BESS Workgroup J. Rabadan, Ed.
Internet-Draft Nokia
Intended status: Standards Track A. Sajassi, Ed.
Expires: November 26, 2020 Cisco
E. Rosen
Individual
J. Drake
W. Lin
Juniper
J. Uttaro
AT&T
A. Simpson
Nokia
May 25, 2020
EVPN Interworking with IPVPN
draft-ietf-bess-evpn-ipvpn-interworking-03
Abstract
EVPN is used as a unified control plane for tenant network intra and
inter-subnet forwarding. When a tenant network spans not only EVPN
domains but also domains where IPVPN provides inter-subnet
forwarding, there is a need to specify the interworking aspects
between both EVPN and IPVPN domains, so that the end to end tenant
connectivity can be accomplished. This document specifies how EVPN
should interwork with VPN-IPv4/VPN-IPv6 and IPv4/IPv6 BGP families
for inter-subnet forwarding.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction and Problem Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Terminology and Interworking PE Components . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Domain Path Attribute (D-PATH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3.1. D-PATH and Loop Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4. BGP Path Attribute Propagation across ISF SAFIs . . . . . . . 12
4.1. No-Propagation-Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.2. Uniform-Propagation-Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.3. Aggregation of Routes and Path Attribute Propagation . . 13
5. Route Selection Process between EVPN and other ISF SAFIs . . 14
6. Composite PE Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7. Gateway PE Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
8. Interworking Use-Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
9. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
10. Conventions used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
11. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
12. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
13. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
14. Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
15. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
15.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
15.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
1. Introduction and Problem Statement
EVPN is used as a unified control plane for tenant network intra and
inter-subnet forwarding. When a tenant network spans not only EVPN
domains but also domains where IPVPN provides inter-subnet
forwarding, there is a need to specify the interworking aspects
between both EVPN and IPVPN domains, so that the end to end tenant
connectivity can be accomplished. This document specifies how EVPN
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should interwork with VPN-IPv4/VPN-IPv6 and IPv4/IPv6 BGP families
for inter-subnet forwarding.
EVPN supports the advertisement of IPv4 or IPv6 prefixes in two
different route types:
o Route Type 2 - MAC/IP route (only for /32 and /128 host routes),
as described by [I-D.ietf-bess-evpn-inter-subnet-forwarding].
o Route Type 5 - IP Prefix route, as described by
[I-D.ietf-bess-evpn-prefix-advertisement].
When interworking with other BGP address families (AFIs/SAFIs) for
inter-subnet forwarding, the IP prefixes in those two EVPN route
types must be propagated to other domains using different SAFIs.
Some aspects of that propagation must be clarified. Examples of
these aspects or procedures across BGP families are: route selection,
loop prevention or BGP Path attribute propagation. The Interworking
PE concepts are defined in section 2, and the rest of the document
describes the interaction between Interworking PEs and other PEs for
end-to-end inter-subnet forwarding.
2. Terminology and Interworking PE Components
This section summarizes the terminology related to the "Interworking
PE" concept that will be used throughout the rest of the document.
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+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| |
| +------------------+ Interworking PE |
| Attachment | +------------------+ |
| Circuit(AC1) | | +----------+ | MPLS/NVO tnl
----------------------*Bridge | | +------
| | | |Table(BT1)| | +-----------+ / \ \
MPLS/NVO tnl +-------->| *---------* |<--> | Eth |
-------+ | | | |Eth-Tag x + |IRB1| | \ / /
/ Eth / \<-+ | | +----------+ | | | +------
| | | | | ... | | IP-VRF1 | |
\ \ /<-+ | | +----------+ | | RD2/RT2 |MPLS/NVO tnl
-------+ | | | |Bridge | | | | +------
| +-------->|Table(BT2)| |IRB2| | / \ \
| | | | *---------* |<--> | IP |
----------------------*Eth-Tag y | | +-----*-----+ \ / /
| AC2 | | +----------+ | AC3| +------
| | | MAC-VRF1 | | |
| +-+ RD1/RT1 | | |
| +------------------+ | SAFIs |
| | 1 +---+ |
-------------------------------------------------+ 128 |BGP| |
| EVPN +---+ |
| |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+
Figure 1: EVPN-IPVPN Interworking PE
o ISF SAFI: Inter-Subnet Forwarding (ISF) SAFI is a MP-BGP Sub-
Address Family that advertises reachability for IP prefixes and
can be used for inter-subnet forwarding within a given tenant
network. The ISF SAFIs are 1 (including IPv4 and IPv6 AFIs), 128
(including IPv4 and IPv6 AFIs) and 70 (EVPN, including only AFI
25).
o ISF route: a route for a given prefix whose ISF SAFI may change as
it transits different domains.
o IP-VRF: an IP Virtual Routing and Forwarding table, as defined in
[RFC4364]. It is also the instantiation of an IPVPN in a PE.
Route Distinguisher and Route Target(s) are required properties of
an IP- VRF.
o MAC-VRF: a MAC Virtual Routing and Forwarding table, as defined in
[RFC7432]. It is also the instantiation of an EVI (EVPN Instance)
in a PE. Route Distinguisher and Route Target(s) are required
properties and they are normally different than the ones defined
in the associated IP-VRF.
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o BT: a Bridge Table, as defined in [RFC7432]. A BT is the
instantiation of a Broadcast Domain in a PE. When there is a
single Broadcast Domain in a given EVI, the MAC-VRF in each PE
will contain a single BT. When there are multiple BTs within the
same MAC-VRF, each BT is associated to a different Ethernet Tag.
The EVPN routes specific to a BT, will indicate which Ethernet Tag
the route corresponds to.
Example: In Figure 1, MAC-VRF1 has two BTs: BT1 and BT2. Ethernet
Tag x is defined in BT1 and Ethernet Tag y in BT2.
o AC: Attachment Circuit or logical interface associated to a given
BT or IP-VRF. To determine the AC on which a packet arrived, the
PE will examine the combination of a physical port and VLAN tags
(where the VLAN tags can be individual c-tags, s-tags or ranges of
both).
Example: In Figure 1, AC1 is associated to BT1, AC2 to BT2 and AC3
to IP-VRF1.
o IRB: Integrated Routing and Bridging interface. It refers to the
logical interface that connects a BT to an IP-VRF and allows to
forward packets with destination in a different subnet.
o MPLS/NVO tnl: It refers to a tunnel that can be MPLS or NVO-based
(Network Virtualization Overlays) and it is used by MAC-VRFs and
IP-VRFs. Irrespective of the type, the tunnel may carry an
Ethernet or an IP payload. MAC-VRFs can only use tunnels with
Ethernet payloads (setup by EVPN), whereas IP-VRFs can use tunnels
with Ethernet (setup by EVPN) or IP payloads (setup by EVPN or
IPVPN). IPVPN-only PEs have IP-VRFs but they cannot send or
receive traffic on tunnels with Ethernet payloads.
Example: Figure 1 shows an MPLS/NVO tunnel that is used to
transport Ethernet frames to/from MAC-VRF1. The PE determines the
MAC-VRF and BT the packets belong to based on the EVPN label (MPLS
or VNI). Figure 1 also shows two MPLS/NVO tunnels being used by
IP- VRF1, one carrying Ethernet frames and the other one carrying
IP packets.
o RT-2: Route Type 2 or MAC/IP route, as per [RFC7432].
o RT-5: Route Type 5 or IP Prefix route, as per
[I-D.ietf-bess-evpn-prefix-advertisement].
o Domain: Two PEs are in the same domain if they are attached to the
same tenant and the packets between them do not require a data
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path IP lookup (in the tenant space) in any intermediate router.
A gateway PE is always configured with multiple Domain-IDs.
Example 1: Figure 2 depicts an example where TS1 and TS2 belong to
the same tenant, and they are located in different Data Centers
that are connected by gateway PEs (see the gateway PE definition
later). These gateway PEs use IPVPN in the WAN. When TS1 sends
traffic to TS2, the intermediate routers between PE1 and PE2
require a tenant IP lookup in their IP-VRFs so that the packets
can be forwarded. In this example there are three different
domains. The gateway PEs connect the EVPN domains to the IPVPN
domain.
GW1------------GW3
+------+ +------+
+-------------|IP-VRF| |IP-VRF|-------------+
PE1 +------+ +------+ PE2
+------+ DC1 | WAN | DC2 +------+
TS1-|IP-VRF| EVPN | IPVPN | EVPN |IP-VRF|-TS2
+------+ GW2 GW4 +---+--+
| +------+ +------+ |
+-------------|IP-VRF| |IP-VRF|-------------+
+------+ +------+
+--------------+
DOMAIN 1 DOMAIN 2 DOMAIN 3
<---------------> <------------> <---------------->
Figure 2: Multiple domain DCI example
Example 2: Figure 3 illustrates a similar example, but PE1 and PE2
are now connected by a BGP-LU (BGP Labeled Unicast) tunnel, and
they have a BGP peer relationship for EVPN. Contrary to Example 1,
there is no need for tenant IP lookups on the intermediate routers
in order to forward packets between PE1 and PE2. Therefore, there
is only one domain in the network and PE1/PE2 belong to it.
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EVPN
<------------------------------------------------->
BGP-LU
<------------------------------------------------->
ASBR------------ASBR
+------+ +------+
+-------------| | | |-------------+
PE1 +------+ +--+---+ PE2
+------+ DC1 | WAN | DC2 +------+
TS1-|IP-VRF| EVPN | | EVPN |IP-VRF|-TS2
+------+ ASBR ASBR +---+--+
| +------+ +------+ |
+-------------| | | |-------------+
+------+ +------+
+--------------+
<--------------------DOMAIN-1--------------------->
Figure 3: Single domain DCI example
o Regular Domain: a domain in which a single control plane, IPVPN or
EVPN, is used and which is composed of regular PEs, see below. In
Figures 2 and 3, above, all domains are regular domains.
o Composite Domain: a domain in which multiple control planes, IPVPN
and EVPN, are used and which is composed of regular PEs, see
below, and composite PEs, see below.
o Regular PE: a PE that is attached to a domain, either regular or
composite, and which uses one of the control plane protocols
(IPVPN or EVPN) operating in the domain.
o Interworking PE: a PE that may advertise a given prefix with an
EVPN ISF route (RT-2 or RT-5) and/or an IPVPN ISF route. An
interworking PE has one IP-VRF per tenant, and one or multiple
MAC- VRFs per tenant. Each MAC-VRF may contain one or more BTs,
where each BT may be attached to that IP-VRF via IRB. There are
two types of Interworking PEs: composite PEs and gateway PEs.
Both PE functions can be independently implemented per tenant and
they may both be implemented for the same tenant.
Example: Figure 1 shows an interworking PE of type gateway, where
ISF SAFIs 1, 128 and 70 are enabled. IP-VRF1 and MAC-VRF1 are
instantiated on the PE, and together provide inter-subnet
forwarding for the tenant.
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o Composite PE: an interworking PE that is attached to a composite
domain and which advertises a given prefix to an IPVPN peer with
an IPVPN ISF route, to an EVPN peer with an EVPN ISF route, and to
a route reflector with both an IPVPN and EVPN ISF route. A
composite PE performs the procedures of Sections 5 and 6.
Example: Figure 4 shows an example where PE1 is a composite PE
since PE1 has EVPN and another ISF SAFI enabled to the same route-
reflector, and PE1 advertises a given IP prefix IPn/x twice, one
using EVPN and another one using ISF SAFI 128. PE2 and PE3 are
not composite PEs.
+---+
|PE2|
+---+
^
|EVPN
IW EVPN v
+---+ IPVPN ++-+ +---+
|PE1| <----> |RR| <---> |PE3|
+---+ +--+ IPVPN +---+
Composite
Figure 4: Interworking composite PE example
o Gateway PE: an interworking PE that is attached to two domains,
each either regular or composite, and which, based on
configuration, does one of the following:
- Propagates the same control plane protocol, either IPVPN or
EVPN, between the two domains.
- Propagates an ISF route with different ISF SAFIs between the
two domains. E.g., propagate an EVPN ISF route in one domain
as an IPVPN ISF route in the other domain and vice versa. A
gateway PE performs the procedures of Sections 3, 4, 5 and 7.
A gateway PE is always configured with multiple Domain-IDs.
The Domain-ID is encoded in the Domain Path Attribute (D-PATH),
and advertised along with EVPN and other ISF SAFI routes.
Section 3 describes the D-PATH attribute.
Example: Figure 5 illustrates an example where PE1 is a gateway
PE since the EVPN and IPVPN SAFIs are enabled on different BGP
peers, and a given local IP prefix IPn/x is sent to both BGP
peers for the same tenant. PE2 and PE1 are in one domain and
PE3 and PE1 are in another domain.
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IW
+---+ EVPN +---+ IPVPN +---+
|PE2| <----> |PE1| <----> |PE3|
+---+ +---+ +---+
Gateway
Figure 5: Interworking gateway PE example
o Composite/Gateway PE: an interworking PE that is both a composite
PE and a gateway PE that is attached to two domains, one regular
and one composite, and which does the following:
- Propagates an ISF route, either IPVPN or EVPN, from the regular
domain into the composite domain. Within the composite domain
it acts as a composite PE.
- Propagates an ISF route, either IPVPN or EVPN, from the
composite domain into the regular domain. Within the regular
domain it is propagated as an ISF route using the ISF SAFI for
that domain.
This is particularly useful when a tenant network is attached
to both IPVPN and EVPN domains, any-to-any connectivity is
required, and end-to-end control plane consistency, when
possible, is desired.
It would be instantiated by attaching the disparate, regular
IPVPN and EVPN domains via these PEs to a central composite
domain.
3. Domain Path Attribute (D-PATH)
The BGP Domain Path (D-PATH) attribute is an optional and transitive
BGP path attribute.
Similar to AS_PATH, D-PATH is composed of a sequence of Domain
segments. Each Domain segment is comprised of <domain segment
length, domain segment value>, where the domain segment value is a
sequence of one or more Domains. Each domain is represented by
<DOMAIN-ID:ISF_SAFI_TYPE>.
o The domain segment length field is a 1-octet field, containing the
number of domains in the segment.
o DOMAIN-ID is a 6-octet field that represents a domain. It is
composed of a 4-octet Global Administrator sub-field and a 2-octet
Local Administrator sub-field. The Global Administrator sub-field
MAY be filled with an Autonomous System Number (ASN), an IPv4
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address, or any value that guarantees the uniqueness of the
DOMAIN- ID when the tenant network is connected to multiple
Operators.
o ISF_SAFI_TYPE is a 1-octet field that indicates the Inter-Subnet
Forwarding SAFI type in which a route was advertised in the
DOMAIN. The following types are valid in this document:
Value Type
1 SAFI 1
70 EVPN
128 SAFI 128
About the BGP D-PATH attribute:
a) Identifies the sequence of domains, each identified by a
<DOMAIN-ID:ISF_SAFI_TYPE> through which a given ISF route has
passed.
- This attribute list may contain zero, one or more segments.
- The first entry in the list (leftmost) is the <DOMAIN-
ID:ISF_SAFI_TYPE> from which a gateway PE is propagating an ISF
route. The last entry in the list (rightmost) is the <DOMAIN-
ID:ISF_SAFI_TYPE> from which a gateway PE received an ISF route
without a D-PATH attribute. Intermediate entries in the list
are domains that the ISF route has transited.
- As an example, an ISF route received with a D-PATH attribute
containing a domain segment of {length=2,
<6500:2:IPVPN>,<6500:1:EVPN>} indicates that the ISF route was
originated in EVPN domain 6500:1, and propagated into IPVPN
domain 6500:2.
b) It is added/modified by a gateway PE when propagating
an update to a different domain:
- A gateway PE's IP-VRF, that connects two domains, belongs to
two DOMAIN-IDs, e.g. 6500:1 for EVPN and 6500:2 for IPVPN.
- Whenever a prefix arrives at a gateway PE in a particular ISF
SAFI route, if the gateway PE needs to export that prefix to a
BGP peer, the gateway PE will prepend a <DOMAIN-
ID:ISF_SAFI_TYPE> to the list of domains in the received
D-PATH.
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- For instance, in an IP-VRF configured with DOMAIN-IDs 6500:1
for EVPN and 6500:2 for IPVPN, if an EVPN route for prefix P is
received and P installed in the IP-VRF, the IPVPN route for P
that is exported to an IPVPN peer will prepend the domain
<6500:1:EVPN> to the previously received D-PATH attribute.
Likewise, IP-VRF prefixes that are received from IP-VPN, will
be exported to EVPN peers with the domain <6500:2:IPVPN> added
to the segment.
- In the above example, if the EVPN route is received without D-
PATH, the gateway PE will add the D-PATH attribute with one
segment {length=1, <6500:1:EVPN>} when re-advertising to domain
6500:2.
- Within the originating domain, the update does not contain a D-
PATH attribute because the update has not passed through a
gateway PE yet.
c) The gateway PE MUST NOT add the D-PATH attribute to ISF routes
generated for IP-VRF prefixes that are not learned via any ISF
SAFI, for instance, local prefixes.
d) An ISF route received by a gateway PE with a D-PATH
attribute that contains one or more of its locally configured
domains for the IP-VRF is considered to be a looped ISF route and
MUST be dropped.
e) The number of domains in the D-PATH attribute
indicates the number of gateway PEs that the ISF route update has
transited.
3.1. D-PATH and Loop Prevention
The D-PATH attribute is used to prevent loops in interworking PE
networks. For instance, in the example of Figure 4, gateway GW1
receives TS1 prefix in two different ISF routes:
o In an EVPN RT-5 with next-hop PE1 and no D-PATH attribute.
o In a SAFI 128 route with next-hop GW2 and D-PATH = {length=1,
<6500:1:EVPN>}, assuming that DOMAIN-ID for domain 1 is 6500:1.
Gateway GW1 flags the SAFI 128 route as a loop, and does not re-
advertise it to the EVPN neighbors since the route includes the GW1's
local domain.
In general, any interworking PE that imports an ISF route MUST flag
the route as "looped" if its D-PATH contains a <DOMAIN-
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ID:ISF_SAFI_TYPE> segment, where DOMAIN-ID matches a local DOMAIN-ID
in the tenant IP-VRF.
4. BGP Path Attribute Propagation across ISF SAFIs
Based on configurations a gateway PE is required to propagate an ISF
route with different ISF SAFIs between two domains. This requires a
definition of what a gateway PE has to do with Path attributes
attached to the ISF route that it is propagating.
4.1. No-Propagation-Mode
This is the default mode of operation. In this mode, the gateway PE
will simply re-initialize the Path Attributes when propagating an ISF
route, as though it would for direct or local IP prefixes. This
model may be enough in those use-cases where the EVPN domain is
considered an "abstracted" CE and remote IPVPN/IP PEs don't need to
consider the original EVPN Attributes for path calculations.
Since this mode of operation does not propagate the D-PATH attribute
either, redundant gateway PEs are exposed to routing loops. Those
loops may be resolved by policies and the use of other attributes,
such as the Route Origin extended community [RFC4360], however not
all the loop situations may be solved.
4.2. Uniform-Propagation-Mode
In this mode, the gateway PE simply keeps accumulating or mapping
certain key commonly used Path Attributes when propagating an ISF
route. This mode is typically used in networks where EVPN and IPVPN
SAFIs are used seamlessly to distribute IP prefixes.
The following rules MUST be observed by the gateway PE when
propagating Path Attributes:
o The gateway PE imports an ISF route in the IP-VRF and stores the
original Path Attributes. The following set of Path Attributes
SHOULD be propagated by the gateway PE to other ISF SAFIs (other
Path Attributes SHOULD NOT be propagated):
- AS_PATH
- D-PATH
- IBGP-only Path Attributes: LOCAL_PREF, ORIGINATOR_ID, CLUSTER_ID
- MED
- AIGP
o Communities, (non-EVPN) Extended Communities and Large Communities
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- When propagating an ISF route to a different ISF SAFI and IBGP
peer, the gateway PE SHOULD copy the AS_PATH of the originating
family and add it to the destination family without any
modification. When re-advertising to a different ISF SAFI and
EBGP peer, the gateway PE SHOULD copy the AS_PATH of the
originating family and prepend the IP-VRF's AS before sending
the route.
- When propagating an ISF route to IBGP peers, the gateway PE
SHOULD copy the IBGP-only Path Attributes from the originating
SAFI to the re-advertised route.
- Communities, non-EVPN Extended Communities and Large
Communities SHOULD be copied by the gateway PE from the
originating SAFI route.
4.3. Aggregation of Routes and Path Attribute Propagation
Instead of propagating a high number of (host) ISF routes between ISF
SAFIs, a gateway PE that receives multiple ISF routes of one ISF SAFI
MAY choose to propagate a single ISF aggregate route with a different
ISF SAFI. In this document, aggregation is used to combine the
characteristics of multiple ISF routes of the same ISF SAFI in such
way that a single aggregate ISF route of a different ISF SAFI can be
propagated. Aggregation of multiple ISF routes of one ISF SAFI into
an aggregate ISF route of a different ISF SAFI is only done by a
gateway PE.
Aggregation on gateway PEs may use either the No-Propagation-Mode or
the Uniform-Propagation-Mode explained in Sections 4.1. and 4.2,
respectively.
When using Uniform-Propagation-Mode, Path Attributes of the same type
code MAY be aggregated according to the following rules:
o AS_PATH is aggregated based on the rules in [RFC4271]. The
gateway PEs SHOULD NOT receive AS_PATH attributes with path
segments of type AS_SET [RFC6472]. Routes received with AS_PATH
attributes including AS_SET path segments MUST NOT be aggregated.
o ISF routes that have different attributes of the following type
codes MUST NOT be aggregated: D-PATH, LOCAL_PREF, ORIGINATOR_ID,
CLUSTER_ID, MED or AIGP.
o The Community, Extended Community and Large Community attributes
of the aggregate ISF route MUST contain all the Communities/
Extended Communities/Large Communities from all of the aggregated
ISF routes.
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Assuming the aggregation can be performed (the above rules are
applied), the operator should consider aggregation to deal with
scaled tenant networks where a significant number of host routes
exists. For a example, large Data Centers.
5. Route Selection Process between EVPN and other ISF SAFIs
A PE may receive an IP prefix in ISF routes with different ISF SAFIs,
from the same or different BGP peer. It may also receive the same IP
prefix (host route) in an EVPN RT-2 and RT-5. A route selection
algorithm across all ISF SAFIs is needed so that:
o Different gateway and composite PEs have a consistent and
deterministic view on how to reach a given prefix.
o Prefixes advertised in EVPN and other ISF SAFIs can be compared
based on path attributes commonly used by operators across
networks.
o Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP) is allowed across EVPN and other ISF
SAFI routes.
For a given prefix advertised in one or more non-EVPN ISF routes, the
BGP best path selection procedure will produce a set of "non-EVPN
best paths". For a given prefix advertised in one or more EVPN ISF
routes, the BGP best path selection procedure will produce a set of
"EVPN best paths". To support IP/EVPN interworking, it is then
necessary to run a tie-breaking selection algorithm on the union of
these two sets. This tie-breaking algorithm begins by considering
all EVPN and other ISF SAFI routes, equally preferable routes to the
same destination, and then selects routes to be removed from
consideration. The process terminates as soon as only one route
remains in consideration.
The route selection algorithm must remove from consideration the
routes following the rules and the order defined in [RFC4271], with
the following exceptions and in the following order:
1- Immediately after removing from consideration all routes that are
not tied for having the highest Local Preference, any routes that
do not have the shortest D-PATH are also removed from
consideration. Routes with no D-PATH are considered to have a
zero-length D-PATH.
2- Then regular [RFC4271] selection criteria is followed.
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3- At the end of the selection algorithm, if at least one route still
under consideration is an RT-2 route, remove from consideration
any RT-5 routes.
4- Steps 1-3 could possibly leave Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP)
between IP and EVPN paths. By default, the EVPN path is
considered (and the IP path removed from consideration). However,
if ECMP across ISF SAFIs is enabled by policy, and an "IP path"
and an "EVPN path" remain at the end of step 3, both path types
will be used.
Example 1 - PE1 receives the following routes for IP1/32, that are
candidate to be imported in IP-VRF-1:
{SAFI=EVPN, RT-2, Local-Pref=100, AS-Path=(100,200)}
{SAFI=EVPN, RT-5, Local-Pref=100, AS-Path=(100,200)}
{SAFI=128, Local-Pref=100, AS-Path=(100,200)}
Selected route: {SAFI=EVPN, RT-2, Local-Pref=100, AS-Path=100,200]
(due to step 3, and no ECMP)
Example 2 - PE1 receives the following routes for IP2/24, that are
candidate to be imported in IP-VRF-1:
{SAFI=EVPN, RT-5, D-PATH=(6500:3:IPVPN), AS-Path=(100,200),
MED=10}
{SAFI=128, D-PATH=(6500:1:EVPN,6500:2:IPVPN), AS-Path=(200),
MED=200}
Selected route: {SAFI=EVPN, RT-5, D-PATH=(6500:3:IPVPN), AS-
Path=(100,200), MED=10} (due to step 1)
6. Composite PE Procedures
As described in Section 2, composite PEs are typically used in tenant
networks where EVPN and IPVPN are both used to provide inter-subnet
forwarding within the same composite domain.
Figure 6 depicts an example of a composite domain, where PE1/PE2/PE4
are composite PEs (they support EVPN and IPVPN ISF SAFIs on their
peering to the Route Reflector), and PE3 is a regular IPVPN PE.
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+-----------------------------------+
| |
| MPLS IPVPN PE3
| Network +----------+ IP3/24
| IPVPN |+------+ | +---+
| +----->||IP-VRF|------|CE3|
Composite PE1 | |+------+ | +---+
+---------------+ | +----------+
| +------+ | EVPN v |
| |IP-VRF| | IPVPN +--+ |
| +----| | | <------> |RR| |
+---+ | | +------+ | +--+ Composite PE4
|CE2|----|MAC-VRF| | ^ ^ +---------+ IP4/24
+---+ | +-------+ | EVPN | | EVPN |+------+ | +---+
+---|-----------+ IPVPN | | IPVPN ||IP-VRF|-----|CE4|
| | +----+ +-------->|+------+ | +---+
IP1/24 | | v +---------+
+---+ | | +---------------+ |
|CE1|--+ +----| +------+ +--------------+
+---+ | |IP-VRF| |
| | +----| | |
| | | +------+ |
+--------------|MAC-VRF| |
| +-------+ |
+---------------+
Composite PE2
Figure 6: Composite PE example
In a composite domain with composite and regular PEs:
o The composite PEs advertise the same IP prefixes in each ISF SAFI
to the RR. For example, in Figure 6, the prefix IP1/24 is
advertised by PE1 and PE2 to the RR in two separate NLRIs, one for
AFI/SAFI 1/128 and another one for EVPN.
o The RR does not forward EVPN routes to PE3 (since the RR does not
have the EVPN SAFI enabled on its BGP session to PE3), whereas the
IPVPN routes are forwarded to all the PEs.
o PE3 receives only the IPVPN route for IP1/24 and resolves the BGP
next-hop to an MPLS tunnel (with IP payload) to PE1 and/or PE2.
o Composite PE4 receives IP1/24 encoded in EVPN and another ISF SAFI
route (EVPN RT-5 and IPVPN). The route selection follows the
procedures in Section 5. Assuming an EVPN route is selected, PE4
resolves the BGP next-hop to an MPLS tunnel (with Ethernet or IP
payload) to PE1 and/or PE2. As described in Section 2, two EVPN
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PEs may use tunnels with Ethernet or IP payloads to connect their
IP- VRFs, depending on the
[I-D.ietf-bess-evpn-prefix-advertisement] model implemented. If
some attributes are modified so that the route selection process
(Section 5) results in PE4 selecting the IPVPN path instead of the
EVPN path, the operator should be aware that the EVPN advanced
forwarding features, e.g. recursive resolution to overlay indexes,
will be lost for PE4.
o The other composite PEs (PE1 and PE2) receive also the same IP
prefix via EVPN and IPVPN SAFIs and they also follow the route
selection in Section 5.
o When a given route has been selected as the route for a particular
packet, the transmission of the packet is done according to the
rules for that route's AFI/SAFI.
o It is important to note that in composite domains, such as the one
in Figure 6, the EVPN advanced forwarding features will only be
available to composite and EVPN PEs (assuming they select an RT-5
to forward packets for a given IP prefix), and not to IPVPN PEs.
For example, assuming PE1 sends IP1/24 in an EVPN and an IPVPN
route and the EVPN route is the best one in the selection, the
recursive resolution of the EVPN RT-5s can only be used in PE2 and
PE4 (composite PEs), and not in PE3 (IPVPN PE). As a consequence
of this, the indirection provided by the RT5's recursive
resolution and its benefits in a scaled network, will not be
available in all the PEs in the network.
7. Gateway PE Procedures
Section 2 defines a gateway PE as an Interworking PE that advertises
IP prefixes to different BGP peers, using EVPN to one BGP peer and
another ISF SAFI to another BGP peer. Examples of gateway PEs are
Data Center gateways connecting domains that make use of EVPN and
other ISF SAFIs for a given tenant. Figure 7 illustrates this use-
case, in which PE1 and PE2 (and PE3/PE4) are gateway PEs
interconnecting domains for the same tenant.
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<----EVPN----> <----------IPVPN---------> <----EVPN---->
6500:1:EVPN 6500:2:IPVPN 6500:3:EVPN
<DOMAIN-ID:ISF_SAFI_TYPE>
+-----------------------+
Gateway PE1 Gateway PE3
+----------+ +----------+
+-----------|+------+ | MPLS tnls |+------+ |-------------+
| ||IP-VRF| | ||IP-VRF| | |
PE5 |+------+ | |+------+ | PE6
+------+ +----------+ +----------+ +------+
|IP-VRF| NVO tnls | | | | NVO tnls |IP-VRF|
| | | | | | | |
+------+ +----------+ +----------+ +------+
IP1/24--> |+------+ | |+------+ | |
| ||IP-VRF| | ||IP-VRF| | |
+-----------|+------+ | |+------+ |-------------+
+----------+ +----------+
Gateway PE2 +------+ Gateway PE4
+-------|IP-VRF|---------+
| |
+------+
PE7
Figure 7: Gateway PE example
The gateway PE procedures are described as follows:
o A gateway PE that imports an ISF SAFI-x route to prefix P in an
IP-VRF, MUST export P in ISF SAFI-y if:
1. P is installed in the IP-VRF (hence the SAFI-x route is the
best one for P) and
2. PE has a BGP peer for SAFI-y (enabled for the same IP-VRF) and
3. Either x or y is EVPN
In the example of Figure 7, gateway PE1 and PE2 receive an EVPN
RT-5 with IP1/24, install the prefix in the IP-VRF and re-
advertise it using SAFI 128.
o ISF SAFI routes advertised by a gateway PE MUST include a D-PATH
attribute, so that loops can be detected in remote gateway PEs.
When a gateway PE propagates an IP prefix between EVPN and another
ISF SAFI, it MUST prepend a <DOMAIN-ID:ISF_SAFI_TYPE> to the
received D-PATH attribute. The DOMAIN-ID and ISF_SAFI_TYPE fields
refer to the domain over which the gateway PE received the IP
prefix and the ISF SAFI of the route, respectively. If the
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received IP prefix route did not include any D-PATH attribute, the
gateway IP MUST add the D-PATH when readvertising. The D-PATH in
this case will have only one segment on the list, the <DOMAIN-
ID:ISF_SAFI_TYPE> of the received route.
In the example of Figure 7, gateway PE1/PE2 receive the EVPN RT-5
with no D-PATH attribute since the route is originated at PE5.
Therefore PE1 and PE2 will add the D-PATH attribute including
<DOMAIN-ID:ISF_SAFI_TYPE> = <6500:1:EVPN>. Gateways PE3/PE4 will
propagate the route again, now prepending their <DOMAIN-
ID:ISF_SAFI_TYPE> = <6500:2:IPVPN>. PE6 receives the EVPN RT-5
routes with D-PATH = {<6500:2:IPVPN>,<6500:1:EVPN>} and can use
that information to make BGP path decisions.
o The gateway PE MAY use the Route Distinguisher of the IP-VRF to
readvertise IP prefixes in EVPN or the other ISF SAFI.
o The label allocation used by each gateway PE is a local
implementation matter. The IP-VRF advertising IP prefixes for
EVPN and another ISF SAFI may use a label per-VRF, per-prefix,
etc.
o The gateway PE MUST be able to use the same or different set of
Route Targets per ISF SAFI on the same IP-VRF. In particular, if
different domains use different set of Route Targets for the same
tenant, the gateway PE MUST be able to import and export routes
with the different sets.
o Even though Figure 7 only shows two domains per gateway PE, the
gateway PEs may be connected to more than two domains.
o There is no limitation of gateway PEs that a given IP prefix can
pass through until it reaches a given PE.
o It is worth noting that an IP prefix that was originated in an
EVPN domain but traversed a different ISF SAFI domain, will lose
EVPN- specific attributes that are used in advanced EVPN
procedures. For example, even if PE1 advertises IP1/24 along with
a given non-zero ESI (for recursive resolution to that ESI), when
PE6 receives the IP prefix in an EVPN route, the ESI value will be
zero. This is because the route traverses an ISF SAFI domain that
is different than EVPN.
8. Interworking Use-Cases
While Interworking PE networks may well be similar to the examples
described in Sections 6 and 7, in some cases a combination of both
functions may be required. Figure 8 illustrates an example where the
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gateway PEs are also composite PEs, since not only they need to re-
advertise IP prefixes from EVPN routes to another ISF SAFI routes,
but they also need to interwork with IPVPN-only PEs in a domain with
a mix of composite and IPVPN-only PEs.
+-----------------------------------+
| |
| MPLS IPVPN PE3
| Network +---------+
| IPVPN |+------+ |
| +----->||IP-VRF|---TS3
(GW+composite) PE1 | |+------+ |
+---------------+ | +---------+
| +------+ | EVPN v |
| |IP+VRF| | IPVPN +-++ |
| +----| | | <------> |RR| |
+--------| | +------+ | +--+ Composite PE4
| | |MAC+VRF| | ^ ^ +---------+
| | +-------+ | EVPN | | EVPN |+------+ |
+----+ +---------------+ IPVPN | | IPVPN ||IP-VRF|---TS4
TS1-|NVE1| | +----+ +-------->|+------+ |
+----+ | v +---------+
| EVPN DC | +---------------+ |
| NVO tnls +----| +------+ |-------------+
| | |IP+VRF| |
| | +----| | |
| | | +------+ |
| +----+ | |MAC+VRF| |
+-----|NVE2|---------| +-------+ |
+----+ +---------------+
| (GW+composite) PE2
TS2
Figure 8: Gateway and composite combined functions - example
In the example above, PE1 and PE2 MUST follow the procedures
described in Sections 6 and 7. Compared to section 7, PE1 and PE2
now need to also propagate prefixes from EVPN to EVPN, in addition to
propagating prefixes from EVPN to IPVPN.
It is worth noting that PE1 and PE2 will receive TS4's IP prefix via
IPVPN and RT-5 routes. When readvertising to NVE1 and NVE2, PE1 and
PE2 will consider the D-PATH rules and attributes of the selected
route for TS4 (Section 5 describes the Route Selection Process).
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9. Conclusion
This document describes the procedures required in PEs that use EVPN
and another Inter-Subnet Forwarding SAFI to import and export IP
prefixes for a given tenant. In particular, this document defines:
o A route selection algorithm so that a PE can determine what path
to choose between EVPN paths and other ISF SAFI paths.
o A new BGP Path attribute called D-PATH that provides loop
protection and visibility on the domains a particular route has
traversed.
o The way Path attributes should be propagated between EVPN and
another ISF SAFI.
o The procedures that must be followed on Interworking PEs that
behave as composite PEs, gateway PEs or a combination of both.
The above procedures provide an operator with the required tools to
build large tenant networks that may span multiple domains, use
different ISF SAFIs to handle IP prefixes, in a deterministic way and
with routing loop protection.
10. Conventions used in this document
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.
11. Security Considerations
This section will be added in future versions.
12. IANA Considerations
This document defines a new BGP path attribute known as the BGP
Domain Path (D-PATH) attribute.
IANA has assigned a new attribute code type from the "BGP Path
Attributes" subregistry under the "Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Parameters" registry:
Path Attribute Value Code Reference
-------------------- ------------------------ ---------------
36 BGP Domain Path (D-PATH) [This document]
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13. Acknowledgments
The authors want to thank Russell Kelly for his review of the D-PATH
section and suggestions.
14. Contributors
15. References
15.1. Normative References
[RFC7432] Sajassi, A., Ed., Aggarwal, R., Bitar, N., Isaac, A.,
Uttaro, J., Drake, J., and W. Henderickx, "BGP MPLS-Based
Ethernet VPN", RFC 7432, DOI 10.17487/RFC7432, February
2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7432>.
[RFC4271] Rekhter, Y., Ed., Li, T., Ed., and S. Hares, Ed., "A
Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)", RFC 4271,
DOI 10.17487/RFC4271, January 2006,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4271>.
[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>.
[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>.
[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>.
15.2. Informative References
[RFC4360] Sangli, S., Tappan, D., and Y. Rekhter, "BGP Extended
Communities Attribute", RFC 4360, DOI 10.17487/RFC4360,
February 2006, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4360>.
[I-D.ietf-bess-evpn-prefix-advertisement]
Rabadan, J., Henderickx, W., Drake, J., Lin, W., and A.
Sajassi, "IP Prefix Advertisement in EVPN", draft-ietf-
bess-evpn-prefix-advertisement-11 (work in progress), May
2018.
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[I-D.ietf-bess-evpn-inter-subnet-forwarding]
Sajassi, A., Salam, S., Thoria, S., Drake, J., and J.
Rabadan, "Integrated Routing and Bridging in EVPN", draft-
ietf-bess-evpn-inter-subnet-forwarding-08 (work in
progress), March 2019.
[RFC6472] Kumari, W. and K. Sriram, "Recommendation for Not Using
AS_SET and AS_CONFED_SET in BGP", BCP 172, RFC 6472,
DOI 10.17487/RFC6472, December 2011,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6472>.
Authors' Addresses
J. Rabadan (editor)
Nokia
777 Middlefield Road
Mountain View, CA 94043
USA
Email: jorge.rabadan@nokia.com
A. Sajassi (editor)
Cisco
225 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
USA
Email: sajassi@cisco.com
E. Rosen
Individual
Email: erosen52@gmail.com
J. Drake
Juniper
Email: jdrake@juniper.net
W. Lin
Juniper
Email: wlin@juniper.net
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J. Uttaro
AT&T
Email: ju1738@att.com
A. Simpson
Nokia
Email: adam.1.simpson@nokia.com
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