Network Working Group                                              H. Li
Internet-Draft                                                   M. Chen
Intended status: Standards Track                                  C. Lin
Expires: February 3, 2022                                            H3C
                                                          August 2, 2021


      Signaling Composite Candidate Path of SR Policy using BGP-LS
             draft-li-idr-bgpls-sr-policy-composite-path-01

Abstract

   Segment Routing is a source routing paradigm that explicitly
   indicates the forwarding path for packets at the ingress node.  An SR
   Policy is associated with one or more candidate paths, and each
   candidate path is either dynamic, explicit or composite.  This
   document specifies the extensions to BGP Link State (BGP-LS) to carry
   composite candidate path information in the advertisement of an SR
   policy.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  BGP-LS Extensions for Composite Candidate Path  . . . . . . .   3
     3.1.  Constituent SR Policy TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.  Operations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   5.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   6.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   7.  Contributors  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   8.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     8.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
     8.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6

1.  Introduction

   As described in [RFC7752], BGP Link State (BGP-LS) provides a
   mechanism by which link-state and TE information can be collected
   from networks and shared with external components using the BGP
   routing protocol.

   Segment routing (SR) [RFC8402] is a source routing paradigm that
   explicitly indicates the forwarding path for packets at the ingress
   node.  The ingress node steers packets into a specific path according
   to the Segment Routing Policy (SR Policy) as defined in
   [I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing-policy].

   An SR Policy is associated with one or more candidate paths.  A
   composite candidate path acts as a container for grouping of SR
   Policies.  As described in section 2.2 in
   [I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing-policy], the composite candidate
   path construct enables combination of SR Policies, each with explicit
   candidate paths and/or dynamic candidate paths with potentially
   different optimization objectives and constraints, for a load-
   balanced steering of packet flows over its constituent SR Policies.

   [I-D.ietf-idr-te-lsp-distribution] describes a mechanism to collect
   the SR policy information that is locally available in a node and
   advertise it into BGP-LS updates.  This document extends it to
   provide some extra information to carry composite candidate path
   information in the BGP-LS advertisement.





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2.  Terminology

   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.  BGP-LS Extensions for Composite Candidate Path

   [RFC7752] defines the BGP-LS NLRI that can be a Node NLRI, a Link
   NLRI or a Prefix NLRI.  The corresponding BGP-LS attribute is a Node
   Attribute, a Link Attribute or a Prefix Attribute.
   [I-D.ietf-idr-te-lsp-distribution] describes a mechanism to collect
   the SR Policy information that is locally available in a node and
   advertise it into BGP Link State (BGP-LS) updates.  This section
   defines a new sub-TLV which is carried in the optional non-transitive
   BGP Attribute "LINK_STATE Attribute" defined in [RFC7752].

3.1.  Constituent SR Policy TLV

   Segment Routing Policy (SR Policy) architecture is specified in
   [I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing-policy].  A SR Policy can comprise
   of one or more candidate paths, and each candidate path is either
   dynamic, explicit or composite.  A composite candidate path can
   comprise of one or more constituent SR policies.  The endpoints of
   the constituent SR Policies and the parent SR Policy MUST be
   identical, and the colors of each of the constituent SR Policies and
   the parent SR Policy MUST be different.

   The Constituent SR Policy TLV is used to report the constituent SR
   policy(s) of a composite candidate path.  The TLV has 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                           |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                             Color                             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                             Weight                            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                       Sub-TLVs (variable)                     //
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+




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   where:

   o  Type: to be assigned by IANA.

   o  Length: the total length of the value field not including Type and
      Length fields.

   o  Reserved: 32 bits reserved and MUST be set to 0 on transmission
      and MUST be ignored on receipt.

   o  Color: 4 octets that indicates the color of the constituent SR
      Policy.

   o  Weight: 4 octet field that indicates the weight associated with
      the SID-List for weighted load-balancing.  Refer Section 2.2 and
      2.11 of [I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing-policy].

   o  Sub-TLVs: no sub-TLV is currently defined.

4.  Operations

   The document does not bring new operation beyond the description of
   operations defined in [RFC7752] and
   [I-D.ietf-idr-te-lsp-distribution].  The existing operations defined
   in [RFC7752] and [I-D.ietf-idr-te-lsp-distribution] can apply to this
   document directly.

   Typically but not limit to, the BGP-LS messages carring composite
   candidate path information along with the SR policy are distributed
   to a controller.

   After configuration, the composite candidate path information will be
   advertised by BGP update messages.  The operation of advertisement is
   the same as defined in [RFC7752] and
   [I-D.ietf-idr-te-lsp-distribution], as well as the receiption.

5.  Security Considerations

   Procedures and protocol extensions defined in this document do not
   affect the security considerations discussed in
   [I-D.ietf-idr-te-lsp-distribution].

6.  IANA Considerations

   This document defines a new TLV in the BGP-LS Link Descriptor and
   Attribute TLVs:





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   +-------+---------------------------+---------------+
   | Value | Description               | Reference     |
   +-------+---------------------------+---------------+
   | TBA   | Constituent SR Policy TLV | This document |
   +-------+---------------------------+---------------+

7.  Contributors

   In addition to the authors listed on the front page, the following
   co-authors have also contributed to this document:

   Yuanxiang Qiu
   H3C
   qiuyuanxiang@h3c.com

   Liping Yang
   H3C
   liping_yang@h3c.com

   Yang Wang
   H3C
   wang.a.yang@h3c.com

8.  References

8.1.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-idr-te-lsp-distribution]
              Previdi, S., Talaulikar, K., Dong, J., Chen, M., Gredler,
              H., and J. Tantsura, "Distribution of Traffic Engineering
              (TE) Policies and State using BGP-LS", draft-ietf-idr-te-
              lsp-distribution-15 (work in progress), May 2021.

   [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>.

   [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>.

   [RFC8402]  Filsfils, C., Ed., Previdi, S., Ed., Ginsberg, L.,
              Decraene, B., Litkowski, S., and R. Shakir, "Segment
              Routing Architecture", RFC 8402, DOI 10.17487/RFC8402,
              July 2018, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8402>.





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8.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing-policy]
              Filsfils, C., Talaulikar, K., Voyer, D., Bogdanov, A., and
              P. Mattes, "Segment Routing Policy Architecture", draft-
              ietf-spring-segment-routing-policy-13 (work in progress),
              June 2021.

   [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>.

Authors' Addresses

   Hao Li
   H3C

   Email: lihao@h3c.com


   Mengxiao Chen
   H3C

   Email: chen.mengxiao@h3c.com


   Changwang Lin
   H3C

   Email: linchangwang.04414@h3c.com



















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