Internet-Draft Slice-Mapping September 2023
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Workgroup:
TEAS Working Group
Internet-Draft:
draft-dhody-teas-ietf-network-slice-mapping-04
Published:
Intended Status:
Standards Track
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Authors:
D. Dhody
Huawei
B. Wu
Huawei Technologies

IETF Network Slice Service Mapping YANG Model

Abstract

This document provides a YANG data model to map IETF network slice service to Traffic Engineering (TE) models (e.g., the Virtual Network (VN) model or the TE Tunnel etc). It also supports mapping to the VPN Network models and Network Resource Partition (NRP) models. These models are referred to as IETF network slice service mapping model and are applicable generically for the seamless control and management of the IETF network slice service with underlying TE/VPN support.

The models are principally used for monitoring and diagnostics of the management systems to show how the IETF network slice service requests are mapped onto underlying network resource and TE/VPN models.

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1. Introduction

Data models are a representation of objects that can be configured or monitored within a system. Within the IETF, YANG [RFC7950] is the language of choice for documenting data models, and YANG models have been produced to allow configuration or modeling of a variety of network devices, protocol instances, and network services.

The YANG model discussed in this document augments the IETF Network Slice Service YANG model [I-D.ietf-teas-ietf-network-slices], which is used to operate IETF Network Slices during the IETF Network Slice instantiation. This provides a way to map IETF network slice service to Traffic Engineering (TE) models (e.g., the Virtual Network (VN) model or the TE Tunnel etc). Alternatively, it also supports mapping to the VPN Network models and Network Resource Partition (NRP) models.

The model supports:

  • A mapping of the IETF Network Slice with the Network Resource Partition (NRP). As per [I-D.ietf-teas-ietf-network-slices], NRP is a collection of resources (bufferage, queuing, scheduling, etc.) in the underlay network. The NRP YANG model is specified in [I-D.wdbsp-teas-nrp-yang]. The IETF Network Slice can be mapped to the NRP directly.
  • A mapping of the IETF Network Slice with the VPN network models - LxNM. This mapping can be populated at the time of IETF network service realization. This mapping information is internal and used for monitoring and diagnostics purpose such as telemetry, auto-scaling, closed-loop automation. Note that the LxNM may further map to other TE resources as specified in [I-D.ietf-teas-te-service-mapping-yang]. Optionally, a mapping to the NRP can also be populated.
  • A mapping of the IETF Network Slice with the underlying TE resources directly. The TE resources could be in a form of VN, set of TE tunnels, TE abstract topology etc. This mapping can be populated by the network at the time of realization of the IETF network slice service. It is also possible to configure the mapping provided one is aware of NRP/VN/tunnels. This mapping mode is used only when the there is an awareness of VN or TE by the consumer of the model. Otherwise this mapping information is internal and used for monitoring and diagnostics purpose such as telemetry, auto-scaling, closed-loop automation.
  • Possibility to request creation of a new VN/Tunnel to be binded to IETF network slice.
  • Indication to share the VN/Tunnel sharing (with or without modification) for the IETF network slice.
  • Support for configuration of underlying TE properties (as opposed to existing VN or tunnels).

Note: The RFC Editor will replace XXXX with the number assigned to the RFC once this draft becomes an RFC.

2. Conventions

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.

2.1. Tree Diagrams

A simplified graphical representation of the data model is used in this document. The meaning of the symbols in these diagrams is defined in [RFC8340].

2.2. Prefixes in Data Node Names

In this document, names of data nodes and other data model objects are often used without a prefix, as long as it is clear from the context in which YANG module each name is defined. Otherwise, names are prefixed using the standard prefix associated with the corresponding YANG module, as shown in Table 1.

Table 1
Prefix YANG module Reference
nw ietf-network [RFC8345]
tsmt ietf-te-service-mapping-types [I-D.ietf-teas-te-service-mapping-yang]
l3vpn-ntw ietf-l3vpn-ntw [RFC9182]
l2vpn-ntw ietf-l2vpn-ntw [RFC9291]
ietf-ns ietf-network-slice [I-D.ietf-teas-ietf-network-slice-nbi-yang]
nrp ietf-nrp [I-D.wdbsp-teas-nrp-yang]

2.3. References in the Model

Following additional documents are referenced in the model defined in this document -

Table 2
Document Reference
Framework for IETF Network Slices [I-D.ietf-teas-ietf-network-slices]

3. Model Design

The YANG model specified in this document augments the IETF network slice service YANG model [I-D.ietf-teas-ietf-network-slice-nbi-yang].

Currently following mapping are supported:

  • L3NM: The L3 network model (L3NM) describes a L3VPN Service in the Service Provider Network. It contains information of the Service Provider network and might include allocated resources. It can be used by network controllers to manage and control the L3VPN Service configuration in the Service Provider network. This model maps an IETF network slice to a L3VPN ID.
  • L2NM: The L2 network model (L2NM) describes a L2VPN Service in the Service Provider Network. It contains information of the Service Provider network and might include allocated resources. It can be used by network controllers to manage and control the L2VPN Service configuration in the Service Provider network. This model maps an IETF network slice to a L2VPN ID.

  • TE: The TE mapping is specified in [I-D.ietf-teas-te-service-mapping-yang]. The mapping can be done to the following TE resouces:

  • NRP: [I-D.ietf-teas-ietf-network-slices] defines IETF network slice services that provide connectivity coupled with network resources commitment between a number of endpoints over a shared network infrastructure and, for scalability concerns, defines NRP to host one or a group of network slice services according to characteristics including SLOs and SLEs. Along with mapping to VPN, this model maps an IETF network slice to a NRP ID.

3.1. Open Questions

The following open questions needs to be addressed in a future revision:

  • Is there a need/use-case to map IETF Network slice Connection Group and/or Connectivity Construct as well?
  • Is there a need/use-case to map IETF Network slice Service Demarcation Points (SDPs)?
  • Is there a need to indicate "map-type" (new, share) for NRP and VPNs?

4. Tree Structure 

module: ietf-network-slice-mapping

  augment /ietf-nss:network-slice-services/ietf-nss:slice-service:
    +--rw mapping!
       +--rw ns-mapping
          +--rw map-to?                               identityref
          +--rw (map)?
             +--:(nrp)
             |  +--rw nrp?
             |          -> /nw:networks/nrp:nrp-policies/nrp-policy/name
             +--:(l3vpn)
             |  +--rw l3vpn-id?                       leafref
             |  +--rw l3vpn-nrp?
             |          -> /nw:networks/nrp:nrp-policies/nrp-policy/name
             +--:(l2vpn)
             |  +--rw l2vpn-id?                       leafref
             |  +--rw l2vpn-nrp?
             |          -> /nw:networks/nrp:nrp-policies/nrp-policy/name
             +--:(te)
                +--rw type?                           identityref
                +--rw te-policy
                |  +--rw path-affinities-values
                |  |  +--rw path-affinities-value* [usage]
                |  |        ...
                |  +--rw path-affinity-names
                |  |  +--rw path-affinity-name* [usage]
                |  |        ...
                |  +--rw protection-type?          identityref
                |  +--rw availability-type?        identityref
                +--rw (te)?
                |  +--:(vn)
                |  |  +--rw vn*
                |  |          -> /vn:virtual-network/vn/vn-id
                |  +--:(te-topo)
                |  |  +--rw te-topology-identifier
                |  |  |     ...
                |  |  +--rw abstract-node?
                |  |          -> /nw:networks/network/node/node-id
                |  +--:(te-tunnel)
                |     +--rw te-tunnel*                te:tunnel-ref
                |     +--rw sr-policy* [headend color-ref endpoint-ref]
                |             {sr-policy}?
                |           ...
                +--rw template-ref?                   leafref
                        {template}?

5. YANG Model 

<CODE BEGINS> file "ietf-network-slice-mapping@2023-09-12.yang"
module ietf-network-slice-mapping {
  yang-version 1.1;
  namespace
    "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-network-slice-mapping";
  prefix ietf-nsm;

  import ietf-network {
    prefix nw;
    reference
      "RFC 8345: A YANG Data Model for Network Topologies";
  }
  import ietf-network-slice-service {
    prefix ietf-nss;
    reference
      "I-D.ietf-teas-ietf-network-slice-nbi-yang: A YANG Data
       Model for the IETF Network Slice Service";
  }
  import ietf-te-service-mapping-types {
    prefix tsmt;
    reference
      "I-D.ietf-teas-te-service-mapping-yang: Traffic Engineering
       (TE) and Service Mapping YANG Data Model";
  }
  import ietf-l3vpn-ntw {
    prefix l3vpn-ntw;
    reference
      "RFC 9182: A YANG Network Data Model for Layer 3 VPNs";
  }
  import ietf-l2vpn-ntw {
    prefix l2vpn-ntw;
    reference
      "RFC 9291: A Layer 2 VPN Network YANG Model";
  }
  import ietf-nrp {
    prefix nrp;
    reference
      "I-D.wdbsp-teas-nrp-yang: A YANG Data Model for Network
       Resource Partitions (NRPs)";
  }

  organization
    "IETF Traffic Engineering Architecture and Signaling (TEAS)
     Working Group";
  contact
    "WG Web:  <https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/teas/>
     WG List:  <mailto:teas@ietf.org>
     Editor: Dhruv Dhody <dhruv.ietf@gmail.com>
             Bo Wu <lana.wubo@huawei.com>";
  description
    "This module contains a YANG module to map the IETF Network
     Slice with Traffic Engineering (TE) or VPN Network models.

     Copyright (c) 2023 IETF Trust and the persons identified as
     authors of the code.  All rights reserved.

     Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
     without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject to
     the license terms contained in, the Revised BSD License set
     forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions
     Relating to IETF Documents
     (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info).

     This version of this YANG module is part of RFC XXXX; see the
     RFC itself for full legal notices.";

  revision 2023-09-12 {
    description
      "initial version.";
    reference
      "RFC XXXX: IETF Network Slice Service Mapping YANG Model";
  }

  identity map-to {
    description
      "Base identity from which specific map-to are derived.";
  }

  identity map-to-nrp {
    base map-to;
    description
      "Map to Network Resource Partition (NRP)";
  }

  identity map-to-vpn {
    base map-to;
    description
      "Map to VPN";
  }

  identity map-to-l3vpn {
    base map-to-vpn;
    description
      "Map to L3VPN";
  }

  identity map-to-l2vpn {
    base map-to-vpn;
    description
      "Map to L2VPN";
  }

  identity map-to-l1vpn {
    base map-to-vpn;
    description
      "Map to L1VPN";
  }

  identity map-to-te {
    base map-to;
    description
      "Map to TE directly";
  }

  grouping ns-mapping {
    description
      "Mapping between IETF network slice and Network
       Resource Partition (NRP)/VPN/TE";
    container ns-mapping {
      description
        "The container for the mapping";
      leaf map-to {
        type identityref {
          base map-to;
        }
        description
          "Mapping to NRP/VPN/TE";
      }
      choice map {
        description
          "Mapping to NRP/VPN/TE";
        case nrp {
          leaf nrp {
            type leafref {
              path "/nw:networks/nrp:nrp-policies"
                 + "/nrp:nrp-policy/nrp:name";
            }
            description
              "A reference to NRP name";
            reference
              "I-D.wdbsp-teas-nrp-yang: A YANG Data Model for
               Network Resource Partitions (NRPs)";
          }
        }
        case l3vpn {
          leaf l3vpn-id {
            type leafref {
              path "/l3vpn-ntw:l3vpn-ntw"
                 + "/l3vpn-ntw:vpn-services"
                 + "/l3vpn-ntw:vpn-service"
                 + "/l3vpn-ntw:vpn-id";
            }
            description
              "A reference to VPN ID";
          }
          leaf l3vpn-nrp {
            type leafref {
              path "/nw:networks/nrp:nrp-policies"
                 + "/nrp:nrp-policy/nrp:name";
            }
            description
              "An optional reference to NRP name";
            reference
              "I-D.ietf-teas-ietf-network-slices: Framework
               for IETF Network Slices";
          }
          description
            "Mapping to L3NM";
          reference
            "RFC9182: A YANG Network Data Model for
             Layer 3 VPNs";
        }
        case l2vpn {
          leaf l2vpn-id {
            type leafref {
              path "/l2vpn-ntw:l2vpn-ntw"
                 + "/l2vpn-ntw:vpn-services"
                 + "/l2vpn-ntw:vpn-service"
                 + "/l2vpn-ntw:vpn-id";
            }
            description
              "A reference to VPN ID";
          }
          leaf l2vpn-nrp {
            type leafref {
              path "/nw:networks/nrp:nrp-policies"
                 + "/nrp:nrp-policy/nrp:name";
            }
            description
              "An optional reference to NRP";
            reference
              "I-D.ietf-teas-ietf-network-slices: Framework
               for IETF Network Slices";
          }
          description
            "Mapping to L2NM";
          reference
            "RFC 9291: A Layer 2 VPN Network YANG Model";
        }
        case te {
          uses tsmt:te-mapping;
          description
            "Mapping to TE directly";
          reference
            "I-D.ietf-teas-te-service-mapping-yang:
             Traffic Engineering (TE) and Service
             Mapping YANG Model";
        }
      }
    }
  }

  augment "/ietf-nss:network-slice-services/ietf-nss:slice-service" {
    description
      "IETF Network Slice augmented to include the mapping
       information to the network slice realization";
    container mapping {
      presence "Indicates Mapping information";
      description
        "Container to augment IETF network slice to
         include NRP / VPN / TE mappings";
      uses ns-mapping;
    }
  }
}
<CODE ENDS>

7. IANA Considerations

IANA is requested to make the following allocation for the URIs in the "ns" subregistry within the "IETF XML Registry" [RFC3688]:

   --------------------------------------------------------------------
   URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-network-slice-mapping
   Registrant Contact: The IESG.
   XML: N/A, the requested URI is an XML namespace.
   --------------------------------------------------------------------

IANA is requested to make the following allocation for the YANG module in the "YANG Module Names" registry [RFC6020]:

   --------------------------------------------------------------------
   name:         ietf-network-slice-mapping
   namespace:    urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-network-slice-mapping
   prefix:       ietf-nsm
   reference:    RFC XXXX
   --------------------------------------------------------------------

8. References

8.1. Normative References

[RFC2119]
Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2119>.
[RFC3688]
Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688, DOI 10.17487/RFC3688, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3688>.
[RFC6020]
Bjorklund, M., Ed., "YANG - A Data Modeling Language for the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6020, DOI 10.17487/RFC6020, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6020>.
[RFC7950]
Bjorklund, M., Ed., "The YANG 1.1 Data Modeling Language", RFC 7950, DOI 10.17487/RFC7950, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7950>.
[RFC8340]
Bjorklund, M. and L. Berger, Ed., "YANG Tree Diagrams", BCP 215, RFC 8340, DOI 10.17487/RFC8340, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8340>.
[RFC8345]
Clemm, A., Medved, J., Varga, R., Bahadur, N., Ananthakrishnan, H., and X. Liu, "A YANG Data Model for Network Topologies", RFC 8345, DOI 10.17487/RFC8345, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8345>.
[RFC9182]
Barguil, S., Gonzalez de Dios, O., Ed., Boucadair, M., Ed., Munoz, L., and A. Aguado, "A YANG Network Data Model for Layer 3 VPNs", RFC 9182, DOI 10.17487/RFC9182, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9182>.
[RFC9291]
Boucadair, M., Ed., Gonzalez de Dios, O., Ed., Barguil, S., and L. Munoz, "A YANG Network Data Model for Layer 2 VPNs", RFC 9291, DOI 10.17487/RFC9291, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9291>.
[I-D.ietf-teas-ietf-network-slice-nbi-yang]
Wu, B., Dhody, D., Rokui, R., Saad, T., Han, L., and J. Mullooly, "A YANG Data Model for the IETF Network Slice Service", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-teas-ietf-network-slice-nbi-yang-06, , <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-teas-ietf-network-slice-nbi-yang-06>.
[I-D.ietf-teas-te-service-mapping-yang]
Lee, Y., Dhody, D., Fioccola, G., Wu, Q., Ceccarelli, D., and J. Tantsura, "Traffic Engineering (TE) and Service Mapping YANG Data Model", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-teas-te-service-mapping-yang-14, , <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-teas-te-service-mapping-yang-14>.
[I-D.wdbsp-teas-nrp-yang]
Wu, B., Dhody, D., Beeram, V. P., Saad, T., and S. Peng, "A YANG Data Model for Network Resource Partitions (NRPs)", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-wdbsp-teas-nrp-yang-02, , <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-wdbsp-teas-nrp-yang-02>.
[RFC8174]
Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8174>.

8.2. Informative References

[RFC8453]
Ceccarelli, D., Ed. and Y. Lee, Ed., "Framework for Abstraction and Control of TE Networks (ACTN)", RFC 8453, DOI 10.17487/RFC8453, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8453>.
[I-D.ietf-teas-ietf-network-slices]
Farrel, A., Drake, J., Rokui, R., Homma, S., Makhijani, K., Contreras, L. M., and J. Tantsura, "A Framework for Network Slices in Networks Built from IETF Technologies", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-teas-ietf-network-slices-24, , <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-teas-ietf-network-slices-24>.
[I-D.ietf-teas-ns-ip-mpls]
Saad, T., Beeram, V. P., Dong, J., Wen, B., Ceccarelli, D., Halpern, J. M., Peng, S., Chen, R., Liu, X., Contreras, L. M., Rokui, R., and L. Jalil, "Realizing Network Slices in IP/MPLS Networks", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-teas-ns-ip-mpls-02, , <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-teas-ns-ip-mpls-02>.

Appendix A. Acknowledgments

Thanks to Jie Dong for the initial discussion behind this document.

Appendix B. Examples

TO be added in future revisions.

Authors' Addresses

Dhruv Dhody
Huawei
India
Bo Wu
Huawei Technologies
101 Software Avenue, Yuhua District
Nanjing
210012
China