SRIFT: Segment Routing In Fat Trees
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RIFT                                                            Z. Zhang
Internet-Draft                                          Juniper Networks
Intended status: Standards Track                             J. Tantsura
Expires: April 25, 2019                                      Apstra, Inc
                                                                D. Fedyk
                                                                     HPE
                                                        October 22, 2018

                  SRIFT: Segment Routing In Fat Trees
                        draft-zzhang-rift-sr-00

Abstract

   This document specifies signaling procedures for Segment Routing
   [RFC8402] with RIFT.  Each node's loopback address, Segment Routing
   Global Block (SRGB) and Node Segment Identifier (SID), which must be
   unique within the SR domain and are typically assigned by SR
   controllers or management, are distributed southbound from the Top Of
   Fabric (TOF) nodes via the Key-Value distribution mechanism, so that
   each node can compute how to reach a node represented by the topmost
   Node SIDs .  For an ingress node to send SR traffic to another node
   via an explicit path, an SR controller signals the corresponding
   label stack to the ingress node so that the ingress node can send
   packets accordingly.

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.  Specifications  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   3.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   4.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   5.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     5.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     5.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6

1.  Introduction

   Before we discuss the SR procedures for RIFT, let us first review how
   SR works with OSPF/ISIS [I-D.ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions]
   [I-D.ietf-isis-segment-routing-extensions].

   Each node is provisioned with a loopback address, an SRGB, and a Node
   SID.  The loopback address and Node SID are co-ordinated centrally -
   it is unique for each node across the SR network - and then
   communicated out of band to each node and stored as configuration
   information.  For example, the out of band communication could be via
   primitive pen and paper, or modern signaling from controllers.

   SRGB configuration can be local to each node and different node can
   have the same or different label blocks for flexible label
   allocation.  Typically, modern SR networks have identical SRGB on
   each node so that a Node SID corresponds to the same label on each
   node.  However that is not mandatory.  Either way, the SRGB is part
   of the node's local configuration.  In today's network it is very
   likely pushed down from some controllers.

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   Each node will then signal its SRGB, and its Node SID.  The Node SID