Internet Engineering Task Force                                  W. Wang
Internet-Draft                             Zhejiang Gongshang University
Intended status: Standards Track                           E. Haleplidis
Expires: April 27, 2012                             University of Patras
                                                                K. Ogawa
                                                         NTT Corporation
                                                                   C. Li
                                                  Hangzhou BAUD Networks
                                                              J. Halpern
                                                                Ericsson
                                                        October 25, 2011


              ForCES Logical Function Block (LFB) Library
                      draft-ietf-forces-lfb-lib-06

Abstract

   This document defines basic classes of Logical Function Blocks (LFBs)
   used in the Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES).  The
   basic LFB classes are defined according to ForCES FE model and ForCES
   protocol specifications, and are scoped to meet requirements of
   typical router functions and considered as the basic LFB library for
   ForCES.  The library includes the descriptions of the LFBs and the
   XML definitions.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Terminology and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     1.1.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   2.  Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   3.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     3.1.  Scope of the Library  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     3.2.  Overview of LFB Classes in the Library  . . . . . . . . .  10
       3.2.1.  LFB Design Choices  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
       3.2.2.  LFB Class Groupings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
       3.2.3.  Sample LFB Class Application  . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
     3.3.  Document Structure  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   4.  Base Types  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
     4.1.  Data Types  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
       4.1.1.  Atomic  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
       4.1.2.  Compound struct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
       4.1.3.  Compound array  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     4.2.  Frame Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     4.3.  MetaData Types  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
     4.4.  XML for Base Type Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   5.  LFB Class Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  40
     5.1.  Ethernet Processing LFBs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  40
       5.1.1.  EtherPHYCop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  41
       5.1.2.  EtherMACIn  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  43
       5.1.3.  EtherClassifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  44
       5.1.4.  EtherEncap  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  47
       5.1.5.  EtherMACOut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  49
     5.2.  IP Packet Validation LFBs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  50
       5.2.1.  IPv4Validator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  50
       5.2.2.  IPv6Validator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  52
     5.3.  IP Forwarding LFBs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  53
       5.3.1.  IPv4UcastLPM  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  54
       5.3.2.  IPv4NextHop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  56
       5.3.3.  IPv6UcastLPM  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  58
       5.3.4.  IPv6NextHop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  60
     5.4.  Redirect LFBs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  62
       5.4.1.  RedirectIn  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  62



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       5.4.2.  RedirectOut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  63
     5.5.  General Purpose LFBs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  64
       5.5.1.  BasicMetadataDispatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  64
       5.5.2.  GenericScheduler  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  65
   6.  XML for LFB Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  68
   7.  LFB Class Use Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  90
     7.1.  IPv4 Forwarding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  90
     7.2.  ARP processing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  91
   8.  Contributors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  94
   9.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  95
   10. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  96
     10.1. LFB Class Names and LFB Class Identifiers . . . . . . . .  96
     10.2. Metadata ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  98
     10.3. Exception ID  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  98
     10.4. Validate Error ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  99
   11. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
   12. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
     12.1. Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
     12.2. Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103































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1.  Terminology and Conventions

1.1.  Requirements Language

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].












































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2.  Definitions

   This document follows the terminology defined by the ForCES protocol
   in [RFC5810] and by the ForCES FE model in [RFC5812].  The
   definitions below are repeated for clarity.

      Control Element (CE) - A logical entity that implements the ForCES
      protocol and uses it to instruct one or more FEs on how to process
      packets.  CEs handle functionality such as the execution of
      control and signaling protocols.

      Forwarding Element (FE) - A logical entity that implements the
      ForCES protocol.  FEs use the underlying hardware to provide per-
      packet processing and handling as directed/controlled by one or
      more CEs via the ForCES protocol.

      ForCES Network Element (NE) - An entity composed of one or more
      CEs and one or more FEs.  To entities outside an NE, the NE
      represents a single point of management.  Similarly, an NE usually
      hides its internal organization from external entities.

      LFB (Logical Function Block) - The basic building block that is
      operated on by the ForCES protocol.  The LFB is a well defined,
      logically separable functional block that resides in an FE and is
      controlled by the CE via ForCES protocol.  The LFB may reside at
      the FE's datapath and process packets or may be purely an FE
      control or configuration entity that is operated on by the CE.
      Note that the LFB is a functionally accurate abstraction of the
      FE's processing capabilities, but not a hardware-accurate
      representation of the FE implementation.

      FE Model - The FE model is designed to model the logical
      processing functions of an FE, which is defined by the ForCES FE
      model document [RFC5812].  The FE model proposed in this document
      includes three components; the LFB modeling of individual Logical
      Functional Block (LFB model), the logical interconnection between
      LFBs (LFB topology), and the FE-level attributes, including FE
      capabilities.  The FE model provides the basis to define the
      information elements exchanged between the CE and the FE in the
      ForCES protocol [RFC5810].

      FE Topology - A representation of how the multiple FEs within a
      single NE are interconnected.  Sometimes this is called inter-FE
      topology, to be distinguished from intra-FE topology (i.e., LFB
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      LFB Class and LFB Instance - LFBs are categorized by LFB Classes.
      An LFB Instance represents an LFB Class (or Type) existence.
      There may be multiple instances of the same LFB Class (or Type) in
      an FE.  An LFB Class is represented by an LFB Class ID, and an LFB
      Instance is represented by an LFB Instance ID.  As a result, an
      LFB Class ID associated with an LFB Instance ID uniquely specifies
      an LFB existence.

      LFB Metadata - Metadata is used to communicate per-packet state
      from one LFB to another, but is not sent across the network.  The
      FE model defines how such metadata is identified, produced and
      consumed by the LFBs.  It defines the functionality but not how
      metadata is encoded within an implementation.

      LFB Component - Operational parameters of the LFBs that must be
      visible to the CEs are conceptualized in the FE model as the LFB
      components.  The LFB components include, for example, flags,
      single parameter arguments, complex arguments, and tables that the
      CE can read and/or write via the ForCES protocol (see below).

      LFB Topology - Representation of how the LFB instances are
      logically interconnected and placed along the datapath within one
      FE.  Sometimes it is also called intra-FE topology, to be
      distinguished from inter-FE topology.

      Data Path - A conceptual path taken by packets within the
      forwarding plane inside an FE.  Note that more than one data path
      can exist within an FE.

      ForCES Protocol - While there may be multiple protocols used
      within the overall ForCES architecture, the term "ForCES protocol"
      and "protocol" refer to the Fp reference points in the ForCES
      Framework in [RFC3746].  This protocol does not apply to CE-to-CE
      communication, FE-to-FE communication, or to communication between
      FE and CE managers.  Basically, the ForCES protocol works in a
      master-slave mode in which FEs are slaves and CEs are masters.
      This document defines the specifications for this ForCES protocol.

      LFB Port - A port refers to an LFB input port or output port.  See
      Section 3.2 of [RFC5812] for more detailed definitions.

      Physical Port - A port refers to a physical media input port or
      output port of an FE.  A physical port is usually assigned with a
      physical port ID, abbreviated with a PHYPortID.  This document
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      Logical Port - A conceptually virtual port at data link layer (L2)
      or network layer (L3).  A logical port is usually assigned with a
      logical port ID, abbreviated with a LogicalPortID.  The logical
      ports can be further categorized with a L2 logical port or a L3
      logical port.  An L2 logical port can be assigned with a L2
      logical port ID, abbreviated with a L2PortID.  An L3 logical port
      can be assigned with a L3 logical port ID, abbreviated with a
      L3PortID.  MAC layer VLAN ports belongs to L2 logical ports as
      well as logical ports.

      LFB Class Library - The LFB class library is a set of LFB classes
      that has been identified as the most common functions found in
      most FEs and hence should be defined first by the ForCES Working
      Group.  The LFB Class Library is defined by this document.





































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3.  Introduction

   [RFC5810] specifies Forwarding and Control Element Separation
   (ForCES) framework.  In the framework, Control Elements (CEs)
   configure and manage one or more separate Forwarding Elements (FEs)
   within a Network Element (NE) by use of a ForCES protocol.  [RFC5810]
   specifies the ForCES protocol.  [RFC5812] specifies the Forwarding
   Element (FE) model.  In the model, resources in FEs are described by
   classes of Logical Function Blocks (LFBs).  The FE model defines the
   structure and abstract semantics of LFBs, and provides XML schema for
   the definitions of LFBs.

   This document conforms to the specifications of the FE model
   [RFC5812] and specifies detailed definitions of classes of LFBs,
   including detailed XML definitions of LFBs.  These LFBs form a base
   LFB library for ForCES.  LFBs in the base library are expected to be
   combined to form an LFB topology for a typical router to implement IP
   forwarding.  It should be emphasized that an LFB is an abstraction of
   functions rather than its implementation details.  The purpose of the
   LFB definitions is to represent functions so as to provide
   interoperability between separate CEs and FEs.

   More LFB classes with more functions may be developed in future time
   and documented by IETF.  Vendors may also develop proprietary LFB
   classes as described in the FE model [RFC5812].

3.1.  Scope of the Library

   It is intended that the LFB classes described in this document are
   designed to provide the functions of a typical router.  [RFC5812]
   specifies that a typical router is expected to provide functions to:

   (1)  Interface to packet networks and implement the functions
        required by that network.  These functions typically include:

        *  Encapsulating and decapsulating the IP datagrams with the
           connected network framing (e.g., an Ethernet header and
           checksum),

        *  Sending and receiving IP datagrams up to the maximum size
           supported by that network, this size is the network's Maximum
           Transmission Unit or MTU,

        *  Translating the IP destination address into an appropriate
           network-level address for the connected network (e.g., an
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        *  Responding to network flow control and error indications, if
           any.

   (2)  Conform to specific Internet protocols including the Internet
        Protocol (IPv4 and/or IPv6), Internet Control Message Protocol
        (ICMP), and others as necessary.

   (3)  Receive and forward Internet datagrams.  Important issues in
        this process are buffer management, congestion control, and
        fairness.

        *  Recognizes error conditions and generates ICMP error and
           information messages as required.

        *  Drops datagrams whose time-to-live fields have reached zero.

        *  Fragments datagrams when necessary to fit into the MTU of the
           next network.

   (4)  Choose a next-hop destination for each IP datagram, based on the
        information in its routing database.

   (5)  Usually support an interior gateway protocol (IGP) to carry out
        distributed routing and reachability algorithms with the other
        routers in the same autonomous system.  In addition, some
        routers will need to support an exterior gateway protocol (EGP)
        to exchange topological information with other autonomous
        systems.  For all routers, it is essential to provide ability to
        manage static routing items.

   (6)  Provide network management and system support facilities,
        including loading, debugging, status reporting, exception
        reporting and control.

   The classical IP router utilizing the ForCES framework constitutes a
   CE running some controlling IGP and/or EGP function or static route
   setup and FEs implementing using Logical Function Blocks (LFBs)
   conforming to the FE model[RFC5812] specifications.  The CE, in
   conformance to the ForCES protocol[RFC5810] and the FE model
   [RFC5812] specifications, instructs the LFBs on the FE how to treat
   received/sent packets.

   Packets in an IP router are received and transmitted on physical
   media typically referred to as "ports".  Different physical port
   media will have different ways for encapsulating outgoing frames and
   decapsulating incoming frames.  The different physical media will
   also have different attributes that influence its behavior and how
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   deal with Ethernet physical media.  Other future documents may deal
   with other types of media.  This document will also interchangeably
   refer to a port to be an abstraction that constitutes a PHY and a MAC
   as described by the LFBs like EtherPHYCop, EtherMACIn, and
   EtherMACOut.

   IP packets emanating from port LFBs are then processed by a
   validation LFB before being further forwarded to the next LFB.  After
   the validation process the packet is passed to an LFB where IP
   forwarding decision is made.  In the IP Forwarding LFBs, a Longest
   Prefix Match LFB is used to look up the destination information in a
   packet and select a next hop index for sending the packet onward.  A
   next hop LFB uses the next hop index metadata to apply the proper
   headers to the IP packets, and direct them to the proper egress.
   Note that in the process of IP packets processing, in this document,
   we are adhering to the weak-host model [RFC1122] since that is the
   most usable model for a packet processing Network Element.

3.2.  Overview of LFB Classes in the Library

   It is critical to classify functional requirements into various
   classes of LFBs and construct a typical but also flexible enough base
   LFB library for various IP forwarding equipments.

3.2.1.  LFB Design Choices

   A few design principles were factored into choosing how the base LFBs
   looked like.  These are:

   o  if a function can be designed by either one LFB or two or more
      LFBs with the same cost, the choice is to go with two or more LFBs
      so as to provide more flexibility for implementers.

   o  when flexibility is not required, an LFB should take advantage of
      its independence as much as possible and have minimal coupling
      with other LFBs.  The coupling may be from LFB attributes
      definitions as well as physical implementations.

   o  unless there is a clear difference in functionality, similar
      packet processing should not be represented as two or more
      different LFBs.  Or else, it may add extra burden on
      implementation to achieve interoperability.

3.2.2.  LFB Class Groupings

   The document defines groups of LFBs for typical router function
   requirements:




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   (1)  A group of Ethernet processing LFBs are defined to abstract the
        packet processing for Ethernet as the port media type.  As the
        most popular media type with rich processing features, Ethernet
        media processing LFBs was a natural choice.  Definitions for
        processing of other port media types like POS or ATM may be
        incorporated in the library in future version of the document or
        in a future separate document.  The following LFBs are defined
        for Ethernet processing:

        *  EtherPHYCop (Section 5.1.1)

        *  EtherMACIn (Section 5.1.2)

        *  EtherClassifier (Section 5.1.3)

        *  EtherEncap (Section 5.1.4)

        *  EtherMACOut (Section 5.1.5)

   (2)  A group of LFBs are defined for IP packet validation process.
        The following LFBs are defined for IP validation processing:

        *  IPv4Validator (Section 5.2.1)

        *  IPv6Validator (Section 5.2.2)

   (3)  A group of LFBs are defined to abstract IP forwarding process.
        The following LFBs are defined for IP forwarding processing:

        *  IPv4UcastLPM (Section 5.3.1)

        *  IPv4NextHop (Section 5.3.2)

        *  IPv6UcastLPM (Section 5.3.3)

        *  IPv6NextHop (Section 5.3.4)

   (4)  A group of LFBs are defined to abstract the process for redirect
        operation, i.e., data packet transmission between CE and FEs.
        The following LFBs are defined for redirect processing:

        *  RedirectIn (Section 5.4.1)

        *  RedirectOut (Section 5.4.2)







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   (5)  A group of LFBs are defined for abstracting some general purpose
        packet processing.  These processing processes are usually
        general to many processing locations in an FE LFB topology.  The
        following LFBs are defined for redirect processing:

        *  BasicMetadataDispatch (Section 5.5.1)

        *  GenericScheduler (Section 5.5.2)

3.2.3.  Sample LFB Class Application

   Although Section 7 will present use cases for LFBs defined in this
   document, this section shows a sample LFB class application in
   advance so that readers can get a quick overlook of the LFB classes
   with the usage.

   Figure 1 shows the typical LFB processing path for an IPv4 unicast
   forwarding case with Ethernet media interfaces.  To focus on the IP
   forwarding function, some inputs or outputs of LFBs in the figure
   that are not related to the function are ignored.  Section 7.1 will
   describe the figure in details.






























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        +-----+                +------+
        |     |                |      |
        |     |<---------------|Ether |<----------------------------+
        |     |                |MACOut|                             |
        |     |                |      |                             |
        |Ether|                +------+                             |
        |PHY  |                                                     |
        |Cop  |            +---+                                    |
        |#1   |  +-----+   |   |----->IPv6 Packets                  |
        |     |  |     |   |   |                                    |
        |     |  |Ether|   |   | IPv4 Packets                       |
        |     |->|MACIn|-->|   |-+  +----+                          |
        +-----+  |     |   |   | |  |    |---> Multicast Packets    |
                 +-----+   +---+ |  |    |        +-----+  +---+    |
                           Ether +->|    |------->|     |  |   |    |
           .           Classifier|  |    |Unicast |IPv4 |  |   |    |
           .                     |  |    |Packets |Ucast|->|   |--+ |
           .                     |  +----+        |LPM  |  |   |  | |
                           +---+ |   IPv4         +-----+  +---+  | |
                 +-----+   |   | |   Validator              IPv4  | |
                 |     |   |   | |                         NextHop| |
        +-----+  |Ether|   |   |-+ IPv4 Packets                   | |
        |     |->|MACIn|-->|   |                                  | |
        |     |  |     |   |   |----->IPv6 Packets                | |
        |Ether|  +-----+   +---+                                  | |
        |PHY  |           Ether               +----+              | |
        |Cop  |           Classifier          |    |   +-------+  | |
        |#n   |                +------+       |    |   |Ether  |  | |
        |     |                |      |       |    |<--|Encap  |<-+ |
        |     |                |      |<------|    |   |       |    |
        |     |<---------------|Ether |    ...|    |   +-------+    |
        |     |                |MACOut|   +---|    |                |
        |     |                |      |   |   +----+                |
        +-----+                +------+   | BasicMetadataDispatch   |
                                          +-------------------------+


                Figure 1:  LFB use case for IPv4 forwarding

3.3.  Document Structure

   Base type definitions, including data types, packet frame types, and
   metadata types are presented in advance for definitions of various
   LFB classes.  Section 4 (Base Types section) provides a description
   on the base types used by this LFB library.  To enable extensive use
   of these base types by other LFB class definitions, the base type
   definitions are provided as a separate library.




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   Within every group of LFB classes, a set of LFBs are defined for
   individual function purposes.  Section 5 (LFB Class Descriptions
   section) provides text descriptions on the individual LFBs.  Note
   that for a complete definition of an LFB, a text description as well
   as a XML definition is required.

   LFB classes are finally defined by XML with specifications and schema
   defined in the ForCES FE model[RFC5812].  Section 6 (XML LFB
   Definitions section) provides the complete XML definitions of the
   base LFB classes library.

   Section 7 provides several use cases on how some typical router
   functions can be implemented using the base LFB library defined in
   this document.





































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4.  Base Types

   The FE model [RFC5812] has specified predefined (built-in) atomic
   data-types as below:

   char, uchar, int16, uint16, int32, uint32, int64, uint64, string[N],
   string, byte[N], boolean, octetstring[N], float16, float32, float64.

   Based on the atomic data types and with the use of type definition
   elements in the FE model XML schema, new data types, packet frame
   types, and metadata types can be defined.

   To define a base LFB library for typical router functions, a set of
   base data types, frame types, and metadata types should be defined.
   This section provides a brief description of the base types and a
   full XML definition of them as well.

   The base type XML definitions are provided with a separate XML
   library file named "BaseTypeLibrary".  Users can refer to this
   library by the statement:


   <load library="BaseTypeLibrary", location="..."/>

4.1.  Data Types

   Data types defined in the base type library are categorized by types
   of atomic, compound struct, and compound array.

4.1.1.  Atomic

   The following data types are defined as atomic data types and put in
   the base type library:


      Data Type Name      Brief Description
      --------------      -----------------
      IPv4Addr            IPv4 address
      IPv6Addr            IPv6 address
      IEEEMAC             IEEE MAC address
      LANSpeedType        Network speed values
      DuplexType          Duplex types
      PortStatusValues    The possible values of port status, used for
                           both administrative and operative status
      VlanIDType          The type of VLAN ID
      VlanPriorityType    The type of VLAN priority
      SchdDisciplineType  Scheduling discipline type




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4.1.2.  Compound struct

   The following compound struct types are defined in the base type
   library:


    Data Type Name           Brief Description
    --------------           -----------------
    EtherDispatchEntryType   Entry type for Ethernet dispatch table
    VlanInputTableEntryType  Entry type for VLAN input table
    EncapTableEntryType      Entry type for Ethernet encapsulation table
    MACInStatsType           Statistics type for EtherMACIn LFB
    MACOutStatsType          Statistics type for EtherMACOut LFB
    EtherClassifyStatsType   Entry type for statistics table in
                              EtherClassifier LFB
    IPv4PrefixInfoType       Entry type for IPv4 prefix table
    IPv6PrefixInfoType       Entry type for IPv6 prefix table
    IPv4NextHopInfoType      Entry type for IPv4 next hop table
    IPv6NextHopInfoType      Entry type for IPv6 next hop table
    IPv4ValidatorStatsType   Statistics type in IPv4validator LFB
    IPv6ValidatorStatsType   Statistics type in IPv6validator LFB
    IPv4UcastLPMStatsType    Statistics type in IPv4Unicast LFB
    IPv6UcastLPMStatsType    Statistics type in IPv6Unicast LFB
    QueueStatsType           Entry type for queue depth table
    MetadataDispatchType     Entry type for metadata dispatch table

4.1.3.  Compound array

   Compound array types are mostly created based on compound struct
   types for LFB table components.  The following compound array types
   are defined in this base type library:


    Data Type Name               Brief Description
    --------------               -----------------
    EtherClassifyStatsTableType  Type for Ethernet classifier statistics
                                  information table
    EtherDispatchTableType       Type for Ethernet dispatch table
    VlanInputTableType           Type for VLAN input table
    EncapTableType               Type for Ethernet encapsulation table
    IPv4PrefixTableType          Type for IPv4 prefix table
    IPv6PrefixTableType          Type for IPv6 prefix table
    IPv4NextHopTableType         Type for IPv4 next hop table
    IPv6NextHopTableType         Type for IPv6 next hop table
    MetadataDispatchTableType    Type for Metadata dispatch table
    QueueStatsTableType          Type for Queue depth table





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4.2.  Frame Types

   According to FE model [RFC5812], frame types are used in LFB
   definitions to define packet frame types both an LFB expects at its
   input port and the LFB emits at its output port.  The <frameDef>
   element in the FE model is used to define a new frame type.

   The following frame types are defined in the base type library:


      Frame Name           Brief Description
      --------------        ----------------
      EthernetII           An Ethernet II frame
      ARP                  An ARP packet
      IPv4                 An IPv4 packet
      IPv6                 An IPv6 packet
      IPv4Unicast          An IPv4 unicast packet
      IPv4Multicast        An IPv4 multicast packet
      IPv6Unicast          An IPv6 unicast packet
      IPv6Multicast        An IPv6 multicast packet
      Arbitrary            Any types of packet frames

4.3.  MetaData Types

   LFB Metadata is used to communicate per-packet state from one LFB to
   another.  The <metadataDef> element in the FE model is used to define
   a new metadata type.

   The following metadata types are currently defined in the base type
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  Metadata Name  Metadata ID  Brief Description
  ------------   ----------   -------------
  PHYPortID          1        The ingress physical port that the packet
                               arrived on
  SrcMAC             2        Source MAC address of the packet
  DstMAC             3        Destination MAC address of the packet
  LogicalPortID      4        ID of a logical port for the packet
  EtherType          5        The packet's Ethernet type
  VlanID             6        The VLAN ID of the Ethernet packet
  VlanPriority       7        The priority of the Ethernet packet
  NexthopIPv4Addr    8        Nexthop IPv4 address the packet is sent to
  NexthopIPv6Addr    9        Nexthop IPv6 address the packet is sent to
  HopSelector        10       A search key the packet can use to look up
                               a nexthop table for next hop information
                               of the packet
  ExceptionID        11       Indicating exception type of the packet
                               which is exceptional for some processing
  ValidateErrorID    12       Indicating error type of the packet failed
                               some validation process
  L3PortID           13       ID of L3 port
  RedirectIndex      14       A metadata CE sends to RedirectIn LFB for
                               the associated packet to select output
                               port in the LFB group output "PktsOut"
 MediaEncapInfoIndex 15       A search key the packet uses to look up a
                               media encapsulation table to select its
                               encapsulation media as well as followed
                               encapsulation LFB

4.4.  XML for Base Type Library


 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <LFBLibrary xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:forces:lfbmodel:1.0"
      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
      provides="BaseTypeLibrary">
    <frameDefs>
       <frameDef>
          <name>EthernetAll</name>
          <synopsis>All kinds of Ethernet frame</synopsis>
       </frameDef>
       <frameDef>
          <name>EthernetII</name>
          <synopsis>An Ethernet II frame</synopsis>
       </frameDef>
       <frameDef>
          <name>ARP</name>
          <synopsis>An arp packet</synopsis>
       </frameDef>



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       <frameDef>
          <name>IPv4</name>
          <synopsis>An IPv4 packet</synopsis>
       </frameDef>
       <frameDef>
          <name>IPv6</name>
          <synopsis>An IPv6 packet</synopsis>
       </frameDef>
       <frameDef>
          <name>IPv4Unicast</name>
          <synopsis>An IPv4 unicast packet</synopsis>
       </frameDef>
       <frameDef>
          <name>IPv4Multicast</name>
          <synopsis>An IPv4 multicast packet</synopsis>
       </frameDef>
       <frameDef>
          <name>IPv6Unicast</name>
          <synopsis>An IPv6 unicast packet</synopsis>
       </frameDef>
       <frameDef>
          <name>IPv6Multicast</name>
          <synopsis>An IPv6 multicast packet</synopsis>
       </frameDef>
       <frameDef>
          <name>Arbitrary</name>
          <synopsis>Any types of packet frames</synopsis>
       </frameDef>
    </frameDefs>
    <dataTypeDefs>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>IPv4Addr</name>
          <synopsis>IPv4 address</synopsis>
          <typeRef>byte[4]</typeRef>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>IPv6Addr</name>
          <synopsis>IPv6 address</synopsis>
          <typeRef>byte[16]</typeRef>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>IEEEMAC</name>
          <synopsis>IEEE MAC address.</synopsis>
          <typeRef>byte[6]</typeRef>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
         <name>LANSpeedType</name>
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         <atomic>
          <baseType>uint32</baseType>
          <specialValues>
            <specialValue value="0x00000001">
             <name>LAN_SPEED_10M</name>
             <synopsis>10M Ethernet</synopsis>
            </specialValue>
            <specialValue value="0x00000002">
             <name>LAN_SPEED_100M</name>
             <synopsis>100M Ethernet</synopsis>
            </specialValue>
            <specialValue value="0x00000003">
             <name>LAN_SPEED_1G</name>
             <synopsis>1000M Ethernet</synopsis>
            </specialValue>
            <specialValue value="0x00000004">
             <name>LAN_SPEED_10G</name>
             <synopsis>10G Ethernet</synopsis>
            </specialValue>
            <specialValue value="0x00000005">
             <name>LAN_SPEED_AUTO</name>
             <synopsis>LAN speed auto</synopsis>
            </specialValue>
          </specialValues>
         </atomic>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
         <name>DuplexType</name>
         <synopsis>Duplex types</synopsis>
         <atomic>
          <baseType>uint32</baseType>
          <specialValues>
            <specialValue value="0x00000001">
             <name>Auto</name>
             <synopsis>Auto negotitation.</synopsis>
            </specialValue>
            <specialValue value="0x00000002">
             <name>Half-duplex</name>
             <synopsis>port negotitation half duplex</synopsis>
            </specialValue>
            <specialValue value="0x00000003">
             <name>Full-duplex</name>
             <synopsis>port negotitation full duplex</synopsis>
            </specialValue>
          </specialValues>
         </atomic>
       </dataTypeDef>
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         <name>PortStatusValues</name>
         <synopsis>The possible values of port status, used for both
               administrative and operative status.</synopsis>
         <atomic>
          <baseType>uchar</baseType>
          <specialValues>
            <specialValue value="0">
             <name>Disabled </name>
             <synopsis>the port is operatively disabled.</synopsis>
            </specialValue>
            <specialValue value="1">
             <name>UP</name>
             <synopsis>the port is up.</synopsis>
            </specialValue>
            <specialValue value="2">
             <name>Down</name>
             <synopsis>The port is down.</synopsis>
            </specialValue>
          </specialValues>
         </atomic>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>MACInStatsType</name>
          <synopsis>Statistics type in EtherMACIn LFB.</synopsis>
          <struct>
             <component componentID="1">
                <name>NumPacketsReceived</name>
                <synopsis>The number of packets received.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint64</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="2">
                <name>NumPacketsDropped</name>
                <synopsis>The number of packets dropped.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint64</typeRef>
             </component>
          </struct>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>MACOutStatsType</name>
          <synopsis>Statistics type in EtherMACOut LFB.</synopsis>
          <struct>
             <component componentID="1">
                <name>NumPacketsTransmitted</name>
                <synopsis>The number of packets transmitted.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint64</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="2">
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                <synopsis>The number of packets dropped.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint64</typeRef>
             </component>
          </struct>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>EtherDispatchEntryType</name>
          <synopsis>Entry type for Ethernet dispatch table in
          EtherClassifier LFB.</synopsis>
          <struct>
             <component componentID="1">
                <name>LogicalPortID</name>
                <synopsis>Logical port ID.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="2">
                <name>EtherType</name>
                <synopsis>The EtherType value in the Ether head.
                </synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="3">
                <name>LFBOutputSelectIndex</name>
                 <synopsis>LFB Group output port index to select
                 downstream LFB port. Some possibilities of downstream
                 LFB instances are:
                    a) IPv4Validator
                    b) IPv6Validator
                    c) RedirectOut
                    d) etc
                 Note: LFBOutputSelectIndex is the FromPortIndex for
                 the port group "ClassifyOut" in the table LFBTopology
                 (of FEObject LFB) as defined for the EtherClassifier
                 LFB.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
             </component>
          </struct>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>EtherDispatchTableType</name>
          <synopsis>Type for Ethernet dispatch table.This table is used
          in EtherClassifier LFB. Every Ethernet packet can be
          dispatched to the LFB output group ports according to the
          logical port ID.</synopsis>
          <array type="variable-size">
            <typeRef>EtherDispatchEntryType</typeRef>
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       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>VlanIDType</name>
          <synopsis>The type of VLAN ID</synopsis>
          <atomic>
          <baseType>uint16</baseType>
            <rangeRestriction>
               <allowedRange min="0" max="4095"/>
             </rangeRestriction>
          </atomic>
        </dataTypeDef>
        <dataTypeDef>
          <name>VlanPriorityType</name>
          <synopsis>The type of VLAN priority.</synopsis>
          <atomic>
          <baseType>uchar</baseType>
            <rangeRestriction>
               <allowedRange min="0" max="7"/>
            </rangeRestriction>
          </atomic>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>VlanInputTableEntryType</name>
          <synopsis>Entry type for VLAN input table in EtherClassifier
          LFB.</synopsis>
          <struct>
             <component componentID="1">
                <name>IncomingPortID</name>
                <synopsis>The incoming port ID.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="2">
                <name>VlanID</name>
                <synopsis>Vlan ID.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>VlanIDType</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="3">
                <name>LogicalPortID</name>
                <synopsis>logical port ID.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
             </component>
          </struct>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>VlanInputTableType</name>
          <synopsis>Type for VLAN input table.This table is used
          in EtherClassifier LFB. Every Ethernet packet can get a new
          LogicalPortID according to the IncomingPortID and VlanID.
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          <array type="variable-size">
            <typeRef>VlanInputTableEntryType</typeRef>
          </array>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>EtherClassifyStatsType</name>
          <synopsis>Entry type for statistics table in EtherClassifier
           LFB.</synopsis>
          <struct>
             <component componentID="1">
                <name>EtherType</name>
                <synopsis>The EtherType value</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="2">
                <name>PacketsNum</name>
                <synopsis>Packets number</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint64</typeRef>
             </component>
          </struct>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>EtherClassifyStatsTableType</name>
          <synopsis>Type for Ethernet classifier statistics
          information table in EtherClassifier LFB.</synopsis>
          <array type="variable-size">
            <typeRef>EtherClassifyStatsType</typeRef>
          </array>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>IPv4ValidatorStatsType</name>
          <synopsis>Statistics type in IPv4validator LFB.</synopsis>
          <struct>
             <component componentID="1">
                <name>badHeaderPkts</name>
                <synopsis>Number of bad header packets.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint64</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="2">
                <name>badTotalLengthPkts</name>
                <synopsis>Number of bad total length packets.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint64</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="3">
                <name>badTTLPkts</name>
                <synopsis>Number of bad TTL packets.</synopsis>
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             <component componentID="4">
                <name>badChecksumPkts</name>
                <synopsis>Number of bad checksum packets.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint64</typeRef>
             </component>
          </struct>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>IPv6ValidatorStatsType</name>
          <synopsis>Statistics type in IPv6validator LFB.</synopsis>
          <struct>
             <component componentID="1">
                <name>badHeaderPkts</name>
                <synopsis>Number of bad header packets.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint64</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="2">
                <name>badTotalLengthPkts</name>
                <synopsis>Number of bad total length packets.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint64</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="3">
                <name>badHopLimitPkts</name>
                <synopsis>Number of bad Hop limit packets.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint64</typeRef>
             </component>
          </struct>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>IPv4PrefixInfoType</name>
          <synopsis>Entry type for IPv4 prefix table.</synopsis>
          <struct>
             <component componentID="1">
                <name>IPv4Address</name>
                <synopsis>An IPv4 Address</synopsis>
                <typeRef>IPv4Addr</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="2">
                <name>Prefixlen</name>
                <synopsis>The prefix length</synopsis>
                <atomic>
                   <baseType>uchar</baseType>
                   <rangeRestriction>
                      <allowedRange min="0" max="32"/>
                   </rangeRestriction>
                </atomic>
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                <name>HopSelector</name>
                <synopsis>HopSelector is the nexthop ID which points to
                the nexthop table</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="4">
                <name>ECMPFlag</name>
                <synopsis>An ECMP Flag for this route</synopsis>
                <atomic>
                   <baseType>boolean</baseType>
                   <specialValues>
                      <specialValue value="false">
                         <name>False</name>
                         <synopsis>This route does not have multiple
                         nexthops.</synopsis>
                      </specialValue>
                      <specialValue value="true">
                         <name>True</name>
                         <synopsis>This route has multiple nexthops.
                         </synopsis>
                      </specialValue>
                   </specialValues>
                </atomic>
             </component>
             <component componentID="5">
                <name>DefaultRouteFlag</name>
                <synopsis>A default route flag.</synopsis>
                <atomic>
                   <baseType>boolean</baseType>
                   <specialValues>
                      <specialValue value="false">
                         <name>False</name>
                         <synopsis>This is not a default route.
                         </synopsis>
                      </specialValue>
                      <specialValue value="true">
                         <name>True</name>
                         <synopsis>This route is a default route.
                         </synopsis>
                      </specialValue>
                   </specialValues>
                </atomic>
             </component>
          </struct>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>IPv4PrefixTableType</name>
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          used in IPv4UcastLPM LFB. The LFB uses the destination IPv4
          address of every input packet as search key to look up this
          table in order extract a next hop selector.</synopsis>
          <array type="variable-size">
            <typeRef>IPv4PrefixInfoType</typeRef>
          </array>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>IPv4UcastLPMStatsType</name>
          <synopsis>Statistics type in IPv4Unicast LFB.</synopsis>
          <struct>
             <component componentID="1">
                <name>InRcvdPkts</name>
                <synopsis>The total number of input packets received.
                </synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint64</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="2">
                <name>FwdPkts</name>
                <synopsis>IPv4 packets forwarded by this LFB</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint64</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="3">
                <name>NoRoutePkts</name>
                <synopsis>The number of IP datagrams discarded because
                no route could be found.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint64</typeRef>
             </component>
          </struct>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>IPv6PrefixInfoType</name>
          <synopsis>Entry type for IPv6 prefix table.</synopsis>
          <struct>
             <component componentID="1">
                <name>IPv6Address</name>
                <synopsis>An IPv6 Address</synopsis>
                <typeRef>IPv6Addr</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="2">
                <name>Prefixlen</name>
                <synopsis>The prefix length</synopsis>
                <atomic>
                   <baseType>uchar</baseType>
                   <rangeRestriction>
                      <allowedRange min="0" max="128"/>
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             </component>
             <component componentID="3">
                <name>HopSelector</name>
                <synopsis>HopSelector is the nexthop ID which points
                to the nexthop table</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="4">
                <name>ECMPFlag</name>
                <synopsis>An ECMP Flag for this route</synopsis>
                <atomic>
                   <baseType>boolean</baseType>
                   <specialValues>
                      <specialValue value="false">
                         <name>False</name>
                         <synopsis>This route does not have multiple
                         nexthops.</synopsis>
                      </specialValue>
                      <specialValue value="true">
                         <name>True</name>
                         <synopsis>This route has multiple nexthops.
                         </synopsis>
                      </specialValue>
                   </specialValues>
                </atomic>
             </component>
             <component componentID="5">
                <name>DefaultRouteFlag</name>
                <synopsis>A Default Route Flag.</synopsis>
                <atomic>
                   <baseType>boolean</baseType>
                   <specialValues>
                      <specialValue value="false">
                         <name>False</name>
                         <synopsis>This is not a default route.
                         </synopsis>
                      </specialValue>
                      <specialValue value="true">
                         <name>True</name>
                         <synopsis>This route is a default route.
                         </synopsis>
                      </specialValue>
                   </specialValues>
                </atomic>
             </component>
          </struct>
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          <name>IPv6PrefixTableType</name>
          <synopsis>Type for IPv6 prefix table.This table is currently
          used in IPv6UcastLPM LFB. The LFB uses the destination IPv6
          address of every input packet as search key to look up this
          table in order extract a next hop selector.</synopsis>
          <array type="variable-size">
            <typeRef>IPv6PrefixInfoType</typeRef>
          </array>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>IPv6UcastLPMStatsType</name>
          <synopsis>Statistics type in IPv6Unicast LFB.</synopsis>
          <struct>
             <component componentID="1">
                <name>InRcvdPkts</name>
                <synopsis>The total number of input packets
                received</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint64</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="2">
                <name>FwdPkts</name>
                <synopsis>IPv6 packets forwarded by this LFB</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint64</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="3">
                <name>NoRoutePkts</name>
                <synopsis>The number of IP datagrams discarded because
                no route could be found.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint64</typeRef>
             </component>
          </struct>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>IPv4NextHopInfoType</name>
          <synopsis>Entry type for IPv4 next hop table.</synopsis>
          <struct>
             <component componentID="1">
                <name>L3PortID</name>
                <synopsis>The ID of the Logical/physical Output Port
                that we pass onto the downstream LFB instance. This
                ID indicates what port to the neighbor is as defined
                by L3.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="2">
                <name>MTU</name>
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                 fragmentation </synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="3">
                <name>NextHopIPAddr</name>
                <synopsis>Next Hop IPv4 Address</synopsis>
                <typeRef>IPv4Addr</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="4">
                <name>MediaEncapInfoIndex</name>
                <synopsis>The index we pass onto the downstream LFB
                instance. This index is used to lookup a table
                (typically media encapsulatation related) further
                downstream.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="5">
                <name>LFBOutputSelectIndex</name>
                 <synopsis>LFB Group output port index to select
                 downstream LFB port. Some possibilities of downstream
                 LFB instances are:
                    a) EtherEncap
                    b) Other type of media LFB
                    c) A metadata Dispatcher
                    d) A redirect LFB
                    e) etc
                 Note: LFBOutputSelectIndex is the FromPortIndex for
                 the port group "SuccessOut" in the table LFBTopology
                 (of FEObject LFB) as defined for the IPv4NextHop LFB.
                 </synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
             </component>
          </struct>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>IPv4NextHopTableType</name>
          <synopsis>Type for IPv4 next hop table. This table is used
          in IPv4NextHop LFB. The LFB uses metadata "HopSelector"
          received to match the array index to get the next hop
          information. </synopsis>
          <array type="variable-size">
            <typeRef>IPv4NextHopInfoType</typeRef>
          </array>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>IPv6NextHopInfoType</name>
          <synopsis>Entry type for IPv6 next hop table.</synopsis>
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             <component componentID="1">
                <name>L3PortID</name>
                <synopsis>The ID of the Logical/physical Output Port
                that we pass onto the downstream LFB instance. This
                ID indicates what port to the neighbor is as defined
                by L3.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="2">
                <name>MTU</name>
                <synopsis>Maximum Transmission Unit for out going port.
                 It is for desciding whether the packet need
                 fragmentation.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="3">
                <name>NextHopIPAddr</name>
                <synopsis>Next Hop IPv6 Address</synopsis>
                <typeRef>IPv6Addr</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="4">
                <name>MediaEncapInfoIndex</name>
                <synopsis>The index we pass onto the downstream LFB
                instance. This index is used to lookup a table
                (typically media encapsulatation related) further
                downstream.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="5">
                <name>LFBOutputSelectIndex</name>
                 <synopsis>LFB Group output port index to select
                 downstream LFB port. Some possibilities of downstream
                 LFB instances are:
                    a) EtherEncap
                    b) Other type of media LFB
                    c) A metadata Dispatcher
                    d) A redirect LFB
                    e) etc
                 Note: LFBOutputSelectIndex is the FromPortIndex for
                 the port group "SuccessOut" in the table LFBTopology
                (of FEObject LFB) as defined for the IPv6NextHop LFB.
                 </synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
             </component>
          </struct>
       </dataTypeDef>
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          <synopsis>Type for IPv6 next hop table. This table is used
          in IPv6NextHop LFB. The LFB uses metadata "HopSelector"
          received to match the array index to get the next hop
          information.</synopsis>
          <array type="variable-size">
            <typeRef>IPv6NextHopInfoType</typeRef>
          </array>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>EncapTableEntryType</name>
          <synopsis>Entry type for Ethernet encapsulation table in
          EtherEncap LFB.</synopsis>
          <struct>
             <component componentID="1">
                <name>DstMac</name>
                <synopsis>Ethernet Mac of the Neighbor</synopsis>
                <typeRef>IEEEMAC</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="2">
                <name>SrcMac</name>
                <synopsis>Source MAC used in encapsulation</synopsis>
                <typeRef>IEEEMAC</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="3">
                <name>VlanID</name>
                <synopsis>VLAN ID.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>VlanIDType</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="4">
                <name>L2PortID</name>
                <synopsis>Output logical L2 port ID.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
             </component>
          </struct>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>EncapTableType</name>
          <synopsis>Type for Ethernet encapsulation table. This
          table is used in EtherEncap LFB. The LFB uses the metadata
          "MediaEncapInfoIndex " received to get the encapsulation
          information.</synopsis>
          <array type="variable-size">
            <typeRef>EncapTableEntryType</typeRef>
          </array>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
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          <struct>
             <component componentID="1">
                <name>MetadataValue</name>
                <synopsis>metadata value.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="2">
                <name>OutputIndex</name>
                <synopsis>group output port index.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
             </component>
          </struct>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>MetadataDispatchTableType</name>
          <synopsis>Type for Metadata dispatch table. This table is used
          in BasicMetadataDispatch LFB. The LFB uses MetadataValue to
          get the LFB group output port index.</synopsis>
          <array type="variable-size">
            <typeRef>MetadataDispatchType</typeRef>
            <contentKey contentKeyID="1">
            <contentKeyField>MetadataValue</contentKeyField>
            </contentKey>
          </array>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>SchdDisciplineType</name>
          <synopsis>Scheduling discipline type.</synopsis>
          <atomic>
             <baseType>uint32</baseType>
             <specialValues>
                <specialValue value="1">
                   <name>RR</name>
                   <synopsis>Round Robin scheduler.</synopsis>
                </specialValue>
             </specialValues>
          </atomic>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>QueueStatsType</name>
          <synopsis>Entry type for queue statistics table in
          GenericScheduler LFB.</synopsis>
          <struct>
             <component componentID="1">
                <name>QueueID</name>
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             <component componentID="2">
                <name>QueueDepthInPackets</name>
                <synopsis>the Queue Depth when the depth units
                are packets.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
             </component>
             <component componentID="3">
                <name>QueueDepthInBytes</name>
                <synopsis>the Queue Depth when the depth units
                are bytes.</synopsis>
                <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
             </component>
          </struct>
       </dataTypeDef>
       <dataTypeDef>
          <name>QueueStatsTableType</name>
          <synopsis>Type for Queue statistics table in GenericScheduler
          LFB.</synopsis>
          <array type="variable-size">
            <typeRef>QueueDepthType</typeRef>
          </array>
       </dataTypeDef>
    </dataTypeDefs>
    <metadataDefs>
       <metadataDef>
          <name>PHYPortID</name>
          <synopsis>The physical port ID that a packet has entered.
          </synopsis>
          <metadataID>1</metadataID>
          <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
       </metadataDef>
       <metadataDef>
          <name>SrcMAC</name>
          <synopsis>Source MAC address of the packet.</synopsis>
          <metadataID>2</metadataID>
          <typeRef>IEEEMAC</typeRef>
       </metadataDef>
       <metadataDef>
          <name>DstMAC</name>
          <synopsis>Destination MAC address of the packet.</synopsis>
          <metadataID>3</metadataID>
          <typeRef>IEEEMAC</typeRef>
       </metadataDef>
       <metadataDef>
          <name>LogicalPortID</name>
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          <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
       </metadataDef>
       <metadataDef>
          <name>EtherType</name>
          <synopsis>Indicating the Ethernet type of the Ethernet packet.
          </synopsis>
          <metadataID>5</metadataID>
          <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
       </metadataDef>
       <metadataDef>
          <name>VlanID</name>
          <synopsis>The Vlan ID of the Ethernet packet.</synopsis>
          <metadataID>6</metadataID>
          <typeRef>VlanIDType</typeRef>
       </metadataDef>
       <metadataDef>
          <name>VlanPriority</name>
          <synopsis>The priority of the Ethernet packet.</synopsis>
          <metadataID>7</metadataID>
          <typeRef>VlanPriorityType</typeRef>
       </metadataDef>
       <metadataDef>
          <name>NexthopIPv4Addr</name>
          <synopsis>Nexthop IPv4 address the packet is sent to.
          </synopsis>
          <metadataID>8</metadataID>
          <typeRef>IPv4Addr</typeRef>
       </metadataDef>
       <metadataDef>
          <name>NexthopIPv6Addr</name>
          <synopsis>Nexthop IPv6 address the packet is sent to.
          </synopsis>
          <metadataID>9</metadataID>
          <typeRef>IPv6Addr</typeRef>
       </metadataDef>
       <metadataDef>
          <name>HopSelector</name>
          <synopsis>A search key the packet can use to look up a nexthop
          table for next hop information of the packet.</synopsis>
          <metadataID>10</metadataID>
          <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
       </metadataDef>
       <metadataDef>
          <name>ExceptionID</name>
          <synopsis>Indicating exception type of the packet which is
          exceptional for some processing.</synopsis>
          <metadataID>11</metadataID>
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             <baseType>uint32</baseType>
             <specialValues>
                 <specialValue value="0">
                   <name>AnyUnrecognizedExceptionCase</name>
                   <synopsis>any unrecognized exception case.</synopsis>
                   </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="1">
                   <name>ClassifyNoMatching</name>
                   <synopsis>There is no matching when classifying the
                   packet in EtherClassifier LFB.</synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="2">
                    <name>MediaEncapInfoIndexInvalid</name>
                    <synopsis>The MediaEncapInfoIndex value of the
                    packet is invalid and can not be allocated in the
                    EncapTable.</synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="3">
                   <name>EncapTableLookupFailed</name>
                   <synopsis>The packet failed lookup of the EncapTable
                   table even though the MediaEncapInfoIndex is valid.
                   </synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="4">
                   <name>BadTTL</name>
                   <synopsis>Packet with expired TTL.</synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="5">
                   <name>IPv4HeaderLengthMismatch</name>
                   <synopsis>Packet with header length more than 5
                   words.</synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="6">
                    <name>RouterAlertOptions</name>
                    <synopsis>Packet IP head include Router Alert
                    options.</synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="7">
                    <name>IPv6HopLimitZero</name>
                    <synopsis>Packet with Hop Limit zero </synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="8">
                    <name>IPv6NextHeaderHBH</name>
                    <synopsis>Packet with next header set to Hop-by-Hop
                    </synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
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                    <synopsis>Packet with exceptional source address.
                    </synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="10">
                    <name>DstAddressExecption</name>
                    <synopsis>Packet with exceptional destination
                    address </synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="11">
                    <name>LPMLookupFailed</name>
                    <synopsis>The packet failed the LPM lookup of the
                    prefix table.</synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="12">
                    <name>HopSelectorInvalid</name>
                    <synopsis>The HopSelector for the packet is invalid.
                    </synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="13">
                    <name>NextHopLookupFailed</name>
                    <synopsis>The packet failed lookup of the NextHop
                    table even though the HopSelector is valid.
                    </synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="14">
                    <name>FragRequired</name>
                    <synopsis>The MTU for outgoing interface is less
                    than the packet size.</synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="15">
                    <name>MetadataNoMatching</name>
                    <synopsis>There is no matching when looking up the
                    metadata dispatch table.</synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
              </specialValues>
           </atomic>
       </metadataDef>
       <metadataDef>
           <name>ValidateErrorID</name>
           <synopsis>Indicating error type of the packet failed some
           validation process.</synopsis>
           <metadataID>12</metadataID>
           <atomic>
              <baseType>uint32</baseType>
              <specialValues>
                 <specialValue value="0">
                    <name>AnyUnrecognizedValidateErrorCase</name>
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                    </synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="1">
                    <name>InvalidIPv4PacketSize</name>
                    <synopsis>Packet size reported is less than 20
                    bytes.</synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="2">
                    <name>NotIPv4Packet</name>
                    <synopsis>Packet is not IP version 4.</synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="3">
                    <name>InvalidIPv4HeaderLengthSize</name>
                    <synopsis>Packet with header length less than
                     5 words.</synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="4">
                    <name>InvalidIPv4LengthFieldSize</name>
                    <synopsis>Packet with total length field less than
                     20 bytes.</synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="5">
                    <name>InvalidIPv4Checksum</name>
                    <synopsis>Packet with invalid checksum.</synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="6">
                    <name>InvalidIPv4SrcAddr</name>
                    <synopsis>Packet with invalid source address.
                    </synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="7">
                    <name>InvalidIPv4DstAddr</name>
                    <synopsis>Packet with source address 0.</synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="8">
                    <name>InvalidIPv6PacketSize</name>
                    <synopsis>Packet size reported is less than 40
                    bytes.</synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="9">
                    <name>NotIPv6Packet</name>
                    <synopsis>Packet is not IP version 6.</synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
                 <specialValue value="10">
                    <name>InvalidIPv6SrcAddr</name>
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                 <specialValue value="11">
                    <name>InvalidIPv6DstAddr</name>
                    <synopsis>Packet with invalid destination address.
                    </synopsis>
                 </specialValue>
              </specialValues>
           </atomic>
       </metadataDef>
       <metadataDef>
          <name>L3PortID</name>
          <synopsis>ID of L3 port. See the definition in
          IPv4NextHopInfoType.</synopsis>
          <metadataID>13</metadataID>
          <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
       </metadataDef>
       <metadataDef>
          <name>RedirectIndex</name>
          <synopsis>metadata CE sends to RedirectIn LFB for the
          associated packet to select output port in the LFB group
          output "PktsOut".</synopsis>
          <metadataID>14</metadataID>
          <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
       </metadataDef>
       <metadataDef>
          <name>MediaEncapInfoIndex</name>
          <synopsis>A search key the packet uses to look up a media
          encapsulation table to select its encapsulation media as
          well as followed encapsulation LFB.</synopsis>
          <metadataID>15</metadataID>
          <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
       </metadataDef>
    </metadataDefs>
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5.  LFB Class Description

   According to ForCES specifications, LFB (Logical Function Block) is a
   well defined, logically separable functional block that resides in an
   FE, and is a functionally accurate abstraction of the FE's processing
   capabilities.  An LFB Class (or type) is a template that represents a
   fine-grained, logically separable aspect of FE processing.  Most LFBs
   are related to packet processing in the data path.  LFB classes are
   the basic building blocks of the FE model.  Note that [RFC5810] has
   already defined an 'FE Protocol LFB' which is a logical entity in
   each FE to control the ForCES protocol.  [RFC5812] has already
   defined an 'FE Object LFB'.  Information like the FE Name, FE ID, FE
   State, LFB Topology in the FE are represented in this LFB.

   As specified in Section 3.1, this document focuses on the base LFB
   library for implementing typical router functions, especially for IP
   forwarding functions.  As a result, LFB classes in the library are
   all base LFBs to implement router forwarding.

   In this section, the terms "upstream LFB" and "downstream LFB" are
   used.  These are used relative to an LFB to an LFB that is being
   described.  An "upstream LFB" is one whose output ports are connected
   to input ports of the LFB under consideration such that output
   (typically packets with metadata) can be sent from the "upstream LFB"
   to the LFB under consideration.  Similarly, a "downstream LFB" whose
   input ports are connected to output ports of the LFB under
   consideration such that the LFB under consideration can send
   information to the "downstream LFB".  Note that in some rare
   topologies, an LFB may be both upstream and downstream relative to
   another LFB.

   Also note that, as a default provision of [RFC5812], in FE model, all
   metadata produced by upstream LFBs will pass through all downstream
   LFBs by default without being specified by input port or output port.
   Only those metadata that will be used (consumed) by an LFB will be
   explicitly marked in input of the LFB as expected metadata.  For
   instance, in downstream LFBs of a physical layer LFB, even there is
   no specific metadata expected, metadata like PHYPortID produced by
   the physical layer LFB will always pass through all downstream LFBs
   regardless of whether the metadata has been expected by the LFBs or
   not.

5.1.  Ethernet Processing LFBs

   As the most popular physical and data link layer protocols, Ethernet
   is widely deployed.  It becomes a basic requirement for a router to
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   Note that there exist different versions of Ethernet formats, like
   Ethernet V2, 802.3 RAW, IEEE 802.3/802.2, IEEE 802.3/802.2 SNAP.
   There also exist varieties of LAN techniques based on Ethernet, like
   various VLANs, MACinMAC, etc.  Ethernet processing LFBs defined here
   are intended to be able to cope with all these variations of Ethernet
   technology.

   There are also various types of Ethernet physical interface media.
   Among them, copper and fiber media may be the most popular ones.  As
   a base LFB definition and a starting point, the document only defines
   an Ethernet physical LFB with copper media.  For other media
   interfaces, specific LFBs may be defined in the future versions of
   the library.

5.1.1.  EtherPHYCop

   EtherPHYCop LFB abstracts an Ethernet interface physical layer with
   media limited to copper.

5.1.1.1.  Data Handling

   This LFB is the interface to the Ethernet physical media.  The LFB
   handles ethernet frames coming in from or going out of the FE.
   Ethernet frames sent and received cover all packets encapsulated with
   different versions of Ethernet protocols, like Ethernet V2, 802.3
   RAW, IEEE 802.3/802.2,IEEE 802.3/802.2 SNAP, including packets
   encapsulated with varieties of LAN techniques based on Ethernet, like
   various VLANs, MACinMAC, etc.  Therefore in the XML an EthernetAll
   frame type has been introduced.

   Ethernet frames are received from the physical media port and passed
   downstream to LFBs such as EtherMACIn via a singleton output known as
   "EtherPHYOut".  A 'PHYPortID' metadata, to indicate which physical
   port the frame came into from the external world, is passed along
   with the frame.

   Ethernet packets are received by this LFB from upstream LFBs such as
   EtherMacOut LFBs via the singleton input known as "EtherPHYIn" before
   being sent out onto the external world.

5.1.1.2.  Components

   The AdminStatus component is defined for CE to administratively
   manage the status of the LFB.  The CE may administratively startup or
   shutdown the LFB by changing the value of AdminStatus.  The default
   value is set to 'Down'.

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   status.  A PHYPortStatusChanged event is defined so the LFB can
   report to the CE whenever there is an operational status change of
   the physical port.

   The PHYPortID component is a unique identification for a physical
   port.  It is defined as 'read-only' by CE.  Its value is enumerated
   by FE.  The component will be used to produce a 'PHYPortID' metadata
   at the LFB output and to associate it to every Ethernet packet this
   LFB receives.  The metadata will be handed to downstream LFBs for
   them to use the PHYPortID.

   A group of components are defined for link speed management.  The
   AdminLinkSpeed is for CE to configure link speed for the port and the
   OperLinkSpeed is for CE to query the actual link speed in operation.
   The default value for the AdminLinkSpeed is set to auto-negotiation
   mode.

   A group of components are defined for duplex mode management.  The
   AdminDuplexMode is for CE to configure proper duplex mode for the
   port and the OperDuplexMode is for CE to query the actual duplex mode
   in operation.  The default value for the AdminDuplexMode is set to
   auto-negotiation mode.

   A CarrierStatus component captures the status of the carrier and
   specifies whether the port link is operationally up.  The default
   value for the CarrierStatus is 'false'.

5.1.1.3.  Capabilities

   The capability information for this LFB includes the link speeds that
   are supported by the FE (SupportedLinkSpeed) as well as the supported
   duplex modes (SupportedDuplexMode).

5.1.1.4.  Events

   Several events are generated.  There is an event for changes in the
   status of the physical port (PhyPortStatusChanged).  Such an event
   will notify that the physical port status has been changed and the
   report will include the new status of the physical port.

   Another event captures changes in the operational link speed
   (LinkSpeedChanged).  Such an event will notify the CE that the
   operational speed has been changed and the report will include the
   new negotiated operational speed.

   A final event captures changes in the duplex mode
   (DuplexModeChanged).  Such an event will notify the CE that the
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   negotiated duplex mode.

5.1.2.  EtherMACIn

   EtherMACIn LFB abstracts an Ethernet port at MAC data link layer.
   This LFB describes Ethernet processing functions like MAC address
   locality check, deciding if the Ethernet packets should be bridged,
   providing Ethernet layer flow control, etc.

5.1.2.1.  Data Handling

   The LFB is expected to receive all types of Ethernet packets, via a
   singleton input known as "EtherPktsIn", which are usually output from
   some Ethernet physical layer LFB, like an EtherPHYCop LFB, alongside
   with a metadata indicating the physical port ID that the packet
   arrived on.

   The LFB is defined with two separate singleton outputs.  All Output
   packets are emitted in the original ethernet format received at the
   physical port, unchanged, and cover all types of ethernet types.

   The first singleton output is known as "NormalPathOut".  It usually
   outputs Ethernet packets to some LFB like an EtherClassifier LFB for
   further L3 forwarding process alongside with a PHYPortID metadata
   indicating which physical port the packet came from.

   The second singleton output is known as "L2BridgingPathOut".
   Although the LFB library this document defines is basically to meet
   typical router functions, it will attempt to be forward compatible
   with future router functions.  The "L2BridgingPathOut" is defined to
   meet the requirement that L2 bridging functions may be optionally
   supported simultaneously with L3 processing and some L2 bridging LFBs
   that may be defined in the future.  If the FE supports L2 bridging,
   the CE can enable or disable it by means of a "L2BridgingPathEnable"
   component in the FE.  If it is enabled, by also instantiating some L2
   bridging LFB instances following the L2BridgingPathOut, FEs are
   expected to fulfill L2 bridging functions.  L2BridgingPathOut will
   output packets exactly the same as that in the NormalPathOut output.

   This LFB can be set to work in a Promiscuous Mode, allowing all
   packets to pass through the LFB without being dropped.  Otherwise, a
   locality check will be performed based on the local MAC addresses.
   All packets that do not pass through the locality check will be
   dropped.

   This LFB participates in Ethernet flow control in cooperation with
   EtherMACOut LFB.  This document does not go into the details of how
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   references.  This document also does not describe how the buffers
   which induce the flow control messages behave - it is assumed that
   such artifacts exist and describing them is out of scope in this
   document.

5.1.2.2.  Components

   The AdminStatus component is defined for the CE to administratively
   manage the status of the LFB.  The CE may administratively startup or
   shutdown the LFB by changing the value of AdminStatus.  The default
   value is set to 'Down'.

   The LocalMACAddresses component specifies the local MAC addresses
   based on which locality checks will be made.  This component is an
   array of MAC addresses, and of 'read-write' access permission.

   An L2BridgingPathEnable component captures whether the LFB is set to
   work as a L2 bridge.  An FE that does not support bridging will
   internally set this flag to false, and additionally set the flag
   property as read-only.  The default value for is 'false'.

   The PromiscuousMode component specifies whether the LFB is set to
   work as in a promiscuous mode.  The default value for is 'false'.

   The TxFlowControl component defines whether the LFB is performing
   flow control on sending packets.  The default value for is 'false'.

   The RxFlowControl component defines whether the LFB is performing
   flow control on receiving packets.  The default value for is 'false'.

   A struct component, MACInStats, defines a set of statistics for this
   LFB, including the number of received packets and the number of
   dropped packets.

5.1.2.3.  Capabilities

   This LFB does not have a list of capabilities.

5.1.2.4.  Events

   This LFB does not have any events specified.

5.1.3.  EtherClassifier

   EtherClassifier LFB abstracts the process to decapsulate Ethernet
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5.1.3.1.  Data Handling

   This LFB describes the process of decapsulating Ethernet packets and
   classifying them into various network layer data packets according to
   information included in the Ethernet packets headers.

   The LFB is expected to receive all types of Ethernet packets, via a
   singleton input known as "EtherPktsIn", which are usually output from
   an upstream LFB like EtherMACIn LFB.  This input is also capable of
   multiplexing to allow for multiple upstream LFBs being connected.
   For instance, when L2 bridging function is enabled in EtherMACIn LFB,
   some L2 bridging LFBs may be applied.  In this case, some Ethernet
   packets after L2 processing may have to be input to EtherClassifier
   LFB for classification, while simultaneously packets directly output
   from EtherMACIn may also need to input to this LFB.  This input is
   capable of handling such a case.  Usually, all expected Ethernet
   Packets will be associated with a PHYPortID metadata, indicating the
   physical port the packet comes from.  In some cases, for instance,
   like in a MACinMAC case, a LogicalPortID metadata may be expected to
   associate with the Ethernet packet to further indicate which logical
   port the Ethernet packet belongs to.  Note that PHYPortID metadata is
   always expected while LogicalPortID metadata is optionally expected.

   Two output LFB ports are defined.

   The first output is a group output port known as "ClassifyOut".
   Types of network layer protocol packets are output to instances of
   the port group.  Because there may be various types of protocol
   packets at the output ports, the produced output frame is defined as
   arbitrary for the purpose of wide extensibility in the future.
   Metadata to be carried along with the packet data is produced at this
   LFB for consumption by downstream LFBs.  The metadata passed
   downstream includes PHYPortID, as well as information on Ethernet
   type, source MAC address, destination MAC address and the logical
   port ID. .If the original packet is a VLAN packet and contains a VLAN
   ID and a VLAN priority value, then the VLAN ID and the VLAN priority
   value are also carried downstream as metadata.  As a result, the VLAN
   ID and priority metadata are defined with the availability of
   "conditional".

   The second output is a singleton output port known as "ExceptionOut",
   which will output packets for which the data processing failed, along
   with an additional ExceptionID metadata to indicate what caused the
   exception.  Currently defined exception types include:

   o  There is no matching when classifying the packet.

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   packets with exceptions are dropped, while in some cases, the output
   may be pointed to the path to the CE for further processing,
   depending on individual implementations.

5.1.3.2.  Components

   An EtherDispatchTable array component is defined in the LFB to
   dispatch every Ethernet packet to the output group according to the
   logical port ID assigned by the VlanInputTable to the packet and the
   Ethernet type in the Ethernet packet header.  Each row of the array
   is a struct containing a Logical Port ID, an EtherType and an Output
   Index.  With the CE configuring the dispatch table, the LFB can be
   expected to classify various network layer protocol type packets and
   output them at different output ports.  It is expected that the LFB
   classify packets according to protocols like IPv4, IPv6, MPLS, ARP,
   ND, etc.

   A VlanInputTable array component is defined in the LFB to classify
   VLAN Ethernet packets.  Each row of the array is a struct containing
   an Incoming Port ID, a VLAN ID and a Logical Port ID.  According to
   IEEE VLAN specifications, all Ethernet packets can be recognized as
   VLAN types by defining that if there is no VLAN encapsulation in a
   packet, a case with VLAN tag 0 is considered.  Every input packet is
   assigned with a new LogicalPortID according to the packet incoming
   port ID and the VLAN ID.  A packet incoming port ID is defined as a
   logical port ID if a logical port ID is associated with the packet,
   or a physical port ID if no logical port ID associated.  The VLAN ID
   is exactly the VLAN ID in the packet if it is a VLAN packet, or 0 if
   it is not.  Note that a logical port ID of a packet may be rewritten
   with a new one by the VlanInputTable processing.

   Note that the logical port ID and physical port ID mentioned above
   are all originally configured by CE, and are globally effective
   within a ForCES NE (Network Element).  To distinguish a physical port
   ID from a logical port ID in the incoming port ID field of the
   VlanInputTable, physical port ID and logical port ID must be assigned
   with separate number spaces.

   An array component, EtherClassifyStats, defines a set of statistics
   for this LFB, measuring the number of packets per EtherType.  Each
   row of the array is a struct containing an EtherType and a Packet
   number.

5.1.3.3.  Capabilities

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5.1.3.4.  Events

   This LFB has no events specified.

5.1.4.  EtherEncap

   The EtherEncap LFB abstracts the process to replace or attach
   appropriate Ethernet headers to the packet.

5.1.4.1.  Data Handling

   This LFB abstracts the process of encapsulating Ethernet headers onto
   received packets.  The encapsulation is based on passed metadata.

   The LFB is expected to receive IPv4 and IPv6 packets, via a singleton
   input port known as "EncapIn" which may be connected to an upstream
   LFB like an IPv4NextHop, an IPv6NextHop, BasicMetadataDispatch, or
   any LFB which requires to output packets for Ethernet encapsulation.
   The LFB always expects from upstream LFBs the MediaEncapInfoIndex
   metadata which is used as a search key to lookup the Encapsulation
   Table.  An input packet may also optionally receive a VLAN priority
   metadata, indicating that the packet is originally with a priority
   value.  The priority value will be loaded back to the packet when
   encapsulating.  The optional VLAN priority metadata is defined with a
   default value 0.

   Two singleton output LFB ports are defined.

   The first singleton output known as "SuccessOut".  Upon a successful
   table lookup, the destination and source MAC addresses, and the
   logical media port (L2PortID) are found in the matching table entry.
   The CE may set the VlanID in case VLANs are used.  By default the
   table entry for VlanID of 0 is used as per IEEE rules.  Whatever the
   value of VlanID is, if the input metadata VlanPriority is non-zero,
   the packet will have a VLAN tag.  If the VlanPriority and the VlanID
   are all zero, there is no VLAN tag to this packet.  After replacing
   or attaching the appropriate Ethernet headers to the packet is
   complete, the packet is passed out on the "SuccessOut" LFB port to a
   downstream LFB instance alongside with the L2PortID.

   The second singleton output known as "ExceptionOut", which will
   output packets for which the table lookup fails, along with an
   additional ExceptionID metadata.  Currently defined exception types
   only include the following case:

   o  The MediaEncapInfoIndex value of the packet is invalid and can not
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   o  The packet failed lookup of the EncapTable table even though the
      MediaEncapInfoIndex is valid.

   The upstream LFB may be programmed by the CE to pass along a
   MediaEncapInfoIndex that does not exist in the EncapTable.  That is
   to allow for resolution of the L2 headers, if needed, to be made at
   the L2 encapsulation level in this case (Ethernet) via ARP, or ND (or
   other methods depending on the link layer technology) when a table
   miss occurs.

   For neighbor L2 header resolution(table miss exception), the
   processing LFB may pass this packet to the CE via the redirect LFB or
   FE software or another LFB instance for further resolution.  In such
   a case the metadata NexthopIPv4Addr or NexthopIPv6Addr generated by
   Nexthop LFB is also passed to the exception handling.  Such an IP
   address could be used to do activities such as ARP or ND by the
   handler it is passed to.

   The result of the L2 resolution is to update the EncapTable as well
   as the Nexthop LFB so subsequent packets do not fail EncapTable
   lookup.  The EtherEncap LFB does not make any assumptions of how the
   EncapTable is updated by the CE (or whether ARP/ND is used
   dynamically or static maps exist).

   Downstream LFB instances could be either an EtherMACOut type or a
   BasicMetadataDispatch type.  If the final packet L2 processing is
   possible to be on per-media-port basis or resides on a different FE
   or in cases where L2 header resolution is needed, then the model
   makes sense to use a BasicMetadataDispatch LFB to fanout to different
   LFB instances.  If there is a direct egress port point, then the
   model makes sense to have a downstream LFB instance being an
   EtherMACOut.

5.1.4.2.  Components

   This LFB has only one component named EncapTable which is defined as
   an array.  Each row of the array is a struct containing the
   destination MAC address, the source MAC address, the VLAN ID with a
   default value of zero and the output logical L2 port ID.

5.1.4.3.  Capabilities

   This LFB does not have a list of capabilities.

5.1.4.4.  Events

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5.1.5.  EtherMACOut

   EtherMACOut LFB abstracts an Ethernet port at MAC data link layer.
   This LFB describes Ethernet packet output process.  Ethernet output
   functions are closely related to Ethernet input functions, therefore
   many components defined in this LFB are as aliases of EtherMACIn LFB
   components.

5.1.5.1.  Data Handling

   The LFB is expected to receive all types of Ethernet packets, via a
   singleton input known as "EtherPktsIn", which are usually output from
   an Ethernet encapsulation LFB, alongside with a metadata indicating
   the physical port ID that the packet will go through.

   The LFB is defined with a singleton output.  All Output packets are
   in Ethernet format, possibly with various Ethernet types, alongside
   with a metadata indicating the physical port ID the packet is to go
   through.  This output links to a downstream LFB that is usually an
   Ethernet physical LFB like EtherPHYcop LFB.

   This LFB participates in Ethernet flow control in cooperation with
   EtherMACIn LFB.  This document does not go into the details of how
   this is implemented; the reader may refer to some relevant
   references.  This document also does not describe how the buffers
   which induce the flow control messages behave - it is assumed that
   such artifacts exist and describing them is out of scope in this
   document.

   Note that as a base definition, functions like multiple virtual MAC
   layers are not supported in this LFB version.  It may be supported in
   the future by defining a subclass or a new version of this LFB.

5.1.5.2.  Components

   The AdminStatus component is defined for CE to administratively
   manage the status of the LFB.  The CE may administratively startup or
   shutdown the LFB by changing the value of AdminStatus.  The default
   value is set to 'Down'.  Note that this component is defined as an
   alias of the AdminStatus component in the EtherMACIn LFB.  This
   infers that an EtherMACOut LFB usually coexists with an EtherMACIn
   LFB, both of which share the same administrative status management by
   CE.  Alias properties as defined in the ForCES FE model [RFC5812]
   will be used by CE to declare the target component this alias refers,
   which include the target LFB class and instance IDs as well as the
   path to the target component.

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   The TxFlowControl component defines whether the LFB is performing
   flow control on sending packets.  The default value for is 'false'.
   Note that this component is defined as an alias of TxFlowControl
   component in the EtherMACIn LFB.

   The RxFlowControl component defines whether the LFB is performing
   flow control on receiving packets.  The default value for is 'false'.
   Note that this component is defined as an alias of RxFlowControl
   component in the EtherMACIn LFB.

   A struct component, MACOutStats, defines a set of statistics for this
   LFB, including the number of transmitted packets and the number of
   dropped packets.

5.1.5.3.  Capabilities

   This LFB does not have a list of capabilities.

5.1.5.4.  Events

   This LFB does not have any events specified.

5.2.  IP Packet Validation LFBs

   The LFBs are defined to abstract IP packet validation process.  An
   IPv4Validator LFB is specifically for IPv4 protocol validation and an
   IPv6Validator LFB for IPv6.

5.2.1.  IPv4Validator

   The IPv4Validator LFB performs IPv4 packets validation according to
   [RFC5812].

5.2.1.1.  Data Handling

   This LFB performs IPv4 validation according to [RFC5812].  The IPv4
   packet will be output to the corresponding LFB port the indication
   whether the packet is unicast, multicast or whether an exception has
   occurred or the validation failed.

   This LFB always expects, as input, packets which have been indicated
   as IPv4 packets by an upstream LFB, like an EtherClassifier LFB.
   There is no specific metadata expected by the input of the LFB.

   Four output LFB ports are defined.

   All validated IPv4 unicast packets will be output at the singleton
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   will be output at the singleton port known as "IPv4MulticastOut"
   port.

   A singleton port known as "ExceptionOut" is defined to output packets
   which have been validated as exception packets.  An exception ID
   metadata is produced to indicate what has caused the exception.  An
   exception case is the case when a packet needs further processing
   before being normally forwarded.  Currently defined exception types
   include:

   o  Packet with expired TTL

   o  Packet with header length more than 5 words

   o  Packet IP head including Router Alert options

   o  Packet with exceptional source address

   o  Packet with exceptional destination address

   Note that although TTL is checked in this LFB for validity,
   operations like TTL decrement are made by the downstream forwarding
   LFB.

   The final singleton port known as "FailOut" is defined for all
   packets which have errors and failed the validation process.  An
   error case is the case when a packet is unable to be further
   processed nor forwarded except being dropped.  An error ID is
   associated a packet to indicate the failure reason.  Currently
   defined failure reasons include:

   o  Packet with size reported less than 20 bytes

   o  Packet with version is not IPv4

   o  Packet with header length less than 5 words

   o  Packet with total length field less than 20 bytes

   o  Packet with invalid checksum

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5.2.1.2.  Components

   This LFB has only one struct component, the
   IPv4ValidatorStatisticsType, which defines a set of statistics for
   validation process, including the number of bad header packets, the
   number of bad total length packets, the number of bad TTL packets,
   and the number of bad checksum packets.

5.2.1.3.  Capabilities

   This LFB does not have a list of capabilities

5.2.1.4.  Events

   This LFB does not have any events specified.

5.2.2.  IPv6Validator

   The IPv6Validator LFB performs IPv6 packets validation according to
   [RFC2460].

5.2.2.1.  Data Handling

   This LFB performs IPv6 validation according to [RFC2460].  Then the
   IPv6 packet will be output to the corresponding port regarding of the
   validation result, whether the packet is a unicast or a multicast
   one, an exception has occurred or the validation failed.

   This LFB always expects, as input, packets which have been indicated
   as IPv6 packets by an upstream LFB, like an EtherClassifier LFB.
   There is no specific metadata expected by the input of the LFB.

   Similar to the IPv4validator LFB, IPv6Validator LFB has also defined
   four output ports to emit packets with various validation results.

   All validated IPv6 unicast packets will be output at the singleton
   port known as "IPv6UnicastOut".  All validated IPv6 multicast packets
   will be output at the singleton port known as "IPv6MulticastOut"
   port.  There is no metadata produced at this LFB.

   A singleton port known as "ExceptionOut" is defined to output packets
   which have been validated as exception packets.  An exception case is
   the case when a packet needs further processing before being normally
   forwarded.  An exception ID metadata is produced to indicate what
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   o  Packet with hop limit to zero

   o  Packet with next header set to Hop-by-Hop

   o  Packet with exceptional source address

   o  Packet with exceptional destination address

   The final singleton port known as "FailOut" is defined for all
   packets which have errors and failed the validation process.  An
   error case is the case when a packet is unable to be further
   processed nor forwarded except being dropped.  A validate error ID is
   associated to every failed packet to indicate the reason.  Currently
   defined reasons include:

   o  Packet with size reported less than 40 bytes

   o  Packet with not IPv6 version

   o  Packet with invalid source address

   o  Packet with invalid destination address

   Note that in the base type library, definitions for exception ID and
   validate error ID metadata are applied to both IPv4Validator and
   IPv6Validator LFBs, i.e., the two LFBs share the same medadata
   definition, with different ID assignment inside.

5.2.2.2.  Components

   This LFB has only one struct component, the
   IPv6ValidatorStatisticsType, which defines a set of statistics for
   validation process, including the number of bad header packets, the
   number of bad total length packets, and the number of bad hop limit
   packets.

5.2.2.3.  Capabilities

   This LFB does not have a list of capabilities

5.2.2.4.  Events

   This LFB does not have any events specified.

5.3.  IP Forwarding LFBs

   IP Forwarding LFBs are specifically defined to abstract the IP
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   document restricts its LFB definition scope only to IP unicast
   forwarding.  IP multicast may be defined in future documents.

   A typical IP unicast forwarding job is usually realized by looking up
   the forwarding information table to find next hop information, and
   then based on the next hop information, forwarding packets to
   specific physical output ports.  It usually takes two steps to do so,
   firstly to look up a forwarding information table by means of Longest
   Prefix Matching(LPM) rule to find a next hop index, then to use the
   index as a search key to look up a next hop information table to find
   enough information to submit packets to output ports.  This document
   abstracts the forwarding processes mainly based on the two steps
   model.  However, there actually exists other models, like one which
   may only have a forwarding information base that have conjoined next
   hop information together with forwarding information.  In this case,
   if ForCES technology is to be applied, some translation work will
   have to be done in the FE to translate attributes defined by this
   document into attributes related to the implementation.

   Based on the IP forwarding abstraction, two kind of typical IP
   unicast forwarding LFBs are defined, Unicast LPM lookup LFB and next
   hop application LFB.  They are further distinguished by IPv4 and IPv6
   protocols.

5.3.1.  IPv4UcastLPM

   The IPv4UcastLPM LFB abstracts the IPv4 unicast Longest Prefix Match
   (LPM) process.

   This LFB also provides facilities to support users to implement
   equal-cost multi-path routing (ECMP) or reverse path forwarding
   (RPF).  However, this LFB itself does not provide ECMP or RPF.  To
   fully implement ECMP or RPF, additional specific LFBs, like a
   specific ECMP LFB or an RPF LFB, will have to be defined.  This work
   may be done in the future version of the document.

5.3.1.1.  Data Handling

   This LFB performs the IPv4 unicast LPM table looking up.  It always
   expects as input IPv4 unicast packets from one singleton input known
   as "PktsIn".  Then the LFB uses the destination IPv4 address of every
   packet as search key to look up the IPv4 prefix table and generate a
   hop selector as the matching result.  The hop selector is passed as
   packet metadata to downstream LFBs, and will usually be used there as
   a search index to find more next hop information.

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   The first singleton output known as "NormalOut" outputs IPv4 unicast
   packets that succeed the LPM lookup and (got a hop selector).  The
   hop selector is associated with the packet as a metadata.  Downstream
   from the LPM LFB is usually a next hop application LFB, like an
   IPv4NextHop LFB.

   The second singleton output known as "ECMPOut" is defined to provide
   support for users wishing to implement ECMP.

   An ECMP flag is defined in the LPM table to enable the LFB to support
   ECMP.  When a table entry is created with the flag set true, it
   indicates this table entry is for ECMP only.  A packet, which has
   passed through this prefix lookup, will always output from "ECMPOut"
   output port, with the hop selector being its lookup result.  The
   output will usually directly go to a downstream ECMP processing LFB,
   where the hop selector can usually further generate optimized one or
   multiple next hop routes by use of ECMP algorithms.

   A default route flag is defined in the LPM table to enable the LFB to
   support a default route as well as loose RPF.  When this flag is set
   true, the table entry is identified a default route which also
   implies that the route is forbidden for RPF.  If a user wants to
   implement RPF on FE, a specific RPF LFB will have to be defined.  In
   such RPF LFB, a component can be defined as an alias of the prefix
   table component of this LFB as described below.

   The final singleton output is known as "ExceptionOut" and is defined
   to allow exception packets to output here, along with an ExceptionID
   metadata to indicate what caused the exception.  Currently defined
   exception types include:

   o  The packet failed the LPM lookup of the prefix table.

   The upstream LFB of this LFB is usually IPv4Validator LFB.  If RPF is
   to be adopted, the upstream can be an RPF LFB, when defined.

   The downstream LFB is usually IPv4NextHop LFB.  If ECMP is adopted,
   the downstream can be an ECMP LFB, when defined.

5.3.1.2.  Components

   This LFB has two components.

   The IPv4PrefixTable component is defined as an array component of the
   LFB.  Each row of the array contains an IPv4 address, a Prefix
   length, a Hop Selector, an ECMP flag and a Default Route flag.  The
   LFB uses the destination IPv4 address of every input packet as search
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   ECMP flag is for the LFB to support ECMP.  The default route flag is
   for the LFB to support a default route and for loose RPF.

   The IPv4UcastLPMStats component is a struct component which collects
   statistics information, including the total number of input packets
   received, the IPv4 packets forwarded by this LFB and the number of IP
   datagrams discarded due to no route found.

5.3.1.3.  Capabilities

   This LFB does not have a list of capabilities

5.3.1.4.  Events

   This LFB does not have any events specified.

5.3.2.  IPv4NextHop

   This LFB abstracts the process of selecting ipv4 next hop action.

5.3.2.1.  Data Handling

   The LFB abstracts the process of next hop information application to
   IPv4 packets.  It receives an IPv4 packet with an associated next hop
   identifier (HopSelector), and uses the identifier as a table index to
   look up a next hop table to find an appropriate LFB output port.

   The LFB is expected to receive unicast IPv4 packets, via a singleton
   input known as "PcktsIn" along with a HopSelector metadata which is
   used as a table index to lookup the NextHop table.  The data
   processing involves the forwarding TTL decrement and IP checksum
   recalculation.

   Two output LFB ports are defined.

   The first output is a group output port known as "SuccessOut".  On
   successful data processing the packet is sent out an LFB-port from
   within the LFB port group as selected by the LFBOutputSelectIndex
   value of the matched table entry.  The packet is sent to a downstream
   LFB alongside with the L3PortID and MediaEncapInfoIndex metadata.

   The second output is a singleton output port known as "ExceptionOut",
   which will output packets for which the data processing failed, along
   with an additional ExceptionID metadata to indicate what caused the
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   o  The HopSelector for the packet is invalid.

   o  The packet failed lookup of the NextHop table even though the
      HopSelector is valid.

   o  The MTU for outgoing interface is less than the packet size.

   Downstream LFB instances could be either a BasicMetadataDispatch type
   (Section 5.5.1), used to fanout to different LFB instances or a media
   encapsulation related type, such as an EtherEncap type or a
   RedirectOut type(Section 5.4.2).  For example, if there are Ethernet
   and other tunnel Encapsulation, then a BasicMetadataDispatch LFB can
   use the L3PortID metadata (Section 5.3.2.2) to dispatch packets to
   different Encapsulator.

5.3.2.2.  Components

   This LFB has only one component named IPv4NextHopTable which is
   defined as an array.  The HopSelector received is used to match the
   array index of IPv4NextHopTable to find out a row of the table as the
   next hop information result.  Each row of the array is a struct
   containing:

   o  The L3PortID, which is the ID of the Logical Output Port that is
      passed onto the downstream LFB instance.  This ID indicates what
      port to the neighbor is as defined by L3.  Usually this ID is used
      for the NextHop LFB to distinguish packets that need different L2
      encapsulating.  For instance, some packets may require general
      Ethernet encapsulation while others may require various types of
      tunnel encapsulations.  In such case, different L3PortIDs are
      assigned to the packets and are as metadata passed to downstream
      LFB.  A BasicMetadataDispatch LFB(Section 5.5.1) may have to be
      applied as the downstream LFB so as to dispatch packets to
      different encapsulation LFB insatnces according to the L3PortIDs.

   o  MTU, the Maximum Transmission Unit for the outgoing port.

   o  NextHopIPAddr, the IPv4 next hop Address.

   o  MediaEncapInfoIndex, the index we pass onto the downstream
      encapsulation LFB instance and that is used there as a search key
      to lookup a table (typically media encapsulation related) for
      further encapsulation information.  Note that an encapsulation LFB
      instance may not directly follow the NextHop LFB, but the index is
      passed as a metadata associated, as such an encapsulation LFB
      instance even further downstream to the NextHop LFB can still use
      the index.  In some cases, depending on implementation, the CE may
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      fail lookup when it gets to a target encapsulation LFB; such a
      lookup failure at that point is an indication that further
      resolution is needed.  For an example of this approach refer to
      Section 7.2 which talks about ARP and mentions this approach.

   o  LFBOutputSelectIndex, the LFB Group output port index to select
      downstream LFB port.  It is a 1-to-1 mapping with FEObject LFB's
      table LFBTopology (See [RFC5812]) component FromPortIndex
      corresponding to the port group mapping FromLFBID as IPv4NextHop
      LFB instance.

5.3.2.3.  Capabilities

   This LFB does not have a list of capabilities

5.3.2.4.  Events

   This LFB does not have any events specified.

5.3.3.  IPv6UcastLPM

   The IPv6UcastLPM LFB abstracts the IPv6 unicast Longest Prefix Match
   (LPM) process.  The definition of this LFB is similar to the
   IPv4UcastLPM LFB except that all IP addresses refer to IPv6
   addresses.

   This LFB also provides facilities to support users to implement
   equal-cost multi-path routing (ECMP) or reverse path forwarding
   (RPF).  However, this LFB itself does not provide ECMP or RPF.  To
   fully implement ECMP or RPF, additional specific LFBs, like a
   specific ECMP LFB or an RPF LFB, will have to be defined.  This work
   may be done in the future version of the document.

5.3.3.1.  Data Handling

   This LFB performs the IPv6 unicast LPM table look up.  It always
   expects as input IPv6 unicast packets from one singleton input known
   as "PktsIn".  The destination IPv6 address of an incoming packet is
   used as search key to look up the IPv6 prefix table and generate a
   hop selector.  This hop selector result is associated to the packet
   as a metadata and sent to downstream LFBs, and will usually be used
   in downstream LFBs as a search key to find more next hop information.

   Three singleton output LFB ports are defined.

   The first singleton output known as "NormalOut" outputs IPv6 unicast
   packets that succeed the LPM lookup (and got a hop selector).  The
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   from the LPM LFB is usually a next hop application LFB, like an
   IPv6NextHop LFB.

   The second singleton output known as "ECMPOut" is defined to provide
   support for users wishing to implement ECMP.

   An ECMP flag is defined in the LPM table to enable the LFB to support
   ECMP.  When a table entry is created with the flag set true, it
   indicates this table entry is for ECMP only.  A packet, which has
   passed through this prefix lookup, will always output from "ECMPOut"
   output port, with the hop selector being its lookup result.  The
   output will usually directly go to a downstream ECMP processing LFB,
   where the hop selector can usually further generate optimized one or
   multiple next hop routes by use of ECMP algorithms.

   A default route flag is defined in the LPM table to enable the LFB to
   support a default route as well as loose RPF.  When this flag is set
   true, the table entry is identified a default route which also
   implies that the route is forbidden for RPF.

   If a user wants to implement RPF on FE, a specific RPF LFB will have
   to be defined.  In such RPF LFB, a component can be defined as an
   alias of the prefix table component of this LFB as described below.

   The final singleton output is known as "ExceptionOut" and is defined
   to allow exception packets to output here, along with an ExceptionID
   metadata to indicate what caused the exception.  Currently defined
   exception types include:

   o  The packet failed the LPM lookup of the prefix table.

   The upstream LFB of this LFB is usually IPv6Validator LFB.  If RPF is
   to be adopted, the upstream can be an RPF LFB, when defined.

   The downstream LFB is usually an IPv6NextHop LFB.  If ECMP is
   adopted, the downstream can be an ECMP LFB, when defined.

5.3.3.2.  Components

   This LFB has two components.

   The IPv6PrefixTable component is defined as an array component of the
   LFB.  Each row of the array contains an IPv6 address, a Prefix
   length, a Hop Selector, an ECMP flag and a Default Route flag.  The
   ECMP flag is so the LFB can support ECMP.  The default route flag is
   for the LFB to support a default route and for loose RPF as described
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   The IPv6UcastLPMStats component is a struct component which collects
   statistics information, including the total number of input packets
   received, the IPv6 packets forwarded by this LFB and the number of IP
   datagrams discarded due to no route found.

5.3.3.3.  Capabilities

   This LFB does not have a list of capabilities

5.3.3.4.  Events

   This LFB does not have any events specified.

5.3.4.  IPv6NextHop

   This LFB abstracts the process of selecting IPv6 next hop action.

5.3.4.1.  Data Handling

   The LFB abstracts the process of next hop information application to
   IPv6 packets.  It receives an IPv6 packet with an associated next hop
   identifier (HopSelector), and uses the identifier to look up a next
   hop table to find an appropriate output port from the LFB.

   The LFB is expected to receive unicast IPv6 packets, via a singleton
   input known as "PcktsIn" along with a HopSelector metadata which is
   used as a table index to lookup the NextHop table.

   Two output LFB ports are defined.

   The first output is a group output port known as "SuccessOut".  On
   successful data processing the packet is sent out an LFB port from
   within the LFB port group as selected by the LFBOutputSelectIndex
   value of the matched table entry.  The packet is sent to a downstream
   LFB alongside with the L3PortID and MediaEncapInfoIndex metadata.

   The second output is a singleton output port known as "ExceptionOut",
   which will output packets for which the data processing failed, along
   with an additional ExceptionID metadata to indicate what caused the
   exception.  Currently defined exception types include:

   o  The HopSelector for the packet is invalid.

   o  The packet failed lookup of the NextHop table even though the
      HopSelector is valid.

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   Downstream LFB instances could be either a BasicMetadataDispatch
   type, used to fanout to different LFB instances or a media
   encapsulatation related type, such as an EtherEncap type or a
   RedirectOut type.  For example, when the downstream LFB is
   BasicMetadataDispatch, and there exist Ethernet and other tunnel
   Encapsulation downstream from BasicMetadataDispatch, then the
   BasicMetadataDispatch LFB can use the L3PortID metadata (See section
   below) to dispatch packets to the different Encapsulator LFBs.

5.3.4.2.  Components

   This LFB has only one component named IPv6NextHopTable which is
   defined as an array.  The array index of IPv6NextHopTable is used for
   a HopSelector to find out a row of the table as the next hop
   information.  Each row of the array is a struct containing:

   o  The L3PortID, which is the ID of the Logical Output Port that is
      passed onto the downstream LFB instance.  This ID indicates what
      port to the neighbor is as defined by L3.  Usually this ID is used
      for the NextHop LFB to distinguish packets that need different L2
      encapsulating.  For instance, some packets may require general
      Ethernet encapsulation while others may require various types of
      tunnel encapsulations.  In such case, different L3PortIDs are
      assigned to the packets and are as metadata passed to downstream
      LFB.  A BasicMetadataDispatch LFB(Section 5.5.1) may have to be
      applied as the downstream LFB so as to dispatch packets to
      different encapsulation LFB instances according to the L3PortIDs.

   o  MTU, the Maximum Transmission Unit for the outgoing port.

   o  NextHopIPAddr, the IPv6 next hop Address.

   o  MediaEncapInfoIndex, the index we pass onto the downstream
      encapsulation LFB instance and that is used there as a search key
      to lookup a table (typically media encapsulation related) for
      further encapsulation information.  Note that an encapsulation LFB
      instance may not directly follow the NextHop LFB, but the index is
      passed as a metadata associated, as such an encapsulation LFB
      instance even further downstream to the NextHop LFB can still use
      the index.  In some cases, depending on implementation, the CE may
      set the MediaEncapInfoIndex passed downstream to a value that will
      fail lookup when it gets to a target encapsulation LFB; such a
      lookup failure at that point is an indication that further
      resolution is needed.  For an example of this approach refer to
      Section 7.2 which talks about ARP and mentions this approach.

   o  LFBOutputSelectIndex, the LFB Group output port index to select
      downstream LFB port.  It is a 1-to-1 mapping with FEObject LFB's



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      table LFBTopology (See [RFC5812]) component FromPortIndex
      corresponding to the port group mapping FromLFBID as IPv4NextHop
      LFB instance.

5.3.4.3.  Capabilities

   This LFB does not have a list of capabilities

5.3.4.4.  Events

   This LFB does not have any events specified.

5.4.  Redirect LFBs

   Redirect LFBs abstract data packets transportation process between CE
   and FE.  Some packets output from some LFBs may have to be delivered
   to CE for further processing, and some packets generated by CE may
   have to be delivered to FE and further to some specific LFBs for data
   path processing.  According to [RFC5810], data packets and their
   associated metadata are encapsulated in ForCES redirect message for
   transportation between CE and FE.  We define two LFBs to abstract the
   process, a RedirectIn LFB and a RedirectOut LFB.  Usually, in an LFB
   topology of an FE, only one RedirectIn LFB instance and one
   RedirectOut LFB instance exist.

5.4.1.  RedirectIn

   RedirectIn LFB abstracts the process for the CE to inject data
   packets into the FE data path.

5.4.1.1.  Data Handling

   A RedirectIn LFB abstracts the process for the CE to inject data
   packets into the FE LFB topology so as to input data packets into FE
   data paths.  From LFB topology point of view, the RedirectIn LFB acts
   as a source point for data packets coming from CE, therefore
   RedirectIn LFB is defined with a single output LFB port (and no input
   LFB port).

   The single output port of RedirectIn LFB is defined as a group output
   type, with the name of "PktsOut".  Packets produced by this output
   will have arbitrary frame types decided by the CE which generated the
   packets.  Possible frames may include IPv4, IPv6, or ARP protocol
   packets.  The CE may associate some metadata to indicate the frame
   types and may also associate other metadata to indicate various
   information on the packets.  Among them, there MUST exist a
   'RedirectIndex' metadata, which is an integer acting as an index.
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   RedirectIn LFB, the LFB will read the RedirectIndex metadata and
   output the packet to one of its group output port instance, whose
   port index is indicated by this metadata.  Any other metadata, in
   addition to 'RedirectIndex', will be passed untouched along the
   packet delivered by the CE to downstream LFB.  This means the
   'RedirectIndex' metadata from CE will be "consumed" by the RedirectIn
   LFB and will not be passed to downstream LFB.  Note that, a packet
   from CE without a 'RedirectIndex' metadata associated will be dropped
   by the LFB.

5.4.1.2.  Components

   There are no components defined for the current version of RedirectIn
   LFB.

5.4.1.3.  Capabilities

   This LFB does not have a list of capabilities

5.4.1.4.  Events

   This LFB does not have any events specified.

5.4.2.  RedirectOut

   RedirectOut LFB abstracts the process for LFBs in the FE to deliver
   data packets to the CE.

5.4.2.1.  Data Handling

   A RedirectOut LFB abstracts the process for LFBs in the FE to deliver
   data packets to the CE.  From the LFB's topology point of view, the
   RedirectOut LFB acts as a sink point for data packets going to the
   CE, therefore RedirectOut LFB is defined with a single input LFB port
   (and no output LFB port).

   The RedirectOut LFB has only one singleton input known as "PktsIn",
   but is capable of receiving packets from multiple LFBs by
   multiplexing this input.  The input expects any kind of frame type
   therefore the frame type has been specified as arbitrary, and also
   all types of metadata are expected.  All associated metadata produced
   (but not consumed) by previous processed LFBs should be delivered to
   CE via the ForCES protocol redirect message [RFC5810].  The CE can
   decide on how to process the redirected packet by referencing the
   associated metadata.  As an example, a packet could be redirected by
   the FE to the CE because the EtherEncap LFB is not able to resolve L2
   information.  The metadata "ExceptionID", created by the EtherEncap
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   CE to do the necessary processing and resolve the L2 entry required.

5.4.2.2.  Components

   There are no components defined for the current version of
   RedirectOut LFB.

5.4.2.3.  Capabilities

   This LFB does not have a list of capabilities

5.4.2.4.  Events

   This LFB does not have any events specified.

5.5.  General Purpose LFBs

5.5.1.  BasicMetadataDispatch

   The BasicMetadataDispatch LFB is defined to abstract the process in
   which a packet is dispatched to some output path based on its
   associated metadata value.

5.5.1.1.  Data Handling

   The BasicMetadataDispatch has only one singleton input known as
   "PktsIn".  Every input packet should be associated with a metadata
   that will be used by the LFB to do the dispatch.  This LFB contains a
   Metadata ID component a dispatch table named MetadataDispatchTable,
   all configured by the CE.  The Metadata ID specifies which metadata
   is to be used for dispatching packets.  The MetadataDispatchTable
   contains entries of a Metadata value and an OutputIndex, specifying
   that the packet with the metadata value must go out from the LFB
   group output port instance with the OutputIndex.

   Two output LFB ports are defined.

   The first output is a group output port known as "PktsOut".  A packet
   with its associated metadata having found an OutputIndex by
   successfully looking up the dispatch table will be output to the
   group port instance with the corresponding index.

   The second output is a singleton output port known as "ExceptionOut",
   which will output packets for which the data processing failed, along
   with an additional ExceptionID metadata to indicate what caused the
   exception.  Currently defined exception types include:





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   o  There is no matching when looking up the metadata dispatch table.

   As an example, if the CE decides to dispatch packets according to a
   physical port ID (PHYPortID), the CE may set the ID of PHYPortID
   metadata to the LFB first.  Moreover, the CE also sets the PHYPortID
   actual values (the metadata values) and assigned OutputIndex for the
   values to the dispatch table in the LFB.  When a packet arrives, a
   PHYPortID metadata is found associated with the packet, the metadata
   value is further used as a key to look up the dispatch table to find
   out an output port instance for the packet.

   Currently the BasicMetadataDispatch LFB only allows the metadata
   value of the dispatch table entry be 32-bits integer.  A metadata
   with other types of value is not supported in this version.  A more
   complex metadata dispatch LFB may be defined in future version of the
   library.  In that LFB, multiple tuples of metadata with more value
   types supported may be used to dispatch packets.

5.5.1.2.  Components

   This LFB has two components.  One component is MetadataID and the
   other is MetadataDispatchTable.  Each row entry of the dispatch table
   is a struct containing metadata value and the OutputIndex.  Note that
   currently, the metadata value is only allowed to be 32-bits integer.
   The metadata value is also defined as a content key for the table.
   The concept of content key is a searching key for tables which is
   defined in the ForCES FE Model [RFC5812].  See this document and also
   the ForCES Protocol [RFC5810] for more details on the definition and
   use of a content key.

5.5.1.3.  Capabilities

   This LFB does not have a list of capabilities

5.5.1.4.  Events

   This LFB does not have any events specified.

5.5.2.  GenericScheduler

   This is a preliminary generic scheduler LFB for abstracting a simple
   scheduling process.

5.5.2.1.  Data Handling

   There exist various kinds of scheduling strategies with various
   implementations.  As a base LFB library, this document only defines a
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   process.  Users may use this LFB as a basic scheduler LFB to further
   construct more complex scheduler LFBs by means of inheritance as
   described in [RFC5812].

   Packets of any arbitrary frame type are received via a group input
   known as "PktsIn" with no additional metadata expected.  This group
   input is capable of multiple input port instances.  Each port
   instance may be connected to different upstream LFB output.

   Multiple queues reside at the input side, with every input LFB port
   instance connected to one queue.  Every queue is marked with a queue
   ID, and the queue ID is exactly the same as the index of
   corresponding input port instance.  Scheduling disciplines are
   applied to all queues and also all packets in the queues.

   Scheduled packets are output from a singleton output port of the LFB
   knows as "PktsOut" with no corresponding metadata.

   More complex scheduler LFBs may be defined with more complex
   scheduling disciplines by succeeding this LFB.  For instance, a
   priority scheduler LFB may be defined by inheriting this LFB and
   defining a component to indicate priorities for all input queues.

5.5.2.2.  Components

   The QueueCount component is defined to specify the number of queues
   to be scheduled.

   The SchedulingDiscipline component is for the CE to specify a
   scheduling discipline to the LFB.  Currently defined scheduling
   disciplines only include Round Robin (RR) strategy.  The default
   scheduling discipline is RR then.

   The QueueStats component is defined to allow CE to query every queue
   status of the scheduler.  It is an array component and each row of
   the array is a struct containing a queue ID.  Currently defined queue
   status includes the queue depth in packets and the queue depth in
   bytes.  Using the queue ID as the index, the CE can query every queue
   for its used length in unit of packets or bytes.

5.5.2.3.  Capabilities

   The following capability is currently defined for the
   GenericScheduler.

   o  The queue length limit providing the storage ability for every
      queue.




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   This LFB does not have any events specified.
















































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6.  XML for LFB Library


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<LFBLibrary xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:forces:lfbmodel:1.0"
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     provides="BaseLFBLibrary">
   <load library="BaseTypeLibrary"/>
   <LFBClassDefs>
      <LFBClassDef LFBClassID="3">
         <name>EtherPHYCop</name>
         <synopsis>The LFB describes an Ethernet port abstracted at
         physical layer.It limits its physical media to copper.
         Multiple virtual PHYs isn't supported in this LFB version.
         </synopsis>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <inputPorts>
            <inputPort>
               <name>EtherPHYIn</name>
               <synopsis>The input port of the EtherPHYCop LFB. It
               expects any kind of Ethernet frame.</synopsis>
               <expectation>
                  <frameExpected>
                     <ref>EthernetAll</ref>
                  </frameExpected>
               </expectation>
            </inputPort>
         </inputPorts>
         <outputPorts>
            <outputPort>
               <name>EtherPHYOut</name>
               <synopsis>The output port of the EtherPHYCop LFB. It
               can produce any kind of Ethernet frame and along with
               the frame passes the ID of the Physical Port as
               metadata to be used by the next LFBs.</synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>EthernetAll</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
                  <metadataProduced>
                     <ref>PHYPortID</ref>
                  </metadataProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
         </outputPorts>
         <components>
            <component componentID="1" access="read-only">
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               <synopsis>The ID of the physical port that this LFB
               handles.</synopsis>
               <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
            </component>
            <component componentID="2" access="read-write">
               <name>AdminStatus</name>
               <synopsis>Admin status of the LFB</synopsis>
               <typeRef>PortStatusValues</typeRef>
               <defaultValue>2</defaultValue>
            </component>
            <component componentID="3" access="read-only">
               <name>OperStatus</name>
               <synopsis>Operational status of the LFB.</synopsis>
               <typeRef>PortStatusValues</typeRef>
            </component>
            <component componentID="4" access="read-write">
               <name>AdminLinkSpeed</name>
               <synopsis>The link speed that the admin has requested.
               </synopsis>
               <typeRef>LANSpeedType</typeRef>
               <defaultValue>LAN_SPEED_AUTO</defaultValue>
            </component>
            <component componentID="5" access="read-only">
               <name>OperLinkSpeed</name>
               <synopsis>The actual operational link speed.</synopsis>
               <typeRef>LANSpeedType</typeRef>
            </component>
            <component componentID="6" access="read-write">
               <name>AdminDuplexMode</name>
               <synopsis>The duplex mode that the admin has requested.
               </synopsis>
               <typeRef>DuplexType</typeRef>
               <defaultValue>Auto</defaultValue>
            </component>
            <component componentID="7" access="read-only">
               <name>OperDuplexMode</name>
               <synopsis>The actual duplex mode.</synopsis>
               <typeRef>DuplexType</typeRef>
            </component>
            <component componentID="8" access="read-only">
               <name>CarrierStatus</name>
               <synopsis>The status of the Carrier. Whether the port
               is linked with an operational connector.</synopsis>
               <typeRef>boolean</typeRef>
               <defaultValue>false</defaultValue>
            </component>
         </components>
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            <capability componentID="30">
               <name>SupportedLinkSpeed</name>
               <synopsis>Supported Link Speeds</synopsis>
               <array>
                  <typeRef>LANSpeedType</typeRef>
               </array>
            </capability>
            <capability componentID="31">
               <name>SupportedDuplexMode</name>
               <synopsis>Supported Duplex Modes</synopsis>
               <array>
                  <typeRef>DuplexType</typeRef>
               </array>
            </capability>
         </capabilities>
         <events baseID="60">
            <event eventID="1">
               <name>PHYPortStatusChanged</name>
               <synopsis>When the status of the Physical port is
               changed,the LFB sends the new status.</synopsis>
               <eventTarget>
                  <eventField>OperStatus</eventField>
               </eventTarget>
               <eventChanged/>
               <eventReports>
                  <eventReport>
                     <eventField>OperStatus</eventField>
                  </eventReport>
               </eventReports>
            </event>
            <event eventID="2">
               <name>LinkSpeedChanged</name>
               <synopsis>When the operational speed of the link
               is changed, the LFB sends the new operational link
               speed.</synopsis>
               <eventTarget>
                  <eventField>OperLinkSpeed</eventField>
               </eventTarget>
               <eventChanged/>
               <eventReports>
                  <eventReport>
                     <eventField>OperLinkSpeed</eventField>
                  </eventReport>
               </eventReports>
            </event>
            <event eventID="3">
               <name>DuplexModeChanged</name>
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               is changed, the LFB sends the new operational mode.
               </synopsis>
               <eventTarget>
                  <eventField>OperDuplexMode</eventField>
               </eventTarget>
               <eventChanged/>
               <eventReports>
                  <eventReport>
                     <eventField>OperDuplexMode</eventField>
                  </eventReport>
               </eventReports>
            </event>
         </events>
      </LFBClassDef>
      <LFBClassDef LFBClassID="4">
         <name>EtherMACIn</name>
         <synopsis>An LFB abstracts an Ethernet port at MAC data link
         layer. It specifically describes Ethernet processing functions
          like MAC address locality check, deciding if the Ethernet
         packets should be bridged, provide Ethernet layer flow control,
          etc.Multiple virtual MACs isn't supported in this LFB
         version.</synopsis>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <inputPorts>
            <inputPort group="false">
               <name>EtherPktsIn</name>
               <synopsis>The input port of the EtherMACIn. It
               expects any kind of Ethernet frame.</synopsis>
               <expectation>
                  <frameExpected>
                     <ref>EthernetAll</ref>
                  </frameExpected>
                  <metadataExpected>
                     <ref>PHYPortID</ref>
                  </metadataExpected>
               </expectation>
            </inputPort>
         </inputPorts>
         <outputPorts>
            <outputPort group="false">
               <name>NormalPathOut</name>
               <synopsis>The normal output port of the EtherMACIn.
               It can produce any kind of Ethernet frame and along
               with the frame passes the ID of the Physical Port as
               metadata to be used by the next LFBs.</synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
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                  </frameProduced>
                  <metadataProduced>
                     <ref>PHYPortID</ref>
                  </metadataProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
            <outputPort>
               <name>L2BridgingPathOut</name>
               <synopsis>The Bridging Output Port of the EtherMACIn.
               It can produce any kind of Ethernet frame and along
               with the frame passes the ID of the Physical Port as
               metadata to be used by the next LFBs.</synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>EthernetAll</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
                  <metadataProduced>
                     <ref>PHYPortID</ref>
                  </metadataProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
         </outputPorts>
         <components>
            <component componentID="1" access="read-write">
               <name>AdminStatus</name>
               <synopsis>Admin status of the port</synopsis>
               <typeRef>PortStatusValues</typeRef>
               <defaultValue>2</defaultValue>
            </component>
            <component componentID="2" access="read-write">
               <name>LocalMACAddresses</name>
               <synopsis>Local Mac addresses</synopsis>
               <array>
                  <typeRef>IEEEMAC</typeRef>
               </array>
            </component>
            <component componentID="3" access="read-write">
               <name>L2BridgingPathEnable</name>
               <synopsis>Is the LFB doing L2 Bridging?</synopsis>
               <typeRef>boolean</typeRef>
               <defaultValue>false</defaultValue>
            </component>
            <component componentID="4" access="read-write">
               <name>PromiscuousMode</name>
               <synopsis>Is the LFB in Promiscuous Mode?</synopsis>
               <typeRef>boolean</typeRef>
               <defaultValue>false</defaultValue>
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            <component componentID="5" access="read-write">
               <name>TxFlowControl</name>
               <synopsis>Transmit flow control</synopsis>
               <typeRef>boolean</typeRef>
               <defaultValue>false</defaultValue>
            </component>
            <component componentID="6" access="read-write">
               <name>RxFlowControl</name>
               <synopsis>Receive flow control</synopsis>
               <typeRef>boolean</typeRef>
               <defaultValue>false</defaultValue>
            </component>
            <component componentID="7" access="read-reset">
               <name>MACInStats</name>
               <synopsis>MACIn statistics</synopsis>
               <typeRef>MACInStatsType</typeRef>
            </component>
         </components>
      </LFBClassDef>
      <LFBClassDef LFBClassID="5">
         <name>EtherClassifier</name>
         <synopsis>This LFB abstracts the process to decapsulate
          Ethernet packets and classify the data packets into
          various network layer data packets according to information
           included in the Ethernet packets headers.</synopsis>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <inputPorts>
            <inputPort>
               <name>EtherPktsIn</name>
               <synopsis>Input port for data packet.</synopsis>
               <expectation>
                  <frameExpected>
                     <ref>EthernetAll</ref>
                  </frameExpected>
                  <metadataExpected>
                     <ref>PHYPortID</ref>
                     <ref dependency="optional" defaultValue="0">
                  LogicalPortID</ref>
                  </metadataExpected>
               </expectation>
            </inputPort>
         </inputPorts>
         <outputPorts>
            <outputPort group="true">
               <name>ClassifyOut</name>
               <synopsis>Output port for classification.</synopsis>
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                     <ref>Arbitrary</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
                  <metadataProduced>
                     <ref>PHYPortID</ref>
                     <ref>SrcMAC</ref>
                     <ref>DstMAC</ref>
                     <ref>EtherType</ref>
                     <ref availability="conditional">VlanID</ref>
                     <ref availability="conditional">VlanPriority</ref>
                  </metadataProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
         </outputPorts>
         <components>
            <component access="read-write" componentID="1">
               <name>EtherDispatchTable</name>
               <synopsis>Ether classify dispatch table</synopsis>
               <typeRef>EtherDispatchTableType</typeRef>
            </component>
            <component access="read-write" componentID="2">
               <name>VlanInputTable</name>
               <synopsis>Vlan input table</synopsis>
               <typeRef>VlanInputTableType</typeRef>
            </component>
            <component access="read-reset" componentID="3">
               <name>EtherClassifyStats</name>
               <synopsis>Ether classify statistic table</synopsis>
               <typeRef>EtherClassifyStatsTableType</typeRef>
            </component>
         </components>
       </LFBClassDef>
      <LFBClassDef LFBClassID="6">
         <name>EtherEncap</name>
         <synopsis>This LFB abstracts the process to encapsulate IP
         packets to Ethernet packets according to the L2 information.
         </synopsis>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <inputPorts>
            <inputPort group="false">
               <name>EncapIn</name>
               <synopsis>A Single Packet Input</synopsis>
               <expectation>
               <frameExpected>
                  <ref>IPv4</ref>
                  <ref>IPv6</ref>
               </frameExpected>
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                  <ref dependency="optional" defaultValue="0">
                  VlanPriority</ref>
               </metadataExpected>
               </expectation>
            </inputPort>
         </inputPorts>
         <outputPorts>
            <outputPort group="false">
               <name>SuccessOut</name>
               <synopsis>Output port for Packets which have found
               Ethernet L2 information and have been successfully
               encapsulated to an Ethernet packet.</synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>IPv4</ref>
                     <ref>IPv6</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
                  <metadataProduced>
                     <ref>L2PortID</ref>
                  </metadataProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
            <outputPort group="false">
               <name>ExceptionOut</name>
               <synopsis>All packets that fail with the other
               operations in this LFB are output via this port.
               </synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>IPv4</ref>
                     <ref>IPv6</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
                  <metadataProduced>
                     <ref>ExceptionID</ref>
                     <ref>MediaEncapInfoIndex</ref>
                     <ref availability="conditional">VlanPriority</ref>
                  </metadataProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
         </outputPorts>
         <components>
            <component componentID="1" access="read-write">
               <name>EncapTable</name>
               <synopsis>Ethernet Encapsulation table.</synopsis>
               <typeRef>EncapTableType</typeRef>
            </component>
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      <LFBClassDef LFBClassID="7">
         <name>EtherMACOut</name>
         <synopsis>EtherMACOut LFB abstracts an Ethernet port at MAC
         data link layer. It specifically describes Ethernet packet
         output process. Ethernet output functions are closely related
         to Ethernet input functions, therefore some components
         defined in this LFB are actually alias of EtherMACIn LFB.
         </synopsis>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <inputPorts>
            <inputPort group="false">
               <name>EtherPktsIn</name>
               <synopsis>The Input Port of the EtherMACIn. It expects
               any kind of Ethernet frame.</synopsis>
               <expectation>
                  <frameExpected>
                     <ref>EthernetAll</ref>
                  </frameExpected>
                  <metadataExpected>
                     <ref>PHYPortID</ref>
                  </metadataExpected>
               </expectation>
            </inputPort>
         </inputPorts>
         <outputPorts>
            <outputPort group="false">
               <name>EtherPktsOut</name>
               <synopsis>The Normal Output Port of the EtherMACOut. It
               can produce any kind of Ethernet frame and along with
               the frame passes the ID of the Physical Port as
               metadata to be used by the next LFBs.</synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>EthernetAll</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
                  <metadataProduced>
                     <ref>PHYPortID</ref>
                  </metadataProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
         </outputPorts>
         <components>
            <component componentID="1" access="read-write">
               <name>AdminStatus</name>
               <synopsis>Admin status of the port. It is the alias of
               "AdminStatus" component defined in EtherMACIn.
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            </component>
            <component componentID="2" access="read-write">
               <name>MTU</name>
               <synopsis>Maximum transmission unit.</synopsis>
               <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
            </component>
            <component componentID="3" access="read-write">
               <name>TxFlowControl</name>
               <synopsis>Transmit flow control. It is the alias of
               "TxFlowControl" component defined in EtherMACIn.
               </synopsis>
               <alias>boolean</alias>
            </component>
            <component componentID="4" access="read-write">
               <name>RxFlowControl</name>
               <synopsis>Receive flow control. It is the alias of
               "RxFlowControl" component defined in EtherMACIn.
               </synopsis>
               <alias>boolean</alias>
            </component>
            <component componentID="5" access="read-reset">
               <name>MACOutStats</name>
               <synopsis>MACOut statistics</synopsis>
               <typeRef>MACOutStatsType</typeRef>
            </component>
         </components>
      </LFBClassDef>
      <LFBClassDef LFBClassID="8">
         <name>IPv4Validator</name>
         <synopsis>An LFB that performs IPv4 packets validation
         according to RFC1812. At the same time, ipv4 unicast and
         multicast are classified in this LFB.</synopsis>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <inputPorts>
            <inputPort>
               <name>ValidatePktsIn</name>
               <synopsis>Input port for data packet.</synopsis>
               <expectation>
                  <frameExpected>
                     <ref>Arbitrary</ref>
                  </frameExpected>
               </expectation>
            </inputPort>
         </inputPorts>
         <outputPorts>
            <outputPort>
               <name>IPv4UnicastOut</name>
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               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>IPv4Unicast</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
            <outputPort>
               <name>IPv4MulticastOut</name>
               <synopsis>Output for IPv4 multicast packet.</synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>IPv4Multicast</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
            <outputPort>
               <name>ExceptionOut</name>
               <synopsis>Output for exception packet.</synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>IPv4</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
                  <metadataProduced>
                     <ref>ExceptionID</ref>
                  </metadataProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
            <outputPort>
               <name>FailOut</name>
               <synopsis>Output for failed validation packet.
               </synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>IPv4</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
                  <metadataProduced>
                     <ref>ValidateErrorID</ref>
                  </metadataProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
         </outputPorts>
         <components>
            <component access="read-write" componentID="1">
               <name>IPv4ValidatorStats</name>
               <synopsis>IPv4 validator statistics information.
               </synopsis>
               <typeRef>IPv4ValidatorStatsType</typeRef>
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         </components>
       </LFBClassDef>
      <LFBClassDef LFBClassID="9">
         <name>IPv6Validator</name>
         <synopsis>An LFB that performs IPv6 packets validation
         according to RFC2460. At the same time, ipv6 unicast and
         multicast are classified in this LFB.</synopsis>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <inputPorts>
            <inputPort>
               <name>ValidatePktsIn</name>
               <synopsis>Input port for data packet.</synopsis>
               <expectation>
                  <frameExpected>
                     <ref>Arbitrary</ref>
                  </frameExpected>
               </expectation>
            </inputPort>
         </inputPorts>
         <outputPorts>
            <outputPort>
               <name>IPv6UnicastOut</name>
               <synopsis>Output for IPv6 unicast packet.</synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>IPv6Unicast</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
            <outputPort>
               <name>IPv6MulticastOut</name>
               <synopsis>Output for IPv6 multicast packet.</synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>IPv6Multicast</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
            <outputPort>
               <name>ExceptionOut</name>
               <synopsis>Output for exception packet.</synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>IPv6</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
                  <metadataProduced>
                     <ref>ExceptionID</ref>
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               </product>
            </outputPort>
            <outputPort>
               <name>FailOut</name>
               <synopsis>Output for failed validation packet.
               </synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>IPv6</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
                  <metadataProduced>
                     <ref>ValidateErrorID</ref>
                  </metadataProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
         </outputPorts>
         <components>
            <component access="read-write" componentID="1">
               <name>IPv6ValidatorStats</name>
               <synopsis>IPv6 validator statistics information.
               </synopsis>
               <typeRef>IPv6ValidatorStatsType</typeRef>
            </component>
         </components>
       </LFBClassDef>
      <LFBClassDef LFBClassID="10">
         <name>IPv4UcastLPM </name>
         <synopsis>An LFB that performs IPv4 Longest Prefix Match
         Lookup.It is defined to provide some facilities to support
         users to implement equal-cost multi-path routing(ECMP) or
         reverse path forwarding (RPF).</synopsis>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <inputPorts>
            <inputPort group="false">
               <name>PktsIn</name>
               <synopsis>A Single Packet Input</synopsis>
               <expectation>
               <frameExpected>
                  <ref>IPv4Unicast</ref>
               </frameExpected>
               </expectation>
            </inputPort>
         </inputPorts>
         <outputPorts>
            <outputPort group="false">
               <name>NormalOut</name>
               <synopsis>This output port is connected with
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               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>IPv4Unicast</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
                  <metadataProduced>
                     <ref>HopSelector</ref>
                  </metadataProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
            <outputPort group="false">
               <name>ECMPOut</name>
               <synopsis>This output port is connected with ECMP LFB,
               if there is ECMP LFB in the FE.</synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>IPv4Unicast</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
                  <metadataProduced>
                     <ref>HopSelector</ref>
                  </metadataProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
            <outputPort group="false">
               <name>ExceptionOut</name>
               <synopsis>The output for the packet if an exception
               occurs</synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>IPv4Unicast</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
                  <metadataProduced>
                     <ref>ExceptionID</ref>
                  </metadataProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
         </outputPorts>
         <components>
            <component componentID="1" access="read-write">
               <name>IPv4PrefixTable</name>
               <synopsis>The IPv4 prefix table.</synopsis>
               <typeRef>IPv4PrefixTableType</typeRef>
            </component>
            <component componentID="2" access="read-reset">
               <name>IPv4UcastLPMStats</name>
               <synopsis>Statistics for IPv4 Unicast Longest Prefix
               Match</synopsis>
               <typeRef>IPv4UcastLPMStatsType</typeRef>
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         </components>
      </LFBClassDef>
      <LFBClassDef LFBClassID="11">
         <name>IPv6UcastLPM </name>
         <synopsis>An LFB that performs IPv6 Longest Prefix Match
         Lookup.It is defined to provide some facilities to support
         users to implement equal-cost multi-path routing(ECMP) or
         reverse path forwarding (RPF).</synopsis>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <inputPorts>
            <inputPort group="false">
               <name>PktsIn</name>
               <synopsis>A Single Packet Input</synopsis>
               <expectation>
               <frameExpected>
                  <ref>IPv6Unicast</ref>
               </frameExpected>
               </expectation>
            </inputPort>
         </inputPorts>
         <outputPorts>
            <outputPort group="false">
               <name>NormalOut</name>
               <synopsis>This output port is connected with
               IPv6NextHop LFB</synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>IPv6Unicast</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
                  <metadataProduced>
                     <ref>HopSelector</ref>
                  </metadataProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
            <outputPort group="false">
               <name>ECMPOut</name>
               <synopsis>This output port is connected with ECMP LFB,
               if there is ECMP LFB in the FE.</synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>IPv6Unicast</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
                  <metadataProduced>
                     <ref>HopSelector</ref>
                  </metadataProduced>
               </product>
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               <name>ExceptionOut</name>
               <synopsis>The output for the packet if an exception
               occurs</synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>IPv6Unicast</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
                  <metadataProduced>
                     <ref>ExceptionID</ref>
                  </metadataProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
         </outputPorts>
         <components>
            <component componentID="1" access="read-write">
               <name>IPv6PrefixTable</name>
               <synopsis>The IPv6 prefix table.</synopsis>
               <typeRef>IPv6PrefixTableType</typeRef>
            </component>
            <component componentID="2" access="read-reset">
               <name>IPv6UcastLPMStats</name>
               <synopsis>Statistics for IPv6 Unicast Longest Prefix
               Match</synopsis>
               <typeRef>IPv6UcastLPMStatsType</typeRef>
            </component>
         </components>
      </LFBClassDef>
      <LFBClassDef LFBClassID="12">
         <name>IPv4NextHop</name>
         <synopsis>This LFB abstracts the process of selecting ipv4
         next hop action. It receives an IPv4 packet with an
         associated next hop ID, and uses the ID to look up a next
         hop table to find an appropriate output port from the LFB.
         </synopsis>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <inputPorts>
            <inputPort group="false">
               <name>PktsIn</name>
               <synopsis>A Single Packet Input</synopsis>
               <expectation>
               <frameExpected>
                  <ref>IPv4Unicast</ref>
               </frameExpected>
               <metadataExpected>
                  <ref>HopSelector</ref>
               </metadataExpected>
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         </inputPorts>
         <outputPorts>
            <outputPort group="true">
               <name>SuccessOut</name>
               <synopsis>The output for the packet if it is valid to be
               forwarded</synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>IPv4Unicast</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
                  <metadataProduced>
                     <ref>L3PortID</ref>
                     <ref>NextHopIPv4Addr</ref>
                     <ref availability="conditional">
                     MediaEncapInfoIndex</ref>
                  </metadataProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
            <outputPort group="false">
               <name>ExceptionOut</name>
               <synopsis>The output for the packet if an exception
               occurs</synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>IPv4Unicast</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
                  <metadataProduced>
                     <ref>ExceptionID</ref>
                  </metadataProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
         </outputPorts>
         <components>
            <component componentID="1">
               <name>IPv4NextHopTable</name>
               <synopsis>The next hop table.</synopsis>
               <typeRef>IPv4NextHopTableType</typeRef>
            </component>
         </components>
      </LFBClassDef>
      <LFBClassDef LFBClassID="13">
         <name>IPv6NextHop</name>
         <synopsis>The LFB abstracts the process of next hop
         information application to IPv6 packets. It receives an IPv4
         packet with an associated next hop ID, and uses the ID to
         look up a next hop table to find an appropriate output port
         from the LFB..</synopsis>
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         <inputPorts>
            <inputPort group="false">
               <name>PktsIn</name>
               <synopsis>A single packet input.</synopsis>
               <expectation>
               <frameExpected>
                  <ref>IPv6Unicast</ref>
               </frameExpected>
               <metadataExpected>
                  <ref>HopSelector</ref>
               </metadataExpected>
               </expectation>
            </inputPort>
         </inputPorts>
         <outputPorts>
            <outputPort group="true">
               <name>SuccessOut</name>
               <synopsis>The output for the packet if it is valid to
               be forwarded</synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>IPv6Unicast</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
                  <metadataProduced>
                     <ref>L3PortID</ref>
                     <ref>NextHopIPv6Addr</ref>
                     <ref availability="conditional">
                     MediaEncapInfoIndex</ref>
                  </metadataProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
            <outputPort group="false">
               <name>ExceptionOut</name>
               <synopsis>The output for the packet if an exception
               occurs</synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>IPv6Unicast</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
                  <metadataProduced>
                     <ref>ExceptionID</ref>
                  </metadataProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
         </outputPorts>
         <components>
            <component componentID="1">
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               <synopsis>The next hop table.</synopsis>
               <typeRef>IPv6NextHopTableType</typeRef>
            </component>
         </components>
      </LFBClassDef>
      <LFBClassDef LFBClassID="14">
         <name>RedirectIn</name>
         <synopsis>The RedirectIn LFB abstracts the process for CE to
         inject data packets into FE LFB topology, so as to input data
          packets into FE data paths. CE may associate some
         metadata to data packets to indicate various information on
         the packets. Among them, there MUST exist a 'RedirectIndex'
         metadata, which is an integer acting as an output port index.
         </synopsis>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <outputPorts>
            <outputPort group="true">
               <name>PktsOut</name>
               <synopsis>This output group sends the redirected packet
                in the data path.</synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>Arbitrary</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
         </outputPorts>
      </LFBClassDef>
      <LFBClassDef LFBClassID="15">
         <name>RedirectOut</name>
         <synopsis>The LFB abstracts the process for LFBs in
         FE to deliver data packets to CE. All metadata
         associated with the input packets will be delivered to CE
         via the redirect message of ForCES protocol [RFC5810].
         </synopsis>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <inputPorts>
            <inputPort group="false">
               <name>PktsIn</name>
               <synopsis>This input receives packets to send to
               the CE.</synopsis>
               <expectation>
                  <frameExpected>
                     <ref>Arbitrary</ref>
                  </frameExpected>
               </expectation>
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      </LFBClassDef>
      <LFBClassDef LFBClassID="16">
         <name>BasicMetadataDispatch</name>
         <synopsis>This LFB provides the function to dispatch input
         packets to a group output according to a metadata and a
         dispatch table.This LFB currently only allow a metadata with
          an interger value to be used for dispatch. </synopsis>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <inputPorts>
            <inputPort>
               <name>PktsIn</name>
               <synopsis>Input port for data packet.</synopsis>
               <expectation>
                  <frameExpected>
                     <ref>Arbitrary</ref>
                  </frameExpected>
                  <metadataExpected>
                     <ref>Arbitrary</ref>
                  </metadataExpected>
               </expectation>
            </inputPort>
         </inputPorts>
         <outputPorts>
            <outputPort group="true">
               <name>PktsOut</name>
               <synopsis>Data packet output</synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>Arbitrary</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
         </outputPorts>
         <components>
            <component access="read-write" componentID="1">
               <name>MetadataID</name>
               <synopsis>the metadata ID for dispatching</synopsis>
               <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
            </component>
            <component access="read-write" componentID="2">
               <name>MetadataDispatchTable</name>
               <synopsis>Metadata dispatch table.</synopsis>
               <typeRef>MetadataDispatchTableType</typeRef>
            </component>
         </components>
       </LFBClassDef>
      <LFBClassDef LFBClassID="17">
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         <synopsis>This is a preliminary generic scheduler LFB for
         abstracting a simple scheduling process.Users may use this
          LFB as a basic scheduler LFB to further construct more
          complex scheduler LFBs by means of inheritance as described
           in RFC5812.</synopsis>
         <version>1.0</version>
         <inputPorts>
            <inputPort group="true">
               <name>PktsIn</name>
               <synopsis>Input port for data packet.</synopsis>
               <expectation>
                  <frameExpected>
                     <ref>Arbitrary</ref>
                  </frameExpected>
               </expectation>
            </inputPort>
         </inputPorts>
         <outputPorts>
            <outputPort>
               <name>PktsOut</name>
               <synopsis>Data packet output.</synopsis>
               <product>
                  <frameProduced>
                     <ref>Arbitrary</ref>
                  </frameProduced>
               </product>
            </outputPort>
         </outputPorts>
         <components>
            <component access="read-only" componentID="1">
               <name>QueueCount</name>
               <synopsis>The number of queues to be scheduled.
               </synopsis>
               <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
            </component>
            <component access="read-write" componentID="2">
               <name>SchedulingDiscipline</name>
               <synopsis>the Scheduler discipline.</synopsis>
               <typeRef>SchdDisciplineType</typeRef>
            </component>
            <component access="read-only" componentID="3">
               <name>QueueStats</name>
               <synopsis>Current statistics for all queues</synopsis>
               <typeRef>QueueStatsTableType</typeRef>
            </component>
         </components>
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               <name>QueueLenLimit</name>
               <synopsis>Maximum length of each queue,the unit is
               byte.</synopsis>
               <typeRef>uint32</typeRef>
            </capability>
         </capabilities>
       </LFBClassDef>
   </LFBClassDefs>
</LFBLibrary>










































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7.  LFB Class Use Cases

   This section demonstrates examples on how the LFB classes defined by
   the Base LFB library in Section 6 can be applied to achieve some
   typical router functions.  The functions demonstrated are:

   o  IPv4 forwarding

   o  ARP processing

   It is assumed the LFB topology on the FE described has already been
   established by the CE and maps to the use cases illustrated in this
   section.

   The use cases demonstrated in this section are mere examples and by
   no means should be treated as the only way one would construct router
   functionality from LFBs; based on the capability of the FE(s), a CE
   should be able to express different NE applications.

7.1.  IPv4 Forwarding

   Figure 1 (Section 3.2.3) shows a typical IPv4 forwarding processing
   path by use of the base LFB classes.

   A number of EtherPHYCop LFB(Section 5.1.1) instances are used to
   describe physical layer functions of the ports.  PHYPortID metadata
   is generated by EtherPHYCop LFB and is used by all the subsequent
   downstream LFBs.  An EtherMACIn LFB(Section 5.1.2), which describe
   the MAC layer processing, follows every EtherPHYCop LFB.  The
   EtherMACIn LFB may do a locality check of MAC addresses if the CE
   configures the appropriate EtherMACIn LFB component.

   Ethernet packets out of the EtherMACIn LFB are sent to an
   EtherClassifier LFB (Section 5.1.3) to be decapsulated and classified
   into network layer types like IPv4, IPv6, ARP, etc.  In the example
   use case, every physical Ethernet interface is associated with one
   Classifier instance; although not illustrated, it is also feasible
   that all physical interfaces are associated with only one Ethernet
   Classifier instance.

   EtherClassifier uses the PHYPortID metadata, the Ethernet type of the
   input packet, and VlanID (if present in the input Ethernet packets),
   to decide the packet network layer type and the LFB output port to
   the downstream LFB.  The EtherClassifier LFB also assigns a new
   logical port ID metadata to the packet for later use.  The
   EtherClassifier may also generate some new metadata for every packet
   like EtherType, SrcMAC, DstMAC, LogicPortID, etc for consumption by
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   If a packet is classified as an IPv4 packet, it is sent downstream to
   an IPv4Validator LFB (Section 5.2.1) to validate the IPv4 packet.  In
   the validator LFB, IPv4 packets are validated and are additionally
   classified into either IPv4 unicast packets or multicast packets.
   IPv4 unicast packets are sent to downstream to the IPv4UcastLPM LFB
   (Section 5.3.1).

   The IPv4UcastLPM LFB is where the longest prefix match decision is
   made, and a next hop selection is selected.  The nexthop ID metadata
   is generated by the IPv4UcastLPM LFB to be consumed downstream by the
   IPv4NextHop LFB (Section 5.3.2).

   The IPv4NextHop LFB uses the nexthop ID metadata to do derive where
   the packet is to go next and the media encapsulation type for the
   port, etc.  The IPv4NextHop LFB generates the L3PortID metadata used
   to identify a next hop output physical/logical port.  In the example
   use case, the next hop output port is an Ethernet type; as a result,
   the packet and its L3 port ID metadata are sent downstream to an
   EtherEncap LFB (Section 5.1.4).

   The EtherEncap LFB encapsulates the incoming packet into an Ethernet
   frame.  A BasicMetadataDispatch LFB (Section 5.5.1) follows the
   EtherEncap LFB.  The BasicMetadataDispatch LFB is where packets are
   finally dispatched to different output physical/logical ports based
   on the L3PortID metadata sent to the LFB.

7.2.  ARP processing

   Figure 2 shows the processing path for ARP protocol in the case the
   CE implements the ARP processing function.  By no means is this the
   only way ARP processing could be achieved; as an example ARP
   processing could happen at the FE - but that discussion is out of
   scope for this use case.


















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          +---+                             +---+
          |   | ARP packets                 |   |
          |   |------------------------+--->|   | To CE
    ...-->|   | .                      |    |   |
          |   | .                      |    +---+
          |   | .                      |   RedirectOut
          +---+                        |
          Ether     EtherEncap         | IPv4 packets lack
        Classifier   +---+             | address resolution information
                     |   |             |
       Packets need  |   |--------->---+
        ...--------->|   |
   L2 Encapsulation|   |
          +---+      |   |                     +------+
   |   |  +-->|   |--+   +---+          |Ether |
          |   |  |   +---+  |   |   |--------->|MACOut|-->...
   From CE|   |--+          +-->|   | .        +------+
          |   |ARP Packets      |   | .
          |   |from CE          |   | .        +------+
          |   |                 |   |--------> |Ether |-->...
          +---+                 +---+          |MACOut|
       RedirectIn            BasicMetadata     +------+
                             Dispatch

                      Figure 2: LFB use case for ARP

   There are two ways ARP processing could be triggered in the CE as
   illustrated in Figure 2:

   o  ARP packets arriving from outside of the NE.

   o  IPV4 packets failing to resolve within the FE.

   ARP packets from network interfaces are filtered out by
   EtherClassifier LFB.  The classified ARP packets and associated
   metadata are then sent downstream to the RedirectOut LFB
   (Section 5.4.2) to be transported to CE.

   The EtherEncap LFB, as described earlier, receives packets that need
   Ethernet L2 encapsulating.  When the EtherEncap LFB fails to find the
   necessary L2 Ethernet information to encapsulate the packet with, it
   outputs the packet to its ExceptionOut LFB port.  Downstream to
   EtherEncap LFB's ExceptionOut LFB port is the RedirectOut LFB which
   transports the packet to the CE (Section 5.1.4 on EtherEncap LFB for
   details).

   To achieve its goal, the CE needs to generate ARP request and
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   request and response packets from the CE are redirected to an FE via
   a RedirectIn LFB (Section 5.4.1).

   As was the case with forwarded IPv4 packets, outgoing ARP packets are
   also encapsulated to Ethernet format by the EtherEncap LFB, and then
   dispatched to different interfaces via a BasicMetadataDispatch LFB.
   The BasicMetadataDispatch LFB dispatches the packets according to the
   L3PortID metadata included in every ARP packet sent from CE.











































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8.  Contributors

   The authors would like to thank Jamal Hadi Salim, Ligang Dong, and
   Fenggen Jia who made major contributions to the development of this
   document.

      Jamal Hadi Salim
      Mojatatu Networks
      Ottawa, Ontario
      Canada
      Email: hadi@mojatatu.com

      Ligang Dong
      Zhejiang Gongshang University
      149 Jiaogong Road
      Hangzhou 310035
      P.R.China
      Phone: +86-571-28877751
      EMail: donglg@mail.zjgsu.edu.cn

      Fenggen Jia
      National Digital Switching Center(NDSC)
      Jianxue Road
      Zhengzhou 452000
      P.R.China
      EMail: jfg@mail.ndsc.com.cn

























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9.  Acknowledgements

   This document is based on earlier documents from Joel Halpern, Ligang
   Dong, Fenggen Jia and Weiming Wang.















































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10.  IANA Considerations

   IANA has created a registry of ForCES LFB Class Names and the
   corresponding ForCES LFB Class Identifiers, with the location of the
   definition of the ForCES LFB Class, in accordance with the rules to
   use the namespace.

   The LFB library in this document needs for unique class names and
   numeric class identifiers of all LFBs.  Besides, this document also
   needs to define the following namespaces:

   o  Metadata ID, defined in Section 4.3 and Section 4.4

   o  Exception ID, defined in Section 4.4

   o  Validate Error ID, defined in Section 4.4

10.1.  LFB Class Names and LFB Class Identifiers

   LFB classes defined by this document belongs to IETF defined LFBs by
   Standard Track RFCs.  According to IANA, the identifier namespace for
   these LFB classes is from 3 to 65535.

   The assignment of LFB class names and LFB class identifiers is as in
   the following table.


   +-----------+---------------+------------------------+--------------+
   | LFB Class | LFB Class Name|     Description        |  Reference   |
   | Identifier|               |                        |              |
   +-----------+---------------+------------------------+--------------+
   |     3     |  EtherPHYCop  | Define an Ethernet port|  RFC????(this|
   |           |               | abstracted at physical | document)    |
   |           |               | layer                  | Section 5.1.1|
   |           |               |    --------------      |              |
   |     4     |  EtherMACIn   | Define an Ethernet     |   RFC????    |
   |           |               | input port at MAC data | Section 5.1.2|
   |           |               | link layer             |              |
   |           |               |    --------------      |              |
   |     5     |EtherClassifier| Define the process to  |   RFC????    |
   |           |               | decapsulate Ethernet   | Section 5.1.3|
   |           |               | packets and classify   |              |
   |           |               | the packets            |              |
   |           |               |    --------------      |              |
   |     6     |  EtherEncap   | Define the process to  |   RFC????    |
   |           |               | encapsulate IP packets | Section 5.1.4|
   |           |               | to Ethernet packets    |              |
   |           |               |    --------------      |              |



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   |     7     |  EtherMACOut  | Define an Ethernet     |  RFC ????    |
   |           |               | output port at MAC     | Section 5.1.5|
   |           |               | data link layer        |              |
   |           |               |    --------------      |              |
   |     8     | IPv4Validator | Perform IPv4 packets   |   RFC ????   |
   |           |               | validation.            | Section 5.2.1|
   |           |               |    --------------      |              |
   |     9     | IPv6Validator | Perform IPv6 packets   |   RFC ????   |
   |           |               | validation             | Section 5.2.2|
   |           |               |    --------------      |              |
   |     10    | IPv4UcastLPM  | Perform IPv4 Longest   |   RFC ????   |
   |           |               | Prefix Match Lookup    | Section 5.3.1|
   |           |               |    --------------      |              |
   |     11    | IPv6UcastLPM  | Perform IPv6 Longest   |   RFC ????   |
   |           |               | Prefix Match Lookup    | Section 5.3.3|
   |           |               |    --------------      |              |
   |     12    |  IPv4NextHop  | Define the process of  |   RFC ???    |
   |           |               | selecting Ipv4 next hop| Section 5.3.2|
   |           |               | action                 |              |
   |           |               |    --------------      |              |
   |     13    |  IPv6NextHop  | Define the process of  |   RFC ???    |
   |           |               | selecting Ipv6 next hop| Section 5.3.4|
   |           |               | action                 |              |
   |           |               |    --------------      |              |
   |     14    |  RedirectIn   | Define the process for |   RFC ???    |
   |           |               | CE to inject data      | Section 5.4.1|
   |           |               | packets into FE LFB    |              |
   |           |               | topology               |              |
   |           |               |    --------------      |              |
   |     15    |  RedirectOut  | Define the process for |   RFC ???    |
   |           |               | LFBs in FE to deliver  | Section 5.4.2|
   |           |               | data packets to CE     |              |
   |           |               |    --------------      |              |
   |     16    |BasicMetadata  | Dispatch input packets |   RFC ???    |
   |           |Dispatch       | to a group output      | Section 5.5.1|
   |           |               | according to a metadata|              |
   |           |               |    --------------      |              |
   |     17    |Generic        | Define a preliminary   |   RFC ????   |
   |           |Scheduler      | generic scheduling     | Section 5.5.2|
   |           |               | process                |              |
   +-----------+---------------+------------------------+--------------+

                                 Table 1








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10.2.  Metadata ID

   The Metadata ID namespace is 32 bits long.  The following is the
   guideline for managing the namespace.

   Metadata ID 0x00000000-0x7FFFFFFF
      Metadata with IDs in this range are Specification Required
      [RFC5226].  A metadata ID using this range MUST be documented in
      an RFC or other permanent and readily available references.

      Values assigned by this specification:



   +--------------+-------------------------+--------------------------+
   |   Value      |           Name          |        Definition        |
   +--------------+-------------------------+--------------------------+
   |  0x00000001  |       PHYPortID         |      See Section 4.4     |
   |  0x00000002  |         SrcMAC          |      See Section 4.4     |
   |  0x00000003  |         DstMAC          |      See Section 4.4     |
   |  0x00000004  |       LogicalPortID     |      See Section 4.4     |
   |  0x00000005  |         EtherType       |      See Section 4.4     |
   |  0x00000006  |          VlanID         |      See Section 4.4     |
   |  0x00000007  |       VlanPriority      |      See Section 4.4     |
   |  0x00000008  |       NexthopIPv4Addr   |      See Section 4.4     |
   |  0x00000009  |       NexthopIPv6Addr   |      See Section 4.4     |
   |  0x0000000A  |       HopSelector       |      See Section 4.4     |
   |  0x0000000B  |       ExceptionID       |      See Section 4.4     |
   |  0x0000000C  |      ValidateErrorID    |      See Section 4.4     |
   |  0x0000000D  |         L3PortID        |      See Section 4.4     |
   |  0x0000000E  |       RedirectIndex     |      See Section 4.4     |
   |  0x0000000F  |    MediaEncapInfoIndex  |      See Section 4.4     |
   +--------------+-------------------------+--------------------------+

                                   Table 2

   Metadata ID 0x80000000-0xFFFFFFFF
      Metadata IDs in this range are reserved for vendor private
      extensions and are the responsibility of individuals.

10.3.  Exception ID

   The Exception ID namespace is 32 bits long.  The following is the
   guideline for managing the namespace.







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   Exception ID 0x00000000-0x7FFFFFFF
      Exception IDs in this range are Specification Required [RFC5226].
      An exception ID using this range MUST be documented in an RFC or
      other permanent and readily available references.

      Values assigned by this specification:



   +--------------+---------------------------------+------------------+
   |   Value      |           Name                  |   Definition     |
   +--------------+---------------------------------+------------------+
   |  0x00000000  |  AnyUnrecognizedExceptionCase   | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x00000001  |        ClassifyNoMatching       | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x00000002  |   MediaEncapInfoIndexInvalid    | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x00000003  |       EncapTableLookupFailed    | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x00000004  |             BadTTL              | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x00000005  |     IPv4HeaderLengthMismatch    | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x00000006  |        RouterAlertOptions       | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x00000007  |         IPv6HopLimitZero        | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x00000008  |       IPv6NextHeaderHBH         | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x00000009  |      SrcAddressExecption        | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x0000000A  |      DstAddressExecption        | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x0000000B  |        LPMLookupFailed          | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x0000000C  |       HopSelectorInvalid        | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x0000000D  |      NextHopLookupFailed        | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x0000000E  |          FragRequired           | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x0000000F  |       MetadataNoMatching        | See Section 4.4  |
   +--------------+---------------------------------+------------------+

                                  Table 3

   Exception ID 0x80000000-0xFFFFFFFF
      Exception IDs in this range are reserved for vendor private
      extensions and are the responsibility of individuals.

10.4.  Validate Error ID

   The Validate Error ID namespace is 32 bits long.  The following is
   the guideline for managing the namespace.

   Validate Error ID 0x00000000-0x7FFFFFFF
      Validate Error IDs in this range are Specification Required
      [RFC5226].  A Validate Error ID using this range MUST be
      documented in an RFC or other permanent and readily available
      references.





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      Values assigned by this specification:



   +--------------+---------------------------------+------------------+
   |   Value      |           Name                  |   Definition     |
   +--------------+---------------------------------+------------------+
   |  0x00000000  | AnyUnrecognizedValidateErrorCase| See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x00000001  |        InvalidIPv4PacketSize    | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x00000002  |           NotIPv4Packet         | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x00000003  |    InvalidIPv4HeaderLengthSize  | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x00000004  |    InvalidIPv4LengthFieldSize   | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x00000005  |         InvalidIPv4Checksum     | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x00000006  |      InvalidIPv4SrcAddr         | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x00000007  |      InvalidIPv4DstAddr         | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x00000008  |      InvalidIPv6PakcetSize      | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x00000009  |          NotIPv6Packet          | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x0000000A  |      InvalidIPv6SrcAddr         | See Section 4.4  |
   |  0x0000000B  |      InvalidIPv6DstAddr         | See Section 4.4  |
   +--------------+---------------------------------+------------------+
                                   Table 4


   Validate Error ID 0x80000000-0xFFFFFFFF
      Validate Error IDs in this range are reserved for vendor private
      extensions and are the responsibility of individuals.

























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11.  Security Considerations

   The ForCES framework document [RFC3746] provides a comprehensive
   security analysis for the overall ForCES architecture.  For example,
   the ForCES protocol entities must be authenticated per the ForCES
   requirements before they can access the information elements
   described in this document via ForCES.  Access to the information
   contained in this document is accomplished via the ForCES
   protocol[RFC5810], which is defined in separate documents, and thus
   the security issues will be addressed there.









































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12.  References

12.1.  Normative References

   [RFC5810]  Doria, A., Hadi Salim, J., Haas, R., Khosravi, H., Wang,
              W., Dong, L., Gopal, R., and J. Halpern, "Forwarding and
              Control Element Separation (ForCES) Protocol
              Specification", RFC 5810, March 2010.

   [RFC5812]  Halpern, J. and J. Hadi Salim, "Forwarding and Control
              Element Separation (ForCES) Forwarding Element Model",
              RFC 5812, March 2010.

12.2.  Informative References

   [RFC1122]  Braden, R., "Requirements for Internet Hosts -
              Communication Layers", STD 3, RFC 1122, October 1989.

   [RFC1812]  Baker, F., "Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers",
              RFC 1812, June 1995.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [RFC2460]  Deering, S. and R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6
              (IPv6) Specification", RFC 2460, December 1998.

   [RFC2629]  Rose, M., "Writing I-Ds and RFCs using XML", RFC 2629,
              June 1999.

   [RFC3552]  Rescorla, E. and B. Korver, "Guidelines for Writing RFC
              Text on Security Considerations", BCP 72, RFC 3552,
              July 2003.

   [RFC3654]  Khosravi, H. and T. Anderson, "Requirements for Separation
              of IP Control and Forwarding", RFC 3654, November 2003.

   [RFC3746]  Yang, L., Dantu, R., Anderson, T., and R. Gopal,
              "Forwarding and Control Element Separation (ForCES)
              Framework", RFC 3746, April 2004.

   [RFC5226]  Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an
              IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 5226,
              May 2008.







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Authors' Addresses

   Weiming Wang
   Zhejiang Gongshang University
   18 Xuezheng Str., Xiasha University Town
   Hangzhou,   310018
   P.R.China

   Phone: +86-571-28877721
   Email: wmwang@zjgsu.edu.cn


   Evangelos Haleplidis
   University of Patras
   Patras,
   Greece

   Email: ehalep@ece.upatras.gr


   Kentaro Ogawa
   NTT Corporation
   Tokyo,
   Japan

   Email: ogawa.kentaro@lab.ntt.co.jp


   Chuanhuang Li
   Hangzhou BAUD Networks
   408 Wen-San Road
   Hangzhou,   310012
   P.R.China

   Phone: +86-571-28877751
   Email: chuanhuang_li@zjgsu.edu.cn


   Halpern Joel
   Ericsson
   P.O. Box 6049
   Leesburg,   20178
   VA

   Phone: +1 703 371 3043
   Email: joel.halpern@ericsson.com





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