Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (S-BFD) for IPv4, IPv6 and MPLS
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Internet Engineering Task Force                                 N. Akiya
Internet-Draft                                       Big Switch Networks
Intended status: Standards Track                            C. Pignataro
Expires: November 5, 2016                                        D. Ward
                                                                   Cisco
                                                             May 4, 2016

        Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (S-BFD) for
                          IPv4, IPv6 and MPLS
                     draft-ietf-bfd-seamless-ip-05

Abstract

   This document defines procedures to use Seamless Bidirectional
   Forwarding Detection (S-BFD) for IPv4, IPv6 and MPLS environments.

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.  S-BFD UDP Port  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   3.  S-BFD Echo UDP Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.  S-BFD Control Packet Demultiplexing . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   5.  Initiator Procedures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     5.1.  Details of S-BFD Control Packet Sent by SBFDInitiator . .   4
       5.1.1.  Target vs. Remote Entity (S-BFD Discriminator)  . . .   4
   6.  Responder Procedures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     6.1.  Details of S-BFD Control Packet Sent by SBFDReflector . .   5
   7.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   8.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   9.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   10. Contributors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   11. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     11.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     11.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8

1.  Introduction

   Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (S-BFD),
   [I-D.ietf-bfd-seamless-base], defines a generalized mechanism to
   allow network nodes to seamlessly perform continuity checks to remote
   entities.  This document defines necessary procedures to use S-BFD on
   IPv4, IPv6 and MPLS environments.

   The reader is expected to be familiar with the IP [RFC0791]
   [RFC2460], BFD [RFC5880], MPLS BFD [RFC5884], and S-BFD
   [I-D.ietf-bfd-seamless-base] terminologies and protocol constructs.

2.  S-BFD UDP Port

   A new UDP port is defined for the use of the S-BFD on IPv4, IPv6 and
   MPLS environments: 7784.

   On S-BFD control packets from the SBFDInitiator to the SBFDReflector,
   the SBFDReflector session MUST listen for incoming S-BFD control
   packets on the port 7784.  SBFDInitiator sessions MUST transmit S-BFD
   control packets with destination port 7784.  The source port of the

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   S-BFD control packets transmitted by SBFDInitiator sessions can be
   any but MUST NOT be 7784.  The same UDP source port number MUST be