Technical Summary
Label Switched Path Ping (LSP-Ping) is an existing and widely
deployed Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) mechanism
for Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switched Paths
(LSPs).
This document describes extensions to LSP-Ping so that LSP-
Ping can be used for On-demand Connectivity Verification of MPLS
Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) LSPs and Pseudowires. This document also
clarifies procedures to be used for processing the related OAM
packets. Further, it describes procedures for using LSP-Ping to
perform Connectivity Verification and Route Tracing functions in
MPLS-TP networks. Finally this document updates RFC 4379 by adding a
new address type and requesting an IANA registry.
Working Group Summary
This document is a MPLS working group document, and part of the joint
IETF and ITU.T MPLS-TP project. It has been reviewed in both organizations
and there is a solid support for the document.
There is a good consensus around this draft, it has passed the call to verify
that LC comments were correctly addressed with only minor comments.
Document Quality
The document is well reviewed in the MPLS working group and ITU-T SG15.
Multiple vendors have indicated their intention to implement.
Personnel
Loa Andersson (loa@li.nu) is the Document Shepherd
Adrian Farrel (adrian@olddog.co.uk) is the Responsible AD