BGP/MPLS Layer 3 VPN Multicast Management Information Base
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                        H. Tsunoda
Request for Comments: 8503                Tohoku Institute of Technology
Category: Standards Track                                  December 2018
ISSN: 2070-1721

       BGP/MPLS Layer 3 VPN Multicast Management Information Base

Abstract

   This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
   for use with network management protocols in the Internet community.
   In particular, it describes managed objects to configure and/or
   monitor Multicast communication over IP Virtual Private Networks
   (VPNs) supported by the Multiprotocol Label Switching/Border Gateway
   Protocol (MPLS/BGP) on a Provider Edge (PE) router.

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
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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  The Internet-Standard Management Framework  . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  BGP-MPLS-LAYER3-VPN-MULTICAST-MIB . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
     3.1.  Summary of the MIB Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
     3.2.  MIB Module Definitions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   4.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  51
   5.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  53
   6.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  54
     6.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  54
     6.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  56
   Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  57
   Author's Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  57

1.  Introduction

   [RFC6513], [RFC6514], and [RFC6625] specify procedures for supporting
   multicast in Multiprotocol Label Switching/Border Gateway Protocol
   (MPLS/BGP) Layer 3 (IP) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).  Throughout
   this document, we will use the term "MVPN" (for "multicast VPN")
   [RFC6513] to refer to a BGP/MPLS IP VPN that supports multicast.

   Provider Edge (PE) routers that attach to a particular MVPN exchange
   customer multicast (C-multicast) routing information with neighboring
   PEs.  In [RFC6513], two basic methods for exchanging C-multicast
   routing information are defined: (1) Protocol Independent Multicast
   (PIM) [RFC7761] and (2) BGP.

   In the rest of this document, we will use the term "PIM-MVPN" to
   refer to the case where PIM is used for exchanging C-multicast
   routing information and "BGP-MVPN" to refer to the case where BGP is
   used for exchanging C-multicast routing information.

   This document describes managed objects to configure and/or monitor
   MVPNs.  Most of the managed objects are common to both PIM-MVPN and
   BGP-MVPN, and some managed objects are BGP-MVPN specific.

1.1.  Terminology

   This document adopts the definitions, abbreviations, and mechanisms
   described in [RFC4364], [RFC6513], and [RFC6514].  Familiarity with
   multicast, MPLS, Layer 3 (L3) VPN, and MVPN concepts and/or
   mechanisms is assumed.  Some terms specifically related to this
   document are explained below.

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   An MVPN can be realized by using various kinds of transport
   mechanisms for forwarding a packet to all or a subset of PEs across
   service provider networks.  Such transport mechanisms are referred to
   as provider tunnels (P-tunnels).