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Export of MPLS Segment Routing Label Type Information in IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX)
draft-tgraf-ipfix-mpls-sr-label-type-00

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draft-tgraf-ipfix-mpls-sr-label-type-00
Network Working Group                                            T. Graf
Internet-Draft                                                  Swisscom
Intended status: Standards Track                          March 15, 2020
Expires: September 16, 2020

        Export of MPLS Segment Routing Label Type Information in
                   IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX)
                draft-tgraf-ipfix-mpls-sr-label-type-00

Abstract

   This document introduces two additional values in the Information
   Element mplsTopLabelType for IS-IS and OSPF MPLS Segment Routing (SR)
   extensions to enable Segment Routing label type information in IP
   Flow Information Export (IPFIX).

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 RFC 2119 [RFC2119] RFC 8174 [RFC8174] when, and only when, they
   appear in all capitals, as shown here.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   5.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4

1.  Introduction

   Besides existing MPLS controlplane protocols such as BGP-4 [RFC8277],
   LDP [RFC5036] and BGP VPN [RFC4364], IS-IS Extensions
   [I-D.ietf-isis-segment-routing-extensions] and OSPF Extensions
   [I-D.ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions] had been added to
   propagate Segment Routing labels for the MPLS dataplane
   [I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing-mpls].

   Traffic Accounting in Segment Routing Networks
   [I-D.ali-spring-sr-traffic-accounting] describes how IPFIX can be
   laveraged to account traffic to MPLS Segment Routing label dimensions
   within a Segment Routing domain.

   In the Information Model for IP Flow Information Export IPFIX
   [RFC5102], the information element #46 mplsTopLabelType describes
   which MPLS controlplane protocol allocated the top-of-stack label in
   the MPLS label stack.  RFC 7012 section 7.2 [RFC7012] describes the
   IANA Information Element #46 SubRegistry [IANA-IPFIX-IE46] where new
   values should be added.

   By introducing two new values to information element #46
   mplsTopLabelType for IS-IS and OSPF, when Segment Routing with one of
   these two routing protocols is deployed, we get inisghts which
   traffic is being forwarded based on which MPLS controlplane protocol.
   A typical use case scenario is to monitor MPLS controlplane
   migrations from LDP to IS-IS or OSPF

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2.  Acknowledgements

   I would like to thank Zafar Ali for his valuable comments.

3.  IANA Considerations

   This document specifies two additional values for IS-IS and OSPF
   Segment Routing extension in the Information Element #46 at IP Flow
   Information Export (IPFIX).

     ------------------------------------------------------------------
     |ElementID|Value|      Description      | Abstract  | Data Type  |
     |         |     |                       | Data Type | Semantics  |
     |----------------------------------------------------------------|
     |    46   |  x  | IS-IS Segment Routing | unsigned8 | identifier |
     |----------------------------------------------------------------|
     |    46   |  x  | OSPF Segment Routing  | unsigned8 | identifier |
     ------------------------------------------------------------------

      Figure 1: Updates to "IPFIX Information Element #46" SubRegistry

4.  Security Considerations

   It is not believed that this document adds any additional security
   considerations.

5.  Normative References

   [I-D.ali-spring-sr-traffic-accounting]
              Filsfils, C., Talaulikar, K., Sivabalan, S., Horneffer,
              M., Raszuk, R., Litkowski, S., Voyer, D., and R. Morton,
              "Traffic Accounting in Segment Routing Networks", draft-
              ali-spring-sr-traffic-accounting-04 (work in progress),
              February 2020.

   [I-D.ietf-isis-segment-routing-extensions]
              Previdi, S., Ginsberg, L., Filsfils, C., Bashandy, A.,
              Gredler, H., and B. Decraene, "IS-IS Extensions for
              Segment Routing", draft-ietf-isis-segment-routing-
              extensions-25 (work in progress), May 2019.

   [I-D.ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions]
              Psenak, P., Previdi, S., Filsfils, C., Gredler, H.,
              Shakir, R., Henderickx, W., and J. Tantsura, "OSPF
              Extensions for Segment Routing", draft-ietf-ospf-segment-
              routing-extensions-27 (work in progress), December 2018.

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   [I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing-mpls]
              Bashandy, A., Filsfils, C., Previdi, S., Decraene, B.,
              Litkowski, S., and R. Shakir, "Segment Routing with MPLS
              data plane", draft-ietf-spring-segment-routing-mpls-22
              (work in progress), May 2019.

   [IANA-IPFIX-IE46]
              "IANA IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Information
              Element #46 SubRegistry",
              <https://www.iana.org/assignments/ipfix/ipfix.xhtml#ipfix-
              mpls-label-type>.

   [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>.

   [RFC4364]  Rosen, E. and Y. Rekhter, "BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private
              Networks (VPNs)", RFC 4364, DOI 10.17487/RFC4364, February
              2006, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4364>.

   [RFC5036]  Andersson, L., Ed., Minei, I., Ed., and B. Thomas, Ed.,
              "LDP Specification", RFC 5036, DOI 10.17487/RFC5036,
              October 2007, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5036>.

   [RFC5102]  Quittek, J., Bryant, S., Claise, B., Aitken, P., and J.
              Meyer, "Information Model for IP Flow Information Export",
              RFC 5102, DOI 10.17487/RFC5102, January 2008,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5102>.

   [RFC7012]  Claise, B., Ed. and B. Trammell, Ed., "Information Model
              for IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX)", RFC 7012,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7012, September 2013,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7012>.

   [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>.

   [RFC8277]  Rosen, E., "Using BGP to Bind MPLS Labels to Address
              Prefixes", RFC 8277, DOI 10.17487/RFC8277, October 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8277>.

Author's Address

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   Thomas Graf
   Swisscom
   Binzring 17
   Zurich  8045
   Switzerland

   Email: thomas.graf@swisscom.com

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