One document matched: draft-eastlake-trill-ia-appsubtlv-00.txt
INTERNET-DRAFT Donald Eastlake
Intended status: Proposed Standard Yizhou Li
Huawei
Radia Perlman
Intel
Expires: January 14, 2014 July 15, 2013
TRILL: Interface Addresses APPsub-TLV
<draft-eastlake-trill-ia-appsubtlv-00.txt>
Abstract
This document specifies a TRILL (Transparent Interconnection of Lots
of Links) IS-IS application sub-TLV that enables the reporting by a
TRILL switch sets of addresses such that all of the addresses in each
set designate the same interface (port). For example, an EUI-48 MAC
(Extended Unique Identifier 48-bit, Media Access Control) address,
IPv4 address, and IPv6 address can be reported as all corresponding
to the same interface. Such information could be used, for example,
to synthesize responses to or by-pass the need for the Address
Resolution Protocol (ARP), the IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol,
of the flooding of unknown MAC addresses, in some cases.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................3
1.1 Conventions Used in This Document......................3
2. Format of the Interface Addresses APPsub-TLV............4
3. IA-APPsub-TLV sub-sub-TLVs..............................8
3.1 AFN Size sub-sub-TLV...................................8
3.2 Fixed Address sub-sub-TLV..............................9
3.3 Data Label sub-sub-TLV.................................9
3.4 Topology sub-sub-TLV..................................10
4. Security Considerations................................11
5. IANA Considerations....................................11
5.1 Additional AFN Number Allocation......................11
5.2 IA APPsub-TLV Sub-Sub-TLVs SubRegistry................11
Acknowledgments...........................................13
Normative References......................................13
Informational References..................................14
Authors' Addresses........................................15
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1. Introduction
This document specifies a TRILL (Transparent Interconnection of Lots
of Links) [RFC6325] IS-IS application sub-TLV (APPsub-TLV [RFC6823])
that enables the convenient representation of sets of addresses such
that all of the addresses in each set designate the same end station
interface (port). For example, an EUI-48 MAC (Extended Unique
Identifier 48-bit, Media Access Control [RFC5342bis]) address, IPv4
address, and IPv6 address can be reported as all three corresponding
to the same interface.
This APPsub-TLV is used inside the TRILL GENINFO TLV as specified in
[ESADI]. It is expected to be used in Directory Assisted TRILL Edge
services [DirectoryFramework].
Although, in some IETF protocols, address field types are represented
by EtherType [RFC5342bis] or Hardware Type [RFC5494] only Address
Family Number is used in this APPsub-TLV.
1.1 Conventions Used in This Document
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].
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2. Format of the Interface Addresses APPsub-TLV
The Interface Addresses APPsub-TLV is used to indicate that a set of
addresses indicate the same end-station interface and to associate
that interface with the TRILL switch by which the interface is
reachable. These addresses can be in different address families. For
example, it can be used to declare that an end-station interface with
a particular IPv4 address, IPv6 address, and EUI-48 MAC address is
reachable from a particular TRILL switch.
The Template field indicates certain well known sets of addresses or
gives a number of AFNs. When AFNs are listed, the set of AFNs
provides an explicit template for the type and order of addresses in
each Address Set.
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type = TBD | (1 byte)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Length | (1 byte)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Nickname | (2 bytes)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Flags | (1 byte)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Confidence | (1 byte)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Addr Set End | (1 byte)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-
| Template ... (variable)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-...-+
| Address Set 1 (size determined by Template) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-...-+
| Address Set 2 (size determined by Template) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-...-+
| ...
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-...-+
| Address Set N (size determined by Template) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-...-+
| optional sub-sub-TLVs ...
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-...
Figure 1. The Interface Addresses APPsub-TLV
o Type: Interface Addresses TRILL APPsub-TLV type, set to TBD[#2
suggested] (IA-SUBTLV).
o Length: Variable, minimum 5. If length is 4 or less, the APPsub-
TLV MUST be ignored.
o Nickname: The nickname of the RBridge by which the address sets
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are reachable.
o Flags: A byte of flags as follows:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|D|L| Resv |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
D: If D is one, the APPsub-TLV contains Push Directory
information.
L: If L is one, the APPsub-TLV contains information learned
locally be observing ingressed frames. (Both D and L can one
in the same APPsub-TLV.)
Resv: Additional reserved flag bits that MUST be sent as zero
and ignored on receipt.
o Confidence: This 8-bit quantity indicates the confidence level in
the addresses being transported [RFC6325].
o Addr Set End: The unsigned offset of the byte, within the TLV
value part, of the last byte of the last Address Set. This will be
the byte just before the first sub-TLV if any sub-TLVs are
present. [RFC5305]
o Template: The initial byte of this field is the unsigned integer
K. It K has a value from 1 to 63, it indicates that this initial
byte is followed by a list of K AFNs (Address Family Numbers) in
the template specifying the structure and order of each Address
Set occurring later in the TLV. The minimum valid value is 1. If K
is 64 to 255, it indicates that the Template for each Address Set
is a specific well known Template. If the Template includes
explicit AFNs, they look like the following.
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| AFN 1 | (2 bytes)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| AFN 2 | (2 bytes)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| ...
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| AFN K | (2 bytes)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
For K in the 64 to 255 range, some values indicate combinations of
a specific number of 48-bit MAC addresses, IPv4 addresses, and
IPv6 addresses in that order. If M is the number of MAC addresses
(limited to 1 or 2), v4 is the number of IPv4 addresses (limited
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to 0, 1, or 2) and v6 is the number of IPv6 addresses (limited to
0 through 4 inclusive), the value of K is
K = 63 + M + 2*v4 + 6*v6
That equation specifies values of K from 64 through 93. Values
from 94 through 255 are available for assignment by IETF Review.
o AFN: A two-byte Address Family Number. The number of AFNs present
is given in first byte of the Template field if that value is less
than 64. This sequence specifies the structure of the Address Sets
occurring later in the TLV. For example, if Template Size is 2 and
the two AFNs present are the AFNs for EUI-48 and IPv4, in that
order, then each Address set present will consist of a 6-byte MAC
address followed by a 4-byte IPv4 address. If any AFNs are present
that are unknown to the receiving IS and the length of the
corresponding address is not provided by a sub-TLV as specified
below, the receiving IS will be unable to parse the Address Sets
and MUST ignore the enclosing TLV.
o Address Set: Each address set consists of a sequence of addresses
of the types given by the Template earlier in the TLV. No
alignment, other than to a byte boundary, is guaranteed. The
addresses in each Address Set are contiguous with no unused bytes
between them and the Address Sets are contiguous with no unused
bytes between Address Sets. The Address Sets must fit within the
TLV. If the product of the size of an Address Set and the number
of Address Sets is so large that this is not true, the APPsub-TLV
is ignored.
o sub-sub-TLVs: If the Address Sets indicated by Addr Sets End do not
completely fill the Length of the TLV, the remaining bytes are
parsed as sub-sub-TLVs [RFC5305]. Any such sub-sub-TLVs that are
not known to the receiving RBridge are ignored. Should this not be
possible, for example there is only one remaining byte or an
apparent sub-sub-TLV extends beyond the end of the TLV, the
containing IA-APPsub-TLV is considered corrupt and is ignored.
Several sub-sub-TLV types are specified in Section 3.
Different IA-APPsub-TLVs within the same or different ESADI-LSPs or
Pull Directory responses from the same RBridge may have different
Templates. The same AFN may occur more than once in a Template and
the same address may occur in more than one address set. For example,
an EUI-48 MAC address interface might have three IPv6 addresses. This
could be represented by an IA-APPsub-TLV whose Template specifically
provided for one EUI-48 address and three IPv6 addresses, which might
be an efficient format if there were multiple interfaces with that
pattern. Alternatively, a Template with one EUI-48 and one IPv6
address could be used in an IA-APPsub-TLV with three address sets
each having the same EUI-48 address but different IPv6 addresses,
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which might be the most efficient format if only one interface had
multiple IPv6 addresses and other interfaces had only one IPv6
address.
In order to be able to parse the Address Sets, a receiving RBridge
must know at least the size of the address each AFN in the Template
specifies; however, the presence of the Addr Set End field means that
the sub-TLVs, if any, can always be located by a receiving IS. An
RBridge can be assumed to know the size of EUI-48, IPv4, and IPv6
addresses (AFNs 16389, 1, and 2) and the size of the additional AFNs
allocated by the IANA Considerations below. Should an RBridge wish to
include an AFN that some receiving RBridge in the campus may not
know, it SHOULD include an AFN-Size sub-sub-TLV as described below.
If an IA-APPsub-TLV is received with one or more AFNs in its template
for which the receiving RBridge does not know the length and for
which an AFN-Size sub-sub-TLV is not present, that IA-APPsub-TLV will
be ignored.
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3. IA-APPsub-TLV sub-sub-TLVs
IA-APPsub-TLVs may have trailing sub-sub-TLVs [RFC5305] as specified
below. These sub-sub-TLVs occur after the Address Sets and the
amount of space available for sub-sub-TLVs is determined from the
overall IA-APPsub-TLV length and the value of the Addr Set End byte.
There is no ordering restriction on sub-sub-TLVs. Unless otherwise
specified each sub-sub-TLV type can occur zero, one, or many times in
an IA-APPsub-TLV.
3.1 AFN Size sub-sub-TLV
Using this sub-TLV, the originating RBridge can specify the size of
an address type. This is useful under two circumstances:
1. One or more AFNs that are unknown to the receiving RBridge appears
in the template. If an AFN Size sub-sub-TLV is present for each
such AFN, then at least the IA-APPsub-TLV can be parsed.
2. If an AFN occurs in the Template that represents a variable length
address, this sub-sub-TLV gives its size for all occurrences in
that IA-APPsubTLV.
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type = AFNsz | (1 byte)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Length | (1 byte)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| AFN Size Record(s) | (3 bytes)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Where each AFN Size Record is structured as follows:
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| AFN | (2 bytes)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| AdrSize | (1 byte)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
o Type: AFN-Size sub-sub-TLV type, set to 1 (AFNsz).
o Length: 3*n where n is the number of AFN Size Records present. If
n is not a multiple of 3, the sub-sub-TLV MUST be ignored.
o AFN Size Record(s): Zero or more 3-byte records, each giving the
size of an address type identified by an AFN,
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o AFN: The AFN whose length is being specified by the AFN Size
Record.
o AdrSize: The length of the address specified by the AFN field.
This sub-sub-TLV may occur multiple times in an enclosing IA-APPsub-
TLV.
An AFN Size sub-sub-TLV for any AFN known to the receiving RBridge
(which always includes AFN 1, 2, and 16389 and the AFNs specified in
xxx) is compared with the size known to the RBridge and if they
differ, the IA-APPsub-TLV is ignored.
3.2 Fixed Address sub-sub-TLV
There may be cases where, in an Interface Addresses TLV, the same
address would appear across every address set in the TLV. To avoid
having a larger template and wasted space in all Address Sets, this
sub-sub-TLV can be used to indicate such a fixed address
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|Type=FIXEDADR | (1 byte)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Length | (1 byte)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| AFN | (2 bytes)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-...
| Fixed Address (variable)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-...
o Type: Data Label sub-sub-TLV type, set to 2 (FIXEDADR).
o Length: variable, minimum 3. If Length is 2 or less, the sub-sub-
TLV MUST be ignored.
o AFN: Address Family Number of the Fixed Address.
o Fixed Address: The address of the type indicated by the preceding
AFN field that is considered to be part of every Address Set in
the IA-APPsub-TLV.
3.3 Data Label sub-sub-TLV
When used with Push or Pull Directories, the Data Label is indicated
by the Data Label of the ESADI instance (Push) or RBridge Channel
message (Pull) in which the IA APPsub-TLV appears and any occurrence
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of this sub-sub-TLV is ignored. However, the IA APPsub-TLV might be
used in other contexts where this sub-sub-TLV indicates the Data
Label of the Address Sets and multiple occurrences of this sub-sub-
TLV indicate that the Address Sets exist in all of the Data Labels.
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|Type=DATALEN | (1 byte)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Length | (1 byte)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-...
| Data Label (variable)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-...
o Type: Data Label sub-TLV type, set to 3 (DATALEN).
o Length: 2 or 3
o Data Label: If length is 2, the bottom 12 bits of the Data
Label are a VLAN ID and the top 4 bits are reserved (MUST be
sent as zero and ignored on receipt). If the length is 3, the
three Data Label bytes contain an FGL [RFCfgl].
3.4 Topology sub-sub-TLV
The presence of this sub-sub-TLV indicates that the Address Sets are
in the topology give. If it occurs multiple times, then the Address
Sets are in all of the topologies listed.
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|Type=DATALEN | (1 byte)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Length | (1 byte)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| RESV | Topology | (2 bytes)
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
o Type: Data Label sub-TLV type, set to 3 (DATALEN).
o Length: 2.
RESV: Four reserved bits. MUST be sent as zero and ignored on
receipt.
o Topology: The 12-bit topology number [RFC5120].
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4. Security Considerations
TBD...
5. IANA Considerations
5.1 Additional AFN Number Allocation
IANA is requested to allocate three new AFN numbers as follows:
Number Description References
------ ----------- ----------
TBD(29) OUI [RFC5342bis], this document
TBD(30) MAC/24 This document.
TBD(31) IPv6/64 This document.
The OUI AFN is provided so that MAC addresses can be abbreviated if
they have the same upper 24 bits. In particular, if there is an OUI
provided as a Fixed Address sub-sub-TLV (see Section 5.2.2) then,
whenever a MAC/24 address appears within an Address Set (as indicated
by the Template), the OUI is used as the first 24 bits of the actual
MAC address for the Address Set.
MAC/24 is a 24-bit suffix intended to be pre-fixed by an OUI as in
the previous paragraph. In absence of an OUI specified as a Fixed
Address in the same APPsub-TLV, an Address Set containing an MAC/24
address cannot be used.
IPv6/64 is an 8-byte quantity that is the first 64 bits of an IPv6
address. If present, there will normally be an EUI-48 or EUI-64
address in the address set to provide the lower 64 bits of the IPv6
address. For this purpose, an EUI-48 is expanded to 64 bits as
described in [RFC5342bis].
5.2 IA APPsub-TLV Sub-Sub-TLVs SubRegistry
IANA is requested to establish a new subregistry for sub-sub-TLVs of
the Interface Addresses APPsub-TLV with initial contents as shown
below.
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Name: Interface Addresses APPsub-TLV Sub-Sub-TLVs
Procedure: IETF Review
Reference: This document
Type Description Reference
---- ----------- ---------
0 Reserved
1 AFN Size This document
2 Fixed Address This document
3 Data Label This document
4 Topology This document
5-254 Available This document
255 Reserved
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Acknowledgments
The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions and review by
the following:
Linda Dunbar
The document was prepared in raw nroff. All macros used were defined
within the source file.
Normative References
[RFC2119] - Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997
[RFC5120] - Przygienda, T., Shen, N., and N. Sheth, "M-ISIS: Multi
Topology (MT) Routing in Intermediate System to Intermediate
Systems (IS-ISs)", RFC 5120, February 2008.
[RFC5305] - Li, T. and H. Smit, "IS-IS Extensions for Traffic
Engineering", RFC 5305, October 2008.
[RFC5342bis] - Eastlake 3rd, D., "IANA Considerations and IETF
Protocol Usage for IEEE 802 Parameters", BCP 141, RFC 5342,
September 2008.
[RFC5494] - Arkko, J. and C. Pignataro, "IANA Allocation Guidelines
for the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)", RFC 5494, April
2009.
[RFC6325] - Perlman, R., Eastlake 3rd, D., Dutt, D., Gai, S., and A.
Ghanwani, "Routing Bridges (RBridges): Base Protocol
Specification", RFC 6325, July 2011.
[RFC6823] - Ginsberg, L., Previdi, S., and M. Shand, "Advertising
Generic Information in IS-IS", RFC 6823, December 2012.
[RFCfgl] - D. Eastlake, M. Zhang, P. Agarwal, R. Perlman, D. Dutt,
"TRILL: Fine-Grained Labeling", draft-ietf-trill-fine-
labeling-07.txt, in RFC Editor's queue.
[ESADI] - Zhai, H., F. Hu, R. Perlman, D. Eastlake, O. Stokes, "TRILL
(Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links): The ESADI (End
Station Address Distribution Information) Protocol", draft-
ietf-trill-esadi, work in progress.
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Informational References
[DirectoryFramework] - Dunbar, L., D. Eastlkae, R. Perlman, I.
Gashinsky, "TRILL Edge Directory Assistance Framework", draft-
ietf-trill-directory-framework, work in progress.
[ARP reduction] - Shah, et. al., "ARP Broadcast Reduction for Large
Data Centers", Oct 2010.
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Authors' Addresses
Donald Eastlake
Huawei Technologies
155 Beaver Street
Milford, MA 01757 USA
Phone: 1-508-333-2270
Email: d3e3e3@gmail.com
Yizhou Li
Huawei Technologies
101 Software Avenue,
Nanjing 210012 China
Phone: +86-25-56622310
Email: liyizhou@huawei.com
Radia Perlman
Intel Labs
2200 Mission College Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA 95054-1549 USA
Phone: +1-408-765-8080
Email: Radia@alum.mit.edu
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