Simple Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol Extensions for Performance Measurement on LAG
draft-ietf-ippm-stamp-on-lag-05

IPPM                                                               Z. Li
Internet-Draft                                              China Mobile
Intended status: Standards Track                                 T. Zhou
Expires: 19 April 2024                                            Huawei
                                                                  J. Guo
                                                               ZTE Corp.
                                                               G. Mirsky
                                                                Ericsson
                                                               R. Gandhi
                                                                   Cisco
                                                         17 October 2023

 Simple Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol Extensions for Performance
                           Measurement on LAG
                    draft-ietf-ippm-stamp-on-lag-05

Abstract

   This document extends Simple Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol
   (STAMP) to implement performance measurement on every member link of
   a Link Aggregation Group (LAG).  Knowing the measured metrics of each
   member link of a LAG enables operators to enforce a performance based
   traffic steering policy across the member links.

Requirements Language

   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
   [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all capitals,
   as shown here.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Micro Session on LAG  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Member Link Validation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.1.  Micro-session ID TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.2.  Micro STAMP-Test Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   4.  Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   5.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   7.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   8.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     8.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     8.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8

1.  Introduction

   Link Aggregation Group (LAG), as defined in [IEEE802.1AX], provides
   mechanisms to combine multiple physical links into a single logical
   link.  This logical link offers higher bandwidth and better
   resiliency, because if one of the physical member links fails, the
   aggregate logical link can continue to forward traffic over the
   remaining operational physical member links.

   Usually, when forwarding traffic over LAG, the hash-based mechanism
   is used to load balance the traffic across the LAG member links.
   Link delay of each member link varies because of different transport
   paths.  To provide low latency service for time sensitive traffic, we
   need to explicitly steer the traffic across the LAG member links
   based on the link delay, loss and so on.  That requires a solution to
   measure the performance metrics of each member link of a LAG.  Hence

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   the measured performance metrics can work together with layer 2
   bundle member link attributes advertisement [RFC8668] for traffic
   steering.

   Simple Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (STAMP) [RFC8762] is an
   active measurement method according to the classification given in
   [RFC7799], which can complement passive and hybrid methods.  It
   provides a mechanism to measure both one-way and round-trip
   performance metrics, like delay, delay variation, and packet loss.
   Running a single STAMP test session over the aggregation without the
   knowledge of each member link would make it impossible to measure the
   performance of a given physical member link.  The measured metrics
   can only reflect the performance of one member link or an average of
   some/all member links of the LAG.

   This document extends STAMP to implement performance measurement on
   every member link of a LAG.  It can provide the same metrics as OWAMP
   and TWAMP can measure, such as delay, jitter, and packet loss.

   The proposed method could also potentially apply to layer 3 ECMP
   (Equal Cost Multi-Path), e.g., with Segment Routing Policy [RFC9256].
   The details are for future work, and not in the scope of this
   document

2.  Micro Session on LAG

   This document intends to address the scenario (e.g., Figure 1) where
   a LAG (e.g., the LAG includes four member links) directly connects
   two nodes (A and B) . The goal is to measure the performance of each
   link of the LAG.

                     +---+                       +---+
                     |   |-----------------------|   |
                     | A |-----------------------| B |
                     |   |-----------------------|   |
                     |   |-----------------------|   |
                     +---+                       +---+

                            Figure 1: PM on LAG

   To measure the performance metrics of every member link of a LAG,
   multiple sessions (one session for each member link) need to be
   established between the two end points that are connected by the LAG.
   These sessions are called micro sessions in the remainder of this
   document.  Although micro sessions, indicated by SSID [RFC8972], are
   in fact STAMP sessions estabilished on member links of a LAG, test
   packets of micro sessions are RECOMMENDED to carry member link
   information for validation, as stated below.

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   All micro sessions of a LAG share the same Sender IP Address and
   Receiver IP Address of the LAG.  As for the UDP Port, the micro
   sessions may share the same Sender Port and Receiver Port pair, or
   each micro session is configured with a different Sender Port and
   Receiver Port pair.  But from the operational point of view, the
   former is simpler and is RECOMMENDED.

   At the Sender side, each micro STAMP session MUST be assigned with a
   unique SSID [RFC8972].  Both the micro STAMP Session Sender and
   Reflector MUST use SSID to correlate the test packet to a micro
   session.  If there is no such a session, or the SSID is not correct,
   the test packet MUST be discarded.

   Test packets MAY carry the member link information for validation
   check, which is RECOMMENDED.  For example, when a micro STAMP
   Session-Sender receives a reflected test packet, it may need to check
   whether the test packet is from the expected member link.  The member
   link information is encoded in the Micro-session ID TLV introduced in
   section 3 of this document and the detailed description about the
   member link validation is also in this section.

   A micro STAMP Session-Sender MAY include the Follow-Up Telemetry TLV
   [RFC8972] to request information from the micro Session-Reflector.
   This timestamp might be important for the micro Session-Sender, as it
   improves the accuracy of network delay measurement by minimizing the
   impact of egress queuing delays on the measurement.

3.  Member Link Validation

   Test packets are RECOMMENDED to carry member link information in
   Micro-session ID TLV introdued in this section for validation check.
   The micro Session Sender can verify whether the test packet is
   reveived from the expected member link.  It can also verify whether
   the packet is sent from the expected member link at the Reflector
   side.  The micro Session Reflector can verify whether the test packet
   is received from the expected member link.

3.1.  Micro-session ID TLV

   STAMP TLV [RFC8972] mechanism extends STAMP test packets with one or
   more optional TLVs.  This document defines the TLV Type (value TBA1)
   for the Micro-session ID TLV that carries the micro STAMP Session-
   Sender member link identifier and Session-Reflector member link
   identifier in Sender Micro-session ID field and Reflector Micro-
   session ID field respectively.  The format of the Micro-session ID
   TLV is shown as follows:

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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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |STAMP TLV Flags|  Type = TBA1  |           Length              |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |     Sender Micro-session ID   |   Reflector Micro-session ID  |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                       Figure 2: Micro-session ID TLV

   *  Type (one-octet in length): It is defined to indicate this TLV is
      a Micro-session ID TLV.  Value TBA1 is allocated by IANA
      (Section 5).

   *  Length (2-octets in length): It is defined to carry the length of
      the Value field in octets.  The Length field value MUST be 4.

   *  Sender Micro-session ID (2-octets in length): It is now defined to
      carry the LAG member link identifier of the Sender side.  In the
      future, it may be used generically to cover use-cases beyond LAG.
      The value of this field MUST be unique within a STAMP session
      indicated by SSID [RFC8972] at the Session-Sender.

   *  Reflector Micro-session ID (2-octets in length): It is now defined
      to carry the LAG member link identifier of the Reflector side.  In
      the future, it may be used generically to cover use-cases beyond
      LAG.  The value of this field MUST be unique within a STAMP
      session indicated by SSID [RFC8972] at the Session-Reflector.

3.2.  Micro STAMP-Test Procedures

   The micro STAMP-Test reuses the procedures as defined in Section 4 of
   STAMP [RFC8762] with the following additions.

   The micro STAMP Session-Sender MUST send the micro STAMP-Test packets
   over the member link with which the session is associated.  The
   configuration and management of the mapping between a micro STAMP
   session and the Sender/Reflector member link identifiers are outside
   the scope of this document.

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   When sending a test packet, the micro STAMP Session-Sender MUST set
   the Sender Micro-session ID field with the member link identifier
   associated with the micro STAMP session.  If the Session-Sender knows
   the Reflector member link identifier, the Reflector Micro-session ID
   field MUST be set.  Otherwise, the Reflector Micro-session ID field
   MUST be zero.  The Reflector member link identifier can be obtained
   from pre-configuration or learned from data plane (e.g., the
   reflected test packet).  How to obtain/learn the Reflector member
   link identifier is outside of this document's scope.

   When the micro STAMP Session-Reflector receives a test packet, if the
   Reflector Micro-session ID is not zero, the micro STAMP Session-
   Reflector MUST use the Reflector member link identifier to check
   whether it is associated with the micro STAMP session.  If the
   validation fails, the test packet MUST be discarded.  If the
   Reflector Micro-session ID is zero, it will not be verified.  If all
   validations passed, the Session-Reflector sends a reflected test
   packet to the Session-Sender.  The micro STAMP Session-Reflector MUST
   put the Sender and Reflector member link identifiers that are
   associated with the micro STAMP session in the Sender Micro-session
   ID and Reflector Micro-session ID fields respectively.  The Sender
   member link identifier is copied from the received test packet.

   When receiving a reflected test packet, the micro Session-Sender MUST
   use the Sender Micro-session ID to validate whether the reflected
   test packet is correctly transmitted over the expected member link.
   If the validation fails, the test packet MUST be discarded.  The
   micro Session-Sender MUST use the Reflector Micro-session ID to
   validate the Reflector's behavior.  If the validation fails, the test
   packet MUST be discarded.

   Two modes of the STAMP Session-Reflector, stateless and stateful,
   characterize the expected behavior.  The micro STAMP-Test supports
   both stateless and stateful modes.  However, the micro STAMP-Test
   does not introduce any additional state to STAMP, i.e, any procedure
   with regard to the Micro-session ID is stateless.

4.  Applicability

   The micro STAMP Session-Sender sends micro Session-Sender packets
   with the Micro-session ID TLV.  The micro Session-Reflector checks
   whether a test packet is received from the member link associated
   with the correct micro STAMP session, if the Reflector Micro-session
   ID field is set.  When reflecting, the micro STAMP Session-Reflector
   copies the Sender Micro-session ID from the received micro Session-
   Sender packet to the micro Session-Reflector packet, and sets the
   Reflector Micro-session ID field with the member link identifier that
   is associated with the micro STAMP session.  When receiving the micro

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   Session-Reflector packet, the micro Session-Sender uses the the
   Sender Micro-session ID to check whether the packet is received from
   the member link associated with the correct micro STAMP session.  The
   micro Session-Sender also use the Reflector Micro-session ID to
   validate the Reflector's behavior.

5.  IANA Considerations

   In the "STAMP TLV Types" registry created for [RFC8972], a new STAMP
   TLV Type for Micro-session ID TLV is requested from IANA as follows:

   +----------------+-------------------+-----------------+------------+
   | STAMP TLV Type | Description       | Semantics       | Reference  |
   | Value          |                   | Definition      |            |
   +----------------+-------------------+-----------------+------------+
   | TBA1           | Micro-session     | Section 3       | This       |
   |                | ID TLV            |                 | Document   |
   +----------------+-------------------+-----------------+------------+

                        Figure 3: New STAMP TLV Type

6.  Security Considerations

   The STAMP extension defined in this document is intended for
   deployment in LAG scenario where Session-Sender and Session-Reflector
   are directly connnected.  As such, it's assumed that a node involved
   in STAMP protocol operation has previously verified the integrity of
   the LAG connection and the identity of its one-hop-away peer node.

   This document does not introduce any additional security issues and
   the security mechanisms defined in [RFC8762] and [RFC8972] apply in
   this document.

7.  Acknowledgements

   The authors would like to thank Mach Chen, Min Xiao, Fang Xin, Marcus
   Ihlar, Richard Foote for the valuable comments to this work.

8.  References

8.1.  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>.

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   [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>.

   [RFC8762]  Mirsky, G., Jun, G., Nydell, H., and R. Foote, "Simple
              Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol", RFC 8762,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8762, March 2020,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8762>.

   [RFC8972]  Mirsky, G., Min, X., Nydell, H., Foote, R., Masputra, A.,
              and E. Ruffini, "Simple Two-Way Active Measurement
              Protocol Optional Extensions", RFC 8972,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8972, January 2021,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8972>.

8.2.  Informative References

   [IEEE802.1AX]
              IEEE Std. 802.1AX, "IEEE Standard for Local and
              metropolitan area networks - Link Aggregation", November
              2008.

   [RFC7799]  Morton, A., "Active and Passive Metrics and Methods (with
              Hybrid Types In-Between)", RFC 7799, DOI 10.17487/RFC7799,
              May 2016, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7799>.

   [RFC8668]  Ginsberg, L., Ed., Bashandy, A., Filsfils, C., Nanduri,
              M., and E. Aries, "Advertising Layer 2 Bundle Member Link
              Attributes in IS-IS", RFC 8668, DOI 10.17487/RFC8668,
              December 2019, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8668>.

   [RFC9256]  Filsfils, C., Talaulikar, K., Ed., Voyer, D., Bogdanov,
              A., and P. Mattes, "Segment Routing Policy Architecture",
              RFC 9256, DOI 10.17487/RFC9256, July 2022,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9256>.

Authors' Addresses

   Zhenqiang Li
   China Mobile
   No. 29 Finance Avenue, Xicheng District
   Beijing
   China
   Email: li_zhenqiang@hotmail.com

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   Tianran Zhou
   Huawei
   China
   Email: zhoutianran@huawei.com

   Jun Guo
   ZTE Corp.
   China
   Email: guo.jun2@zte.com.cn

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

   Rakesh Gandhi
   Cisco
   Canada
   Email: rgandhi@cisco.com

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