IDR K. Patel
Internet-Draft S. Previdi
Intended status: Standards Track C. Filsfils
Expires: January 7, 2016 A. Sreekantiah
Cisco Systems
S. Ray
Unaffiliated
H. Gredler
Juniper Networks
July 6, 2015
Segment Routing Prefix SID extensions for BGP
draft-keyupate-idr-bgp-prefix-sid-04
Abstract
Segment Routing (SR) architecture allows a node to steer a packet
flow through any topological path and service chain by leveraging
source routing. The ingress node prepends a SR header to a packet
containing a set of "segments". Each segment represents a
topological or a service-based instruction. Per-flow state is
maintained only at the ingress node of the SR domain.
This document describes the BGP extension for announcing BGP Prefix
Segment Identifier (BGP Prefix SID) information.
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 RFC 2119 [RFC2119]
only when they appear in all upper case. They may also appear in
lower or mixed case as English words, without any normative meaning.
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Table of Contents
1. Segment Routing Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. BGP-Prefix-SID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.1. MPLS Prefix Segment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.2. IPv6 Prefix Segment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4. BGP-Prefix-SID Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
4.1. Label-Index TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.2. Originator SRGB TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.3. Neighbor SRGB TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5. Receiving BGP-Prefix-SID Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5.1. MPLS Dataplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.1.1. MPLS Dataplane: Labeled Unicast . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.1.2. MPLS Dataplane: Unlabeled Unicast . . . . . . . . . . 10
5.2. IPv6 Dataplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6. Announcing BGP-Prefix-SID Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6.1. MPLS Dataplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6.1.1. MPLS Dataplane: Labeled Unicast . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6.1.2. MPLS Dataplane: Unlabeled Unicast . . . . . . . . . . 12
6.2. IPv6 Dataplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7. Error Handling of BGP-Prefix-SID Attribute . . . . . . . . . 13
8. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
9. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
10. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
11. Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
12. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
12.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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12.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1. Segment Routing Documents
The main references for this document are the SR architecture defined
in [I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing]and the related use case
illustrated in [I-D.filsfils-spring-segment-routing-msdc].
The Segment Routing Egress Peer Engineering architecture is described
in [I-D.filsfils-spring-segment-routing-central-epe].
The Segment Routing Egress Peer Engineering BGPLS extensions are
described in [I-D.ietf-idr-bgpls-segment-routing-epe].
2. Introduction
Segment Routing (SR) architecture leverages the source routing
paradigm. A group of inter-connected nodes that use SR forms a SR
domain. The ingress node of the SR domain prepends a SR header
containing "segments" to an incoming packet. Each segment represents
a topological instruction such as "go to prefix P following shortest
path" or a service instruction (e.g.: "pass through deep packet
inspection"). By inserting the desired sequence of instructions, the
ingress node is able to steer a packet via any topological path and/
or service chain; per-flow state is maintained only at the ingress
node of the SR domain.
Each segment is identified by a Segment Identifier (SID). As
described in [I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing], when SR is applied to
the MPLS dataplane the SID consists of a label while when SR is
applied to the IPv6 dataplane the SID consists of an IPv6 prefix (see
[I-D.previdi-6man-segment-routing-header]).
A BGP-Prefix Segment (aka BGP-Prefix-SID), is a BGP segment attached
to a BGP prefix. A BGP-Prefix-SID is always global within the SR/BGP
domain and identifies an instruction to forward the packet over the
ECMP-aware best-path computed by BGP to the related prefix. The BGP-
Prefix-SID is the identifier of the BGP prefix segment.
This document describes the BGP extension to signal the BGP-Prefix-
SID. Specifically, this document defines a new BGP attribute known
as the BGP Prefix SID attribute and specifies the rules to originate,
receive and handle error conditions of the new attribute.
As described in [I-D.filsfils-spring-segment-routing-msdc], the newly
proposed BGP Prefix-SID attribute can be attached to prefixes from
different AFI/SAFI:
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Multiprotocol BGP labeled IPv4/IPv6 Unicast ([RFC3107]).
Multiprotocol BGP ([RFC4760]) unlabeled IPv4/IPv6 Unicast.
BGP4 ([RFC4271]).
[I-D.filsfils-spring-segment-routing-msdc] describes use cases where
the Prefix-SID is used for all the above BGP flavors.
3. BGP-Prefix-SID
The BGP-Prefix-SID attached to a BGP prefix P represents the
instruction "go to Prefix P" along its BGP bestpath (potentially
ECMP-enabled).
3.1. MPLS Prefix Segment
The BGP Prefix Segment is realized on the MPLS dataplane in the
following way:
According to [I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing], each BGP speaker
is configured with a label block called the Segment Routing Global
Block (SRGB). The SRGB of a node is a local property and could be
different on different speakers.
As described in [I-D.filsfils-spring-segment-routing-msdc] the
operator assigns a globally unique "index", L_I, to a locally
sourced prefix of a BGP speaker N which is advertised to all other
BGP speakers in the SR domain.
The index L_I is a 32 bit offset in the SRGB. Each BGP speaker
derives its local MPLS label, L, by adding L_I to the start value
of its own SRGB, and programs L in its MPLS dataplane as its
incoming/local label for the prefix.
If the BGP speakers are configured with the same SRGB start value,
they will all program the same MPLS label for a given prefix P.
This has the effect of having a single label for prefix P across
all BGP speakers despite that the MPLS paradigm of "local label"
is preserved and this clearly simplifies the deployment and
operations of traffic engineering in BGP driven networks, as
described in [I-D.filsfils-spring-segment-routing-msdc].
If the BGP speakers cannot be configured with the same SRGB, the
proposed BGP Prefix-SID attribute allows the advertisement of the
SRGB so each node can advertise the SRGB it's configured with. The
drawbacks of the use case where BGP speakers have different SRGBs are
documented in [I-D.filsfils-spring-segment-routing-msdc].
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In order to advertise the label index of a given prefix P and,
optionally, the SRGB, a new extension to BGP is needed: the BGP
Prefix SID attribute. This extension is described in subsequent
sections.
3.2. IPv6 Prefix Segment
As defined in [I-D.previdi-6man-segment-routing-header], in SR for
the IPv6 dataplane, the SRGB consists of the set of IPv6 addresses
used within the SR domain (as described in
[I-D.previdi-6man-segment-routing-header]), therefore the BGP speaker
willing to process SR IPv6 packets MUST advertise an IPv6 prefix with
the attached Prefix SID attribute and related SR IPv6 flag (see
subsequent section).
As described in [I-D.filsfils-spring-segment-routing-msdc], when SR
is used over an IPv6 dataplane, the BGP Prefix Segment is
instantiated by an IPv6 prefix originated by the BGP speaker.
Each node advertises a globally unique IPv6 address representing
itself in the domain. This prefix (e.g.: its loopback interface
address) is advertised to all other BGP speakers in the SR domain.
Also, each node MUST advertise its support of Segment Routing for
IPv6 dataplane. This is realized using the Prefix SID Attribute
defined here below.
4. BGP-Prefix-SID Attribute
BGP Prefix SID attribute is an optional, transitive BGP path
attribute. The attribute type code is to be assigned by IANA
(suggested value: 40). The value field of the BGP-Prefix-SID
attribute has the following format:
The value field of the BGP Prefix SID attribute is defined here to be
a set of elements encoded as "Type/Length/Value" (i.e., a set of
TLVs). Following TLVs are defined:
o Label-Index TLV
o Originator SRGB TLV
o Neighbor SRGB TLV
Originator SRGB and Neighbor SRGB TLVs are used only when SR is
applied to the MPLS dataplane.
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4.1. Label-Index TLV
The Label-Index TLV MUST be present in the Prefix-SID attribute and
has the following format:
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type | Length | RESERVED |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Flags | Label Index |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Label Index |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
where:
o Type is 1.
o Length: is 7, the total length of the value portion of the TLV.
o RESERVED: 8 bit field. SHOULD be 0 on transmission and MUST be
ignored on reception.
o Flags: 16 bits of flags. Following is defined:
0 1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|S| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
where:
* S flag: if set then it means that the BGP speaker attaching the
Prefix-SID Attribute to a prefix it originates is capable of
processing the IPv6 Segment Routing Header (SRH,
[I-D.previdi-6man-segment-routing-header]) for the segment
corresponding to the originated IPv6 prefix. The use case
leveraging the S flag is described in
[I-D.filsfils-spring-segment-routing-msdc].
The other bits of the flag field SHOULD be clear on transmission
an MUST be ignored at reception.
o Label Index: 32 bit value representing the index value in the SRGB
space. If the S flag is set, the index SHOULD be clear on
transmission an MUST be ignored at reception.
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4.2. Originator SRGB TLV
The Originator SRGB TLV is an optional TLV and has the following
format:
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type | Length | Flags |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Flags |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| SRGB 1 (6 octets) |
| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| SRGB n (6 octets) |
| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
where:
o Type is 2.
o Length is the total length of the value portion of the TLV: 5 +
multiple of 12.
o Flags: 16 bits of flags. None are defined in this document.
Flags SHOULD be clear on transmission an MUST be ignored at
reception.
o SRGB: 3 octets of base followed by 3 octets of range. Note that
SRGB field MAY appear multiple times.
The Originator SRGB TLV contains the SRGB of the router originating
the prefix to which the BGP Prefix SID is attached and MUST be kept
in the Prefix-SID Attribute unchanged during the propagation of the
BGP update.
The originator SRGB describes the SRGB of the node where the BGP
Prefix Segment end. It is used to build SRTE policies when different
SRGB's are used in the fabric
([I-D.filsfils-spring-segment-routing-msdc]).
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The originator SRGB may only appear on Prefix-SID attribute attached
to prefixes of SAFI 4 (labeled unicast, [RFC3107]).
4.3. Neighbor SRGB TLV
The Neighbor SRGB TLV is an optional TLV and has the following
format:
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type | Length | Flags |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Flags |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Local Address (4 or 16 octets) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| SRGB 1 (6 octets) |
| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| SRGB n (6 octets) |
| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
where:
o Type is 3.
o Length is the total length of the value portion of the TLV. When
the BGP Update contains an IPv4 prefix (AFI 1 or BGP4) the length
is 4 + multiple of 12. When the BGP update contains an IPv6
prefix (AFI 2) the length is 16 + multiple of 12.
o Flags: 16 bits of flags. None are defined in this document.
Flags SHOULD be clear on transmission an MUST be ignored at
reception.
o Local Address: when the BGP Update contains an IPv4 prefix (AFI 1
or BGP4) the Local Address MUST contain a 4 octet IPv4 address.
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When the BGP Update contains an IPv6 prefix (AFI 2) the Local
Address MUST contain a 4 octet IPv4 address.
o SRGB: 3 octets of base followed by 3 octets of range. Note that
SRGB field MAY appear multiple times.
The Neighbor SRGB TLV contains the local SRGB of the BGP speaker
originating the Neighbor SRGB TLV.
The Neighbor SRGB TLV may only be present on Prefix-SID attribute
attached to an unlabeled prefix: BGP4 ([RFC4271]) or SAFI 1.
The BGP speaker originating the Neighbor SRGB TLV MUST specify the
local IPv4 or IPv6 address for the BGP session on which the
corresponding NLRI is being advertised.
The Neighbor SRGB TLV has a significance only for the neighbors of
the BGP speaker originating it. The Neighbor SRGB TLV MUST be
rewritten at each hop during the advertisement/propagation of the
prefix. At each hop the BGP speaker receiving a prefix with a
Prefix-SID attached to it and with a "Local Address" MUST override
the "Local Address" value.
The Neighbor SRGB TLV is only used when the dataplane is MPLS and the
the BGP Prefix SID is associated with an NLRI propagated by unlabeled
BGP signaling (BGP4 or SAFI 1). It allows the receiving BGP speaker
to determine the outgoing label to program in the dataplane (see
[I-D.filsfils-spring-segment-routing-msdc]).
In case of a labeled unicast IPv4 or IPv6 prefixes ([RFC3107]), the
label value in the NLRI MUST be used as outgoing label value for the
prefix the Prefix-SID attribute is attached to and the Neighbor SRGB
TLV MUST NOT be used.
5. Receiving BGP-Prefix-SID Attribute
A BGP speaker may be locally configured with an SRGB=[GB_S, GB_E].
The preferred method for deriving the SRGB is a matter of local
router configuration.
Given a label index L_I, we call L = L_I + GB_S as the derived label.
A BGP Prefix-SID attribute is called "unacceptable" for a speaker M
if the derived label value L lies outside the SRGB configured on M.
Otherwise the Label Index attribute is called "acceptable" to speaker
M.
The mechanisms through which a given label_index value is assigned to
a given prefix are outside the scope of this document. The label-
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index value associated with a prefix is locally configured at the BGP
router originating the prefix.
The Prefix-SID attribute MUST contain the Label-Index TLV and MAY
contain the Originator SRGB and Neighbor SRGB TLVs. A BGP Prefix-SID
attribute received without a Label-Index TLV MUST be considered as
"unacceptable" by the receiving speaker.
When a BGP speaker receives a path from a neighbor with an acceptable
BGP Prefix-SID attribute, it SHOULD program the derived label as the
local label for the prefix in its MPLS dataplane. In case of any
error, a BGP speaker MUST resort to the error handling rules
specified in Section 7. A BGP speaker MAY log an error for further
analysis.
A BGP speaker receiving a BGP Prefix-SID attribute from an EBGP
neighbor residing outside the boundaries of the SR domain, SHOULD
discard the attribute unless it is configured to accept the attribute
from the EBGP neighbor. A BGP speaker MAY log an error for further
analysis when discarding an attribute.
5.1. MPLS Dataplane
5.1.1. MPLS Dataplane: Labeled Unicast
When a BGP speaker receives a path from a neighbor with an
unacceptable BGP Prefix-SID attribute, for the purpose of label
allocation, it SHOULD treat the path as if it came without a Prefix-
SID attribute. A BGP speaker MAY choose to assign a local (also
called dynamic) label (non-SRGB) for such a prefix. A BGP speaker
MAY log an error for further analysis.
A BGP speaker receiving a prefix with a Prefix-SID attribute and a
label NLRI field of implicit-null from a neighbor MUST adhere to
standard behavior and program its MPLS dataplane to pop the top label
when forwarding traffic to the prefix. The label NLRI defines the
outbound label that MUST be used by the receiving node. The Label
Index gives a hint to the receiving node on which local/incoming
label the BGP speaker SHOULD use.
5.1.2. MPLS Dataplane: Unlabeled Unicast
When a BGP speaker receives a path from a neighbor with an
unacceptable BGP Prefix-SID attribute, for the purpose of label
allocation, it SHOULD treat the path as if it came without a Prefix-
SID attribute. A BGP speaker MAY choose to assign a local (also
called dynamic) label (non-SRGB) for such a prefix. A BGP speaker
MAY log an error for further analysis.
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When a BGP speaker receives a path from a neighbor with an
unacceptable BGP Prefix-SID attribute, for the purpose of label
allocation, it SHOULD treat the path as if it came without a Prefix-
SID attribute and remove the Prefix-SID attribute from the prefix
prior to advertising it to its neighbors. A BGP speaker MAY choose
to assign a local (also called dynamic) label (non-SRGB) for such a
prefix. A BGP speaker MAY log an error for further analysis.
A BGP speaker receiving an unlabeled prefix (IPv4 or IPv6) with a
Prefix-SID attribute derives the outgoing label for the prefix by
applying the received index to the received Neighbor SRGB TLV. Then,
it replaces the Neighbor SRGB TLV with its own local SRGB values
(base, range) prior to advertising the prefix to its neighbors.
5.2. IPv6 Dataplane
When a SR IPv6 BGP speaker receives a BGP Update with a prefix having
the BGP Prefix SID attribute attached, it checks whether the S flag
is set in the Index TLV. If the S flag is set, then the Index value
MUST be ignored.
The Originator SRGB and Neighbor SRGB TLVs are ignored on reception.
A BGP speaker receiving a BGP Prefix-SID attribute from a EBGP
neighbor residing outside the boundaries of the SR domain, SHOULD
discard the attribute unless it is configured to accept the attribute
from the EBGP neighbor. A BGP speaker MAY log an error for further
analysis when discarding an attribute.
6. Announcing BGP-Prefix-SID Attribute
The BGP Prefix-SID attribute MAY be announced with BGP Prefixes
carried in either label and unlabeled BGP (or Multiprotocol BGP)
updates (IPv4 and IPv6). In order to prevent distribution of the BGP
Prefix-SID attribute beyond its intended scope of applicability,
attribute filtering MAY be deployed.
6.1. MPLS Dataplane
A BGP speaker that originates a prefix attaches the Prefix-SID
attribute when it advertises the prefix to its neighbors. The value
of the Label-Index in the Label-Index TLV is determined by
configuration.
A BGP speaker that originates a Prefix-SID attribute MAY optionally
announce Originator SRGB and Neighbor SRGB TLVs along with the
mandatory Label-Index TLV. The content of the Originator SRGB and
Neighbor SRGB TLVs is determined by the configuration.
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Since the Label-index value must be unique within an SR domain, by
default an implementation SHOULD NOT advertise the BGP Prefix-SID
attribute outside an Autonomous System unless it is explicitly
configured to do so.
6.1.1. MPLS Dataplane: Labeled Unicast
A BGP speaker that advertises a path received from one of its
neighbors SHOULD advertise the Prefix-SID received with the path
without modification regardless of whether the Prefix-SID was
acceptable. If the path did not come with a Prefix-SID attribute,
the speaker MAY attach a Prefix-SID to the path if configured to do
so. The content of the TLVs present in the Prefix-SID is determined
by the configuration.
In all cases, the label field of the NLRI ([RFC3107], [RFC4364]) MUST
be set to the local/incoming label programmed in the MPLS dataplane
for the given prefix. If the prefix is associated with one of the
BGP speakers interfaces, this label is the usual MPLS label (such as
the implicit or explicit NULL label).
6.1.2. MPLS Dataplane: Unlabeled Unicast
A BGP speaker that advertises a path received from one of its
neighbors SHOULD advertise the Prefix-SID received with the path
without modification only if the Prefix-SID is acceptable. If the
path did not come with a Prefix-SID attribute, the speaker MAY attach
a Prefix-SID to the path if configured to do so. The value of the
TLVs present in the Prefix-SID is determined by the configuration.
When the Prefix SID attribute is attached to an unlabeled prefix, the
BGP speaker MUST originate the Index and the Neighbor SRGB TLVs. The
Index TLV MUST contain the globally unique index value allocated to
the prefix. The Neighbor SRGB TLV MUST contain the SRGB of the
speaker in the form of base and range.
6.2. IPv6 Dataplane
A BGP speaker that originates a prefix attaches the Prefix-SID
attribute when it advertises the prefix to its neighbors. The value
of the Label-Index is set to null and the S flag is set.
A BGP speaker that advertises a path received from one of its
neighbors SHOULD advertise the Prefix-SID received with the path
without modification regardless of whether the Prefix-SID was
acceptable. If the path did not come with a Prefix-SID attribute,
the speaker MAY attach a Prefix-SID to the path if configured to do
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so. The value of the TLVs present in the Prefix-SID is determined by
the configuration.
7. Error Handling of BGP-Prefix-SID Attribute
When a BGP Speaker receives a BGP Update message containing a
malformed BGP Prefix-SID attribute, it MUST ignore the received BGP
Prefix-SID attributes and not pass it to other BGP peers. This is
equivalent to the -attribute discard- action specified in
[I-D.ietf-idr-error-handling]. When discarding an attribute, a BGP
speaker MAY log an error for further analysis.
If the BGP Prefix-SID attribute appears more than once in an BGP
Update message message, then, according to
[I-D.ietf-idr-error-handling], all the occurrences of the attribute
other than the first one SHALL be discarded and the BGP Update
message shall continue to be processed.
When a BGP speaker receives an unacceptable Prefix-SID attribute, it
MAY log an error for further analysis.
8. IANA Considerations
This document defines a new BGP path attribute known as the BGP
Prefix-SID attribute. This document requests IANA to assign a new
attribute code type (suggested value: 40) for BGP the Prefix-SID
attribute from the BGP Path Attributes registry.
This document defines three new TLVs for BGP Prefix-SID attribute.
These TLVs need to be registered with IANA. We request IANA to
create a new registry for BGP Prefix-SID Attribute TLVs as follows:
Under "Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Parameters" registry, "BGP
Prefix SID attribute Types" Reference: draft-keyupate-idr-bgp-prefix-
side-03 Registration Procedure(s): Values 1-254 First Come, First
Served, Value 0 and 255 reserved
Value Type Reference
0 Reserved draft-keyupate-idr-bgp-prefix-side-03
1 Label-Index draft-keyupate-idr-bgp-prefix-side-03
2 Originator SRGB draft-keyupate-idr-bgp-prefix-side-03
3 Neighbor SRGB draft-keyupate-idr-bgp-prefix-side-03
4-254 Unassigned
255 Reserved draft-keyupate-idr-bgp-prefix-side-03
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9. Security Considerations
This document introduces no new security considerations above and
beyond those already specified in [RFC4271] and [RFC3107].
10. Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thanks Satya Mohanty and Acee Lindem for
their contribution to this document.
11. Change Log
Initial Version: Sep 21 2014
12. References
12.1. Normative References
[I-D.ietf-idr-error-handling]
Chen, E., Scudder, J., Mohapatra, P., and K. Patel,
"Revised Error Handling for BGP UPDATE Messages", draft-
ietf-idr-error-handling-19 (work in progress), April 2015.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[RFC3107] Rekhter, Y. and E. Rosen, "Carrying Label Information in
BGP-4", RFC 3107, May 2001.
[RFC4271] Rekhter, Y., Li, T., and S. Hares, "A Border Gateway
Protocol 4 (BGP-4)", RFC 4271, January 2006.
[RFC4364] Rosen, E. and Y. Rekhter, "BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private
Networks (VPNs)", RFC 4364, February 2006.
12.2. Informative References
[I-D.filsfils-spring-segment-routing-central-epe]
Filsfils, C., Previdi, S., Patel, K., Aries, E.,
shaw@fb.com, s., Ginsburg, D., and D. Afanasiev, "Segment
Routing Centralized Egress Peer Engineering", draft-
filsfils-spring-segment-routing-central-epe-03 (work in
progress), January 2015.
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[I-D.filsfils-spring-segment-routing-msdc]
Filsfils, C., Previdi, S., Mitchell, J., Black, B.,
Afanasiev, D., Ray, S., and K. Patel, "BGP-Prefix Segment
in large-scale data centers", draft-filsfils-spring-
segment-routing-msdc-01 (work in progress), April 2015.
[I-D.ietf-idr-bgpls-segment-routing-epe]
Previdi, S., Filsfils, C., Ray, S., Patel, K., Dong, J.,
and M. Chen, "Segment Routing Egress Peer Engineering BGP-
LS Extensions", draft-ietf-idr-bgpls-segment-routing-
epe-00 (work in progress), June 2015.
[I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing]
Filsfils, C., Previdi, S., Decraene, B., Litkowski, S.,
and R. Shakir, "Segment Routing Architecture", draft-ietf-
spring-segment-routing-03 (work in progress), May 2015.
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Previdi, S., Filsfils, C., Field, B., and I. Leung, "IPv6
Segment Routing Header (SRH)", draft-previdi-6man-segment-
routing-header-06 (work in progress), May 2015.
[RFC4760] Bates, T., Chandra, R., Katz, D., and Y. Rekhter,
"Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4", RFC 4760, January
2007.
Authors' Addresses
Keyur Patel
Cisco Systems
170 W. Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA 95124 95134
USA
Email: keyupate@cisco.com
Stefano Previdi
Cisco Systems
Via Del Serafico, 200
Rome 00142
Italy
Email: sprevidi@cisco.com
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Clarence Filsfils
Cisco Systems
Brussels
Belgium
Email: cfilsfils@cisco.com
Arjun Sreekantiah
Cisco Systems
170 W. Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA 95124 95134
USA
Email: asreekan@cisco.com
Saikat Ray
Unaffiliated
Email: raysaikat@gmail.com
Hannes Gredler
Juniper Networks
Email: hannes@juniper.net
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