BESS WG Z. Zhang
Internet-Draft Y. Wang
Intended status: Standards Track G. Mirsky
Expires: September 6, 2019 ZTE Corporation
March 5, 2019
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for EVPN Ethernet Segment
Failover Use Case
draft-zwm-bess-es-failover-00.txt
Abstract
This document introduces a method for fast switchover of Designated
Forwarder for Ethernet Segment failover by using Bidirectional
Forwarding Detection protocol.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Proposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1. Introduction
[RFC7432] introduces Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN)
technology. Designated Forwarder (DF) election procedures for multi-
homing Ethernet Segments has been described in it. When PE (provider
edge) receives BUM (Broadcast, Unknown Unicast and Multicast) flows,
only DF forwards the BUM flows to CE (customer edge). Non-DFs do not
forward the BUM flows in order to avoid duplication. If the link
between DF and CE fails, another PE will forward the BUM flows after
it is elected as DF.
[I-D.ietf-bess-evpn-df-election-framework] defines the DF election
framework, including that Backup Designated Forwarder (BDF) can be
elected as the next best for the role. But before the BDF is elected
as DF, the BUM flows are discarded after the link between DF and CE
fails.
+-----+
+-----X----+ PE1 |
| +--+--+
|
+-+--+
| CE |
+-+--+
|
| +--+--+
+----------+ PE2 |
+-----+
For example, CE is multihomed to PE1 and PE2. PE1 is elected as DF.
All BUM flows are forwarded by PE1 when the link between PE1 and CE
is operational. When the link between PE1 and CE fails, the BUM
flows are discarded until PE2 is elected as DF.
This document will use terminology defined in [RFC7432] and
[I-D.jain-bess-evpn-lsp-ping].
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2. Proposal
In order to avoid the BUM packet loss on BDF after the link between
DF and CE fails, a data-plane detection function is needed for DF
fast switchover. [RFC5884] provides mechanisms for using LSP Ping to
bootstrap a BFD session. [I-D.jain-bess-evpn-lsp-ping] introduces
four new Target FEC Stack sub-TLVs that are included in the LSP-Ping
Echo Request packet. This document uses the mechanisms defined in
[RFC5884] and the EVPN Ethernet Auto-Discovery (AD) sub-TLV defined
in [I-D.jain-bess-evpn-lsp-ping] to provide DF fast switchover by
data-plane failure detection.
An LSP-Ping Echo Request message which carries EVPN AD Sub-TLV
associated with the DF-CE Ethernet Segment Identifier (ESI) is used
to bootstrap the BFD session between BDF and DF. After the BFD
session is built, when the ES fault occurs on DF-CE link, BDF detects
the fault by the state change BFD control packet sent by DF, or BDF
detects the fault when the detection timer expires. Then BDF becomes
DF and will forward the BUM flows to CE.
3. Specification
[I-D.jain-bess-evpn-lsp-ping] section 4.3 defines an Ethernet AD sub-
TLV as a new Target FEC Stack sub-TLV. It is carried in the LSP-Ping
Echo Request message. BDF generates an LSP-Ping Echo Request message
which carries the associated ES AD sub-TLV. And BDF sends the
message with a local discriminator assigned by BDF for this BFD
session to DF. DF responds with the BFD control packet with 'Your
discriminator' set to the discriminator value received in the Echo
request message from the BDF. BDF can demultiplex the BFD session
based on the received 'Your Discriminator' field.
After the BFD session is established, when the link between DF and CE
fails, DF MUST send a BFD control packet with the value of State
field set to AdminDown through the established BFD session to BDF.
If DF is not operational, BDF also detects the failure when the BFD
detection time expires. Then BDF becomes DF immediately and forwards
the BUM flows to CE.
When the ES between 'old' DF and CE recovers, the BFD session MAY be
reused or a new BFD session can be established for the ES failover
monitor.
For the same example in last section, PE2 generates an LSP-Ping Echo
Request message which carries the associated ES AD sub-TLV and sends
the message with an assigned local discriminator to DF. PE1 responds
with a BFD control packet with 'Your discriminator' set to the
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received discriminator from PE2. PE2 can demultiplex the BFD session
based on the received 'Your Discriminator' field.
When the link between PE1 and CE fails, PE1 sends a BFD control
packet with the state set to AdminDown to PE2 through the BFD
session. If the packet is lost, PE2 also can detect the fault by the
session detection time expiration. PE2 becomes DF immediately, then
the BUM packets can be forwarded to CE.
4. Security Considerations
This document does not introduce any new security considerations
other than already discussed in [RFC7432] and [RFC5884].
5. IANA Considerations
There is no IANA consideration.
6. Normative References
[I-D.ietf-bess-evpn-df-election-framework]
Rabadan, J., satyamoh@cisco.com, s., Sajassi, A., Drake,
J., Nagaraj, K., and S. Sathappan, "Framework for EVPN
Designated Forwarder Election Extensibility", draft-ietf-
bess-evpn-df-election-framework-09 (work in progress),
January 2019.
[I-D.jain-bess-evpn-lsp-ping]
Jain, P., Salam, S., Sajassi, A., Boutros, S., and G.
Mirsky, "LSP-Ping Mechanisms for EVPN and PBB-EVPN",
draft-jain-bess-evpn-lsp-ping-08 (work in progress),
December 2018.
[RFC5884] Aggarwal, R., Kompella, K., Nadeau, T., and G. Swallow,
"Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for MPLS Label
Switched Paths (LSPs)", RFC 5884, DOI 10.17487/RFC5884,
June 2010, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5884>.
[RFC7432] Sajassi, A., Ed., Aggarwal, R., Bitar, N., Isaac, A.,
Uttaro, J., Drake, J., and W. Henderickx, "BGP MPLS-Based
Ethernet VPN", RFC 7432, DOI 10.17487/RFC7432, February
2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7432>.
Authors' Addresses
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Zheng(Sandy) Zhang
ZTE Corporation
No. 50 Software Ave, Yuhuatai Distinct
Nanjing
China
Email: zzhang_ietf@hotmail.com
Yubao Wang
ZTE Corporation
No. 50 Software Ave, Yuhuatai Distinct
Nanjing
China
Email: wang.yubao2@zte.com.cn
Greg Mirsky
ZTE Corporation
Email: gregimirsky@gmail.com
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