Coordinated Multicast Trees (CMT) for Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL)
RFC 7783
Document | Type |
RFC - Proposed Standard
(February 2016; No errata)
Updates RFC 6325
Was draft-ietf-trill-cmt (trill WG)
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Authors | Tissa Senevirathne , Janardhanan Pathangi , Jon Hudson | ||
Last updated | 2016-02-25 | ||
Replaces | draft-tissa-trill-cmt | ||
Stream | IETF | ||
Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized bibtex | ||
Reviews | |||
Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication | |
Document shepherd | Donald Eastlake | ||
Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2015-03-26) | ||
IESG | IESG state | RFC 7783 (Proposed Standard) | |
Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
Telechat date | |||
Responsible AD | Alia Atlas | ||
Send notices to | (None) | ||
IANA | IANA review state | Version Changed - Review Needed | |
IANA action state | RFC-Ed-Ack |
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) T. Senevirathne Request for Comments: 7783 Consultant Updates: 6325 J. Pathangi Category: Standards Track Dell ISSN: 2070-1721 J. Hudson Brocade February 2016 Coordinated Multicast Trees (CMT) for Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) Abstract TRILL (Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links) facilitates loop-free connectivity to non-TRILL networks via a choice of an Appointed Forwarder for a set of VLANs. Appointed Forwarders provide VLAN-based load sharing with an active-standby model. High- performance applications require an active-active load-sharing model. The active-active load-sharing model can be accomplished by representing any given non-TRILL network with a single virtual RBridge (also referred to as a virtual Routing Bridge or virtual TRILL switch). Virtual representation of the non-TRILL network with a single RBridge poses serious challenges in multi-destination RPF (Reverse Path Forwarding) check calculations. This document specifies required enhancements to build Coordinated Multicast Trees (CMT) within the TRILL campus to solve related RPF issues. CMT, which only requires a software upgrade, provides flexibility to RBridges in selecting a desired path of association to a given TRILL multi-destination distribution tree. This document updates RFC 6325. Status of This Memo This is an Internet Standards Track document. This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force (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. Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7783. Senevirathne, et al. Standards Track [Page 1] RFC 7783 Coordinated Multicast Trees for TRILL February 2016 Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2016 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................3 1.1. Scope and Applicability ....................................4 2. Conventions Used in This Document ...............................5 2.1. Acronyms and Phrases .......................................5 3. The Affinity Sub-TLV ............................................6 4. Multicast Tree Construction and Use of Affinity Sub-TLV .........6 4.1. Update to RFC 6325 .........................................7 4.2. Announcing Virtual RBridge Nickname ........................8 4.3. Affinity Sub-TLV Capability ................................8 5. Theory of Operation .............................................8 5.1. Distribution Tree Assignment ...............................8 5.2. Affinity Sub-TLV Advertisement .............................9 5.3. Affinity Sub-TLV Conflict Resolution .......................9 5.4. Ingress Multi-Destination Forwarding ......................10 5.4.1. Forwarding when n < k ..............................10 5.5. Egress Multi-Destination Forwarding .......................11 5.5.1. Traffic Arriving on an Assigned Tree to RBk-RBv ....11 5.5.2. Traffic Arriving on Other Trees ....................11 5.6. Failure Scenarios .........................................11 5.6.1. Edge RBridge RBk Failure ...........................11 5.7. Backward Compatibility ....................................12 6. Security Considerations ........................................13 7. IANA Considerations ............................................13 8. References .....................................................14 8.1. Normative References ......................................14Show full document text