BGP SR Policy Extensions for Segment List Identifier
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draft-lin-idr-sr-policy-seglist-id-00
Network Working Group C. Lin
Internet Draft M. Chen
Intended status: Standards Track New H3C Technologies
Expires: September 29, 2022 March 29, 2022
BGP SR Policy Extensions for Segment List Identifier
draft-lin-idr-sr-policy-seglist-id-00
Abstract
Segment Routing is a source routing paradigm that explicitly
indicates the forwarding path for packets at the ingress node. An SR
Policy is a set of candidate paths, each consisting of one or more
segment lists. This document defines extensions to BGP SR Policy to
specify the identifier of segment list.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ................................................ 2
1.1. Requirements Language .................................. 3
2. Segment List Identifier in SR Policy ........................ 3
2.1. Segment List ID Sub-TLV ................................ 4
2.2. Segment List Name Sub-TLV .............................. 5
3. Security Considerations ..................................... 5
4. IANA Considerations ......................................... 6
5. References .................................................. 6
5.1. Normative References ................................... 6
5.2. Informative References ................................. 6
Authors' Addresses ............................................. 7
1. Introduction
Segment routing (SR) [RFC8402] is a source routing paradigm that
explicitly indicates the forwarding path for packets at the ingress
node. The ingress node steers packets into a specific path according
to the Segment Routing Policy (SR Policy) as defined in
[I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing-policy]. In order to distribute SR
policies to the headend, [I-D.ietf-idr-segment-routing-te-policy]
specifies a mechanism by using BGP.
However, there is no identifier for segment list in BGP SR Policy,
which may cause inconvenience for other mechanisms to designate
segment lists distributed by BGP.
For example, a network controller distributes SR policies to the
headend nodes, and the headend nodes collect traffic forwarding
statistics per segment list. When a headend node report each
statistic to the controller, it needs to specify the segment list
which the statistic belongs to. Due to the lack of identifier, the
headend node usually reports all SIDs in the associated segment list
along with the statistic, and the controller needs to distinguish
the segment list by comparing the SIDs one by one. The advertisement
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of all SIDs in the segment list consumes a lot of octets, and the
comparison of SIDs can be complicated.
For another example, a network controller distributes SR policies
using BGP, and then it uses NETCONF to set some configurations of
the segment lists, which are not suitable to be carried in BGP. So
the controller needs to specify the segment list which the
configurations belong to. In this case, a simple identifier of
segment list can also be helpful.
This document defines extensions to BGP SR Policy to specify the
identifier of segment list.
1.1. 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
BCP 14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
2. Segment List Identifier in SR Policy
As defined in [I-D.ietf-idr-segment-routing-te-policy], the SR
policy encoding structure is as follows:
SR Policy SAFI NLRI: <Distinguisher, Policy-Color, Endpoint>
Attributes:
Tunnel Encaps Attribute (23)
Tunnel Type: SR Policy
Binding SID
SRv6 Binding SID
Preference
Priority
Policy Name
Policy Candidate Path Name
Explicit NULL Label Policy (ENLP)
Segment List
Weight
Segment
Segment
...
...
SR policy with segment list identifier is expressed as below:
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SR Policy SAFI NLRI: <Distinguisher, Policy-Color, Endpoint>
Attributes:
Tunnel Encaps Attribute (23)
Tunnel Type: SR Policy
Binding SID
SRv6 Binding SID
Preference
Priority
Policy Name
Policy Candidate Path Name
Explicit NULL Label Policy (ENLP)
Segment List
Weight
Segment List Identifier
Segment
Segment
...
...
The segment list identifier can be advertised using the Segment List
ID sub-TLV or the Segment List Name sub-TLV, as defined in Section
2.1 and 2.2.
2.1. Segment List ID Sub-TLV
The Segment List ID sub-TLV specifies the identifier of the segment
list by a 4-octet number.
The Segment List ID sub-TLV is optional and it MUST NOT appear more
than once inside the Segment List sub-TLV.
The Segment List ID sub-TLV has the following format:
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type | Length | Flags | RESERVED |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Segment List ID |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
where:
o Type: TBD.
o Length: 6.
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o Flags: 1 octet of flags. None are defined at this stage. Flags
SHOULD be set to zero on transmission and MUST be ignored on
receipt.
o RESERVED: 1 octet of reserved bits. SHOULD be set to zero on
transmission and MUST be ignored on receipt.
o Segment List ID: 4 octet of ID for the segment list.
2.2. Segment List Name Sub-TLV
The Segment List Name sub-TLV specifies the identifier of the
segment list by a symbolic name.
The Segment List Name sub-TLV is optional and it MUST NOT appear
more than once inside the Segment List sub-TLV.
The Segment List Name sub-TLV has the following format:
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type | Length | Flags | RESERVED |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
// Segment List Name //
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
where:
o Type: TBD.
o Length: Variable.
o Flags: 1 octet of flags. None are defined at this stage. Flags
SHOULD be set to zero on transmission and MUST be ignored on
receipt.
o RESERVED: 1 octet of reserved bits. SHOULD be set to zero on
transmission and MUST be ignored on receipt.
o Segment List Name: Symbolic name for the segment list. It SHOULD
be a string of printable ASCII characters, without a NULL
terminator.
3. Security Considerations
TBD
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4. IANA Considerations
Segment List ID sub-TLV and Segment List Name sub-TLV (TBD)
5. References
5.1. Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, May 2017
[RFC8402] Filsfils, C., Ed., Previdi, S., Ed., Ginsberg, L.,
Decraene, B., Litkowski, S., and R. Shakir, "Segment
Routing Architecture", RFC 8402, DOI 10.17487/RFC8402,
July 2018, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8402>.
[I-D.ietf-idr-segment-routing-te-policy] Previdi, S., Filsfils, C.,
Talaulikar, K., Mattes, P., Rosen, E., Jain, D., and S.
Lin, "Advertising Segment Routing Policies in BGP", Work
in Progress, Internet- Draft, draft-ietf-idr-segment-
routing-te-policy-16, 7 March 2022,
<http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft- ietf-idr-
segment-routing-te-policy-16.txt>.
5.2. Informative References
[I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing-policy] Filsfils, C., Talaulikar,
K., Voyer, D., Bogdanov, A., and P. Mattes, "Segment
Routing Policy Architecture", Work in Progress, Internet-
Draft, draft-ietf-spring-segment- routing-policy-22, 22
March 2022, <http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-
ietf-spring-segment-routing-policy-22.txt>.
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Authors' Addresses
Changwang Lin
New H3C Technologies
Email: linchangwang.04414@h3c.com
Mengxiao Chen
New H3C Technologies
Email: chen.mengxiao@h3c.com
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