INTERNET-DRAFT Samer Salam
Intended Status: Informational Ali Sajassi
Cisco
Sam Aldrin
Google
John E. Drake
Juniper
Donald Eastlake
Futurewei
Expires: June 31, 2020 January 1, 2020
EVPN Operations, Administration and Maintenance
Requirements and Framework
draft-ietf-bess-evpn-oam-req-frmwk-02
Abstract
This document specifies the requirements and reference framework for
Ethernet VPN (EVPN) Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM).
The requirements cover the OAM aspects of EVPN and PBB-EVPN. The
framework defines the layered OAM model encompassing the EVPN service
layer, network layer and underlying Packet Switched Network (PSN)
transport layer.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................4
1.1 Relationship to Other OAM Work.........................4
1.2 Specification of Requirements..........................5
1.3 Terminology............................................5
2. EVPN OAM Framework......................................6
2.1 OAM Layering...........................................6
2.2 EVPN Service OAM.......................................7
2.3 EVPN Network OAM.......................................7
2.4 Transport OAM for EVPN.................................9
2.5 Link OAM...............................................9
2.6 OAM Inter-working......................................9
3. EVPN OAM Requirements..................................11
3.1 Fault Management Requirements.........................11
3.1.1 Proactive Fault Management Functions................11
3.1.1.1 Fault Detection (Continuity Check)................11
3.1.1.2 Defect Indication.................................12
3.1.1.2.1 Forward Defect Indication.......................12
3.1.1.2.2 Reverse Defect Indication (RDI).................12
3.1.2 On-Demand Fault Management Functions................13
3.1.2.1 Connectivity Verification.........................13
3.1.2.2 Fault Isolation...................................14
3.2 Performance Management................................14
3.2.1 Packet Loss.........................................14
3.2.2 Packet Delay........................................15
4. Security Considerations................................16
5. Acknowledgements.......................................16
6. IANA Considerations....................................16
Normative References......................................17
Informative References....................................18
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1. Introduction
This document specifies the requirements and defines a reference
framework for Ethernet VPN (EVPN) Operations, Administration and
Maintenance (OAM, [RFC6291]). In this context, we use the term EVPN
OAM to loosely refer to the OAM functions required for and/or
applicable to [RFC7432] and [RFC7623].
EVPN is an Layer 2 VPN (L2VPN) solution for multipoint Ethernet
services, with advanced multi-homing capabilities, using BGP for
distributing customer/client MAC address reachability information
over the core MPLS/IP network.
PBB-EVPN combines Provider Backbone Bridging (PBB) [802.1Q] with EVPN
in order to reduce the number of BGP MAC advertisement routes,
provide client MAC address mobility using C-MAC aggregation and B-MAC
sub-netting, confine the scope of C-MAC learning to only active
flows, offer per site policies, and avoid C-MAC address flushing on
topology changes.
This document focuses on the fault management and performance
management aspects of EVPN OAM.
1.1 Relationship to Other OAM Work
This document leverages concepts and draws upon elements defined
and/or used in the following documents:
[RFC6136] specifies the requirements and a reference model for OAM as
it relates to L2VPN services, pseudowires and associated Packet
Switched Network (PSN) tunnels. This document focuses on VPLS and
VPWS solutions and services.
[RFC8029] defines mechanisms for detecting data plane failures in
MPLS LSPs, including procedures to check the correct operation of the
data plane, as well as mechanisms to verify the data plane against
the control plane.
[802.1Q] specifies the Ethernet Connectivity Fault Management (CFM)
protocol, which defines the concepts of Maintenance Domains,
Maintenance Associations, Maintenance End Points, and Maintenance
Intermediate Points.
[Y.1731] extends Connectivity Fault Management in the following
areas: it defines fault notification and alarm suppression functions
for Ethernet. It also specifies mechanisms for Ethernet performance
management, including loss, delay, jitter, and throughput
measurement.
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1.2 Specification of Requirements
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] [RFC8174]
when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.
1.3 Terminology
This document uses the following terminology defined in [RFC6136]:
CE Customer Edge device, e.g., a host, router, or switch.
DF Designated Forwarder
EVI An EVPN instance spanning the Provider Edge (PE) devices
participating in that EVPN.
MA Maintenance Association is a set of MEPs belonging to the same
Maintenance Domain, established to verify the integrity of a
single service instance.
MEP Maintenance End Point is responsible for origination and
termination of OAM frames for a given MA.
MIP Maintenance Intermediate Point is located between peer MEPs and
can process and respond to certain OAM frames but does not
initiate them.
MD Maintenance Domain, an OAM Domain that represents a region over
which OAM frames can operate unobstructed.
MP2P Multipoint to Point.
P2MP Point to Multipoint.
PE Provider Edge device.
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2. EVPN OAM Framework
2.1 OAM Layering
Multiple layers come into play for implementing an L2VPN service
using the EVPN family of solutions:
- The Service Layer runs end to end between the sites or Ethernet
Segments that are being interconnected by the EVPN solution.
- The Network Layer extends between the EVPN PE nodes and is mostly
transparent to the core nodes (except where Flow Entropy comes into
play). It leverages MPLS for service (i.e. EVI) multiplexing and
Split-Horizon functions.
- The Transport Layer is dictated by the networking technology of the
PSN. It may be either based on MPLS LSPs or IP.
- The Link Layer is dependent upon the physical technology used.
Ethernet is a popular choice for this layer, but other alternatives
are deployed (e.g. POS, DWDM etc.).
This layering extends to the set of OAM protocols that are involved
in the ongoing maintenance and diagnostics of EVPN networks. The
figure below depicts the OAM layering, and shows which devices have
visibility into what OAM layer(s).
+---+ +---+
+--+ | | +---+ +---+ +---+ | | +--+
|CE|----|PE1|----| P |----| P |----| P |----|PE2|----|CE|
+--+ | | +---+ +---+ +---+ | | +--+
+---+ +---+
o--------o--------- Service OAM -------------o--------o
o----------- Network OAM -----------o
o--------o--------o---------o-------o Transport OAM
o-----o o-----o o-----o o-----o o-----o o-----o Link OAM
Figure 1: OAM Layering
Figure 2 below shows an example network where native Ethernet domains
are interconnected via EVPN, and the OAM mechanisms applicable at
each layer. The details of the layers are described in the sections
below.
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+---+ +---+
+--+ | | +---+ +---+ +---+ | | +--+
|CE|----|PE1|----| P |----| P |----| P |----|PE2|----|CE|
+--+ | | +---+ +---+ +---+ | | +--+
+---+ +---+
o--------o--------- Service CFM -------------o--------o
o-------- EVPN Network OAM ---------o
o--------o--------o---------o-------o MPLS OAM
o-----o o-----o o-----o o-----o o-----o o-----o 802.3 OAM
Figure 2: EVPN OAM Example
2.2 EVPN Service OAM
The EVPN Service OAM protocol depends on what service layer
technology is being interconnected by the EVPN solution. In case of
[RFC7432] and [RFC7623], the service layer is Ethernet; hence, the
corresponding service OAM protocol is Ethernet Connectivity Fault
Management (CFM) [802.1Q].
EVPN service OAM is visible to the CEs and EVPN PEs, but not to the
core (P) nodes. This is because the PEs operate at the Ethernet MAC
layer in [RFC7432] [RFC7623] whereas the P nodes do not.
The EVPN PE MUST support MIP functions in the applicable service OAM
protocol, for example Ethernet CFM. The EVPN PE SHOULD support MEP
functions in the applicable service OAM protocol. This includes both
Up and Down MEP functions.
The EVPN PE MUST learn the MAC address of locally attached CE MEPs by
snooping on CFM frames and advertising them to remote PEs as a MAC/IP
Advertisement route.
The EVPN PE SHOULD advertise any MEP/MIP local to the PE as a MAC/IP
Advertisement route. Since these are not subject to mobility, they
SHOULD be advertised with the static (sticky) bit set (see Section
15.2 of [RFC7432]).
2.3 EVPN Network OAM
EVPN Network OAM is visible to the PE nodes only. This OAM layer is
analogous to VCCV [RFC5085] in the case of VPLS/VPWS. It provides
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mechanisms to check the correct operation of the data plane, as well
as a mechanism to verify the data plane against the control plane.
This includes the ability to perform fault detection and diagnostics
on:
- the MP2P tunnels used for the transport of unicast traffic between
PEs. EVPN allows for three different models of unicast label
assignment: label per EVI, label per <ESI, Ethernet Tag> and label
per MAC address. In all three models, the label is bound to an EVPN
Unicast FEC.
EVPN Network OAM MUST provide mechanisms to check the operation of
the data plane and verify that operation against the control plane
view.
- the MP2P tunnels used for aliasing unicast traffic destined to a
multi-homed Ethernet Segment. The three label assignment models,
discussed above, apply here as well. In all three models, the label
is bound to an EVPN Aliasing FEC. EVPN Network OAM MUST provide
mechanisms to check the operation of the data plane and verify that
operation against the control plane view.
- the multicast tunnels (either MP2P or P2MP) used for the transport
of broadcast, unknown unicast and multicast traffic between PEs. In
the case of ingress replication, a label is allocated per EVI or
per <EVI, Ethernet Tag> and is bound to an EVPN Multicast FEC. In
the case of LSM, and more specifically aggregate inclusive trees,
again a label may be allocated per EVI or per <EVI, Ethernet Tag>
and is bound to the tunnel FEC.
- the correct operation of the ESI split-horizon filtering function.
In EVPN, a label is allocated per multi-homed Ethernet Segment for
the purpose of performing the access split-horizon enforcement. The
label is bound to an EVPN Ethernet Segment.
- the correct operation of the DF filtering function.
EVPN Network OAM MUST provide mechanisms to check the operation of
the data plane and verify that operation against the control plane
view for the DF filtering function.
EVPN network OAM mechanisms MUST provide in-band management
capabilities. As such, OAM messages MUST be encoded so that they
exhibit identical entropy characteristics to data traffic.
EVPN network OAM SHOULD provide both proactive and on-demand
mechanisms of monitoring the data plane operation and data plane
conformance to the state of the control plane.
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2.4 Transport OAM for EVPN
The transport OAM protocol depends on the nature of the underlying
transport technology in the PSN. MPLS OAM mechanisms [RFC8029]
[RFC6425] as well as ICMP [RFC792] are applicable, depending on
whether the PSN employs MPLS or IP transport, respectively.
Furthermore, BFD mechanisms per [RFC5880], [RFC5881], [RFC5883] and
[RFC5884] apply. Also, the BFD mechanisms pertaining to MPLS-TP LSPs
per [RFC6428] are applicable.
2.5 Link OAM
Link OAM depends on the data link technology being used between the
PE and P nodes. For example, if Ethernet links are employed, then
Ethernet Link OAM [802.3] Clause 57 may be used.
2.6 OAM Inter-working
When inter-working two networking domains, such as native Ethernet
and EVPN to provide an end-to-end emulated service, there is a need
to identify the failure domain and location, even when a PE supports
both the Service OAM mechanisms and the EVPN Network OAM mechanisms.
In addition, scalability constraints may not allow running proactive
monitoring, such as Ethernet Continuity Check Messages (CCMs), at a
PE to detect the failure of an EVI across the EVPN domain. Thus, the
mapping of alarms generated upon failure detection in one domain
(e.g. native Ethernet or EVPN network domain) to the other domain is
needed. There are also cases where a PE may not be able to process
Service OAM messages received from a remote PE over the PSN even when
such messages are defined, as in the Ethernet case, thereby
necessitating support for fault notification message mapping between
the EVPN Network domain and the Service domain.
OAM inter-working is not limited though to scenarios involving
disparate network domains. It is possible to perform OAM inter-
working across different layers in the same network domain. In
general, alarms generated within an OAM layer, as a result of
proactive fault detection mechanisms, may be injected into its client
layer OAM mechanisms. This allows the client layer OAM to trigger
event-driven (i.e., asynchronous) fault notifications. For example,
alarms generated by the Link OAM mechanisms may be injected into the
Transport OAM layer, and alarms generated by the Transport OAM
mechanism may be injected into the Network OAM mechanism, and so on.
EVPN OAM MUST support inter-working between the Network OAM and
Service OAM mechanisms. EVPN OAM MAY support inter-working among
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other OAM layers.
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3. EVPN OAM Requirements
This section discusses the EVPN OAM requirements pertaining to Fault
Management and Performance Management.
3.1 Fault Management Requirements
3.1.1 Proactive Fault Management Functions
The network operator configures proactive fault management functions
to run periodically without a time bound. Certain actions, for
example protection switchover or alarm indication signaling, can be
associated with specific events, such as entering or clearing fault
states.
3.1.1.1 Fault Detection (Continuity Check)
Proactive fault detection is performed by periodically monitoring the
reachability between service endpoints, i.e., MEPs in a given MA,
through the exchange of Continuity Check messages. The reachability
between any two arbitrary MEPs may be monitored for:
- in-band per-flow monitoring. This enables per flow monitoring
between MEPs. EVPN Network OAM MUST support fault detection with
per user flow granularity. EVPN Service OAM MAY support fault
detection with per user flow granularity.
- a representative path. This enables liveness check of the nodes
hosting the MEPs assuming that the loss of continuity to the MEP is
interpreted as a failure of the hosting node. This, however, does
not conclusively indicate liveness of the path(s) taken by user
data traffic. This enables node failure detection but not path
failure detection, through the use of a test flow. EVPN Network OAM
and Service OAM MUST support fault detection using test flows.
- all paths. For MPLS/IP networks with ECMP, monitoring of all
unicast paths between MEPs (on non-adjacent nodes) may not be
possible, since the per-hop ECMP hashing behavior may yield
situations where it is impossible for a MEP to pick flow entropy
characteristics that result in exercising the exhaustive set of
ECMP paths. Monitoring of all ECMP paths between MEPs (on non-
adjacent nodes) is not a requirement for EVPN OAM.
The fact that MPLS/IP networks do not enforce congruency between
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unicast and multicast paths means that the proactive fault detection
mechanisms for EVPN networks MUST provide procedures to monitor the
unicast paths independently of the multicast paths. This applies to
EVPN Service OAM and Network OAM.
3.1.1.2 Defect Indication
EVPN Service OAM MUST support event-driven defect indication upon the
detection of a connectivity defect. Defect indications can be
categorized into two types: forward and reverse defect indications.
3.1.1.2.1 Forward Defect Indication
This is used to signal a failure that is detected by a lower layer
OAM mechanism. A server MEP (i.e. an actual or virtual MEP) transmits
a Forward Defect Indication in a direction that is away from the
direction of the failure (refer to Figure 3 below).
Failure
|
+-----+ +-----+ V +-----+ +-----+
| A |------| B |--XXX--| C |------| D |
+-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
<===========| |============>
Forward Forward
Defect Defect
Indication Indication
Figure 3: Forward Defect Indication
Forward defect indication may be used for alarm suppression and/or
for purpose of inter-working with other layer OAM protocols. Alarm
suppression is useful when a transport/network level fault translates
to multiple service or flow level faults. In such a scenario, it is
enough to alert a network management station (NMS) of the single
transport/network level fault in lieu of flooding that NMS with a
multitude of Service or Flow granularity alarms. EVPN PEs SHOULD
support Forward Defect Indication in the Service OAM mechanisms.
3.1.1.2.2 Reverse Defect Indication (RDI)
RDI is used to signal that the advertising MEP has detected a loss of
continuity (LoC) defect. RDI is transmitted in the direction of the
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failure (refer to Figure 4).
Failure
|
+-----+ +-----+ V +-----+ +-----+
| A |------| B |--XXX--| C |------| D |
+-----+ +-----+ +-----+ +-----+
|===========> <============|
Reverse Reverse
Defect Defect
Indication Indication
Figure 4: Reverse Defect Indication
RDI allows single-sided management, where the network operator can
examine the state of a single MEP and deduce the overall health of a
monitored service. EVPN PEs SHOULD support Reverse Defect Indication
in the Service OAM mechanisms. This includes both the ability to
signal LoC defect to a remote MEP, as well as the ability to
recognize RDI from a remote MEP. Note that, in a multipoint MA, RDI
is not a useful indicator of unidirectional fault. This is because
RDI carries no indication of the affected MEP(s) with which the
sender had detected a LoC defect.
3.1.2 On-Demand Fault Management Functions
On-demand fault management functions are initiated manually by the
network operator and continue for a time bound period. These
functions enable the operator to run diagnostics to investigate a
defect condition.
3.1.2.1 Connectivity Verification
EVPN Network OAM MUST support on-demand connectivity verification
mechanisms for unicast and multicast destinations. The connectivity
verification mechanisms SHOULD provide a means for specifying and
carrying in the messages:
- variable length payload/padding to test MTU related connectivity
problems.
- test frame formats as defined in Appendix C of [RFC2544] to detect
potential packet corruption.
EVPN Network OAM MUST support connectivity verification at per flow
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granularity. This includes both user flows (to test a specific path
between PEs) as well as test flows (to rest a representative path
between PEs).
EVPN Service OAM MUST support connectivity verification on test flows
and MAY support connectivity verification on user flows.
For multicast connectivity verification, EVPN Network OAM MUST
support reporting on:
- the DF filtering status of specific port(s) or all the ports in a
given bridge-domain.
- the Split Horizon filtering status of specific port(s) or all the
ports in a given bridge-domain.
3.1.2.2 Fault Isolation
EVPN OAM MUST support an on-demand fault localization function. This
involves the capability to narrow down the locality of a fault to a
particular port, link or node. The characteristic of forward/reverse
path asymmetry, in MPLS/IP, makes fault isolation a direction-
sensitive operation. That is, given two PEs A and B, localization of
continuity failures between them requires running fault isolation
procedures from PE A to PE B as well as from PE B to PE A.
EVPN Service OAM mechanisms only have visibility to the PEs but not
the MPLS/IP P nodes. As such, they can be used to deduce whether the
fault is in the customer's own network, the local CE-PE segment or
remote CE-PE segment(s). EVPN Network and Transport OAM mechanisms
can be used for fault isolation between the PEs and P nodes.
3.2 Performance Management
Performance Management functions can be performed both proactively
and on-demand. Proactive management involves a recurring function,
where the performance management probes are run continuously without
a trigger. We cover both proactive and on-demand functions in this
section.
3.2.1 Packet Loss
EVPN Network OAM SHOULD provide mechanisms for measuring packet loss
for a given service.
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Given that EVPN provides inherent support for multipoint-to-
multipoint connectivity, then packet loss cannot be accurately
measured by means of counting user data packets. This is because user
packets can be delivered to more PEs or more ports than are necessary
(e.g. due to broadcast, un-pruned multicast or unknown unicast
flooding). As such, a statistical means of approximating packet loss
rate is required. This can be achieved by sending "synthetic" OAM
packets that are counted only by those ports (MEPs) that are required
to receive them. This provides a statistical approximation of the
number of data frames lost, even with multipoint-to-multipoint
connectivity.
3.2.2 Packet Delay
EVPN Service OAM SHOULD support measurement of one-way and two-way
packet delay and delay variation (jitter) across the EVPN network.
Measurement of one-way delay requires clock synchronization between
the probe source and target devices. Mechanisms for clock
synchronization are outside the scope of this document. Note that
Service OAM performance management mechanisms defined in [Y.1731] can
be used.
EVPN Network OAM MAY support measurement of one-way and two-way
packet delay and delay variation (jitter) across the EVPN network.
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4. Security Considerations
EVPN OAM must provide mechanisms for:
- Preventing denial of service attacks caused by exploitation of the
OAM message channel.
- Optionally authenticate communicating endpoints (MEPs and MIPs).
- Preventing OAM packets from leaking outside of the EVPN network or
outside their corresponding Maintenance Domain. This can be done by
having MEPs implement a filtering function based on the Maintenance
Level associated with received OAM packets.
5. Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the following for their review of
this work and valuable comments:
Gregory Mirsky, Alexander Vainshtein
6. IANA Considerations
This document requires no IANA actions.
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Normative References
[RFC792] Postel, J., "Internet Control Message Protocol", STD 5, RFC
792, DOI 10.17487/RFC0792, September 1981,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc792>.
[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>.
[RFC5880] Katz, D. and D. Ward, "Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
(BFD)", RFC 5880, DOI 10.17487/RFC5880, June 2010,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5880>.
[RFC5881] Katz, D. and D. Ward, "Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
(BFD) for IPv4 and IPv6 (Single Hop)", RFC 5881, DOI
10.17487/RFC5881, June 2010, <https://www.rfc-
editor.org/info/rfc5881>.
[RFC5883] Katz, D. and D. Ward, "Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
(BFD) for Multihop Paths", RFC 5883, DOI 10.17487/RFC5883,
June 2010, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5883>.
[RFC5884] Aggarwal, R., Kompella, K., Nadeau, T., and G. Swallow,
"Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for MPLS Label
Switched Paths (LSPs)", RFC 5884, DOI 10.17487/RFC5884,
June 2010, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5884>.<
[RFC6291] Andersson, L., van Helvoort, H., Bonica, R., Romascanu, D.,
and S. Mansfield, "Guidelines for the Use of the "OAM"
Acronym in the IETF", BCP 161, RFC 6291, DOI
10.17487/RFC6291, June 2011, <https://www.rfc-
editor.org/info/rfc6291>.
[RFC6425] Saxena, S., Ed., Swallow, G., Ali, Z., Farrel, A.,
Yasukawa, S., and T. Nadeau, "Detecting Data-Plane Failures
in Point-to-Multipoint MPLS - Extensions to LSP Ping", RFC
6425, DOI 10.17487/RFC6425, November 2011,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6425>.
[RFC6428] Allan, D., Ed., Swallow, G., Ed., and J. Drake, Ed.,
"Proactive Connectivity Verification, Continuity Check, and
Remote Defect Indication for the MPLS Transport Profile",
RFC 6428, DOI 10.17487/RFC6428, November 2011,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6428>.
[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
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2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7432>.
[RFC7623] Sajassi, A., Ed., Salam, S., Bitar, N., Isaac, A., and W.
Henderickx, "Provider Backbone Bridging Combined with
Ethernet VPN (PBB-EVPN)", RFC 7623, DOI 10.17487/RFC7623,
September 2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7623>.
[RFC8029] Kompella, K., Swallow, G., Pignataro, C., Ed., Kumar, N.,
Aldrin, S., and M. Chen, "Detecting Multiprotocol Label
Switched (MPLS) Data-Plane Failures", RFC 8029, DOI
10.17487/RFC8029, March 2017, <https://www.rfc-
editor.org/info/rfc8029>.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119
Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174, May
2017, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>
Informative References
[802.1Q] "IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks -
Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges and Virtual Bridge Local
Area Networks", 2014.
[Y.1731] "ITU-T Recommendation Y.1731 (02/08) - OAM functions and
mechanisms for Ethernet based networks", February 2008.
[RFC2544] Bradner, S. and J. McQuaid, "Benchmarking Methodology for
Network Interconnect Devices", RFC 2544, DOI
10.17487/RFC2544, March 1999, <https://www.rfc-
editor.org/info/rfc2544>.
[RFC5085] Nadeau, T., Ed., and C. Pignataro, Ed., "Pseudowire Virtual
Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV): A Control Channel
for Pseudowires", RFC 5085, DOI 10.17487/RFC5085, December
2007, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5085>.
[RFC6136] Sajassi, A., Ed., and D. Mohan, Ed., "Layer 2 Virtual
Private Network (L2VPN) Operations, Administration, and
Maintenance (OAM) Requirements and Framework", RFC 6136,
DOI 10.17487/RFC6136, March 2011, <https://www.rfc-
editor.org/info/rfc6136>.
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INTERNET-DRAFT EVPN OAM Requirements/Framework
Authors' Addresses
Samer Salam
Cisco
Email: ssalam@cisco.com
Ali Sajassi
Cisco
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA 95134, USA
Email: sajassi@cisco.com
Sam Aldrin
Google, Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA USA
Email: aldrin.ietf@gmail.com
John E. Drake
Juniper Networks
1194 N. Mathilda Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94089, USA
Email: jdrake@juniper.net
Donald E. Eastlake, 3rd
Futurewei Technologies
2386 Panoramic Cirlce
Apopka, FL 32703 USA
Tel: +1-508-333-2270
Email: d3e3e3@gmail.com
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