Proxy MPLS Echo Request
RFC 7555
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) G. Swallow
Request for Comments: 7555 V. Lim
Category: Standards Track Cisco Systems
ISSN: 2070-1721 S. Aldrin
Huawei Technologies
June 2015
Proxy MPLS Echo Request
Abstract
This document defines a means of remotely initiating Multiprotocol
Label Switched Protocol (MPLS) Pings on Label Switched Paths. An
MPLS Proxy Ping Request is sent to any Label Switching Router along a
Label Switched Path. The primary motivations for this facility are
first to limit the number of messages and related processing when
using LSP Ping in large Point-to-Multipoint LSPs, and second to
enable tracing from leaf to leaf (or root).
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RFC 7555 Proxy LSP Ping June 2015
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
1.1. Requirements Language ......................................4
1.2. Terminology ................................................5
2. Proxy Ping Overview .............................................5
2.1. Initiating Proxy Ping ......................................6
2.2. Handling at Proxy LSR ......................................6
2.2.1. Backward Compatibility ..............................6
3. Proxy MPLS Echo Request/Reply Procedures ........................7
3.1. Procedures for the Initiator ...............................7
3.2. Procedures for the Proxy LSR ...............................9
3.2.1. Proxy LSR Handling When It Is Egress for FEC .......11
3.2.2. Downstream Detailed Maps and Downstream
Maps in Proxy Reply ................................12
3.2.3. Sending an MPLS Proxy Ping Reply ...................12
3.2.4. Sending the MPLS Echo Requests .....................13
3.2.4.1. Forming the Base MPLS Echo Request ........13
3.2.4.2. Per-Interface Sending Procedures ..........14
4. Proxy Ping Request/Reply Messages ..............................15
4.1. Proxy Ping Request/Reply Message Formats ..................15
4.2. Proxy Ping Request Message Contents .......................15
4.3. Proxy Ping Reply Message Contents .........................16
5. TLV Formats ....................................................16
5.1. Proxy Echo Parameters TLV .................................16
5.1.1. Next Hop Sub-TLV ...................................20
5.2. Reply-to Address TLV ......................................21
5.3. Upstream Neighbor Address TLV .............................21
5.4. Downstream Neighbor Address TLV ...........................22
6. Security Considerations ........................................23
7. IANA Considerations ............................................24
7.1. Proxy Echo Parameters Sub-TLVs ............................24
7.2. Proxy Flags ...............................................25
7.3. Downstream Address Mapping Registry .......................25
7.4. Next Hop Sub-TLV Address Type Registry ....................25
8. References .....................................................26
8.1. Normative References ......................................26
8.2. Informative References ....................................27
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