PWE3 Working Group F. Zhang, Ed.
Internet-Draft B. Wu, Ed.
Intended status: Standards Track ZTE Corporation
Expires: February 17, 2012 E. Bellagamba, Ed.
Ericsson
August 16, 2011
Label Distribution Protocol Extensions for Proactive Operations,
Administration and Maintenance Configuration of Dynamic MPLS Transport
Profile PseudoWire
draft-zhang-mpls-tp-pw-oam-config-06
Abstract
This document specifies extensions to the Label Distribution Protocol
(LDP) to configure and control proactive Operations, Adminstration
and Maintenance (OAM) functions, suitable for dynamic Single-Segment
PseudoWire (SS-PW) and Multi-Segment PseudoWire (MS-PW).
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Conventions used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1. Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. Analysis of Existing PW OAM Configuration . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1. Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification . . . . . . . . 6
3.2. VCCV Bidirectional Forwarding Detection . . . . . . . . . 6
3.3. PW Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.4. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. Analysis of PW OAM Configuration Extended by MPLS-TP . . . . . 7
4.1. Continuity Check, Connectivity Verification and Remote
Defect Indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.2. Performance Monitoring Loss/Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.3. FMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.4. On-demand OAM Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.5. Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5. MPLS-TP PW OAM Capability Advertisement . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6. PW OAM Configuration Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6.1. OAM Configuration for MS-PW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6.1.1. Establishment of OAM Entities and Functions . . . . . 10
6.1.2. Adjustment of OAM Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6.1.3. Deleting OAM Entities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6.2. OAM Configuration for SS-PW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7. LDP extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7.1. MPLS-TP PW OAM Capability TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7.1.1. Backward Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
7.2. MPLS-TP PW OAM Administration TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7.3. MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
7.3.1. BFD Configuration sub-TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
7.3.1.1. Local Discriminator sub-TLV . . . . . . . . . . . 18
7.3.1.2. Negotiation Timer Parameters sub-TLV . . . . . . . 18
7.3.1.3. BFD Authentication sub-TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
7.3.2. Performance Monitoring sub-TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
7.3.2.1. MPLS-TP PW PM Loss TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
7.3.2.2. MPLS-TP PW PM Delay TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
7.3.3. MPLS-TP PW FMS TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
8. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
8.1. OAM Configuration Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
9. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
10. Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
11. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
11.1. Normative references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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11.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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1. Introduction
MPLS Pseudowire (PW) is defined in [RFC3985] and [RFC5659], which
provide for emulated services over an MPLS Packet Switched Network
(PSN). MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) describes a profile of MPLS
that enables operational models typical in transport networks, while
providing additional Operations, Administration and Maintenance
(OAM), survivability and other maintenance functions not previously
supported by IP/MPLS. The corresponding requirements are defined in
[RFC5860].
The MPLS-TP OAM mechanisms that are operated to meet transport
requirements are described in [I-D.ietf-mpls-tp-oam-framework],
categorized into proactive and on-demand monitoring. Proactive
monitoring refers to OAM operations that are either configured to be
carried out periodically and continuously or preconfigured to act on
certain events such as alarm signals. In contrast, on-demand
monitoring is initiated manually and for a limited amount of time,
usually for operations such as diagnostics to investigate into a
defect condition.
The Network Management System (NMS) or Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping
[I-D.ietf-mpls-lsp-ping-mpls-tp-oam-conf] is used to configure these
OAM functionalities if a control plane is not instantiated. But if
the control plane is used, it MUST support the configuration and
modification of OAM maintenance points as well as the activation/
deactivation of OAM when the transport path or transport service is
established or modified [RFC5654].
This document specifies the extensions to the LDP protocol to
negotiate PW OAM capabilities, configure and bootstrap proactive PW
OAM functions, suitable for Point to Point (P2P) SS-PW and MS-PW.
The extensions to Point to Multi-Point (P2MP) PW will be studied in
the future.
2. Conventions used in this document
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 [RFC2119].
2.1. Acronyms
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AC: Attachment Circuit
AIS: Alarm indication signal
BFD: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
CC: Continuity Check
CV: Connectivity Verification
DM: Delay Measurement
FEC: Forwarding Equivalence Class
FMS: Fault Management Signal
ICMP: Internet Control Message Protocol
G-ACh: Generic Associated Channel
LDI: Link Down Indication
LDP: Label Distribution Protocol
LKR: Lock Reporting
LM: Loss Measurement
LSP: Label Switched Path
ME: Maintenance Entity
MEG: Maintenance Entity Group
MEP: Maintenance Entity Group End Point
MIP: Maintenance Entity Group Intermediate Point
MPLS-TP: MPLS Transport Profile
MS-PW: Multi-Segment PseudoWire
NMS: Network Management System
OAM: Operations, Adminstration and Maintenance
P2MP: Point to Multi-Point
PE: Provider Edge
PHB: Per-Hop Behavior
PM: Performance Monitoring
PSN: Packet Switched Network
PW: PseudoWire
S-PE: Switching Provider Edge
SPME: Sub-Path Maintenance Entity
SS-PW: Single-Segment Pseudo Wire
T-PE: Terminating Provider Edge
TLV: Type Length Value
VCCV: Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification
3. Analysis of Existing PW OAM Configuration
Before MPLS-TP standards, PW OAM functions have been implemented by
[RFC5085], [RFC5885], [RFC4447] and [I-D.ietf-pwe3-static-pw-status].
[RFC5085] defines Connectivity Verification (CV) function, which
belongs to on-demand PW monitoring. Continuity Check (CC), as well
as PW and Attachemnt Circuit (AC) status notification, are defined in
[RFC5885]. The documents [RFC4447] and
[I-D.ietf-pwe3-static-pw-status] give some other ways of PW/AC status
notification.
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3.1. Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification
Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV) is used to verify
and further diagnose PW forwarding path, and the VCCV capabilities
negotiation is defined in [RFC5085].
3.2. VCCV Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
Four CV types based on Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) are
specified in [RFC5885], which describes the VCCV BFD capabilities
negotiation and the procedures of selecting one of them when multiple
BFD CV types are advertised.
3.3. PW Status
PW status codes provide a mechanism to signal the status of PW and AC
failure. When PW control plane exists, the PW Status TLV is carried
in the initial Label Mapping message and Notification message to
signal all PW status messages [RFC4447]. When an event occurs, an
update PW status will be sent.
3.4. Conclusion
In summary, IP/MPLS PW OAM functions and their relationship with LDP/
LSP Ping/NMS are described in table 1. This document will not
replace or deprecate these existing functions(e.g., VCCV capability
advertisement and PW status negotiation for MPLS networks).
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | | LDP | LSP Ping | NMS |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | VCCV | Capability | | Capability |
| | LSP ping | negotiation | |configuration&|
| On-demand | | | | Bootstrapping|
| OAM |-------------------------------------------------------|
| | VCCV | Capability | | Capability |
| | ICMP ping | negotiation | |configuration&|
| | | | | Bootstrapping|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | VCCV BFD | Capability | | Capability |
| | | negotiation& | |configuration&|
| | | Bootstrapping| | Bootstrapping|
| Proactive |-------------------------------------------------------|
| OAM | PW status | Capability | | Capability |
| | | negotiation& | |configuration&|
| | | Bootstrapping| | Bootstrapping|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Table 1: IP/MPLS PW OAM Functions
4. Analysis of PW OAM Configuration Extended by MPLS-TP
4.1. Continuity Check, Connectivity Verification and Remote Defect
Indication
The Proactive CC, CV and Remote Defect Indication (RDI) functions of
MPLS-TP are based on the extensions to BFD
[I-D.ietf-mpls-tp-cc-cv-rdi], which addresses the proactive CV gap
that VCCV BFD does not support. The BFD packets can be encapsulated
by IP or non-IP in G-ACh, and operate in coordinated or independent
mode.
Timer negotiation, such as Transmitter (TX)/Receiver (RX) interval
can be performed in subsequent BFD control messages [RFC5880] or
directly in the LSP ping configuration messages, but it also can be
gotten by control plane signaling [I-D.ietf-mpls-tp-oam-framework].
The use of the VCCV control channel provides the context, based on
the MPLS-PW label, required to bind and bootstrap the BFD session to
a particular PW, so local discriminator values are not exchanged
[I-D.ietf-mpls-tp-oam-analysis]. However, in order to identify
certain extreme cases of mis-connectivity and fulfill the
requirements that the BFD mechanism MUST be the same for LSP, Single
Segment Pseudowire (SS-PW), Multi Segment Pseudowire (MS-PW) and
Section as well as for Sub-path Maintenance Element (SPME), BFD might
still need to use discriminator values to identify the connection
being verified at both ends of the PW. The discriminator values can
be statically configured, or signaled via LSP Ping or LDP extensions
defined in this document.
Per-hop Behavior (PHB), which identifies the per-hop behavior of BFD
packet, SHOULD be configured as well. This permits the verification
of correct operation of Quality of Serivce (QoS) queuing as well as
connectivity.
When BFD Control packets are transported in the G-ACh they are not
protected by any end-to-end checksum, only lower-layers are providing
error detection/correction. A single bit error, e.g. a flipped bit
in the BFD State field could cause the receiving end to wrongly
conclude that the link is down and in turn trigger protection
switching. To prevent this from happening the "BFD Configuration
sub-TLV" has an Integrity flag that when set enables BFD
Authentication using Keyed SHA1 with an empty key (all 0s) [RFC5880].
This would make every BFD Control packet carry an SHA1 hash of itself
that can be used to detect errors.
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If BFD Authentication using a shared key / password is desired (i.e.
actual authentication not only error detection) the "BFD
Authentication sub-TLV" MUST be included in the "BFD Configuration
sub-TLV". The "BFD Authentication sub-TLV" is used to specify which
authentication method that should be used and which shared key /
password that should be used for this particular session. How the
key exchange is performed is out of scope of this document.
4.2. Performance Monitoring Loss/Delay
Performance monitoring (PM) of PWs, especially for packet Loss
Measurement (LM) and packet Delay Measurement (DM), are specified in
[I-D.ietf-mpls-loss-delay], [I-D.ietf-mpls-tp-loss-delay-profile].
When configuring Performance monitoring functionalities it can be
chosen either the default configuration (by only setting the
respective flags in the "MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration TLV") or a
customized configuration (by including the respective MPLS-TP PW PM
Loss and/or Delay sub-TLVs).
By setting the PM Loss flag in the "MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration TLV"
and including the "MPLS-TP PW PM Loss sub-TLV" one can configure the
measurement interval and loss threshold values for triggering
protection.
Delay measurements are configured by setting PM Delay flag in the
"MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration TLV" and including the "MPLS-TP PW PM
Loss sub-TLV" one can configure the measurement interval and the
delay threshold values for triggering protection.
4.3. FMS
Fault Management Signals (FMS) are specified in
[I-D.ietf-mpls-tp-fault], with which a server PW can notify client
PWs about various fault conditions to suppress alarms or to be used
as triggers for actions in the client PWs. The following signals are
defined: Alarm Indication Signal (AIS), Link Down Indication (LDI)
and Lock Reporting (LKR).
For each MEP of each Maintenance Entity Group (MEG), enabling/
disabling the generation of FMS packets, the transmitted period and
PHB SHOULD be configured. This can be done independently, and the
values of configured parameters can be different, but for easy
maintenance, these setting SHOULD be consistent.
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4.4. On-demand OAM Functions
The extended on-demand OAM functions MAY need capability negotiation
in the LDP Initialization message [RFC5561]. However, On-demand PW
OAM functions are expected to be carried out by directly accessing
network nodes via a management interface; hence configuration and
control of on-demand PW OAM functions are out-of-scope for this
document.
4.5. Conclusion
According to the analysis above, LDP needs to be extended to
negotiate PW OAM capabilities, configure and bootstrap proactive PW
OAM functions, such as, CC-CV-RDI, PM Loss/Delay, FMS. In this way,
OAM configuration is bound to PW signaling, avoiding two separate
management/configuration steps (PW establishment followed by OAM
configuration) which would increases delay, processing and more
importantly may be prune to mis-configuration errors.
Furthermore, LSP ping can be used to configure the proactive PW OAM
function extended by MPLS-TP also, suitable for dynamic and static
PW. For reference, the following table 2 describes the different
scope of different proactive OAM bootstrapping schemes of dynamic PW.
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | | LDP | LSP Ping | NMS |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | |Capability | | Capability |
| | |negotiation& | |configuration&|
| | CC/CV/RDI |Function | Function | Function |
| | |configuration&|configuration&|configuration&|
| | |Bootstrapping |Bootstrapping | Bootstrapping|
| |--------------------------------------------------------|
|Proactive| |Capability | | Capability |
| OAM | |negotiation& | |configuration&|
| | FMS |Function | Function | Function |
| | |configuration&|configuration&|configuration&|
| | |Bootstrapping |Bootstrapping | Bootstrapping|
| |--------------------------------------------------------|
| | |Capability | | Capability |
| | |negotiation& | |configuration&|
| | PM Loss/ |Function | Function | Function |
| | Delay |configuration&|configuration&|configuration&|
| | |Bootstrapping |Bootstrapping | Bootstrapping|
|---------|--------------------------------------------------------|
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Table 2: MPLS-TP PW OAM Functions
5. MPLS-TP PW OAM Capability Advertisement
When a PW is first set up, the PEs MUST attempt to negotiate the
usage of OAM functions. At the time of writing this specification,
there are PW status negotiation and VCCV capability advertisement.
For the proactive OAM functions extended by MPLS-TP, such as CC-CV-
RDI, PM loss/delay and FMS, the capability negotiation MAY be also
needed, so a PE that supports the MPLS-TP PW OAM capability MUST
include MPLS-TP PW OAM Capability TLV in the LDP Initialization
message. And if the peer has not advertised this capability, the
corresponding PW OAM configuration information will not be sent to
the peer.
6. PW OAM Configuration Procedures
A PE may play an active or passive role in the signaling of the PW.
There exist two situations:
a) Active/active: both PEs of a PW are active (SS-PW), they select PW
OAM configuration parameters and send with the Label Mapping message
to each other independently.
b) Active/passive: one PE is active and the others are passive
(MS-PW). The active/passive role election is defined in Section
7.2.1 of [RFC6073] and applies here, this document does not define
any new role election procedures.
The general rules of OAM configuration procedures are mostly
identical between MS-PW and SS-PW, except that SS-PW does not need to
configure MIP function and the Mapping message are sent out
independently. Section 6.1 takes MS-PW as an example to describe the
general OAM configuration procedures. As for SS-PW, the specific
differences would be addressed in section 6.2.
6.1. OAM Configuration for MS-PW
6.1.1. Establishment of OAM Entities and Functions
Assuming there is one PW that needs to be setup between T-PE1 and
T-PE2, across S-PE1 and S-PE2. OAM functions must be setup and
enabled in the appropriate order so that spurious alarms can be
avoided.
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+-------+ +-------+ +-------+ +-------+
| | | | | | | |
| A|--------|B C|--------|D E|--------|F |
| | | | | | | |
+-------+ +-------+ +-------+ +-------+
T-PE1 S-PE1 S-PE2 T-PE2
Figure 1: MS-PW OAM Configuration Scheme
Fist of all, T-PE1 MUST setup the OAM sink function to be prepared to
receive OAM messages but MUST suppress any OAM alarms (e.g., due to
missing or unidentified OAM messages). The Mapping message MUST be
sent with the "OAM Alarms Enabled" cleared and "OAM MIP Entities
desired" set in the MPLS-TP PW OAM Administation TLV.
When the Mapping message arrives at the downstream S-PEs, such as
S-PE1 and S-PE2, they MUST establish and configure MIP entities
according to the set "I"flag in the MPLS-TP PW OAM Administration
TLV. If failure, a Notification message SHOULD be sent, with a
Status Code set to "MIP Configuration Failure". If OAM entities are
established successfully, the middle points (S-PE1 and S-PE2) MUST
forward the Mapping message downstream, the endpoint (T-PE2) MUST set
the OAM Source function and MUST be prepared to Send OAM messages.
The same rules are applied to the reverse direction (from T-PE2 to
T-PE1), that is to say, T-PE2 needs to setup the OAM sink function to
be prepared to receive OAM messages but MUST suppress any OAM alarms
(e.g., due to missing or unidentified OAM messages). The Mapping
message MUST be sent with the "OAM Alarms Enabled" cleared, "OAM MIP
Entities desired" set in the MPLS-TP PW OAM Administration TLV. When
T-PE1 receives the Mapping message, it completes any pending OAM
configuration and enables the OAM source function to send OAM
messages.
After this round, OAM entities are established and configured for the
PW and OAM messages MAY already be exchanged, and OAM alarms can now
be enabled. The T-PE nodes (T-PE1 and T-PE2), while still keeping
OAM alarms disabled send a Notification message with "OAM Alarms
Enabled" PW status flag set, and enable the OAM alarms after
processing the Notification message. At this point, data-plane OAM
is fully functional, and the MPLS-TP OAM PW configuration TLV MAY be
omitted in subsequent Notification messages
The PW MAY be setup with OAM entities right away with the first
signaling, as described above, but a PW MAY be signaled and
established without OAM configuration first, and OAM entities may be
added later. This can be done by sending a Notification message with
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the related configuration parameters subsequently.
6.1.2. Adjustment of OAM Parameters
There may be a need to change the parameters of an already
established and configured OAM function during the lifetime of the
PW. To do so the T-PE nodes need to send a Notification message with
the updated parameters. OAM parameters that influence the content
and timing of OAM messages and identify the way OAM defects and
alarms are derived and generated. Hence, to avoid spurious alarms,
it is important that both sides, OAM sink and source, are updated in
a synchronized way. Firstly, the alarms of the OAM sink function
should be suppressed and only then should expected OAM parameters be
adjusted. Subsequently, the parameters of the OAM source function
can be updated. Finally, the alarms of the OAM sink side can be
enabled again.
In accordance with the above operation, T-PE1 MUST send a
Notification message with "OAM Alarms Enabled" cleared and including
the updated MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration TLV corresponding to the new
parameter settings. The initiator (T-PE1) MUST keep its OAM sink and
source functions running unmodified, but it MUST suppress OAM alarms
after the updated Notification message is sent. The receiver (T-PE2)
MUST firstly disable all OAM alarms, then update the OAM parameters
according to the information in the Notification message and reply
with a Notification message acknowledging the changes by including
the MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration TLV. Note that the receiving side
has the possibility to adjust the requested OAM configuration
parameters and reply with and updated MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration
TLV in the Notification message, reflecting the actually configured
values. However, in order to avoid an extensive negotiation phase,
in the case of adjusting already configured OAM functions, the
receiving side SHOULD NOT update the parameters requested in the
Notification message to an extent that would provide lower
performance than what has been configured previously.
The initiator (T-PE1) MUST only update its OAM sink and source
functions when it has received the Notification message from the
peer. After the OAM parameters are updated and OAM is running
according the new parameter settings, OAM alarms are still disabled,
so a subsequent Notification messages exchanges with "OAM Alarms
Enabled" flag set are needed to enable OAM alarms again.
6.1.3. Deleting OAM Entities
In some cases it may be useful to remove some or all OAM entities and
functions from one PW without actually tearing down the connection.
To avoid any spurious alarm, the following procedure should be
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followed:
The T-PE nodes disable OAM alarms and SHOULD send Notification
message to each other with "OAM Alarms Enabled" cleared but unchanged
OAM configuration and without the MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration TLV.
After that, T-PE1 (T-PE2) SHOULD delete OAM source functions, then
send a Notification message with "OAM MIP Entities desired" cleared.
While T-PE2 (T-PE1) deletes OAM sink function, S-PE1 and S-PE2 delete
MIP configuration when they receive the Notification message with
"OAM MIP Entities desired" cleared.
Alternatively, if only some OAM functions need to be removed, the
T-PE node sends the Notification message with the updated OAM
Configuration TLV. Changes between the contents of the previously
signaled OAM Configuration TLV and the currently received TLV
represent which functions SHOULD be removed/added.
6.2. OAM Configuration for SS-PW
Assuming there is one PW that needs to be setup between T-PE1 and
T-PE2.
If the receiving PE (T-PE2) have initiated the MPLS-TP PW OAM
configuration request to the other PE (T-PE1), it MUST compare its
AII against T-PE1's. If it is numerically lower, will reply a
Notification message with the updated "MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration
TLV", and the Status Code set to "Wrong MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration
TLV".
On the other hand, if the T-PE2's AII is numerically higher than
T-PE1's, it MUST reply a Notification message with Status Code set to
"Rejected MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration TLV".
7. LDP extensions
Below, LDP extensions to configure proactive MPLS-TP PW OAM functions
are defined.
7.1. MPLS-TP PW OAM Capability TLV
A new Capability Parameter TLV called the MPLS-TP PW OAM Capability
TLV is defined, and the format is as follows:
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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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|1|0| Type (TBD) | Length (= 4) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|S| Reserved | Capability Data |F|D|L|V|C|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
MPLS-TP PW OAM Capability TLV
The value of the U-bit for the MPLS-TP PW OAM Capability TLV MUST be
set to 1 so that a receiver MUST silently ignore this TLV if unknown
to it, and continue processing the rest of the message[RFC5036].
Currently defined specific OAM Capability Flags in the "Capability
Data" field from right to left are:
One bit "C" (31, IANA to assign) CC mode supported
One bit "V" (30, IANA to assign) CV mode supported
One bit "L" (29, IANA to assign) PM Loss supported
One bit "D" (28, IANA to assign) PM Delay supported
One bit "F" (27, IANA to assign) FMS supported
Bits 8-26: This field MUST be set to zero
on transmission and MUST be ignored on receipt.
The above bits can be set individually to indicate more than one kind
of OAM capabilities at once, and the other reserved bits MUST be set
to zero on transmission and MUST be ignored on receipt. Moreover, if
CV flag is set, the CC flag MUST be set at the same time.
The MPLS-TP PW OAM Capability TLV MAY be included by a PE in an
Initialization message to signal its peer that it supports the
MPLS-TP PW OAM Capability. If the remote peer does not support the
MPLS-TP PW OAM Capability TLV or the Initialization message sent by
the remote peer does not include the MPLS-TP PW OAM Capability TLV,
the resulting negotiation does not support MPLS-TP PW OAM capability.
If instead the negotiation supports the MPLS-TP PW OAM capability,
then the subsequent LDP Mapping message will carry the information of
the MPLS-TP PW OAM configuration.
7.1.1. Backward Compatibility
If both the two T-PEs can recognize the MPLS-TP PW OAM Capability
TLV,and CC or CV mode is supported, the BFD configuration procedure
described in this document is adopted. Otherwise, if at least one of
the two T-PEs do not support the CC or CV mode, the old VCCV BFD
[RFC5885] will be performed. In this situation, the procedure
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described in [RFC5885] MUST be followed: the C and V flags of MPLS-TP
PW OAM Configuration TLV MUST NOT be set and the BFD Configuration
sub-TLV MUST NOT be carried as a sub-TLV of MPLS-TP PW OAM
Configuration TLV also.
The described behavior ensures full compatibility with the existing
implementations.
7.2. MPLS-TP PW OAM Administration TLV
The format of the MPLS-TP PW OAM Administration TLV is as follows:
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|0|0| Type (TBD) | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|I|A| Reserved |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
MPLS-TP PW OAM Administration TLV
One bit "I" (0, IANA to assign): "OAM MIP Entities Desired" is
allocated. If the "OAM MIP entities desired" bit is set, it is
indicating that the establishment of OAM MIP entities is required at
every transit node of the signaled PW. If the establishment of a MIP
is not supported, a Notification message MUST be sent with Status
Code set to "MIP Configuration Failure".
One bit "A" (1, IANA to assign): "OAM Alarms Enabled" is allocated.
If the "OAM Alarms Enabled" bit is set, it is indicating that the
T-PE needs to enable OAM alarms.
Reserved (2-31 bits): This field MUST be set to zero on transmission
and MUST be ignored on receipt.
7.3. MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration TLV
The "MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration TLV" is depicted in the following
figure. It may be carried in the Mapping and Notification messages,
just following the PW Status TLV.
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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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|0|0| Type (TBD) | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|C|V|L|D|F| OAM Function Flags |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
~ sub-TLVs ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration TLV
The "MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration TLV" contains a number of flags
indicating which OAM functions should be activated as well as OAM
function specific sub-TLVs with configuration parameters for the
particular functions.
Type: indicates a new type: the MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration TLV
(IANA to assign).
Length: the length of the OAM Function Flags field including the
total length of the sub-TLVs in octets.
OAM Function Flags: a bitmap numbered from left to right as shown in
the figure.
These flags are defined in this document:
OAM Function Flag bit# Description
--------------------- ---------------------------
0 (C) Continuity Check (CC)
1 (V) Connectivity Verification (CV)
2 (L) Performance Monitoring/Loss (PM/Loss)
3 (D) Performance Monitoring/Delay (PM/Delay)
4 (F) Fault Management Signals (FMS)
5-31 Reserved (set all to 0s)
Sub-TLVs corresponding to the different flags are as follows.
o "BFD Configuration sub-TLV", which MUST be included if the CC
and/or the CV OAM Function flag is set. Furthermore, if the CV
flag is set, the CC flag MUST be set at the same time.
o "Performance Monitoring sub-TLV", which MUST be included if the
PM/Loss OAM Function flag is set.
o "MPLS-TP PW FMS sub-TLV", which MAY be included if the FMS OAM
Function flag is set. If the "MPLS-TP PW FMS sub-TLV" is not
included, default configuration values are used.
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7.3.1. BFD Configuration sub-TLV
The "BFD Configuration sub-TLV is defined for BFD specific
configuration parameters, which accommodates generic BFD OAM
information and carries sub-TLVs.
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| BFD Conf. Type (1) (IANA) | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|Vers.| PHB |N|S|I|G|U|A| Reserved (set to all 0s) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
~ sub TLVs ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
BFD Configuration sub-TLV
Type: indicates a new type, the "BFD Configuration sub-TLV" (IANA to
define, suggested value 1).
Length: indicates the length of the TLV including sub-TLVs but
excluding the Type and Length field, in octets.
Version: identifies the BFD protocol version. If a node does not
support a specific BFD version, a Notification message MUST be
generated with Status Code set to "Unsupported OAM Version".
PHB: Identifies the Per-Hop Behavior (PHB) to be used for periodic
continuity monitoring messages.
BFD Negotiation (N): If set timer negotiation/re-negotiation via BFD
Control Messages is enabled, when cleared it is disabled.
Symmetric session (S): If set the BFD session MUST use symmetric
timing values.
Integrity (I): If set BFD Authentication MUST be enabled. If the
"BFD Configuration sub-TLV" does not include a "BFD Authentication
sub-TLV" the authentication MUST use Keyed SHA1 with an empty pre-
shared key (all 0s).
Encapsulation Capability (G): if set, it shows the capability of
encapsulating BFD messages into G-Ach channel without IP/UDP headers.
If both the G bit and U bit are set, configuration gives precedence
to the G bit.
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Encapsulation Capability (U): if set, it shows the capability of
encapsulating BFD messages into G-Ach channel with IP/UDP headers.
If both the G bit and U bit are set, configuration gives precedence
to the G bit.
Operation mode (A): if set, it configures BFD in the associated mode.
If it is not set it configures BFD in independent mode.
Reserved: Reserved for future specification and set to 0.
The "BFD Configuration sub-TLV" MUST include the following sub-TLVs
in the Mapping message:
o "Local Discriminator sub-TLV".
o "Negotiation Timer Parameters sub-TLV" if the N flag is cleared.
7.3.1.1. Local Discriminator sub-TLV
The "Local Discriminator sub-TLV" is carried as a sub-TLV of the "BFD
Configuration sub-TLV" and is depicted below.
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Lcl. Discr. Type (1) (IANA) | Length (4) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Local Discriminator |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Local Discriminator sub-TLV
Type: indicates a new type, the "Local Discriminator sub-TLV" (IANA
to define, suggested value 1).
Length: indicates the TLV total length in octets (4).
Local Discriminator: A unique, nonzero discriminator value generated
by the transmitting system and referring to itself, used to
demultiplex multiple BFD sessions between the same pair of systems.
7.3.1.2. Negotiation Timer Parameters sub-TLV
The "Negotiation Timer Parameters sub-TLV" is carried as a sub-TLV of
the "BFD Configuration sub-TLV" and is depicted below.
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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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Timer Neg. Type (2) (IANA) | Length (16) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Acceptable Min. Asynchronous TX interval |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Acceptable Min. Asynchronous RX interval |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Required Echo TX Interval |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Negotiation Timer Parameters sub-TLV
Type: indicates a new type, the "Negotiation Timer Parameters sub-
TLV" (IANA to define, suggested value 2).
Length: indicates the TLV total length in octets (16).
Acceptable Min. Asynchronous TX interval: in case of S (symmetric)
flag set in the "BFD Configuration" TLV, it expresses the desired
time interval (in microseconds) at which the T-PE initiating the
signaling intends to both transmit and receive BFD periodic control
packets. If the receiving T-PE can not support such value, it is
allowed to reply back with an interval greater than the one proposed.
In case of S (symmetric) flag cleared in the "BFD Configuration sub-
TLV", this field expresses the desired time interval (in
microseconds) at which T-PE intends to transmit BFD periodic control
packets in its transmitting direction.
Acceptable Min. Asynchronous RX interval: in case of S (symmetric)
flag set in the "BFD Configuration sub-TLV", this field MUST be equal
to "Acceptable Min. Asynchronous TX interval" and has no additional
meaning respect to the one described for "Acceptable Min.Asynchronous
TX interval".
In case of S (symmetric) flag cleared in the "BFD Configuration sub-
TLV", it expresses the minimum time interval (in microseconds) at
which T-PE can receive BFD periodic control packets. In case this
value is greater than the "Acceptable Min. Asynchronous TX interval"
received from the other T-PE, such T-PE MUST adopt the interval
expressed in this "Acceptable Min. Asynchronous RX interval".
Required Echo TX Interval: the minimum interval (in microseconds)
between received BFD Echo packets that this system is capable of
supporting, less any jitter applied by the sender as described in
[RFC5880] sect. 6.8.9. This value is also an indication for the
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receiving system of the minimum interval between transmitted BFD Echo
packets. If this value is zero, the transmitting system does not
support the receipt of BFD Echo packets. If the receiving system can
not support this value a Notification MUST be generated with Status
Code set to "Unsupported BFD TX Echo rate interval". By default the
value is set to 0.
7.3.1.3. BFD Authentication sub-TLV
The "BFD Authentication sub-TLV" is carried as a sub-TLV of the "BFD
Configuration sub-TLV" and is depicted below.
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| BFD Auth. Type (3) (IANA) | Length = 8 |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Auth Type | Auth Key ID | Reserved (0s) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
BFD Authentication sub-TLV
Type: indicates a new type, the "BFD Authentication sub-TLV" (IANA to
define, suggested value 3).
Length: indicates the TLV total length in octets (8).
Auth Type: indicates which type of authentication to use. The same
values as are defined in section 4.1 of [RFC5880] are used.
Auth Key ID: indicates which authentication key or password
(depending on Auth Type) should be used. How the key exchange is
performed is out of scope of this document.
Reserved: Reserved for future specification and set to 0.
7.3.2. Performance Monitoring sub-TLV
If the "MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration TLV" has either the L (Loss), D
(Delay) flag set, the "Performance Monitoring sub-TLV" MUST be
present.
In case the values need to be different than the default ones the
"MPLS-TP PW PM Loss sub-TLV, "MPLS-TP PW PM Delay sub-TLV" MAY be
included:
o "MPLS-PW PM Loss sub-TLV" if the L flag is set in the "MPLS-TP PW
OAM Configuration TLV";
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o "MPLS-PW PM Dealy sub-TLV" if the D flag is set in the "MPLS-TP PW
OAM Configuration TLV ".
The "Performance Monitoring sub-TLV" depicted below is carried as a
sub-TLV of the "MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration TLV"
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Perf Monitoring Type (IANA)| Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|D|L|J|Y|K|C| Reserved (set to all 0s) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
~ sub-TLVs ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Performance Monitoring sub-TLV
o D: Delay inferred/direct (0=INFERRED, 1=DIRECT)
o L: Loss inferred/direct (0=INFERRED, 1=DIRECT)
o J: Delay variation/jitter (1=ACTIVE, 0=NOT ACTIVE)
o Y: Dyadic (1=ACTIVE, 0=NOT ACTIVE)
o K: Loopback (1=ACTIVE, 0=NOT ACTIVE)
o C: Combined (1=ACTIVE, 0=NOT ACTIVE)
7.3.2.1. MPLS-TP PW PM Loss TLV
The "MPLS-TP PW PM Loss sub-TLV" depicted below is carried as a sub-
TLV of the "Performance Monitoring sub-TLV".
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| PM Loss Type (1) (IANA) | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| OTF |T|B| RESERVED |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Measurement Interval |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Test Interval |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Loss Threshold |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
MPLS-TP PW PM Loss sub-TLV
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Type: indicates a new type, the "MPLS-TP PW PM Loss sub-TLV" (IANA to
define, suggested value 1).
Length: indicates the length of the parameters in octets.
OTF: Origin Timestamp Format of the Origin Timestamp field described
in [I-D.ietf-mpls-loss-delay]. By default it is set to IEEE 1588
version 1.
Configuration Flags, please refer to [I-D.ietf-mpls-loss-delay] for
further details:
o T: Traffic-class-specific measurement indicator. Set to 1 when
the measurement operation is scoped to packets of a particular
traffic class (DSCP value), and 0 otherwise. When set to 1, the
DS field of the message indicates the measured traffic class. By
default it is set to 1.
o B: Octet (byte) count. When set to 1, indicates that the Counter
1-4 fields represent octet counts. When set to 0, indicates that
the Counter 1-4 fields represent packet counts. By default it is
set to 0.
Measurement Interval: the time interval (in microseconds) at which LM
query messages MUST be sent on both directions. If the T-PE
receiving the Mapping message can not support such value, it can
reply back with a higher interval. By default it is set to (TBD).
Test Interval: test messages interval as described in
[I-D.ietf-mpls-loss-delay]. By default it is set to (TBD).
Loss Threshold: the threshold value of lost packets over which
protections MUST be triggered. By default it is set to (TBD).
7.3.2.2. MPLS-TP PW PM Delay TLV
The "MPLS-TP PW PM Delay sub-TLV" depicted below is carried as a sub-
TLV of the "MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration TLV"
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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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| PM Delay Type (2) (IANA) | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| OTF |T|B| RESERVED |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Measurement Interval |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Test Interval |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Delay Threshold |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
MPLS-TP PW PM Delay sub-TLV
Type: indicates a new type, the "MPLS-TP PW PM Delay sub-TLV" (IANA
to define, suggested value 2).
Length: indicates the length of the parameters in octets.
OTF: Origin Timestamp Format of the Origin Timestamp field described
in [I-D.ietf-mpls-loss-delay]. By default it is set to IEEE 1588
version 1.
Configuration Flags, please refer to [I-D.ietf-mpls-loss-delay] for
further details:
o T: Traffic-class-specific measurement indicator. Set to 1 when
the measurement operation is scoped to packets of a particular
traffic class (DSCP value), and 0 otherwise. When set to 1, the
DS field of the message indicates the measured traffic class. By
default it is set to 1.
o B: Octet (byte) count. When set to 1, indicates that the Counter
1-4 fields represent octet counts. When set to 0, indicates that
the Counter 1-4 fields represent packet counts. By default it is
set to 0.
Measurement Interval: the time interval (in microseconds) at which LM
query messages MUST be sent on both directions. If the T-PE
receiving the Mapping message can not support such value, it can
reply back with a higher interval. By default it is set to (TBD).
Test Interval: test messages interval as described in
[I-D.ietf-mpls-loss-delay]. By default it is set to (TBD).
Delay Threshold: the threshold value of packet delay time over which
protections MUST be triggered. By default it is set to (TBD).
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7.3.3. MPLS-TP PW FMS TLV
The "MPLS-TP PW FMS sub-TLV" depicted below is carried as a sub-TLV
of the "MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration TLV".
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
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Fault mgmt Type (4) (IANA) | Length (8) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|A|D|L| Reserved (set to all 0s) |E| PHB |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Refresh Timer |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
MPLS-TP PW FMS sub-TLV
Type: indicates a new type, the "MPLS-TP PW FMS sub-TLV" (IANA to
define, suggested value 4).
Length: indicates the length of the parameters in octets (8).
Signal Flags: are used to enable the following signals:
o A: Alarm Indication Signal (AIS) as described in
[I-D.ietf-mpls-tp-fault]
o D: Link Down Indication (LDI) as described in
[I-D.ietf-mpls-tp-fault]
o L: Locked Report (LKR) as described in [I-D.ietf-mpls-tp-fault]
o Remaining bits: Reserved for future specification and set to 0.
Configuration Flags:
o E: used to enable/disable explicitly clearing faults
o PHB: identifies the per-hop behavior of packets with fault
management information
Refresh Timer: indicates the refresh timer (in microseconds) of fault
indication messages. If the T-PE receiving the Path message can not
support such value, it can reply back with a higher interval.
8. IANA Considerations
This document specifies the following new LDP TLV types:
o MPLS-TP PW OAM Capability TLV;
o MPLS-TP PW OAM Administration TLV;
o MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration TLV;
Sub-TLV types to be carried in the "MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration
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TLV":
o BFD Configuration sub-TLV;
o Performance Monitoring sub-TLV
o MPLS-TP PW FMS sub-TLV;
Sub-TLV types to be carried in the "BFD Configuration sub-TLV":
o Local Discriminator sub-TLV;
o Negotiation Timer Parameters sub-TLV.
o BFD Authentication sub-TLV
Sub-TLV types to be carried in the "Performance Monitoring sub-TLV":
o MPLS-TP PW PM Loss sub-TLV;
o MPLS-TP PW PM Loss sub-TLV.
8.1. OAM Configuration Errors
This document defines several new LDP status codes, IANA already
maintains the registry "STATUS CODE NAME SPACE" defined by [RFC5036].
The following values are required to be assigned:
Range/Value E Description
0x0000003C 0 "MIP Configuration Failure"
0x0000003D 0 "Rejected MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration TLV"
0x0000003E 0 "Wrong MPLS-TP PW OAM Configuration TLV"
0x0000003F 0 "Unsupported OAM Version"
0x0000004A 0 "Unsupported BFD TX Echo rate interval"
9. Security Considerations
Security considerations relating to LDP are described in section 5 of
[RFC5036] and section 11 of [RFC5561]. Security considerations
relating to use of LDP in setting up PWs is described in section 8 of
[RFC4447].
This document defines new TLV/sub-TLV types, and OAM configuration
procedures intended for use with MPLS-TP, which do not raise any
additional security issues.
10. Acknowledgement
The authors would like to thank Andew Malis, Greg Mirsky, Luca
Martini, Matthew Bocci, Thomas Nadeau for their valuable comments and
discussions, especially would like to thank Eric Gray for his review
of this document.
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11. References
11.1. Normative references
[I-D.ietf-mpls-lsp-ping-mpls-tp-oam-conf]
Bellagamba, E., Andersson, L., Skoldstrom, P., Ward, D.,
and J. Drake, "Configuration of Pro-Active Operations,
Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Functions for MPLS-
based Transport Networks using LSP Ping",
draft-ietf-mpls-lsp-ping-mpls-tp-oam-conf-02 (work in
progress), July 2011.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[RFC4447] Martini, L., Rosen, E., El-Aawar, N., Smith, T., and G.
Heron, "Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance Using the Label
Distribution Protocol (LDP)", RFC 4447, April 2006.
[RFC5085] Nadeau, T. and C. Pignataro, "Pseudowire Virtual Circuit
Connectivity Verification (VCCV): A Control Channel for
Pseudowires", RFC 5085, December 2007.
[RFC5860] Vigoureux, M., Ward, D., and M. Betts, "Requirements for
Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) in MPLS
Transport Networks", RFC 5860, May 2010.
[RFC6073] Martini, L., Metz, C., Nadeau, T., Bocci, M., and M.
Aissaoui, "Segmented Pseudowire", RFC 6073, January 2011.
11.2. Informative References
[I-D.ietf-mpls-loss-delay]
Frost, D. and S. Bryant, "Packet Loss and Delay
Measurement for MPLS Networks",
draft-ietf-mpls-loss-delay-04 (work in progress),
July 2011.
[I-D.ietf-mpls-tp-cc-cv-rdi]
Allan, D., Swallow, G., and J. Drake, "Proactive
Connectivity Verification, Continuity Check and Remote
Defect indication for MPLS Transport Profile",
draft-ietf-mpls-tp-cc-cv-rdi-06 (work in progress),
August 2011.
[I-D.ietf-mpls-tp-fault]
Swallow, G., Fulignoli, A., Vigoureux, M., Boutros, S.,
and D. Ward, "MPLS Fault Management OAM",
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draft-ietf-mpls-tp-fault-06 (work in progress),
August 2011.
[I-D.ietf-mpls-tp-loss-delay-profile]
Frost, D. and S. Bryant, "A Packet Loss and Delay
Measurement Profile for MPLS-based Transport Networks",
draft-ietf-mpls-tp-loss-delay-profile-04 (work in
progress), July 2011.
[I-D.ietf-mpls-tp-oam-analysis]
Sprecher, N. and L. Fang, "An Overview of the OAM Tool Set
for MPLS based Transport Networks",
draft-ietf-mpls-tp-oam-analysis-04 (work in progress),
June 2011.
[I-D.ietf-mpls-tp-oam-framework]
Allan, D., Busi, I., Niven-Jenkins, B., Fulignoli, A.,
Hernandez-Valencia, E., Levrau, L., Sestito, V., Sprecher,
N., Helvoort, H., Vigoureux, M., Weingarten, Y., and R.
Winter, "Operations, Administration and Maintenance
Framework for MPLS-based Transport Networks",
draft-ietf-mpls-tp-oam-framework-11 (work in progress),
February 2011.
[I-D.ietf-pwe3-static-pw-status]
Martini, L., Swallow, G., Heron, G., and M. Bocci,
"Pseudowire Status for Static Pseudowires",
draft-ietf-pwe3-static-pw-status-06 (work in progress),
July 2011.
[RFC3985] Bryant, S. and P. Pate, "Pseudo Wire Emulation Edge-to-
Edge (PWE3) Architecture", RFC 3985, March 2005.
[RFC5036] Andersson, L., Minei, I., and B. Thomas, "LDP
Specification", RFC 5036, October 2007.
[RFC5561] Thomas, B., Raza, K., Aggarwal, S., Aggarwal, R., and JL.
Le Roux, "LDP Capabilities", RFC 5561, July 2009.
[RFC5654] Niven-Jenkins, B., Brungard, D., Betts, M., Sprecher, N.,
and S. Ueno, "Requirements of an MPLS Transport Profile",
RFC 5654, September 2009.
[RFC5659] Bocci, M. and S. Bryant, "An Architecture for Multi-
Segment Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge", RFC 5659,
October 2009.
[RFC5880] Katz, D. and D. Ward, "Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
Zhang, et al. Expires February 17, 2012 [Page 27]
Internet-Draft LDP Extensions for TP PW OAM August 2011
(BFD)", RFC 5880, June 2010.
[RFC5885] Nadeau, T. and C. Pignataro, "Bidirectional Forwarding
Detection (BFD) for the Pseudowire Virtual Circuit
Connectivity Verification (VCCV)", RFC 5885, June 2010.
Authors' Addresses
Fei Zhang (editor)
ZTE Corporation
Email: zhang.fei3@zte.com.cn
Bo Wu (editor)
ZTE Corporation
Email: wu.bo@zte.com.cn
Elisa Bellagamba (editor)
Ericsson
Farogatan 6
Kista, 164 40
Sweden
Phone: +46 761440785
Email: elisa.bellagamba@ericsson.com
Attila Takacs
Ericsson
Laborc u. 1.
Budapest, 1037
Hungary
Email: attila.takacs@ericsson.com
Xuehui Dai
ZTE Corporation
Email: dai.xuehui@zte.com.cn
Min Xiao
ZTE Corporation
Email: xiao.min2@zte.com.cn
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