Requirements for Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) in MPLS Transport Networks
RFC 5860
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) M. Vigoureux, Ed.
Request for Comments: 5860 Alcatel-Lucent
Category: Standards Track D. Ward, Ed.
ISSN: 2070-1721 Juniper Networks
M. Betts, Ed.
M. C. Betts Consulting Ltd.
May 2010
Requirements for Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM)
in MPLS Transport Networks
Abstract
This document lists architectural and functional requirements for the
Operations, Administration, and Maintenance of MPLS Transport
Profile. These requirements apply to pseudowires, Label Switched
Paths, and Sections.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. Scope of This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2. Requirements Language and Terminology . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. OAM Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1. Architectural Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.1. Scope of OAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.2. Independence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1.3. Data Plane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.4. OAM and IP Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.5. Interoperability and Interworking . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.1.6. Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.2. Functional Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.2.1. General Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.2.2. Continuity Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2.3. Connectivity Verifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2.4. Route Tracing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2.5. Diagnostic Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2.6. Lock Instruct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2.7. Lock Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2.8. Alarm Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2.9. Remote Defect Indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.2.10. Client Failure Indication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.2.11. Packet Loss Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.2.12. Packet Delay Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3. Congestion Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
5. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
6.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
6.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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1. Introduction
In the context of MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP, see [9] and [1]),
the rationales for Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM)
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