Detecting Multi-Protocol Label Switched (MPLS) Data Plane Failures
RFC 4379
| Document | Type |
RFC - Proposed Standard
(February 2006; Errata)
Obsoleted by RFC 8029
Updates RFC 1122
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| Last updated | 2020-01-21 | ||
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Network Working Group K. Kompella
Request for Comments: 4379 Juniper Networks, Inc.
Updates: 1122 G. Swallow
Category: Standards Track Cisco Systems, Inc.
February 2006
Detecting Multi-Protocol Label Switched (MPLS) Data Plane Failures
Status of This Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006).
Abstract
This document describes a simple and efficient mechanism that can be
used to detect data plane failures in Multi-Protocol Label Switching
(MPLS) Label Switched Paths (LSPs). There are two parts to this
document: information carried in an MPLS "echo request" and "echo
reply" for the purposes of fault detection and isolation, and
mechanisms for reliably sending the echo reply.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................2
1.1. Conventions ................................................3
1.2. Structure of This Document .................................3
1.3. Contributors ...............................................3
2. Motivation ......................................................4
2.1. Use of Address Range 127/8 .................................4
3. Packet Format ...................................................6
3.1. Return Codes ..............................................10
3.2. Target FEC Stack ..........................................11
3.2.1. LDP IPv4 Prefix ....................................12
3.2.2. LDP IPv6 Prefix ....................................13
3.2.3. RSVP IPv4 LSP ......................................13
3.2.4. RSVP IPv6 LSP ......................................14
3.2.5. VPN IPv4 Prefix ....................................14
3.2.6. VPN IPv6 Prefix ....................................15
3.2.7. L2 VPN Endpoint ....................................16
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3.2.8. FEC 128 Pseudowire (Deprecated) ....................16
3.2.9. FEC 128 Pseudowire (Current) .......................17
3.2.10. FEC 129 Pseudowire ................................18
3.2.11. BGP Labeled IPv4 Prefix ...........................19
3.2.12. BGP Labeled IPv6 Prefix ...........................20
3.2.13. Generic IPv4 Prefix ...............................20
3.2.14. Generic IPv6 Prefix ...............................21
3.2.15. Nil FEC ...........................................21
3.3. Downstream Mapping ........................................22
3.3.1. Multipath Information Encoding .....................26
3.3.2. Downstream Router and Interface ....................28
3.4. Pad TLV ...................................................29
3.5. Vendor Enterprise Number ..................................29
3.6. Interface and Label Stack .................................29
3.7. Errored TLVs ..............................................31
3.8. Reply TOS Byte TLV ........................................31
4. Theory of Operation ............................................32
4.1. Dealing with Equal-Cost Multi-Path (ECMP) .................32
4.2. Testing LSPs That Are Used to Carry MPLS Payloads .........33
4.3. Sending an MPLS Echo Request ..............................33
4.4. Receiving an MPLS Echo Request ............................34
4.4.1. FEC Validation .....................................40
4.5. Sending an MPLS Echo Reply ................................41
4.6. Receiving an MPLS Echo Reply ..............................42
4.7. Issue with VPN IPv4 and IPv6 Prefixes .....................42
4.8. Non-compliant Routers .....................................43
5. References .....................................................43
5.1. Normative References ......................................43
5.2. Informative References ....................................44
6. Security Considerations ........................................44
7. IANA Considerations ............................................46
7.1. Message Types, Reply Modes, Return Codes ..................46
7.2. TLVs ......................................................47
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