Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) Application of the Inter-Chassis Communication Protocol (ICCP)
RFC 7727
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) M. Zhang
Request for Comments: 7727 H. Wen
Category: Standards Track Huawei
ISSN: 2070-1721 J. Hu
China Telecom
January 2016
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) Application
of the Inter-Chassis Communication Protocol (ICCP)
Abstract
The Inter-Chassis Communication Protocol (ICCP) supports an inter-
chassis redundancy mechanism that is used to support high network
availability.
In this document, Provider Edge (PE) devices in a Redundancy Group
(RG) running ICCP are used to offer multihomed connectivity to
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) networks to improve availability of the
STP networks. The ICCP TLVs and usage for the ICCP STP application
are defined.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
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(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................4
1.1. Conventions Used in This Document ..........................4
1.2. Terminology ................................................4
2. Use Case ........................................................5
3. Spanning Tree Protocol Application TLVs .........................6
3.1. STP Connect TLV ............................................6
3.2. STP Disconnect TLV .........................................7
3.2.1. STP Disconnect Cause Sub-TLV ........................8
3.3. STP Configuration TLVs .....................................8
3.3.1. STP System Config ...................................9
3.3.2. STP Region Name ....................................10
3.3.3. STP Revision Level .................................10
3.3.4. STP Instance Priority ..............................11
3.3.5. STP Configuration Digest ...........................12
3.4. STP State TLVs ............................................12
3.4.1. STP Topology Changed Instances .....................12
3.4.2. STP CIST Root Time Parameters ......................14
3.4.3. STP MSTI Root Time Parameter .......................15
3.5. STP Synchronization Request TLV ...........................16
3.6. STP Synchronization Data TLV ..............................17
4. Operations .....................................................18
4.1. Common AC Procedures ......................................18
4.1.1. Remote PE Node Failure or Isolation ................19
4.1.2. Local PE Isolation .................................19
4.2. ICCP STP Application Procedures ...........................19
4.2.1. Initial Setup ......................................19
4.2.2. Configuration Synchronization ......................20
4.2.3. State Synchronization ..............................21
4.2.4. Failure and Recovery ...............................22
5. Security Considerations ........................................22
6. IANA Considerations ............................................23
7. References .....................................................23
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