Network Working Group X. Xu
Internet-Draft Alibaba Inc
Intended status: Standards Track S. Kini
Expires: September 25, 2020
P. Psenak
C. Filsfils
S. Litkowski
Cisco Systems, Inc.
M. Bocci
Nokia
March 24, 2020
Signaling Entropy Label Capability and Entropy Readable Label Depth
Using IS-IS
draft-ietf-isis-mpls-elc-11
Abstract
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) has defined a mechanism to load-
balance traffic flows using Entropy Labels (EL). An ingress Label
Switching Router (LSR) cannot insert ELs for packets going into a
given Label Switched Path (LSP) unless an egress LSR has indicated
via signaling that it has the capability to process ELs, referred to
as the Entropy Label Capability (ELC), on that tunnel. In addition,
it would be useful for ingress LSRs to know each LSR's capability for
reading the maximum label stack depth and performing EL-based load-
balancing, referred to as Entropy Readable Label Depth (ERLD). This
document defines a mechanism to signal these two capabilities using
IS-IS.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Advertising ELC Using IS-IS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Advertising ERLD Using IS-IS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5. Signaling ELC and ERLD in BGP-LS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8. Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
9. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
10. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
10.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
10.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1. Introduction
[RFC6790] describes a method to load-balance Multiprotocol Label
Switching (MPLS) traffic flows using Entropy Labels (EL). It also
introduces the concept of Entropy Label Capability (ELC) and defines
the signaling of this capability via MPLS signaling protocols.
Recently, mechanisms have been defined to signal labels via link-
state Interior Gateway Protocols (IGP) such as IS-IS [RFC8660]. This
draft defines a mechanism to signal the ELC using IS-IS.
In cases where LSPs are used for whatever reasons (e.g., SR-MPLS
[RFC8660], it would be useful for ingress LSRs to know each
intermediate LSR's capability of reading the maximum label stack
depth and performing EL-based load-balancing. This capability,
referred to as Entropy Readable Label Depth (ERLD) as defined in
[RFC8662] may be used by ingress LSRs to determine the position of
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the EL label in the stack, and whether it's necessary to insert
multiple ELs at different positions in the label stack.
2. Terminology
This memo makes use of the terms defined in [RFC6790], and [RFC8662].
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
capitals, as shown here.
3. Advertising ELC Using IS-IS
Even though ELC is a property of the node, in some cases it is
advantageous to associate and advertise the ELC with a prefix. In a
multi-area network, routers may not know the identity of the prefix
originator in a remote area, or may not know the capabilities of such
originator. Similarly in a multi-domain network, the identity of the
prefix originator and its capabilities may not be known to the
ingress LSR.
Bit 3 in the Prefix Attribute Flags [RFC7794] is used as the ECL Flag
(E-flag), as shown in Figure 1. If a router has multiple interfaces,
the router MUST NOT announce the ELC for any local host prefixes
unless all of its interfaces are capable of processing ELs. If a
router supports ELs on all of its interfaces, it SHOULD set the ELC
for every local host prefix it advertises in IS-IS.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7...
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+...
|X|R|N|E| ...
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+...
Figure 1: Prefix Attribute Flags
E-flag: ELC Flag (Bit 3) - Set for local host prefix of the
originating node if it supports ELC on all interfaces.
When a router propagates a prefix between ISIS levels ([RFC5302], it
MUST preserve the ELC signaling for this prefix.
When redistributing a prefix between two IS-IS protocol instances or
redistributing from another protocol to an IS-IS protocol instance, a
router SHOULD preserve the ELC signaling for that prefix. The exact
mechanism used to exchange ELC between protocol instances running on
an Autonomous System Boundary Router (ASBR) is outside of the scope
of this document.
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4. Advertising ERLD Using IS-IS
A new MSD-type [RFC8491], called ERLD-MSD is defined to advertise the
ERLD [RFC8662] of a given router. A MSD-Type code 2 has been
assigned by IANA for EARLD-MSD. MSD-Value field is set to the ERLD
in the range between 0 to 255. The scope of the advertisement
depends on the application. If a router has multiple interfaces with
different capabilities of reading the maximum label stack depth, the
router MUST advertise the smallest one.
The absence of ERLD-MSD advertisements indicates only that the
advertising node does not support advertisement of this capability.
The considerations for advertising the ERLD are specified in
[RFC8662].
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| MSD-Type=TBD2 | ERLD |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 2: ERLD MSD-Type Format
If the ERLD-MSD Type is received in the Link MSD Sub-TLV, it MUST be
ignored.
5. Signaling ELC and ERLD in BGP-LS
The IS-IS extensions defined in this document can be advertised via
BGP-LS [RFC7752] using existing BGP-LS TLVs.
The ELC is advertised using the Prefix Attribute Flags TLV as defined
in [I-D.ietf-idr-bgp-ls-segment-routing-ext].
The ERLD-MSD is advertised using the Node MSD TLV as defined in
[I-D.ietf-idr-bgp-ls-segment-routing-ext].
6. IANA Considerations
Early allocation has been done by IANA for this document as follows:
- Bit 3 in the Bit Values for Prefix Attribute Flags Sub-TLV
registry has been assigned to the ELC Flag. IANA is asked to
update the registry to reflect the name used in this document: ECL
Flag (E-flag).
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- Type 2 in the IGP MSD-Types registry has been assigned for the
ERLD-MSD. IANA is asked to update the registry to reflect the
name used in this document: ERLD-MSD.
7. Security Considerations
This document specifies the ability to advertise additional node
capabilities using IS-IS and BGP-LS. As such, the security
considerations as described in [RFC4971], [RFC7752], [RFC7794],
[RFC8491], [RFC7752], [RFC8662],
[I-D.ietf-idr-bgp-ls-segment-routing-ext] and
[I-D.ietf-idr-bgp-ls-segment-routing-msd] are applicable to this
document.
Incorrectly setting the E flag during origination, propagation or
redistribution may lead to black-holing of the traffic on the egress
node.
Incorrectly setting of the ERLD value may lead to poor or no load-
balancing of the traffic.
8. Contributors
The following people contributed to the content of this document and
should be considered as co-authors:
Gunter Van de Velde (editor)
Nokia
Antwerp
BE
Email: gunter.van_de_velde@nokia.com
Wim Henderickx
Nokia
Belgium
Email: wim.henderickx@nokia.com
Keyur Patel
Arrcus
USA
Email: keyur@arrcus.com
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9. Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Yimin Shen, George Swallow, Acee
Lindem, Les Ginsberg, Ketan Talaulikar, Jeff Tantsura, Bruno Decraene
Carlos Pignataro, Wim Hendrickx, and Gunter Van De Velde for their
valuable comments.
10. References
10.1. Normative References
[I-D.ietf-idr-bgp-ls-segment-routing-ext]
Previdi, S., Talaulikar, K., Filsfils, C., Gredler, H.,
and M. Chen, "BGP Link-State extensions for Segment
Routing", draft-ietf-idr-bgp-ls-segment-routing-ext-16
(work in progress), June 2019.
[I-D.ietf-idr-bgp-ls-segment-routing-msd]
Tantsura, J., Chunduri, U., Talaulikar, K., Mirsky, G.,
and N. Triantafillis, "Signaling MSD (Maximum SID Depth)
using Border Gateway Protocol - Link State", draft-ietf-
idr-bgp-ls-segment-routing-msd-15 (work in progress),
March 2020.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC4971] Vasseur, JP., Ed., Shen, N., Ed., and R. Aggarwal, Ed.,
"Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS)
Extensions for Advertising Router Information", RFC 4971,
DOI 10.17487/RFC4971, July 2007,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4971>.
[RFC5302] Li, T., Smit, H., and T. Przygienda, "Domain-Wide Prefix
Distribution with Two-Level IS-IS", RFC 5302,
DOI 10.17487/RFC5302, October 2008,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5302>.
[RFC6790] Kompella, K., Drake, J., Amante, S., Henderickx, W., and
L. Yong, "The Use of Entropy Labels in MPLS Forwarding",
RFC 6790, DOI 10.17487/RFC6790, November 2012,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6790>.
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[RFC7752] Gredler, H., Ed., Medved, J., Previdi, S., Farrel, A., and
S. Ray, "North-Bound Distribution of Link-State and
Traffic Engineering (TE) Information Using BGP", RFC 7752,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7752, March 2016,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7752>.
[RFC7794] Ginsberg, L., Ed., Decraene, B., Previdi, S., Xu, X., and
U. Chunduri, "IS-IS Prefix Attributes for Extended IPv4
and IPv6 Reachability", RFC 7794, DOI 10.17487/RFC7794,
March 2016, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7794>.
[RFC7981] Ginsberg, L., Previdi, S., and M. Chen, "IS-IS Extensions
for Advertising Router Information", RFC 7981,
DOI 10.17487/RFC7981, October 2016,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7981>.
[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
[RFC8491] Tantsura, J., Chunduri, U., Aldrin, S., and L. Ginsberg,
"Signaling Maximum SID Depth (MSD) Using IS-IS", RFC 8491,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8491, November 2018,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8491>.
[RFC8662] Kini, S., Kompella, K., Sivabalan, S., Litkowski, S.,
Shakir, R., and J. Tantsura, "Entropy Label for Source
Packet Routing in Networking (SPRING) Tunnels", RFC 8662,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8662, December 2019,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8662>.
10.2. Informative References
[RFC8660] Bashandy, A., Ed., Filsfils, C., Ed., Previdi, S.,
Decraene, B., Litkowski, S., and R. Shakir, "Segment
Routing with the MPLS Data Plane", RFC 8660,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8660, December 2019,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8660>.
[RFC8667] Previdi, S., Ed., Ginsberg, L., Ed., Filsfils, C.,
Bashandy, A., Gredler, H., and B. Decraene, "IS-IS
Extensions for Segment Routing", RFC 8667,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8667, December 2019,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8667>.
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Authors' Addresses
Xiaohu Xu
Alibaba Inc
Email: xiaohu.xxh@alibaba-inc.com
Sriganesh Kini
Email: sriganeshkini@gmail.com
Peter Psenak
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Eurovea Centre, Central 3
Pribinova Street 10
Bratislava 81109
Slovakia
Email: ppsenak@cisco.com
Clarence Filsfils
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Brussels
Belgium
Email: cfilsfil@cisco.com
Stephane Litkowski
Cisco Systems, Inc.
La Rigourdiere
Cesson Sevigne
France
Email: slitkows@cisco.com
Matthew Bocci
Nokia
Shoppenhangers Road
Maidenhead, Berks
UK
Email: matthew.bocci@nokia.com
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