ippm                                                        F. Brockners
Internet-Draft                                               S. Bhandari
Intended status: Standards Track                             V. Govindan
Expires: September 4, 2018                                  C. Pignataro
                                                                   Cisco
                                                              H. Gredler
                                                            RtBrick Inc.
                                                                J. Leddy
                                                                 Comcast
                                                               S. Youell
                                                                    JMPC
                                                              T. Mizrahi
                                                                 Marvell
                                                                 A. Kfir
                                                                B. Gafni
                                             Mellanox Technologies, Inc.
                                                             P. Lapukhov
                                                                Facebook
                                                              M. Spiegel
                                                       Barefoot Networks
                                                           March 3, 2018


              VXLAN-GPE Encapsulation for In-situ OAM Data
                 draft-brockners-ippm-ioam-vxlan-gpe-00

Abstract

   In-situ Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (IOAM) records
   operational and telemetry information in the packet while the packet
   traverses a path between two points in the network.  This document
   outlines how IOAM data fields are encapsulated in VXLAN-GPE.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.1.  Requirement Language  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     2.2.  Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  IOAM Data Field Encapsulation in VXLAN-GPE  . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.  Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     4.1.  Discussion of the encapsulation approach  . . . . . . . .   5
     4.2.  IOAM and the use of the VXLAN O-bit . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   5.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   6.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   7.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   8.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     8.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     8.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8

1.  Introduction

   In-situ OAM (IOAM) records OAM information within the packet while
   the packet traverses a particular network domain.  The term "in-situ"
   refers to the fact that the IOAM data fields are added to the data
   packets rather than being sent within packets specifically dedicated
   to OAM.  This document defines how IOAM data fields are transported
   as part of the VXLAN-GPE [I-D.ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe] encapsulation.
   The IOAM data fields are defined in [I-D.ietf-ippm-ioam-data].  An
   implementation of IOAM which leverages VXLAN-GPE to carry the IOAM
   data is available from the FD.io open source software project
   [FD.io].




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2.  Conventions

2.1.  Requirement 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].

2.2.  Abbreviations

   Abbreviations used in this document:

   IOAM:      In-situ Operations, Administration, and Maintenance

   OAM:       Operations, Administration, and Maintenance

   VXLAN-GPE: Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network, Generic Protocol
              Extension

3.  IOAM Data Field Encapsulation in VXLAN-GPE

   VXLAN-GPE is defined in [I-D.ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe].  IOAM data fields
   are carried in VXLAN-GPE using a next protocol value of TBD_IOAM.  An
   IOAM header is added containing the different IOAM data fields
   defined in [I-D.ietf-ippm-ioam-data].  In an administrative domain
   where IOAM is used, insertion of the IOAM header in VXLAN-GPE is
   enabled at the VXLAN-GPE tunnel endpoints, which also serve as IOAM
   encapsulating/decapsulating nodes by means of configuration.























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    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                    Outer Ethernet Header                      |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                        Outer IP Header                        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                       Outer UDP Header                        |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+--+
   |R|R|Ver|I|P|R|O|          Reserved             |  NP=TBD_IOAM  |  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ GPE
   |     Virtual Network Identifier (VNI)          | Reserved      |  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+<-+
   | IOAM-Type     | IOAM HDR len  |    Reserved   | Next Protocol |  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+  I
   !                                                               |  O
   !                                                               |  A
   ~                 IOAM Option and Data Space                    ~  M
   |                                                               |  |
   |                                                               |  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+<-+
   |                                                               |
   |                                                               |
   |                     Payload + Padding (L2/L3/ESP/...)         |
   |                                                               |
   |                                                               |
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

              Figure 1: IOAM data encapsulation in VXLAN-GPE

   The VXLAN-GPE header and fields are defined in
   [I-D.ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe].  The VXLAN Next Protocol value for IOAM is
   TBD_IOAM.

   The IOAM related fields in VXLAN-GPE are defined as follows:

   IOAM-Type:  8-bit field defining the IOAM Option type, as defined in
      Section 7.2 of [I-D.ietf-ippm-ioam-data].

   IOAM HDR len:  8-bit unsigned integer.  Length of the IOAM HDR in
      4-octet units.

   Reserved:  8-bit reserved field MUST be set to zero upon transmission
      and ignored upon receipt.

   Next Protocol:  8-bit unsigned integer that determines the type of
      header following IOAM protocol.  The value is from the IANA



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      registry setup for VXLAN GPE Next Protocol defined in
      [I-D.ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe].

   IOAM Option and Data Space:  IOAM option header and data is present
      as specified by the IOAM-Type field, and is defined in Section 4
      of [I-D.ietf-ippm-ioam-data].

   Multiple IOAM options MAY be included within the VXLAN-GPE
   encapsulation.  For example, if a VXLAN-GPE encapsulation contains
   two IOAM options before a data payload, the Next Protocol field of
   the first IOAM option will contain the value of TBD_IOAM, while the
   Next Protocol field of the second IOAM option will contain the VXLAN
   "Next Protocol" number indicating the type of the data payload.

4.  Considerations

   This section summarizes a set of considerations on the overall
   approach taken for IOAM data encapsulation in VXLAN-GPE, as well as
   deployment considerations.

4.1.  Discussion of the encapsulation approach

   This section is to support the working group discussion in selecting
   the most appropriate approach for encapsulating IOAM data fields in
   VXLAN-GPE.

   An encapsulation of IOAM data fields in VXLAN-GPE should be friendly
   to an implementation in both hardware as well as software forwarders.
   Hardware forwarders benefit from an encapsulation that minimizes
   iterative look-ups of fields within the packet: Any operation which
   looks up the value of a field within the packet, based on which
   another lookup is performed, consumes additional gates and time in an
   implementation - both of which are desired to be kept to a minimum.
   This means that flat TLV structures are to be preferred over nested
   TLV structures.  IOAM data fields are grouped into three option
   categories: Trace, proof-of-transit, and edge-to-edge.  Each of these
   three options defines a TLV structure.  A hardware-friendly
   encapsulation approach avoids grouping these three option categories
   into yet another TLV structure, but would rather carry the options as
   a serial sequence.

   Two approaches for encapsulating IOAM data fields in VXLAN-GPE could
   be considered:

   1.  Use a single GPE protocol type for all IOAM types: IOAM would
       receive a single GPE protocol type code point.  A "sub-type"
       field would then specify what IOAM options type (trace, proof-of-
       transit, edge-to-edge) is carried.



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   2.  Use one GPE protocol type per IOAM options type: Each IOAM data
       field option (trace, proof-of-transit, and edge-to-edge) would be
       specified by its own "next protocol", i.e. each IOAM options type
       becomes its own GPE protocol type with a dedicated code point.
       This implies that in case additional IOAM option types would be
       added in the future, additional GPE protocol type code points
       would need to be allocated.

   The first option has been chosen here.  Multiple back-to-back IOAM
   options can be encoded as a succession of IOAM headers, with the same
   single GPE protocol type appearing as the next protocol before each
   IOAM header, but different sub-types within each IOAM header.

4.2.  IOAM and the use of the VXLAN O-bit

   [I-D.ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe] defines an "O bit" for OAM packets.  Per
   [I-D.ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe] the O bit indicates that the packet
   contains an OAM message instead of data payload.  Packets that carry
   IOAM data fields in addition to regular data payload / customer
   traffic must not set the O bit.  Packets that carry only IOAM data
   fields without any payload must set the O bit.

5.  IANA Considerations

   IANA is requested to allocate a protocol number for the following
   VXLAN-GPE "Next Protocols" related to IOAM:

                 +---------------+-------------+---------------+
                 | Next Protocol | Description | Reference     |
                 +---------------+-------------+---------------+
                 | x             | TBD_IOAM    | This document |
                 +---------------+-------------+---------------+


6.  Security Considerations

   The security considerations of VXLAN-GPE are discussed in
   [I-D.ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe], and the security considerations of IOAM in
   general are discussed in [I-D.ietf-ippm-ioam-data].

   IOAM is considered a "per domain" feature, where one or several
   operators decide on leveraging and configuring IOAM according to
   their needs.  Still, operators need to properly secure the IOAM
   domain to avoid malicious configuration and use, which could include
   injecting malicious IOAM packets into a domain.






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7.  Acknowledgements

   The authors would like to thank Eric Vyncke, Nalini Elkins, Srihari
   Raghavan, Ranganathan T S, Karthik Babu Harichandra Babu, Akshaya
   Nadahalli, Stefano Previdi, Hemant Singh, Erik Nordmark, LJ Wobker,
   and Andrew Yourtchenko for the comments and advice.

8.  References

8.1.  Normative References

   [ETYPES]   "IANA Ethernet Numbers",
              <https://www.iana.org/assignments/ethernet-numbers/
              ethernet-numbers.xhtml>.

   [I-D.ietf-ippm-ioam-data]
              Brockners, F., Bhandari, S., Pignataro, C., Gredler, H.,
              Leddy, J., Youell, S., Mizrahi, T., Mozes, D., Lapukhov,
              P., Chang, R., and d. daniel.bernier@bell.ca, "Data Fields
              for In-situ OAM", draft-ietf-ippm-ioam-data-01 (work in
              progress), October 2017.

   [I-D.ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe]
              Maino, F., Kreeger, L., and U. Elzur, "Generic Protocol
              Extension for VXLAN", draft-ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe-05 (work
              in progress), October 2017.

   [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>.

   [RFC2784]  Farinacci, D., Li, T., Hanks, S., Meyer, D., and P.
              Traina, "Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)", RFC 2784,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2784, March 2000, <https://www.rfc-
              editor.org/info/rfc2784>.

   [RFC3232]  Reynolds, J., Ed., "Assigned Numbers: RFC 1700 is Replaced
              by an On-line Database", RFC 3232, DOI 10.17487/RFC3232,
              January 2002, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3232>.

8.2.  Informative References

   [FD.io]    "Fast Data Project: FD.io", <https://fd.io/>.







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   [I-D.brockners-proof-of-transit]
              Brockners, F., Bhandari, S., Dara, S., Pignataro, C.,
              Leddy, J., Youell, S., Mozes, D., and T. Mizrahi, "Proof
              of Transit", draft-brockners-proof-of-transit-04 (work in
              progress), October 2017.

   [RFC7665]  Halpern, J., Ed. and C. Pignataro, Ed., "Service Function
              Chaining (SFC) Architecture", RFC 7665, DOI 10.17487/
              RFC7665, October 2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/
              rfc7665>.

Authors' Addresses

   Frank Brockners
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   Hansaallee 249, 3rd Floor
   DUESSELDORF, NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN  40549
   Germany

   Email: fbrockne@cisco.com


   Shwetha Bhandari
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   Cessna Business Park, Sarjapura Marathalli Outer Ring Road
   Bangalore, KARNATAKA 560 087
   India

   Email: shwethab@cisco.com


   Vengada Prasad Govindan
   Cisco Systems, Inc.

   Email: venggovi@cisco.com


   Carlos Pignataro
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   7200-11 Kit Creek Road
   Research Triangle Park, NC  27709
   United States

   Email: cpignata@cisco.com







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   Hannes Gredler
   RtBrick Inc.

   Email: hannes@rtbrick.com


   John Leddy
   Comcast

   Email: John_Leddy@cable.comcast.com


   Stephen Youell
   JP Morgan Chase
   25 Bank Street
   London  E14 5JP
   United Kingdom

   Email: stephen.youell@jpmorgan.com


   Tal Mizrahi
   Marvell
   6 Hamada St.
   Yokneam  20692
   Israel

   Email: talmi@marvell.com


   Aviv Kfir
   Mellanox Technologies, Inc.
   350 Oakmead Parkway, Suite 100
   Sunnyvale, CA  94085
   U.S.A.

   Email: avivk@mellanox.com


   Barak Gafni
   Mellanox Technologies, Inc.
   350 Oakmead Parkway, Suite 100
   Sunnyvale, CA  94085
   U.S.A.

   Email: gbarak@mellanox.com





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   Petr Lapukhov
   Facebook
   1 Hacker Way
   Menlo Park, CA  94025
   US

   Email: petr@fb.com


   Mickey Spiegel
   Barefoot Networks
   2185 Park Boulevard
   Palo Alto, CA  94306
   US

   Email: mspiegel@barefootnetworks.com



































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