NSH Context Header Allocation -- Broadband
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Service Function Chaining J. Napper
Internet-Draft S. Kumar
Intended status: Standards Track Cisco Systems, Inc.
Expires: July 20, 2017 P. Muley
W. Hendericks
Nokia
M. Boucadair
Orange
January 16, 2017
NSH Context Header Allocation -- Broadband
draft-napper-sfc-nsh-broadband-allocation-02
Abstract
This document provides a recommended allocation of context headers
for a Network Service Header (NSH) within the broadband service
provider network context. NSH is described in detail in
[ietf-sfc-nsh]. This allocation is intended to support uses cases as
defined in [ietf-sfc-use-case-mobility].
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 [RFC2119].
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Definition Of Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Network Service Header (NSH) Context Headers . . . . . . . . 3
4. Recommended Context Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.1. MD Type 0x01 Allocation Specifics . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4.2. MD Type 0x02 Allocation Specifics . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5. Context Allocation and Control Plane Considerations . . . . . 7
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1. Introduction
Service function chaining provides a mechanism for network traffic to
be steered through multiple service functions in a sequence.
Metadata can be useful to service functions. The Network Service
Header (NSH) provides support for carrying shared metadata between
service functions (and devices) either using 4 fixed-length 32-bit
context headers or as optional TLVs as defined in [ietf-sfc-nsh].
NSH is then encapsulated within an outer header for transport.
This document provides a recommended default allocation scheme for
the fixed-length context headers and for TLV types in the context of
service chaining within fixed and mobile broadband service provider
networks. Supporting use cases describing the need for a metadata
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