Protocol Assisted Protocol (PAP)
draft-li-rtgwg-protocol-assisted-protocol-03
Network Working Group Z. Li
Internet-Draft S. Chen
Intended status: Standards Track Y. Gu
Expires: May 6, 2021 Huawei
November 02, 2020
Protocol Assisted Protocol (PAP)
draft-li-rtgwg-protocol-assisted-protocol-03
Abstract
For routing protocol troubleshooting, different approaches exibit
merits w.r.t. different situations. They can be generally divided
into two categories, the distributive way and the centralized way. A
very commonly used distributive approach is to log in possiblly all
related devices one by one to check massive data via CLI. Such
approach provides very detailed device information, however it
requires operators with high NOC (Network Operation Center)
experience and suffers from low troubleshooting efficiency and high
cost. The centralized approach is realized by collecting data from
devices via approaches, like the streaming Telemetry or BMP(BGP
Monitoring Protocol) RFC7854 [RFC7854], for the centralized server to
analyze all gathered data. Such approach allows a comprehensive view
fo the whole network and facilitates automated troubleshooting, but
is limited by the data collection boundary set by different
management domains, as well as high network bandwidth and CPU
computation costs.
This document proposes a semi-distributive and semi-centralized
approach for fast routing protocol troubleshooting, localizing the
target device and possibly the root cause, more precisely. It
defines a new protocol, called the PAP (Protocol assisted Protocol),
for devices to exchange protocol related information between each
other in both active and on-demand manners. It allow devices to
request specific information from other devices and receive replies
to the requested data. It also allows actively transmission of
information without request to inform other devices to better react
w.r.t. network issues.
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. Motivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2. PAP Usage Use cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2.1. Use Case 1: BGP Route Oscillation . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2.2. Use Case 2: RSVP-TE Set Up Failure . . . . . . . . . 6
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3. PAP Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.1. PAP Encapsulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2. PAP Speaker and PAP Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.3. PAP Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.4. Summary of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.4.1. PAP Capability Negotiation Process . . . . . . . . . 8
3.4.2. PAP Request and Reply Process . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.4.3. PAP Notification Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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