP P-tree in EVPN or PBB-EVPN, the Echo Request is sent
   using P2MP P-tree transport label for inclusive P-tree arrangement or
   using a label stack of [P2MP P-tree transport label, upstream
   assigned EVPN Inclusive Multicast label] for the aggregate inclusive
   P2MP P-tree arrangement as described in Section 6.

   In case of EVPN, to emulate traffic coming from a multihomed site, an
   additional EVPN Ethernet Auto-Discovery Sub-TLV in the Target FEC
   stack TLV and ESI Split Horizon Group MPLS label as the bottom label,
   are also included in the Echo Request packet.  When using P2MP
   P-tree, the ESI Split Horizon Group MPLS label is upstream assigned.
   Please see Section 6.2.2 for operations using P2MP P-trees.

4.3.  EVPN Ethernet Auto-Discovery Sub-TLV

   The EVPN Ethernet Auto-Discovery (AD) Sub-TLV fields are based on the
   EVPN Ethernet Auto-Discovery route advertisement defined in [RFC7432]
   Section 7.1.  EVPN Ethernet AD Sub-TLV applies to only EVPN.

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   The EVPN Ethernet AD Sub-TLV has the format shown in Figure 3.  The
   fields of this Sub-TLV should be set according to the following that
   is consistent with [RFC7432]:

   *  The Route Distinguisher (RD) field is a 10-octet field and is set
      to the RD of the MAC-VRF on the Peer PE.  Please see Section 4.3.2
      below for the case when per-ES AD route is announced with
      different RDs

   *  The Ethernet TAG ID field can be 0, MAX-ET or a valid VLAN ID as
      described in Section 4.3.1 below.

   *  The Ethernet Segment Identifier field is 10-octet field and is set
      to 0 for singlehomed ES or to a valid ESI ID for a multihomed ES.

   *  The Must Be Zero field is set to 0.  The receiving PE should
      ignore the Must Be Zero field.

        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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                    Route Distinguisher                        |
       |                        (8 octets)                             |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                     Ethernet Tag ID                           |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |               Ethernet Segment Identifier                     |
       |                     (10 octets)                               |
       +                               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                               |      Must Be Zero             |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

              Figure 3: EVPN Ethernet Auto-Discovery Sub-TLV format

4.3.1.  Ethernet TAG Value

   EVPN Ethernet AD Sub-TLV can be sent in the context of per-Ethernet
   Segment (ES) or per-EVI.  When an operator performs a connectivity
   check for the BUM L2 service, Echo Request packet sent, MAY contain
   EVPN Ethernet AD Sub-TLV to emulate traffic coming from a multihomed
   site.  In this case, the EVPN Ethernet AD Sub-TLV is added in per-ES
   context.  When Echo Request packet is sent for the connectivity check
   for EVPN Aliasing state, the context for the EVPN Ethernet AD Sub-TLV
   is per-EVI.

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   Ethernet Tag field value in EVPN Ethernet AD Sub-TLV, MUST be set
   according to the context:

   *  For per-ES context, the Ethernet Tag field in the sub-TLV MUST be
      set to the reserved MAX-ET value [RFC7432]

   *  For per-EVI context, the Ethernet Tag field in the sub-TLV MUST be
      set to the non-reserved value

4.3.2.  Per-ES EVPN Auto-Discovery Route with different RDs

   Section 8.2 of [RFC7432] specifies that a per-ES EVPN AD route for a
   given multihomed ES, may be advertised more than once with different
   RD values because many EVIs may be associated with the same ES and
   Route Targets for all these EVIs may not fit in a single BGP Update
   message.  In this case, the RD value used in the EVPN Ethernet AD
   Sub-TLV, MUST be the RD value received for the EVI in the per-ES EVPN
   AD Route.

4.3.3.  EVPN VPWS

   LSP Ping can also be used to detect data plane failures for EVPN
   Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS) described in [RFC8214].  The Echo
   Request packet carries EVPN Ethernet AD Sub-TLV with fields populated
   from the EVPN Ethernet AD per EVI route announced by the egress PE
   for the EVPN VPWS under test.  The Echo Request is sent by the
   ingress PE using the EVPN MPLS label associated with the EVPN
   Ethernet AD route announced by the egress PE and the MPLS transport
   label(s) to reach the egress PE.

   The egress PE process the Echo Request packet and perform checks for
   the EVPN Ethernet AD Sub-TLV present in the Target FEC Stack TLV as
   described in Section 4.4 in [RFC8029] and respond according to
   [RFC8029] processing rule.  Egress PE can identify that the Echo
   Request is for EVPN VPWS instance as EVI (identified by the RD) for
   EVPN VPWS is different from that for EVPN.  The egress PE will use
   the information from the EVPN Ethernet AD Sub-TLV in the Target FEC
   Stack TLV and validate the VLAN state for the EVPN VPWS under test.
   For the success case, the egress PE will reply with Return Code 3 -
   "Replying router is an egress for the FEC at stack-depth".

4.4.  EVPN IP Prefix Sub-TLV

   The EVPN IP Prefix Sub-TLV identifies the IP Prefix for an EVI under
   test at a peer PE.

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   The EVPN IP Prefix Sub-TLV fields are derived from the IP Prefix
   Route (RT-5) advertisement defined in [RFC9136].  This sub-TLV
   applies to only EVPN.

   The EVPN IP Prefix Sub-TLV has the format shown in Figure 4.  The
   total length (not shown) of this sub-TLV MUST be either 32 bytes (if
   IPv4 addresses are carried) or 56 bytes (if IPv6 addresses are
   carried).  The IP prefix and gateway IP address MUST be from the same
   IP address family, as described in Section 3.1 of [RFC9136].

   The fields of EVPN IP Prefix Sub-TLV should be set according to the
   following that is consistent with [RFC9136]:

   *  The Route Distinguisher (RD) field is a 10-octet field and is set
      to the RD of the IP-VRF on the Peer PE.

   *  The Ethernet TAG ID field can be 0 or a valid VLAN ID for EVPN
      VLAN-aware bundle service [RFC7432].

   *  The Ethernet Segment Identifier field is 10-octet field and is set
      to a valid ESI ID if ESI is used as Overlay Index as per
      Section 3.1 of [RFC9136].  Otherwise the Ethernet Segment
      Identifier field is set to all 0s.

   *  The IP Prefix Len field specifies the number of bits in the IP
      Prefix field.  It is set to between 0 and 32 for IPv4 or between 0
      to 128 for IPv6.

   *  The IP prefix field is set to a 4-octet IPv4 address (with
      trailing 0 bits to make 32 bits in all) or 16-octet IPv6 address
      (with trailing 0 bits to make 128 bits in all).  The address
      family of this field is inferred from the sub-TLV length field, as
      discussed above.

   *  The Gateway (GW) IP Address field is set to a 4-octet IPv4 address
      or 16-octet IPv6 address if it's used as an Overlay Index for the
      IP prefixes.  If the GW IP Address is not being used, it must be
      set to 0 as described in Section 3.1 of [RFC9136].  The address
      family of this field is inferred from the sub-TLV length field, as
      discussed above.

   *  The Must Be Zero field is set to 0.  The receiving PE should
      ignore the Must Be Zero field.

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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
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                    Route Distinguisher                        |
       |                        (8 octets)                             |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                     Ethernet Tag ID                           |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |               Ethernet Segment Identifier                     |
       |                     (10 octets)                               |
       +                               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       |                               | Must Be Zero  | IP Prefix Len |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       ~                 IP Prefix  (4 or 16 Octets)                   ~
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       ~                GW IP Address (4 or 16 Octets)                 ~
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                     Figure 4: EVPN IP Prefix Sub-TLV format

   The MPLS Echo Request is sent by the ingress PE using the EVPN MPLS
   label(s) associated with the IP Prefix route announced by the egress
   PE and the MPLS transport label(s) to reach the egress PE.

5.  Encapsulation of OAM Ping Packets

   The MPLS Echo Request IP/UDP packets MUST be encapsulated with the
   Transport and EVPN Label(s) followed by the Generic Associated
   Channel Label (GAL) [RFC5586] which is the bottom most label.  The
   GAL is followed by a Generic Associated Channel Header carrying
   IPv4(0x0021) or IPv6(0x0057) Channel Type.  The code points for IPv4
   and IPv6 channels are defined in Generic Associated Channel (G-ACh)
   Parameters by IANA.

6.  Operations

6.1.  Unicast Data-plane connectivity checks

   Figure 5 is an example of a PBB-EVPN network.  CE1 is dual-homed to
   PE1 and PE2.  Assume, PE1 announced a MAC route with RD 192.0.2.1:00
   and B-MAC 00-AA-00-BB-00-CC and with MPLS label 16001 for EVI 10.
   Similarly, PE2 announced a MAC route with RD 203.0.113.2:00 and B-MAC
   00-AA-00-BB-00-CC and with MPLS label 16002.

   On PE3, when an operator performs a connectivity check for the B-MAC
   address 00-AA-00-BB-00-CC on PE1, the operator initiates an LSP Ping
   request with the target FEC stack TLV containing EVPN MAC Sub-TLV in

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   the Echo Request packet.  The Echo Request packet is sent with the
   {Transport Label(s) to reach PE1, EVPN Label = 16001, GAL} MPLS label
   stack and IP ACH Channel header.  Once the Echo Request packet
   reaches PE1, PE1 will use the GAL and the IP ACH Channel header to
   determine that the packet is IPv4 or IPv6 OAM Packet.  The PE1 will
   process the packet and perform checks for the EVPN MAC Sub-TLV
   present in the Target FEC Stack TLV as described in Section 4.4 in
   [RFC8029] and respond according to [RFC8029] processing rules.

                           +-----------------+
                           |                 |
                           |                 |
         +----+ AC1  +-----+                 +-----+     +----+
         | CE1|------|     |                 | PE3 |-----| CE2|
         +----+\     | PE1 |     IP/MPLS     |     |     +----+
                \    +-----+     Network     +-----+
                 \         |                 |
               AC2\  +-----+                 |
                   \ |     |                 |
                    \| PE2 |                 |
                     +-----+                 |
                           |                 |
                           +-----------------+

           <-802.1Q->  <------PBB over MPLS------>  <-802.1Q->

                          Figure 5: PBB-EVPN network

   Similarly, on PE3, when an operator performs a connectivity check for
   the B-MAC address 00-AA-00-BB-00-CC on PE2, the operator initiates an
   LSP Ping request with the target FEC stack TLV containing EVPN MAC
   Sub-TLV in the Echo Request packet.  The Echo Request packet is sent
   with the {MPLS transport Label(s) to reach PE2, EVPN Label = 16002,
   GAL} MPLS label stack and IP ACH Channel header.

   LSP Ping operation for unicast data plane connectivity checks in
   EVPN, are similar to those described above for PBB-EVPN except that
   the checks are for C-MAC addresses instead of B-MAC addresses.

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   In EVPN network, an operator can also perform MAC state test using
   aliasing label for the MAC to verify the MAC state on the egress
   multihoming PE that did not learn the MAC from the multihomed CE on a
   local ESI but has announced Ethernet AD per-EVI and per-ESI routes
   for the ESI.  This is due to the fact that MAC state on multihoming
   PEs that did not learn the MAC locally, get created from EVPN MAC/IP
   route advertisement from the multihoming PE that has learned the CE's
   MAC address locally.

6.2.  Inclusive Multicast Data-plane Connectivity Checks

6.2.1.  Ingress Replication

   Assume PE1 announced an Inclusive Multicast route for EVI 10, with RD
   192.0.2.1:00, Ethernet Tag (ISID 10), PMSI tunnel attribute Tunnel
   type set to ingress replication and downstream assigned inclusive
   multicast MPLS label 17001.  Similarly, PE2 announced an Inclusive
   Multicast route for EVI 10, with RD 203.0.113.2:00, Ethernet Tag
   (ISID 10), PMSI tunnel attribute Tunnel type set to ingress
   replication and downstream assigned inclusive multicast MPLS label
   17002.

   Given CE1 is dual-homed to PE1 and PE2, assume that PE1 is the DF for
   ISID 10 for the port corresponding to the ESI 11aa.22bb.33cc.
   44dd.5500.

   When an operator at PE3 initiates a connectivity check for the
   inclusive multicast on PE1, the operator initiates an LSP Ping
   request with the target FEC stack TLV containing EVPN Inclusive
   Multicast Sub-TLV in the Echo Request packet.  The Echo Request
   packet is sent with the {Transport Label(s) to reach PE1, EVPN Incl.
   Multicast Label = 17001, GAL} MPLS label stack and IP ACH Channel
   header.  Once the Echo Request packet reaches PE1, PE1 will use the
   GAL and the IP ACH Channel header to determine that the packet is
   IPv4 or IPv6 OAM Packet.  The packet will have EVPN Inclusive
   multicast label.  PE1 will process the packet and perform checks for
   the EVPN Inclusive Multicast Sub-TLV present in the Target FEC Stack
   TLV as described in Section 4.4 in [RFC8029] and respond according to
   [RFC8029] processing rules.  For the success case, PE1 will reply
   with Return Code 3 - "Replying router is an egress for the FEC at
   stack-depth".

   Similarly, an operator at PE3, may initiate an LSP Ping to PE2 with
   the target FEC stack TLV containing EVPN Inclusive Multicast sub-TLV
   in the Echo Request packet.  The Echo Request packet is sent with the
   {transport Label(s) to reach PE2, EVPN Incl.  Multicast Label =
   17002, GAL} MPLS label stack and IP ACH Channel header.  Once the
   Echo Request packet reaches PE2, PE2 will use the GAL and the IP ACH

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   Channel header to determine that the packet is IPv4 or IPv6 OAM
   Packet.  The processing on PE2 will be similar to the that on PE1 as
   described above and for the success case, PE2 will reply with Return
   Code 3 - "Replying router is an egress for the FEC at stack-depth" as
   per [RFC8029].

   In case of EVPN, in the Echo Request packet, an EVPN Ethernet AD Sub-
   TLV and the associated MPLS Split Horizon Label above the GAL in the
   MPLS label stack, may be added to emulate traffic coming from a
   multihomed site.  The Split Horizon label is used by leaf PE(s)
   attached to the same multihomed site to not forward packets back to
   the multihomed site.  If the behavior on a leaf PE is to not forward
   the packet to the multihomed site on the ESI identified by EVPN
   Ethernet AD Sub-TLV because of Split Horizon filtering, the PE will
   reply with a Return Code indicating that "Replying router is egress
   for the FEC at the stack depth.  In addition, the BUM packets are
   dropped on the ES corresponding to the ESI received in EVPN Ethernet
   AD Sub-TLV because of the Split Horizon Group filtering" as described
   in Section 8.

6.2.2.  Using P2MP P-tree

   Both inclusive P-Tree and aggregate inclusive P-tree can be used in
   EVPN or PBB-EVPN networks.

   When using an inclusive P-tree arrangement, p2mp p-tree transport
   label itself is used to identify the L2 service associated with the
   Inclusive Multicast Route, this L2 service could be a customer
   Bridge, or a Provider Backbone Bridge.

   For an Inclusive P-tree arrangement, when an operator performs a
   connectivity check for the multicast L2 service, the operator
   initiates an LSP Ping request with the target FEC stack TLV
   containing EVPN Inclusive Multicast Sub-TLV in the Echo Request
   packet.  The Echo Request packet is sent over P2MP LSP with the {P2MP
   P-tree label, GAL} MPLS label stack and IP ACH Channel header.

   When using Aggregate Inclusive P-tree, a PE announces an upstream
   assigned MPLS label along with the P-tree ID, so both the p2mp p-tree
   MPLS transport label and the upstream MPLS label can be used to
   identify the L2 service.

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   For an Aggregate Inclusive P-tree arrangement, when an operator
   performs a connectivity check for the multicast L2 service, the
   operator initiates an LSP Ping request with the target FEC stack TLV
   containing EVPN Inclusive Multicast Sub-TLV in the Echo Request
   packet.  The Echo Request packet is sent over P2MP LSP using the IP-
   ACH Control channel with the {P2MP P-tree label, EVPN Upstream
   assigned Multicast Label, GAL} MPLS label stack and IP ACH Channel
   header.

   The Leaf PE(s) of the p2mp tree will process the packet and perform
   checks for the EVPN Inclusive Multicast Sub-TLV present in the Target
   FEC Stack TLV as described in Section 4.4 in [RFC8029] and respond
   according to [RFC8029] processing rules.  For the success case, the
   Leaf PE will reply with Return Code 3 - "Replying router is an egress
   for the FEC at stack-depth".

   In case of EVPN, in the Echo Request packet, an EVPN Ethernet AD Sub-
   TLV and the associated MPLS Split Horizon Label above the GAL in MPLS
   label stack, may be added to emulate traffic coming from a multihomed
   site.  In case of p2mp p-tree, the Split Horizon Label is upstream
   assigned and is received by all the leaf PEs of the p2mp-ptree.  The
   Split Horizon label is used by leaf PE(s) attached to the same
   multihomed site not to forward packets back to the multihomed site.
   If the behavior on a leaf PE is to not forward the packet to the
   multihomed site on the ESI in EVPN Ethernet AD Sub-TLV because of
   Split Horizon filtering, the PE will reply with a Return Code
   indicating that "Replying router is egress for the FEC at the stack
   depth.  In addition, the BUM packets are dropped on the ES
   corresponding to the ESI received in EVPN Ethernet AD Sub-TLV because
   of the Split Horizon Group filtering" as described in Section 8.  If
   the leaf PE does not have the ESI identified in the EVPN Ethernet AD
   Sub-TLV, the PE can reply with a Return Code indicating that
   "Replying router is egress for the FEC at the stack depth.  In
   addition, the BUM packets are forwarded because there is no ES
   corresponding to the ESI received in EVPN Ethernet AD Sub-TLV".

6.2.3.  Controlling Echo Responses when using P2MP P-tree

   The procedures described in [RFC6425] for preventing congestion of
   Echo Responses (Echo Jitter TLV) and limiting the Echo Reply to a
   single egress node (Node Address P2MP Responder Identifier TLV) can
   be applied to LSP Ping in EVPN and PBB-EVPN when using P2MP P-trees
   for broadcast, multicast, and unknown unicast traffic.

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6.3.  EVPN Aliasing Data-plane connectivity check

   Assume PE1 announced an Ethernet AD per-EVI Route with the ESI set to
   CE1 system ID and MPLS label 19001, and PE2 an Ethernet AD per-EVI
   Route with the ESI set to CE1 system ID and MPLS label 19002.

   At PE3, when an operator performs a connectivity check for the
   aliasing aspect of the EVPN Ethernet AD route on PE1, the operator
   initiates an LSP Ping request with the target FEC stack TLV
   containing EVPN Ethernet AD Sub-TLV in the Echo Request packet.  The
   Echo Request packet is sent with the {Transport label(s) to reach
   PE1, EVPN Ethernet AD Label 19001, GAL} MPLS label stack and IP ACH
   Channel header.

   When PE1 receives the packet it will process the packet and perform
   checks for the EVPN Ethernet AD Sub-TLV present in the Target FEC
   Stack TLV as described in Section 4.4 in [RFC8029] and respond
   according to [RFC8029] processing rules.

6.4.  EVPN IP Prefix (RT-5) Data-plane connectivity check

   Assume PE1 in Figure 5, announced an IP Prefix Route (RT-5) with an
   IP prefix reachable behind CE1 and MPLS label 20001.  When an
   operator on PE3 performs a connectivity check for the IP prefix on
   PE1, the operator initiates an LSP Ping request with the target FEC
   stack TLV containing EVPN IP Prefix Sub-TLV in the Echo Request
   packet.  The Echo Request packet is sent with the {Transport label(s)
   to reach PE1, EVPN IP Prefix Label 20001 } MPLS label stack.

   When PE1 receives the packet it will process the packet and perform
   checks for the EVPN IP Prefix Sub-TLV present in the Target FEC Stack
   TLV as described in Section 4.4 in [RFC8029] and respond according to
   [RFC8029] processing rules.

7.  Security Considerations

   The proposal introduced in this document does not introduce any new
   security considerations beyond that already apply to [RFC7432],
   [RFC7623] and [RFC6425].  Furthermore, the security considerations
   discussed in [RFC8029] apply to this document and need to be
   considered.  As described in [RFC8029], these security considerations
   are:

   *  Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack, by sending MPLS echo requests/
      replies to LSRs and thereby increasing their workload.

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   *  Obfuscating the state of the MPLS data-plane liveness by spoofing,
      hijacking, replaying, or otherwise tampering with MPLS echo
      Requests and replies.

   *  Obtaining information about the network by an unauthorized source
      using an LSP ping.

   There are mitigations described in [RFC8029].  The same mitigations
   can be applied to the LSP Ping procedures described in this draft and
   thus this document doesn't require additional security considerations
   beyond the one described in [RFC8029].

   The proposal does not introduce any new privacy concerns because
   these TLVs contain the same information that are present in data
   packets and EVPN routes.

8.  IANA Considerations

8.1.  Sub-TLV Type

   This document defines four new Sub-TLV type to be included in Target
   FEC Stack TLV (TLV Type 1, 16 and 21) [RFC9041] in Echo Request and
   Echo Reply messages in EVPN and PBB-EVPN network.

   IANA is requested to assign lowest 4 free values for the four Sub-
   TLVs listed below from the Standards Action" (0-16383) range, in the
   "Sub-TLVs for TLV Types 1, 16, and 21" sub-registry, in the "TLVs"
   registry in the "Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switched
   Paths (LSPs) Ping Parameters" name space:

   *  EVPN MAC/IP Sub-TLV

   *  EVPN Inclusive Multicast Sub-TLV

   *  EVPN Auto-Discovery Sub-TLV

   *  EVPN IP Prefix Sub-TLV

8.2.  Proposed new Return Codes

   [RFC8029] defines values for the Return Code field of Echo Reply.
   This document proposes two new Return Codes, which SHOULD be included
   in the Echo Reply message by a PE in response to Echo Request message
   in EVPN and PBB-EVPN network.

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   IANA is requested to assign 2 lowest free values for the 2 Return
   Codes listed below from the Return Codes" registry in the
   "Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
   Ping Parameters" name space:

   *  Replying router is egress for the FEC at the stack depth.  In
      addition, the BUM packets are dropped on the ES corresponding to
      the ESI received in EVPN Ethernet AD Sub-TLV because of the Split
      Horizon Group filtering.

   *  Replying router is egress for the FEC at the stack depth.  In
      addition, the BUM packets are forwarded because there is no ES
      corresponding to the ESI received in EVPN Ethernet AD Sub-TLV.

9.  Acknowledgments

   The authors would like to thank Loa Andersson, Alexander Vainshtein,
   Ron Sdayoor, Jim Guichard, Lars Eggert, John Scudder, Eric Vyncke,
   Warren Kumari, Patrice Brissette and Weiguo Hao for their valuable
   comments.

10.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC4760]  Bates, T., Chandra, R., Katz, D., and Y. Rekhter,
              "Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4", RFC 4760,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC4760, January 2007,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4760>.

   [RFC5586]  Bocci, M., Ed., Vigoureux, M., Ed., and S. Bryant, Ed.,
              "MPLS Generic Associated Channel", RFC 5586,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5586, June 2009,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5586>.

   [RFC6425]  Saxena, S., Ed., Swallow, G., Ali, Z., Farrel, A.,
              Yasukawa, S., and T. Nadeau, "Detecting Data-Plane
              Failures in Point-to-Multipoint MPLS - Extensions to LSP
              Ping", RFC 6425, DOI 10.17487/RFC6425, November 2011,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6425>.

   [RFC7432]  Sajassi, A., Ed., Aggarwal, R., Bitar, N., Isaac, A.,
              Uttaro, J., Drake, J., and W. Henderickx, "BGP MPLS-Based
              Ethernet VPN", RFC 7432, DOI 10.17487/RFC7432, February
              2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7432>.

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   [RFC7623]  Sajassi, A., Ed., Salam, S., Bitar, N., Isaac, A., and W.
              Henderickx, "Provider Backbone Bridging Combined with
              Ethernet VPN (PBB-EVPN)", RFC 7623, DOI 10.17487/RFC7623,
              September 2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7623>.

   [RFC8029]  Kompella, K., Swallow, G., Pignataro, C., Ed., Kumar, N.,
              Aldrin, S., and M. Chen, "Detecting Multiprotocol Label
              Switched (MPLS) Data-Plane Failures", RFC 8029,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8029, March 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8029>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

   [RFC8214]  Boutros, S., Sajassi, A., Salam, S., Drake, J., and J.
              Rabadan, "Virtual Private Wire Service Support in Ethernet
              VPN", RFC 8214, DOI 10.17487/RFC8214, August 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8214>.

   [RFC9041]  Andersson, L., Chen, M., Pignataro, C., and T. Saad,
              "Updating the MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs) Ping
              Parameters IANA Registry", RFC 9041, DOI 10.17487/RFC9041,
              July 2021, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9041>.

   [RFC9136]  Rabadan, J., Ed., Henderickx, W., Drake, J., Lin, W., and
              A. Sajassi, "IP Prefix Advertisement in Ethernet VPN
              (EVPN)", RFC 9136, DOI 10.17487/RFC9136, October 2021,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9136>.

Authors' Addresses

   Parag Jain
   Cisco
   Canada
   Email: paragj@cisco.com

   Ali Sajassi
   Cisco
   United States of America
   Email: sajassi@cisco.com

   Samer Salam
   Cisco
   Canada
   Email: ssalam@cisco.com

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   Sami Boutros
   Ciena
   United States of America
   Email: sboutros@ciena.com

   Greg Mirsky
   Ericsson
   United States of America
   Email: gregimirsky@gmail.com

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