Network Working Group K. Ishiguro
Internet Draft IP Infusion Inc.
Expiration Date: January 2005 T. Takada
IP Infusion Inc.
July 2004
Traffic Engineering Extensions to OSPF version 3
draft-ietf-ospf-ospfv3-traffic-02.txt
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Abstract
This document describes extensions to OSPFv3 to support intra-area
Traffic Engineering (TE).
This document extends OSPFv2 TE to handle IPv6 networks. A new TLV
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and several new sub-TLVs are defined to support IPv6 networks.
1. Applicability
OSPFv3 has a very flexible mechanism for adding new LS types.
Unknown LS types are flooded properly based on the flooding scope
bits in the LS type [1]. This document proposes the addition of the
Intra-Area-TE LSA to OSPFv3.
For Traffic Engineering, this document uses "Traffic Engineering
Extensions to OSPF" [2] as a base for TLV definitions. New sub-TLVs
are added to [2] to extend TE capabilities to IPv6 networks. Some
TLVs require clarification for OSPFv3 applicabilty. The new sub-TLVs
described in this document can also be carried in OSPFv2 as described
in [2].
GMPLS [3] and the Diff-Serv aware MPLS Extensions [4] are based on
[2]. These functions can also be extended to OSPFv3 by utilizing the
TLV and sub-TLVs described in this document.
2. Node Address TLV
A stable IP address of the advertising router that is always
reachable is needed for traffic engineering. Node address TLV [5]
provides at least one routable node address. This satisfy
requirements of Traffic Engineering computation. In OSPFv3 TE, node
address TLV must be supported.
3. Router IPv6 Address TLV
The Router IPv6 Address TLV will advertise a reachable IPv6 address.
This is a stable IPv6 address that is always reachable if there is
connectivity to the OSPFv3 router.
The Router IPv6 Address TLV has type 3, length 16, and a value
containing a 16 octet local IPv6 address. It MUST appear in exactly
one Traffic Engineering LSA originated by an OSPFv3 router supporting
the TE extentions.
4. Link TLV
The Link TLV describes a single link and consists a set of sub-TLVs
[2]. All of sub-TLVs in [2] other than the Link ID sub-TLV are
applicable to OSPFv3. The Link ID sub-TLV can't be used in OSPFv3
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due to the protocol differences between OSPFv2 and OSPFv3.
Three new sub-TLVs for the Link TLV are defined:
17 - Neighbor ID (8 octets)
18 - Local Interface IPv6 Address (16N octets)
19 - Remote Interface IPv6 Address (16N octets)
4.1 Link ID
The Link ID sub-TLV is used in OSPFv2 to identify the other end of
the link. In OSPFv3, the Neighbor ID sub-TLV should be used for link
identification. In OSPFv3, The Link ID sub-TLV should not be sent and
should be ignored upon receipt.
4.2 Neighbor ID
In OSPFv2, the Link ID is used to identify the other end of a link.
In OSPFv3, the combination of Neighbor Interface ID and Neighbor
Router ID are used for neighbor link identification. Both are adver-
tised in the Neighbor ID Sub-TLV.
The Neighbor ID sub-TLV has type 17, length 8, and contains the 4
octet Neighbor Interface ID and the 4 octet Neighbor Router ID.
Neighbor Interface ID and Neighbor Router ID values are the same as
described in RFC 2740 [1] A.4.3 Router-LSAs.
4.3 Local Interface IPv6 Address
The Local Interface IPv6 Address sub-TLV specifies the IPv6
address(es) of the interface corresponding to this link. If there
are multiple local addresses on the link, they are all listed in this
sub-TLV. Link-local address should not be included in this sub-TLV.
The Local Interface IPv6 Address sub-TLV has type 18, length 16N
(where N is the number of local addresses), and contains the link's
local addresses.
4.4 Remote Interface IPv6 Address
The Remote Interface IPv6 Address sub-TLV advertises the IPv6
address(es) associated with neighbor's interface. This Sub-TLV and
the Local Interface IPv6 address Sub-TLV are used to discern amongst
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parallel links between OSPFv3 routers. If the Link Type is multi-
access, the Remote Interface IPv6 Address is set to ::. Link-local
addresses should not be contained in this sub-TLV.
The Remote Interface IPv6 Address sub-TLV has type 19, length 16N
(where N is the number of local addresses), and contains the link
neighbor's local addresses.
5. Intra-Area-TE-LSA
A new LS type is defined for the Intra-Area-TE LSA. The LSA function
code is 10, the U bit is set, and the scope is Area-scoping. When the
U bit is set to 1 an OSPFv3 router must flood the LSA at its defined
flooding scope even if it does not recognize the LS type [1].
LSA function code LS Type Description
--------------------------------------------------------------------
10 0xa00a Intra-Area-TE-LSA
The Link State ID of an Intra-Area-TE LSA will be the Interface ID of
the link.
6. Security Considerations
This memo does not create any new security issues for the OSPFv3 pro-
tocol [1] or OSPFv2 Traffic Engineering extenstions [2]. Security
considerations for OSPFv2 Traffic Engineering are covered in [2].
7. Acknowledgements
Thanks to Vishwas Manral, Kireeti Kompella and Alex Zinin for their
comments.
8. Normative Reference
[1] R, Coltun, D. Ferguson, and J. Moy, "OSPF for IPv6", RFC 2740.
[2] Katz, D., Yeung, D., Kompella, K., "Traffic Engineering
Extensions to OSPF", RFC 3630.
9. Informative References
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[3] K. Kompella, Y. Rekhter, "OSPF Extensions in Support of
Generalized MPLS", draft-ietf-ccamp-ospf-gmpls-extensions-12.txt,
work in progress.
[4] F. L. Faucheur, J. Boyle, K. Kompella, W. Townsend, D. Skalecki,
"Protocol extensions for support of Diff-Serv-aware MPLS Traffic
Engineering", draft-ietf-tewg-diff-te-proto-07.txt, work in
progress.
[5] R. Aggarwal, K. Kompella, "Advertising a Router's Local Addresses
in OSPF TE Extensions", draft-ietf-ospf-te-node-addr-00.txt, work
in progress.
10. Author's Address
Kunihiro Ishiguro
IP Infusion Inc.
111 W. St. John Street, Suite 910
San Jose CA 95113
e-mail: kunihiro@ipinfusion.com
Toshiaki Takada
IP Infusion Inc.
111 W. St. John Street, Suite 910
San Jose CA 95113
e-mail: takada@ipinfusion.com
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