Dual-Homing Coordination for MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Pseudowires Protection
RFC 8185
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) W. Cheng
Request for Comments: 8185 L. Wang
Category: Standards Track H. Li
ISSN: 2070-1721 China Mobile
J. Dong
Huawei Technologies
A. D'Alessandro
Telecom Italia
June 2017
Dual-Homing Coordination
for MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Pseudowires Protection
Abstract
In some scenarios, MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) pseudowires (PWs)
(RFC 5921) may be statically configured when a dynamic control plane
is not available. A fast protection mechanism for MPLS-TP PWs is
needed to protect against the failure of an Attachment Circuit (AC),
the failure of a Provider Edge (PE), or a failure in the Packet
Switched Network (PSN). The framework and typical scenarios of dual-
homing PW local protection are described in RFC 8184. This document
proposes a dual-homing coordination mechanism for MPLS-TP PWs that is
used for state exchange and switchover coordination between the dual-
homing PEs for dual-homing PW local protection.
Status of This Memo
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Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 7841.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Overview of the Proposed Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. Protocol Extensions for Dual-Homing MPLS-TP PW Protection . . 5
4.1. Information Exchange Between Dual-Homing PEs . . . . . . 5
4.2. Protection Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
7.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
7.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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1. Introduction
[RFC6372], [RFC6378], and [RFC7771] describe the framework and
mechanism of MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) linear protection,
which can provide protection for the MPLS Label Switched Path (LSP)
and pseudowires (PWs) between the edge nodes. These mechanisms
cannot protect against the failure of the Attachment Circuit (AC) or
the edge nodes. [RFC6718] and [RFC6870] specify the PW redundancy
framework and mechanism for protecting the AC or edge node against
failure by adding one or more edge nodes, but it requires PW
switchover in case of an AC failure; also, PW redundancy relies on
Packet Switched Network (PSN) protection mechanisms to protect
against the failure of PW.
In some scenarios such as mobile backhauling, the MPLS PWs are
provisioned with dual-homing topology in which at least the Customer
Edge (CE) node on one side is dual-homed to two Provider Edge (PE)
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