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Information Elements for Data Link Layer Traffic Measurement
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draft-ietf-ipfix-data-link-layer-monitoring-00
IP Flow Information Export                                    S. Kashima
Internet-Draft                                                       NTT
Intended status: Standards Track                            A. Kobayashi
Expires: January 7, 2013                                        NTT East
                                                               P. Aitken
                                                     Cisco Systems, Inc.
                                                            July 6, 2012

      Information Elements for Data Link Layer Traffic Measurement
             draft-ietf-ipfix-data-link-layer-monitoring-00

Abstract

   This document describes Information Elements related to data link
   layer.  They are used by the IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX)
   protocol for encoding measured data link layer traffic information.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
     1.1.  Conventions Used in This Document  . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   2.  Extended Ethernet Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
     2.1.  Wide-Area Ethernet Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
     2.2.  Data Center Bridging Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
     2.3.  Multiple Path Ethernet Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
     2.4.  VXLAN Summary  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   3.  New Information Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
     3.1.  dataLinkFrameSize  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
     3.2.  dataLinkFrameSection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
     3.3.  dataLinkFrameType  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
     3.4.  sectionOffset  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
     3.5.  sectionObservedOctets  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
     3.6.  dot1qServiceInstanceTag  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
     3.7.  dot1qServiceInstanceId . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
     3.8.  dot1qServiceInstancePriority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
     3.9.  dot1qCustomerDestinationMacAddress . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
     3.10. dot1qCustomerSourceMacAddress  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
     3.11. l2OctetDeltaCount  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
     3.12. postMCastL2OctetDeltaCount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
     3.13. postL2OctetDeltaCount  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
     3.14. minimumL2TotalLength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
     3.15. maximumL2TotalLength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
     3.16. l2octetTotalCount  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
     3.17. droppedL2OctetDeltaCount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
     3.18. droppedL2OctetTotalCount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
     3.19. ignoredL2OctetTotalCount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
     3.20. notSentL2OctetTotalCount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
     3.21. postL2OctetTotalCount  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
     3.22. postMCastL2OctetTotalCount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
     3.23. l2octetDeltaSumOfSquares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

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     3.24. l2octetTotalSumOfSquares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
   4.  Modification of Existing Information Elements Related to
       Packet Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
     4.1.  ipHeaderPacketSection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
     4.2.  ipPayloadPacketSection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
     4.3.  mplsLabelStackSection  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
     4.4.  mplsPayloadPacketSection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
   5.  Modification of Existing Information Elements Related to
       VLAN Tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
     5.1.  dot1qVlanId  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
     5.2.  dot1qPriority  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
     5.3.  dot1qCustomerVlanId  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
     5.4.  dot1qCustomerPriority  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
   6.  The relationship between Ethernet header fields and
       Information Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
   7.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
   8.  IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
   9.  References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
     9.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
     9.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
   Appendix A.  Frame Formats in Wide-Area Ethernet Network . . . . . 26
   Appendix B.  Frame Formats in Data Center Network  . . . . . . . . 30
   Appendix C.  Template Formats Example  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
   Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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1.  Introduction

   Ethernet [IEEE802.1D] and VLAN (Virtual LAN) [IEEE802.1Q-2005]
   technologies used to be used only in Local Area Networks.  Recently,
   they have been used in Wide Area Networks, e.g., L2-VPN services.
   Accordingly, the IEEE802.1Q standard has been enhanced to IEEE802.1ad
   [IEEE802.1ad-2005] and IEEE802.1ah [IEEE802.1ah-2008].  And, Ethernet
   in data center also has been enhanced for server virtualization and
   I/O consolidation.

   While these innovations provide flexibility, scalability, and
   mobility to an existing network architecture, it increases the
   complexity of traffic measurement due to the existence of various
   Ethernet header formats.  To cope with this, a more sophisticated
   method is required.

   IPFIX/PSAMP helps to resolve these problems.  However, the PSAMP
   Information Model [RFC5477] and the IPFIX Information Model [RFC5101]
   are not yet enough for Information Elements related to data link
   layer, e.g., Ethernet header forms.  This document describes the
   Information Elements related to data link layers that enable a more
   sophisticated traffic measurement method.

1.1.  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].

2.  Extended Ethernet Technology

2.1.  Wide-Area Ethernet Summary

   Provider Bridge [IEEE802.1ad-2005] and Provider Backbone Bridge
   [IEEE802.1ah-2008], which are standards for the Wide-Area Ethernet,
   are described below.

   o  In Provider Bridge [IEEE802.1ad-2005], there are two VLAN IDs:
      Service VLAN Identifier (S-VID) and Customer VLAN Identifier
      (C-VID).  S-VID is assigned to an Ethernet frame by a service
      provider, while C-VID is independently assigned to an Ethernet
      frame by a customer.  Frame switching in a service provider
      network is based on only S-VID.
   o  In Provider Backbone Bridge [IEEE802.1ah-2008], new Ethernet
      fields, such as Backbone VLAN Identifier (B-VID) and Backbone
      Service Instance Identifier (I-SID), are introduced to overcome
      the limitations on the VLAN identifier space on IEEE802.1ad

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      [IEEE802.1ad-2005] and to isolate the service provider and
      customer identifier spaces.  Frame switching is based on a 12-bit
      B-VID, and customer identification is based on a 24-bit I-SID.  A
      flexible network design has become possible because network
      management is separated from customer management.  Other Ethernet
      fields that indicate quality of service (QoS) class are B-PCP,
      B-DEI, I-PCP, and I-DEI.

   Provider Backbone Bridge enables a wide-area Ethernet service to be
   improved from a flat network to a hierarchical network co-existing
   Provider Bridge and Provider Backbone Bridge.

   Frame formats used in Wide-Area Ethernet are shown in Appendix A.

2.2.  Data Center Bridging Summary

   In data center networks, Ethernet needs to be enhanced to provide the
   flexibility, mobility for server virtualization, and I/O
   consolidation.  In IEEE802.1 Data Center Bridging Task Group, several
   Ethernet header formats are proposed to enable a simplifying networks
   and server managements.

   The one of the enhanced methods is Bridge Port Extension
   [IEEE802.1BR], which brings a traffic exchange point to upper
   bridges.  Bridge Port Extension introduces a Ethernet format named
   Extension Tag (E-TAG) in addition to existing Service VLAN Tag
   (S-TAG) and Customer VLAN Tag (C-TAG) to move the policy enhancement
   to upper bridges in data center network.  On the other hand, the
   complexity for traffic measurement would be increased, because
   multiple Ethernet header formats as shown in Appendix B co-exist in
   the same network.

2.3.  Multiple Path Ethernet Summary

   Inside data center networks, Ethernet need to be enhanced to support
   multiple path for effective utilization of bandwidth.  Existing
   Ethernet does not support multiple path because it is based on STP
   (Spanning Tree Protocol) [IEEE802.1D].

   Two solutions for multiple path Ethernet are discussed for
   standardization.  One is Shortest Path Bridging [IEEE802.1aq] in IEEE
   802, the other is TRILL (Transparent Interconnection of Lots of
   Links) [RFC6325] in IETF.  Both solutions realize multiple path with
   IS-IS [ISO_IEC.10589_2002] and Layer 2 over Layer 2 encapsulation.
   Shortest Path Bridging uses IEEE802.1ah [IEEE802.1ah-2008] header as
   an encapsulation technology and TRILL uses an unique header as shown
   in Section 3 of [RFC6325].

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   In multiple path Ethernet network, a traffic measurement based on MAC
   address and VLAN Tag is more important than single path Ethernet
   network in which traffic measurement is based on only VLAN Tag.

2.4.  VXLAN Summary

   Inside and between data center networks, the existing Ethernet and
   VLAN technologies have two problems.  One is that 12 bit of VLAN ID
   does not have enough length for identifying a lot of tenants.  The
   other is that it is difficult to place same VLAN in multiple data
   centers.

   The solution for the problems is VXLAN
   [I-D.mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan].  VXLAN has 24 bit length of
   identifier named VXLAN Segment ID/VXLAN Network Identifier (VNI) and
   uses Layer 2 over Layer 3 encapsulation with the frame format as show
   in Section 5 of [I-D.mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan].

3.  New Information Elements

   The following Information Elements whose ElementId are from 312 to
   TBD03 are necessary for enabling the IPFIX/PSAMP traffic measurement
   for data link layer, which is not limited to Ethernet because the
   method can be applied to other data link protocols as well.

   The following Information Elements whose ElementId are from TBD04 to
   TBD08 are necessary for enabling the IPFIX/PSAMP traffic measurement
   for IEEE 802.1ah.

   The following Information Elements whose ElementId are TBD09 from to
   TBD22 are octet counter or packet length for layer 2, and are
   necessary for enabling the IPFIX/PSAMP traffic measurement for data
   link layer.

   Note that 312 and 315 are proposed IDs, subject to approval by IANA.

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   +-----+------------------------------------+
   | ID  | Name                               |
   +-----+------------------------------------+
   | 312 | dataLinkFrameSize                  |
   | 315 | dataLinkFrameSection               |
   |TBD01| dataLinkFrameType                  |
   |TBD02| sectionOffset                      |
   |TBD03| sectionObservedOctets              |
   |TBD04| dot1qServiceInstanceTag            |
   |TBD05| dot1qServiceInstanceId             |
   |TBD06| dot1qServiceInstancePriority       |
   |TBD07| dot1qCustomerDestinationMacAddress |
   |TBD08| dot1qCustomerSourceMacAddress      |
   |TBD09| l2octetDeltaCount                  |
   |TBD10| postMCastL2OctetDeltaCount         |
   |TBD11| postL2OctetDeltaCount              |
   |TBD12| minimumL2TotalLength               |
   |TBD13| maximumL2TotalLength               |
   |TBD14| l2octetTotalCount                  |
   |TBD15| droppedL2OctetDeltaCount           |
   |TBD16| droppedL2OctetTotalCount           |
   |TBD17| ignoredL2OctetTotalCount           |
   |TBD18| notSentL2OctetTotalCount           |
   |TBD19| postL2OctetTotalCount              |
   |TBD20| postMCastL2OctetTotalCount         |
   |TBD21| l2octetDeltaSumOfSquares           |
   |TBD22| l2octetTotalSumOfSquares           |
   +-----+------------------------------------+

3.1.  dataLinkFrameSize

   Description:

      This Information Element specifies the length of the selected data
      link frame.

      The data link layer is defined in [ISO_IEC.7498-1_1994].

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned16

   Data Type Semantics: quantity

   ElementId: 312

   Status: current

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3.2.  dataLinkFrameSection

   Description:

      This Information Element carries n octets from the data link frame
      of a selected frame, starting sectionOffset octets into the frame.

      The sectionObservedOctets expresses how much data was observed,
      while the remainder is padding.

      When the sectionObservedOctets field corresponding to this
      Information Element exists, this Information Element MAY have a
      fixed length and MAY be padded, or MAY have a variable length.

      When the sectionObservedOctets field corresponding to this
      Information Element does not exist, this Information Element
      SHOULD have a variable length and MUST NOT be padded.  In this
      case, the size of the exported section may be constrained due to
      limitations in the IPFIX protocol.

      Further Information Elements, i.e., dataLinkFrameType and
      dataLinkFrameSize are needed to specify the data link type and the
      size of the data link frame of this Information Element.  A set of
      these Information Elements MAY be contained in a structured data
      type, as expressed in [RFC6313].  Or a set of these Information
      Elements MAY be contained in one Flow Record as shown in Appendix
      C.

      The data link layer is defined in [ISO_IEC.7498-1_1994].

   Abstract Data Type: octetArray

   ElementId: 315

   Status: current

3.3.  dataLinkFrameType

   Description:

      This Information Element specifies the type of the selected data
      link frame.

      The following data link types are defined here.

      - 0x01 ETHERNET

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      Further values may be assigned by IANA.

      The data link layer is defined in [ISO_IEC.7498-1_1994].

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned16

   Data Type Semantics: identifier

   ElementId: TBD01

   Status: current

3.4.  sectionOffset

   Description:

      This Information Element specifies the offset of the packet
      section (e.g., dataLinkFrameSection, ipHeaderPacketSection,
      ipPayloadPacketSection, mplsLabelStackSection and
      mplsPayloadPacketSection).  If this Information Element is
      omitted, it defaults to zero.

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned16

   Data Type Semantics: quantity

   ElementId: TBD02

   Status: current

3.5.  sectionObservedOctets

   Description:

      This Information Element specifies the observed length of the
      packet section (e.g., dataLinkFrameSection, ipHeaderPacketSection,
      ipPayloadPacketSection, mplsLabelStackSection and
      mplsPayloadPacketSection) when padding is used.

      The packet section may be of a fixed size larger than the
      sectionObservedOctets.  In this case, octets in the packet section
      beyond the sectionObservedOctets MUST follow the [RFC5101] rules
      for padding (ie, be composed of zero (0) valued octets).

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned16

   Data Type Semantics: quantity

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   ElementId: TBD03

   Status: current

3.6.  dot1qServiceInstanceTag

   Description:

      This Information Element, which may have 16 octets length,
      represents the Backbone Service Instance Tag (I-TAG) Tag Control
      Information (TCI) field of an Ethernet frame as described in
      [IEEE802.1ah-2008].  It encodes the Backbone Service Instance
      Priority Code Point (I-PCP), Drop Eligible Indicator (I-DEI), Use
      Customer Addresses (UCA), Backbone Service Instance Identifier
      (I-SID), Encapsulated Customer Destination Address (C-DA),
      Encapsulated Customer Source Address (C-SA) and reserved fields.

   Abstract Data Type: octetArray

   Data Type Semantics: identifier

   ElementId: TBD04

   Status: current

3.7.  dot1qServiceInstanceId

   Description:

      The value of the 24-bit Backbone Service Instance Identifier
      (I-SID) portion of the Backbone Service Instance Tag (I-TAG) Tag
      Control Information (TCI) field of an Ethernet frame as described
      in section 9.8 of [IEEE802.1ah-2008].  The structure and semantics
      within the Tag Control Information field are defined in
      IEEE802.1ah.

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned32

   Data Type Semantics: identifier

   ElementId: TBD05

   Status: current

3.8.  dot1qServiceInstancePriority

   Description:

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      The value of the 3-bit Backbone Service Instance Priority Code
      Point (I-PCP) portion of the Backbone Service Instance Tag (I-TAG)
      Tag Control Information (TCI) field of an Ethernet frame as
      described in section 9.8 of [IEEE802.1ah-2008].  The structure and
      semantics within the Tag Control Information field are defined in
      IEEE802.1ah.

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned8

   Data Type Semantics: identifier

   ElementId: TBD06

   Status: current

3.9.  dot1qCustomerDestinationMacAddress

   Description:

      The value of the Encapsulated Customer Destination Address (C-DA)
      portion of the Backbone Service Instance Tag (I-TAG) Tag Control
      Information (TCI) field of an Ethernet frame as described in
      section 9.8 of [IEEE802.1ah-2008].  The structure and semantics
      within the Tag Control Information field are defined in
      IEEE802.1ah.

   Abstract Data Type: macAddress

   Data Type Semantics: identifier

   ElementId: TBD07

   Status: current

3.10.  dot1qCustomerSourceMacAddress

   Description:

      The value of the Encapsulated Customer Source Address (C-SA)
      portion of the Backbone Service Instance Tag (I-TAG) Tag Control
      Information (TCI) field of an Ethernet frame as described in
      section 9.8 of [IEEE802.1ah-2008].  The structure and semantics
      within the Tag Control Information field are defined in
      IEEE802.1ah.

   Abstract Data Type: macAddress

   Data Type Semantics: identifier

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   ElementId: TBD08

   Status: current

3.11.  l2OctetDeltaCount

   Description:

      The number of layer 2 octets since the previous report (if any) in
      incoming packets for this Flow at the Observation Point.  The
      number of octets includes layer 2 header(s) and layer 2 payload.
      # memo: layer 2 version of octetDeltaCount (field #1)

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64

   Data Type Semantics: deltaCounter

   ElementId: TBD09

   Status: current

   Units: octets

3.12.  postMCastL2OctetDeltaCount

   Description:

      The number of layer 2 octets since the previous report (if any) in
      outgoing multicast packets sent for packets of this Flow by a
      multicast daemon within the Observation Domain.  This property
      cannot necessarily be observed at the Observation Point, but may
      be retrieved by other means.  The number of octets includes layer
      2 header(s) and layer 2 payload.
      # memo: layer 2 version of postMCastOctetDeltaCount (field #20)

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64

   Data Type Semantics: deltaCounter

   ElementId: TBD10

   Status: current

   Units: octets

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3.13.  postL2OctetDeltaCount

   Description:

      The definition of this Information Element is identical to the
      definition of Information Element 'l2OctetDeltaCount', except that
      it reports a potentially modified value caused by a middlebox
      function after the packet passed the Observation Point.
      # memo: layer 2 version of postOctetDeltaCount (field #23)

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64

   Data Type Semantics: deltaCounter

   ElementId: TBD11

   Status: current

   Units: octets

3.14.  minimumL2TotalLength

   Description:

      Layer 2 length of the smallest packet observed for this Flow.  The
      packet length includes the layer 2 header(s) length and the layer
      2 payload length.
      # memo: layer 2 version of minimumIpTotalLength (field #25)

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64

   ElementId: TBD12

   Status: current

   Units: octets

3.15.  maximumL2TotalLength

   Description:

      Layer 2 length of the largest packet observed for this Flow.  The
      packet length includes the layer 2 header(s) length and the layer
      2 payload length.
      # memo: layer 2 version of maximumIpTotalLength (field #26)

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64

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   ElementId: TBD13

   Status: current

   Units: octets

3.16.  l2octetTotalCount

   Description:

      The total number of layer 2 octets in incoming packets for this
      Flow at the Observation Point since the Metering Process
      (re-)initialization for this Observation Point.  The number of
      octets includes layer 2 header(s) and layer 2 payload.
      # memo: layer 2 version of octetTotalCount (field #85)

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64

   Data Type Semantics: totalCounter

   ElementId: TBD14

   Status: current

   Units: octets

3.17.  droppedL2OctetDeltaCount

   Description:

      The number of layer 2 octets since the previous report (if any) in
      packets of this Flow dropped by packet treatment.  The number of
      octets includes layer 2 header(s) and layer 2payload.
      # memo: layer 2 version of droppedOctetDeltaCount (field #132)

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64

   Data Type Semantics: deltaCounter

   ElementId: TBD15

   Status: current

   Units: octets

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3.18.  droppedL2OctetTotalCount

   Description:

      The number of layer 2 octets since the previous report (if any) in
      packets of this Flow dropped by packet treatment.  The number of
      octets includes layer 2 header(s) and layer 2 payload.
      # memo: layer 2 version of droppedOctetTotalCount (field #134)

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64

   Data Type Semantics: totalCounter

   ElementId: TBD16

   Status: current

   Units: octets

3.19.  ignoredL2OctetTotalCount

   Description:

      The total number of octets in observed layer 2 packets (including
      the layer 2 header) that the Metering Process did not process
      since the (re-)initialization of the Metering Process.
      # memo: layer 2 version of ignoredOctetTotalCount (field #165)

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64

   Data Type Semantics: totalCounter

   ElementId: TBD17

   Status: current

   Units: octets

3.20.  notSentL2OctetTotalCount

   Description:

      The total number of octets in observed layer 2 packets (including
      the layer 2 header) that the Metering Process did not process
      since the (re-)initialization of the Metering Process.
      # memo: layer 2 version of notSentOctetTotalCount (field #168)

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64

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   Data Type Semantics: totalCounter

   ElementId: TBD18

   Status: current

   Units: octets

3.21.  postL2OctetTotalCount

   Description:

      The definition of this Information Element is identical to the
      definition of Information Element 'l2OctetTotalCount', except that
      it reports a potentially modified value caused by a middlebox
      function after the packet passed the Observation Point.
      # memo: layer 2 version of postOctetTotalCount (field #171)

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64

   Data Type Semantics: totalCounter

   ElementId: TBD19

   Status: current

   Units: octets

3.22.  postMCastL2OctetTotalCount

   Description:

      The total number of layer 2 octets in outgoing multicast packets
      sent for packets of this Flow by a multicast daemon in the
      Observation Domain since the Metering Process (re-)initialization.
      This property cannot necessarily be observed at the Observation
      Point, but may be retrieved by other means.  The number of octets
      includes layer 2 header(s) and layer 2 payload.
      # memo: layer 2 version of postMCastOctetTotalCount (field #175)

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64

   Data Type Semantics: totalCounter

   ElementId: TBD20

   Status: current

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   Units: octets

3.23.  l2octetDeltaSumOfSquares

   Description:

      The sum of the squared numbers of layer 2 octets per incoming
      packet since the previous report (if any) for this Flow at the
      Observation Point.  The number of octets includes layer 2
      header(s) and layer 2 payload.
      # memo: layer 2 version of octetDeltaSumOfSquares (field #198)

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64

   Data Type Semantics: deltaCounter

   ElementId: TBD21

   Status: current

   Units: octets

3.24.  l2octetTotalSumOfSquares

   Description:

      The total sum of the squared numbers of layer 2 octets in incoming
      packets for this Flow at the Observation Point since the Metering
      Process (re-)initialization for this Observation Point.  The
      number of octets includes layer 2 header(s) and layer 2 payload.
      # memo: layer 2 version of octetTotalSumOfSquares (field #199)

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned64

   Data Type Semantics: totalCounter

   ElementId: TBD22

   Status: current

   Units: octets

4.  Modification of Existing Information Elements Related to Packet
    Section

   --- This is open issue. ---

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   New Information Elements related to packet section (ie, sectionOffset
   and sectionObservedOctets) can be applied to not only
   dataLinkFrameSection but also all kinds of packet section.  In this
   case, existing Information Elements Description should be modified as
   follows:

4.1.  ipHeaderPacketSection

   Description:

      TBD

   Abstract Data Type: octetArray

   ElementId: 313

   Status: current

4.2.  ipPayloadPacketSection

   Description:

      TBD

   Abstract Data Type: octetArray

   ElementId: 314

   Status: current

4.3.  mplsLabelStackSection

   Description:

      TBD

   Abstract Data Type: octetArray

   ElementId: 316

   Status: current

4.4.  mplsPayloadPacketSection

   Description:

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      TBD

   Abstract Data Type: octetArray

   ElementId: 317

   Status: current

5.  Modification of Existing Information Elements Related to VLAN Tag

   Information Elements related to Backbone Service Instance Tag (I-TAG)
   and Backbone VLAN Tag (B-TAG) are required in order to monitor
   IEEE802.1ah traffic with IPFIX/PSAMP.  New Information Elements
   related to I-TAG are added in section 3 because I-TAG has different
   structure and semantics from Service VLAN Tag (S-TAG) and Customer
   VLAN Tag (C-TAG).  On the other hand, Information Elements related to
   B-TAG reuse existing Information Elements related to C-TAG and S-TAG
   because B-TAG has same structure and semantics with C-TAG and S-TAG,
   Though they reuse existing Information Elements, it required to
   modify existing Descriptions and Reference as follows:

5.1.  dot1qVlanId

   Description:

      The value of the 12-bit VLAN Identifier portion of the Tag Control
      Information field of an Ethernet frame as described in section
      3.5.5 of [IEEE802.3-2005].  The structure and semantics within the
      Tag Control Information field are defined in IEEE P802.1Q. In case
      of a QinQ frame it represents the outer tag's VLAN identifier, in
      case of an IEEE 802.1ad frame it represents the Service VLAN
      identifier in the S-TAG Tag Control Information (TCI) field as
      described in [IEEE802.1ad-2005] and in case of an IEEE 802.1ah
      frame it represents the Backbone VLAN identifier in the B-TAG Tag
      Control Information (TCI) field as described in
      [IEEE802.1ah-2008].

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned16

   Data Type Semantics: identifier

   ElementId: 243

   Status: current

   Reference:

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   (1)  [IEEE802.3-2005]
   (2)  [IEEE802.1ad-2005]
   (3)  [IEEE802.1ah-2008]

5.2.  dot1qPriority

   Description:

      The value of the 3-bit User Priority portion of the Tag Control
      Information field of an Ethernet frame as described in section
      3.5.5 of [IEEE802.3-2005].  The structure and semantics within the
      Tag Control Information field are defined in IEEE P802.1Q. In case
      of a QinQ frame it represents the outer tag's 3-bit Class of
      Service (CoS) identifier, in case of an IEEE 802.1ad frame it
      represents the 3-bit Priority Code Point (PCP) portion of the
      S-TAG Tag Control Information (TCI) field as described in
      [IEEE802.1ad-2005] and in case of an IEEE 802.1ah frame it
      represents the 3-bit Priority Code Point (PCP) portion of the
      B-TAG Tag Control Information (TCI) field as described in
      [IEEE802.1ah-2008].

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned8

   Data Type Semantics: identifier

   ElementId: 244

   Status: current

   Reference:

   (1)  [IEEE802.3-2005]
   (2)  [IEEE802.1ad-2005]
   (3)  [IEEE802.1ah-2008]

5.3.  dot1qCustomerVlanId

   Description:

      In case of a QinQ frame it represents the inner tag's (*) VLAN
      identifier, in case of an IEEE 802.1ad frame it represents the
      Customer VLAN identifier in the C-TAG Tag Control Information
      (TCI) field as described in [IEEE802.1ad-2005] and in case of an
      IEEE 802.1ah frame it represents the Customer VLAN identifier in
      the C-TAG Tag Control Information (TCI) field in encapsulated IEEE
      802.1ad or IEEE 802.1Q frame as described in [IEEE802.1ah-2008].

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      (*) Note: the 802.1Q tag directly following the outer one.

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned16

   Data Type Semantics: identifier

   ElementId: 245

   Status: current

   Reference:

   (1)  [IEEE802.1ad-2005]
   (2)  [IEEE802.1Q-2005]
   (3)  [IEEE802.1ah-2008]

5.4.  dot1qCustomerPriority

   Description:

      In case of a QinQ frame it represents the inner tag's (*) Class of
      Service (CoS) identifier, in case of an IEEE 802.1ad frame it
      represents the 3-bit Priority Code Point (PCP) portion of the
      C-TAG Tag Control Information (TCI) field as described in
      [IEEE802.1ad-2005] and in case of an IEEE 802.1ah frame it
      represents the 3-bit Priority Code Point (PCP) portion of the
      C-TAG Tag Control Information (TCI) field in encapsulated IEEE
      802.1ad or IEEE 802.1Q frame as described in [IEEE802.1ad-2005].
      (*) Note: the 802.1Q tag directly following the outer one.

   Abstract Data Type: unsigned8

   Data Type Semantics: identifier

   ElementId: 246

   Status: current

   Reference:

   (1)  [IEEE802.1ad-2005]
   (2)  [IEEE802.1Q-2005]
   (3)  [IEEE802.1ah-2008]

6.  The relationship between Ethernet header fields and Information
    Elements

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   The following figures shows summary of various Ethernet header fields
   and the Informational Elements which would be used to represent each
   of the fields.

   <----6----><----6----><----4----><------2------>
   +----------+----------+----------+--------------+
   +          +          +          +              +
   +   C-DA   +   C-SA   +   C-TAG  +  Length/Type +
   +    a     +    b     +     c    +       d      +
   +----------+----------+----------+--------------+

   a.(Existing Information Element) destinationMacAddress 80
   b.(Existing Information Element) sourceMacAddress 56
   c.(Existing Information Elements) dot1qVlanId 243, dot1qPriority 244
   d.(Existing Information Element) ethernetType 256

                    Figure 1: IEEE 802.1Q header fields

<----6----><----6----><----4----><----4----><------2------>
+----------+----------+----------+----------+--------------+
+          +          +          +          +              +
+   C-DA   +   C-SA   +   S-TAG  +   C-TAG  +  Length/Type +
+    a     +    b     +     c    +     d    +       e      +
+----------+----------+----------+----------+--------------+

a.(Existing Information Element) destinationMacAddress 80
b.(Existing Information Element) sourceMacAddress 56
c.(Existing Information Elements) dot1qVlanId 243, dot1qPriority 244
d.(Existing Information Elements) dot1qCustomerVlanId 245, dot1qCustomerPriority 246
e.(Existing Information Element) ethernetType 256

                   Figure 2: IEEE 802.1ad header fields

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<----6----><----6----><----4----><------18------><----4----><------2------>
+----------+----------+----------+---------------+----------+--------------+
+          +          +          +               +          +              +
+   B-DA   +   B-SA   +   B-TAG  +     I-TAG     +   C-TAG  +  Length/Type +
+    a     +    b     +     c    +       d       +     e    +       f      +
+----------+----------+----------+---------------+----------+--------------+

a.(Existing Information Element) destinationMacAddress 80
b.(Existing Information Element) sourceMacAddress 56
c.(Existing Information Elements) dot1qVlanId 243, dot1qPriority 244
d.(New Information Elements) defined in section 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 and 3.10 of this draft
e.(Existing Information Elements) dot1qCustomerVlanId 245, dot1qCustomerPriority 246
f.(Existing Information Element) ethernetType 256

                   Figure 3: IEEE 802.1ah header fields

7.  Security Considerations

   The recommendations in this document do not introduce any additional
   security issues to those already mentioned in [RFC5101] and
   [RFC5477].

8.  IANA Considerations

   This document requests that the Information Element IDs are allocated
   as shown in section 3

   In addition, the dataLinkFrameType Information Element requires the
   creation of new IANA registries.

   And this document requests that the existing Information Element
   Description are modified as shown in section 4 and 5

9.  References

9.1.  Normative References

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

9.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan]
              Sridhar, T., Bursell, M., Kreeger, L., Dutt, D., Wright,

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              C., Mahalingam, M., Duda, K., and P. Agarwal, "VXLAN: A
              Framework for Overlaying Virtualized Layer 2 Networks over
              Layer 3 Networks", draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan-01
              (work in progress), February 2012.

   [IEEE802.1BR]
              IEEE Computer Society, "Draft Standards for Local and
              Metropolitan Area Networks: Virtual Bridged Local Area
              Networks Amendment: Bridge Port Extension", IEEE
              Std P802.1BR/D1.1, February 2011.

   [IEEE802.1D]
              IEEE Computer Society, "IEEE Standards for Local and
              Metropolitan Area Networks: Media Access Control (MAC)
              Bridges", IEEE Std 802.1D-2004, June 2004.

   [IEEE802.1Q-2005]
              IEEE Computer Society, "IEEE Standards for Local and
              Metropolitan Area Networks: Virtual Bridged Local Area
              Networks", IEEE Std 802.1Q-2005, May 2006.

   [IEEE802.1ad-2005]
              IEEE Computer Society, "IEEE Standards for Local and
              Metropolitan Area Networks: Virtual Bridged Local Area
              Networks Amendment 4: Provider Bridges", IEEE Std 802.1ad-
              2005, May 2006.

   [IEEE802.1ah-2008]
              IEEE Computer Society, "IEEE Standards for Local and
              Metropolitan Area Networks: Virtual Bridged Local Area
              Networks Amendment 7: Provider Backbone Bridges", IEEE
              Std 802.1ah-2008, August 2008.

   [IEEE802.1aq]
              IEEE Computer Society, "Draft Standards for Local and
              Metropolitan Area Networks: Virtual Bridged Local Area
              Networks Amendment: Shortest Path Bridging", IEEE
              Std P802.1aq/D3.6, February 2011.

   [IEEE802.3-2005]
              IEEE Computer Society, "IEEE Standard for Information
              Technology - Telecommunications and Information Exchange
              Between Systems - Local and Metropolitan Area Networks -
              Specific Requirements Part 3: Carrier Sense Multiple
              Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Access Method
              and Physical Layer Specifications", IEEE Std 802.3-2005,
              December 2005.

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   [ISO_IEC.10589_2002]
              International Organization for Standardization,
              "Information technology -- Telecommunications and
              information exchange between systems -- Intermediate
              System to Intermediate System intra-domain routing
              information exchange protocol for use in conjunction with
              the protocol for providing the connectionless-mode network
              service (ISO 8473)", ISO Standard 10589:2002,
              November 2002.

   [ISO_IEC.7498-1_1994]
              International Organization for Standardization,
              "Information technology -- Open Systems Interconnection --
              Basic Reference Model: The Basic Mode", ISO Standard 7498-
              1:1994, June 1996.

   [RFC5101]  Claise, B., "Specification of the IP Flow Information
              Export (IPFIX) Protocol for the Exchange of IP Traffic
              Flow Information", RFC 5101, January 2008.

   [RFC5477]  Dietz, T., Claise, B., Aitken, P., Dressler, F., and G.
              Carle, "Information Model for Packet Sampling Exports",
              RFC 5477, March 2009.

   [RFC6313]  Claise, B., Dhandapani, G., Aitken, P., and S. Yates,
              "Export of Structured Data in IP Flow Information Export
              (IPFIX)", RFC 6313, July 2011.

   [RFC6325]  Perlman, R., Eastlake, D., Dutt, D., Gai, S., and A.
              Ghanwani, "Routing Bridges (RBridges): Base Protocol
              Specification", RFC 6325, July 2011.

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Appendix A.  Frame Formats in Wide-Area Ethernet Network

   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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                              C-DA                             |
   +                               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                               |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
   |                              C-SA                             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |          Length/Type          |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
   |                                                               |
   ~                         Customer Data                         ~
   ~                                                               ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

      Figure A-1: IEEE802.1D Frame Format in Customer Bridged Network

   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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                              C-DA                             |
   +                               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                               |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
   |                              C-SA                             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        C-TAG TCI=0x8100       |C-PCP|C|         C-VID         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |          Length/Type          |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
   |                                                               |
   ~                         Customer Data                         ~
   ~                                                               ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

      Figure A-2: IEEE802.1Q Frame Format in Customer Bridged Network

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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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                              C-DA                             |
   +                               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                               |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
   |                              C-SA                             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        S-TAG TCI=0x88a8       |S-PCP|D|         S-VID         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |          Length/Type          |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
   |                                                               |
   ~                         Customer Data                         ~
   ~                                                               ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

    Figure A-3: IEEE802.1ad (no C-Tag) Frame Format in Provider Bridged
                                  Network

   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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                              C-DA                             |
   +                               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                               |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
   |                              C-SA                             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        S-TAG TCI=0x88a8       |S-PCP|D|         S-VID         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        C-TAG TCI=0x8100       |C-PCP|C|         C-VID         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |          Length/Type          |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
   |                                                               |
   ~                         Customer Data                         ~
   ~                                                               ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

    Figure A-4: IEEE802.1ad (C-Tagged) Frame Format in Provider Bridged
                                  Network

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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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                              B-DA                             |
   +                               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                               |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
   |                              B-SA                             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        B-TAG TCI=0x88a8       |B-PCP|D|         B-VID         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        I-TAG TCI=0x88e7       |I-PCP|D|U| Res |     I-SID     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |             I-SID             |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
   |                              C-DA                             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                              C-SA                             |
   +                               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                               |          Length/Type          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                         Customer Data                         ~
   ~                                                               ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Figure A-5: IEEE802.1ah (no C-Tag) Frame Format in Provider Backbone
                              Bridged Network

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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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                              B-DA                             |
   +                               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                               |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
   |                              B-SA                             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        B-TAG TCI=0x88a8       |B-PCP|D|         B-VID         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        I-TAG TCI=0x88e7       |I-PCP|D|U| Res |     I-SID     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |             I-SID             |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
   |                              C-DA                             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                              C-SA                             |
   +                               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                               |        C-TAG TCI=0x8100       |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |C-PCP|C|         C-VID         |          Length/Type          |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                         Customer Data                         ~
   ~                                                               ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

   Figure A-6: IEEE802.1ah (C-Tagged) Frame Format in Provider Backbone
                              Bridged Network

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Appendix B.  Frame Formats in Data Center Network

   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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                              C-DA                             |
   +                               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                               |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
   |                              C-SA                             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        S-TAG TCI=0x88a8       |S-PCP|D|         S-VID         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |          Length/Type          |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
   |                                                               |
   ~                         Customer Data                         ~
   ~                                                               ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

    Figure B-1: IEEE802.1BR (S-TAG) Frame Format in Data Center Network

   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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                              C-DA                             |
   +                               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                               |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
   |                              C-SA                             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        S-TAG TCI=0x88a8       |S-PCP|D|         S-VID         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        C-TAG TCI=0x8100       |C-PCP|C|         C-VID         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |          Length/Type          |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
   |                                                               |
   ~                         Customer Data                         ~
   ~                                                               ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

     Figure B-2: IEEE802.1BR (S-TAG+C-TAG) Frame Format in Data Center
                                  Network

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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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                              C-DA                             |
   +                               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                               |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
   |                              C-SA                             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        E-TAG TCI=0x893F       |E-PCP|D|   Ingress_E-CID_base  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |Res|GRP|                       E-CID_base                      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |       Ingress_E-CID_ext       |           E-CID_ext           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |          Length/Type          |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
   |                                                               |
   ~                         Customer Data                         ~
   ~                                                               ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

    Figure B-3: IEEE802.1BR (E-TAG) Frame Format in Data Center Network

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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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                              C-DA                             |
   +                               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                               |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
   |                              C-SA                             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        E-TAG TCI=0x893F       |E-PCP|D|   Ingress_E-CID_base  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |Res|GRP|                       E-CID_base                      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |       Ingress_E-CID_ext       |           E-CID_ext           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        C-TAG TCI=0x8100       |C-PCP|C|         C-VID         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |          Length/Type          |                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
   |                                                               |
   ~                         Customer Data                         ~
   ~                                                               ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

     Figure B-4: IEEE802.1BR (E-TAG+C-TAG) Frame Format in Data Center
                                  Network

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Appendix C.  Template Formats Example

   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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |        Set ID (0x0002)        |             Length            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |      Template ID (0x0103)     |      Field Count (0x0008)     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   ingressInterface (0x000A)   |     Field Length (0x0004)     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   egressInterface (0x000E)    |     Field Length (0x0004)     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |observationTimeSeconds (0x0142)|     Field Length (0x0008)     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   dataLinkFrameSize (0x0138)  |     Field Length (0x0002)     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | dataLinkFrameSection (0x013B) |     Field Length (0xFF40)     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |   dataLinkFrameType (0x015B)  |     Field Length (0x0002)     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |     sectionOffset (0x015C)    |     Field Length (0x0002)     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |sectionObservedOctets (0x015D) |     Field Length (0x0002)     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                    Figure C-1: Template Format Example

Authors' Addresses

   Shingo Kashima
   NTT Information Sharing Platform Lab.
   Midori-Cho 3-9-11
   Musashino-shi, Tokyo  180-8585
   Japan

   Phone: +81 422 59 3894
   Email: kashima@nttv6.net

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   Atsushi Kobayashi
   NTT EAST IT Innovation Department
   25F 3-20-2 Nishi-shinjuku
   Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo  163-1425
   Japan

   Phone: +81 3 5353 3636
   Email: akoba@nttv6.net

   Paul Aitken
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   96 Commercial Quay
   Commercial Street, Edinburgh  EH6 6LX
   United Kingdom

   Phone: +44 131 561 3616
   Email: paitken@cisco.com

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