IS-IS Working Group                                          J. Tantsura
Internet-Draft                                            Nuage Networks
Intended status: Standards Track                             U. Chunduri
Expires: October 11, 2018                            Huawei Technologies
                                                               S. Aldrin
                                                             Google, Inc
                                                             L. Ginsberg
                                                           Cisco Systems
                                                          April 09, 2018


             Signaling MSD (Maximum SID Depth) using IS-IS
                 draft-ietf-isis-segment-routing-msd-10

Abstract

   This document defines a way for an IS-IS Router to advertise multiple
   types of supported Maximum SID Depths (MSDs) at node and/or link
   granularity.  Such advertisements allow entities (e.g., centralized
   controllers) to determine whether a particular SID stack can be
   supported in a given network.  This document only defines one type of
   MSD maximum label imposition, but defines an encoding that can
   support other MSD types.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Conventions used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
       1.1.1.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     1.2.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   3.  Node MSD Advertisement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   4.  Link MSD Advertisement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   5.  Using Node and Link MSD Advertisements  . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   6.  Base MPLS Imposition MSD  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   7.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   8.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   9.  Contributors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   10. Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   11. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     11.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     11.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9

1.  Introduction

   When Segment Routing(SR) paths are computed by a centralized
   controller, it is critical that the controller learns the Maximum SID
   Depth(MSD) that can be imposed at each node/link a given SR path to
   insure that the SID stack depth of a computed path doesn't exceed the
   number of SIDs the node is capable of imposing.

   PCEP SR extensions draft [I-D.ietf-pce-segment-routing] signals MSD
   in SR PCE Capability TLV and METRIC Object.  However, if PCEP is not
   supported/configured on the head-end of a SR tunnel or a Binding-SID
   anchor node and controller does not participate in IGP routing, it
   has no way to learn the MSD of nodes and links which has been
   configured.  BGP-LS [RFC7752] defines a way to expose topology and
   associated attributes and capabilities of the nodes in that topology
   to a centralized controller.  MSD signaling by BGP-LS has been
   defined in [I-D.ietf-idr-bgp-ls-segment-routing-msd].  Typically,
   BGP-LS is configured on a small number of nodes that do not
   necessarily act as head-ends.  In order for BGP-LS to signal MSD for
   all the nodes and links in the network MSD is relevant, MSD



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   capabilites should be advertised to every IS-IS router in the
   network.

   Other types of MSD are known to be useful.  For example,
   [I-D.ietf-isis-mpls-elc] defines Readable Label Depth Capability
   (RLDC) that is used by a head-end to insert an Entropy Label (EL) at
   a depth, that could be read by transit nodes.

   This document defines an extension to IS-IS used to advertise one or
   more types of MSD at node and/or link granularity.  It also creates
   an IANA registry for assigning MSD type identifiers.  It also defines
   the Base MPLS Imposition MSD type.  In the future it is expected,
   that new MSD types will be defined to signal additional capabilities
   e.g., entropy labels, SIDs that can be imposed through recirculation,
   or SIDs associated with another dataplane e.g., IPv6.

1.1.  Conventions used in this document

1.1.1.  Terminology

   BGP-LS: Distribution of Link-State and TE Information using Border
   Gateway Protocol

   BMI: Base MPLS Imposition is the number of MPLS labels which can be
   imposed inclusive of any service/transport labels

   IS-IS: Intermediate System to Intermediate System

   MSD: Maximum SID Depth - the number of SIDs a node or a link on a
   node can support

   PCC: Path Computation Client

   PCE: Path Computation Element

   PCEP: Path Computation Element Protocol

   SID: Segment Identifier

   SR: Segment Routing

1.2.  Requirements Language

   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
   BCP14 [RFC2119], [RFC8174] when, and only when they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here .



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2.  Terminology

   This memo makes use of the terms defined in [RFC4970].

3.  Node MSD Advertisement

   The node MSD sub-TLV is defined within the body of the IS-IS Router
   Capability TLV [RFC7981], to carry the provisioned SID depth of the
   router originating the Router Capability TLV.  Node MSD is the
   minimum MSD supported by the node on any interface.  MSD values may
   be learned via a hardware API or may be provisioned.

          0                   1
          0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5

         +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
         |    Type       |   Length      |
         +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
         |   MSD-Type    | MSD Value     |
         +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
         //     ...................     //
         +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
         |   MSD-Type    | MSD Value     |
         +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


                        Figure 1: Node MSD Sub-TLV

   The Type: TBD1

   Length: variable (minimum of 2, multiple of 2 octets) and represents
   the total length of value field.

   Value: field consists of one or more pairs of a 1 octet MSD-Type
   (IANA Registry) and 1 octet Value.

   Node MSD value is a number in the range of 0-255. 0 represents lack
   of the ability to support SID stack of any depth; any other value
   represents that of the node.  This value MUST represent the lowest
   value supported by any link associated with the node.

   This sub-TLV is optional.  The scope of the advertisement is specific
   to the deployment.








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4.  Link MSD Advertisement

   The link MSD sub-TLV is defined for TLVs 22, 23, 141, 222, and 223 to
   carry the MSD of the interface associated with the link.  MSD values
   may be learned via a hardware API or may be provisioned.

         0                   1
         0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5

         +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
         |    Type       |   Length      |
         +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
         |   MSD-Type    | MSD Value     |
         +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
         //     ...................     //
         +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
         |   MSD-Type    | MSD Value     |
         +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


                        Figure 2: Link MSD Sub-TLV

   The Type: TBD2

   Length: variable (minimum of 2, multiple of 2 octets) and represents
   the total length of value field.

   Value: consists of one or more pairs of a 1 octet MSD-Type (IANA
   Registry) and 1 octet Value.

   Link MSD value is a number in the range of 0-255. 0 represents lack
   of the ability to support SID stack of any depth; any other value
   represents that of the link when used as an outgoing link.

   This sub-TLV is optional.  The scope of the advertisement is specific
   to the deployment.

5.  Using Node and Link MSD Advertisements

   When Link MSD is present for a given MSD type, the value of the Link
   MSD MUST take preference over the Node MSD.

   The meaning of the absence of both Node and Link MSD advertisements
   for a given MSD type is specific to the MSD type.  Generally it can
   only be inferred that the advertising node does not support
   advertisement of that MSD type.  However, in some cases the lack of
   advertisement might imply that the functionality associated with the




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   MSD type is not supported.  The correct interpretation MUST be
   specified when an MSD type is defined.

6.  Base MPLS Imposition MSD

   Base MPLS Imposition MSD (BMI-MSD) signals the total number of MPLS
   labels a node is capable of imposing, including any service/transport
   labels.

   Absence of BMI-MSD advertisements indicates solely that the
   advertising node does not support advertisement of this capability.

7.  IANA Considerations

   This document requests IANA to allocate a sub-TLV type (TBD1) for the
   new sub TLV proposed in Section 3 of this document from IS-IS Router
   Capability TLV Registry as defined by [RFC7981].

   IANA has allocated the following value through the early assignment
   process:


      Value     Description                      Reference
      -----     ---------------                  -------------
      23        Node MSD                         This document

                            Figure 3: Node MSD

   This document requests IANA to allocate a sub-TLV type (TBD2) as
   defined in Section 4 from Sub-TLVs for TLVs 22, 23, 141, 222 and 223
   registry.

   IANA has allocated the following value through the early assignment
   process:


      Value     Description                      Reference
      -----     ---------------                  -------------
      15        Link MSD                         This document

                            Figure 4: Link MSD

   Per TLV information where Link MSD sub-TLV can be part of:








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      TLV  22 23 25 141 222 223
      ---  --------------------
           y  y  y  y   y   y

           Figure 5: TLVs where LINK MSD Sub-TLV can be present

   This document requests creation of an IANA managed registry under a
   new category of "Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) Parameters" IANA
   registries to identify MSD types as proposed in Section 3 and
   Section 4.  The registration procedure is "Expert Review" as defined
   in [RFC8126].  Suggested registry name is "MSD types".  Types are an
   unsigned 8 bit number.  The following values are defined by this
   document


      Value     Name                             Reference
      -----     ---------------------            -------------
      0         Reserved                         This document
      1         Base MPLS Imposition MSD         This document
      2-250     Unassigned                       This document
      251-254   Experimental                     This document
      255       Reserved                         This document

                  Figure 6: MSD Types Codepoints Registry

8.  Security Considerations

   Security considerations, as specified by [RFC7981] are applicable to
   this document

9.  Contributors

   The following people contributed to this document:

   Peter Psenak

   Email: ppsenak@cisco.com

10.  Acknowledgements

   The authors would like to thank Acee Lindem, Stephane Litkowski and
   Bruno Decraene for their reviews and valuable comments.

11.  References







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11.1.  Normative References

   [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>.

   [RFC4970]  Lindem, A., Ed., Shen, N., Vasseur, JP., Aggarwal, R., and
              S. Shaffer, "Extensions to OSPF for Advertising Optional
              Router Capabilities", RFC 4970, DOI 10.17487/RFC4970, July
              2007, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4970>.

   [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>.

11.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.ietf-idr-bgp-ls-segment-routing-msd]
              Tantsura, J., Chunduri, U., Mirsky, G., and S. Sivabalan,
              "Signaling Maximum SID Depth using Border Gateway Protocol
              Link-State", draft-ietf-idr-bgp-ls-segment-routing-msd-01
              (work in progress), October 2017.

   [I-D.ietf-isis-mpls-elc]
              Xu, X., Kini, S., Sivabalan, S., Filsfils, C., and S.
              Litkowski, "Signaling Entropy Label Capability and
              Readable Label-stack Depth Using IS-IS", draft-ietf-isis-
              mpls-elc-03 (work in progress), January 2018.

   [I-D.ietf-pce-segment-routing]
              Sivabalan, S., Filsfils, C., Tantsura, J., Henderickx, W.,
              and J. Hardwick, "PCEP Extensions for Segment Routing",
              draft-ietf-pce-segment-routing-11 (work in progress),
              November 2017.

   [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>.





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   [RFC8126]  Cotton, M., Leiba, B., and T. Narten, "Guidelines for
              Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26,
              RFC 8126, DOI 10.17487/RFC8126, June 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8126>.

Authors' Addresses

   Jeff Tantsura
   Nuage Networks

   Email: jefftant.ietf@gmail.com


   Uma Chunduri
   Huawei Technologies

   Email: uma.chunduri@huawei.com


   Sam Aldrin
   Google, Inc

   Email: aldrin.ietf@gmail.com


   Les Ginsberg
   Cisco Systems

   Email: ginsberg@cisco.com






















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