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Networking Working Group S. Previdi, Ed.
Internet-Draft L. Ginsberg
Intended status: Standards Track M. Shand
Expires: September 12, 2011 A. Roy
Cisco Systems
D. Ward
Juniper Networks
March 11, 2011
IS-IS Multi-Instance
draft-ietf-isis-mi-04.txt
Abstract
This draft describes a mechanism that allows a single router to share
one or more links among multiple Intermediate System To Intermediate
System (IS-IS) routing protocol instances.
Multiple instances allow the isolation of resources associated with
each instance. Routers will form instance specific adjacencies,
exchange instance specific routing updates and compute paths
utilizing instance specific Link State Database (LSDB) information.
Each Protocol Data Unit (PDU) will contain a new Type Length Value
(TLV) identifying the instance to which the PDU belongs. This allows
a network operator to deploy multiple IS-IS instances in parallel,
using the same set of links when required and still have the
capability of computing instance specific paths. This draft does not
address the forwarding paradigm that needs to be used in order to
ensure data PDUs are forwarded according to the paths computed by a
specific instance.
Requirements Language
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 RFC 2119 [RFC2119].
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Elements Of Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1. Instance Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.2. Instance Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.3. Use of Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.4. Adjacency Establishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.4.1. Point-to-Point Adjacencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.4.2. Multi-Access Adjacencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.5. Interoperability Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.5.1. Interoperability Issues on Broadcast Networks . . . . . 7
2.5.2. Interoperability using point-to-point networks . . . . 7
3. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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1. Introduction
An existing limitation of the protocol defined by [IS-IS] is that
only one instance of the protocol can operate on a given link. This
document defines an extension to IS-IS to remove this restriction.
The extension is referred to as "Multi-instance IS-IS" (MI-IS-IS).
Routers which support this extension are referred to as "Multi-
instance capable routers" (MI-RTR).
The use of multiple instances enhances the ability to isolate the
resources associated with a given instance both within a router and
across the network. Instance specific prioritization for processing
PDUs and performing routing calculations within a router may be
specified. Instance specific flooding parameters may also be defined
so as to allow different instances to consume network wide resources
at different rates.
MI-IS-IS might be used to support IS-IS for multiple topologies.
When used for this purpose it is an alternative to [RFC5120].
MI-IS-IS might also be used to support an instance which advertises
information on behalf of applications. The advertisement of
information not directly related to the operation of the IS-IS
protocol can therefore be done in a manner which minimizes its impact
on the operation of routing.
The above are examples of how MI-IS-IS might be used. The
specification of uses of MI-IS-IS is outside the scope of this
document.
2. Elements Of Procedure
The protocol extension uses a new TLV called the Instance Identifier
(IID) that is included in each IS-IS PDU originated by an MI-RTR.
MI-RTRs form instance specific adjacencies and exchange instance
specific routing updates only for the instance IDs which are
supported both by the MI-RTR and its neighbor.
This also implies an instance specific flooding scheme, instance
specific LSDBs and instance specific routing calculations. It MAY
also imply instance specific routing and forwarding tables. However,
this aspect is outside the scope of this specification. When
multiple instances share the same link each instance will have a
separate set of adjacencies. Each IS-IS PDU is associated with only
one IS-IS instance.
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The mechanisms used to implement support for the separation of IS-IS
instances within a router are outside the scope of this
specification.
2.1. Instance Identifier
A new TLV is defined in order to convey an instance identifier (IID).
The purpose of the IID is to identify the PDUs associated with each
IS-IS instance using a unique 16-bit number. The IID TLV is carried
in all IS-IS PDUs (Intermediate System to Intermediate System Hello
(IIH), Sequence Number PDU (SNP) and Link State PDU (LSP) packets)
originated by the router.
Multiple instances of IS-IS may co-exist on the same network and on
the same physical router. IIDs MUST be unique within the same
routing domain.
Instance identifier #0 is reserved for the standard instance
supported by legacy systems. The following format is used for the
IID:
Type: 7
Length: 2
Value: Instance Identifier (0 to 65535)
When an LSP purge is initiated, the Instance Identifier TLV, if
present, MUST be retained but the remainder of the body of the LSP
SHOULD be removed. Purge procedure is described in [PURGE] and
[PURGE-ID].
2.2. Instance Membership
Each router is configured to be participating in one or more
instances of IS-IS. For each instance in which it participates, a
router marks all IS-IS PDUs (IIHs, LSPs or SNPs) generated pertaining
to that instance by including the IID TLV with the appropriate
instance identifier. Note that this applies to the standard instance
(instance identifier #0). A PDU MUST NOT be generated with multiple
IID TLVs. PDUs received with multiple IID TLVs MUST be ignored. A
PDU without an IID TLV is assumed to belong to the standard instance
(#0).
2.3. Use of Authentication
When authentication is in use, the Instance Identifier TLV, if
present, is first used to select the authentication configuration
which is applicable. The authentication check is then performed as
normal.
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2.4. Adjacency Establishment
In order to establish adjacencies, IS-IS routers exchange IIH PDUs.
Two types of adjacencies exist in IS-IS: point-to-point and
broadcast. The following sub-sections describe the additional rules
an MI-RTR MUST follow when establishing adjacencies.
2.4.1. Point-to-Point Adjacencies
MI-RTRs include the IID TLV in the point-to-point hello PDUs they
originate. Upon reception of an IIH, an MI-RTR inspects the received
IID TLV and if it matches any of the IIDs which the router supports
on that link, normal adjacency establishment procedures are used to
establish an instance specific adjacency. Note that the absence of
the IID TLV implies instance ID #0.
This extension allows an MI-RTR to establish multiple adjacencies to
the same physical neighbor over a point-to-point link. However, as
the instances are logically independent, the normal expectation of at
most one neighbor on a given point-to-point link still applies.
2.4.2. Multi-Access Adjacencies
Multi-Access (broadcast) networks behave differently than point-to-
point in that PDUs sent by one router are visible to all routers and
all routers must agree on the election of a Designated Intermediate
System (DIS).
MI-RTRs will establish adjacencies and elect a DIS per IS-IS
instance. Each MI-RTR will form adjacencies only with routers which
advertise support for the instances which the local router has been
configured to support on that link. Since an MI-RTR is not required
to support all possible instances on a LAN, it's possible to elect a
different DIS for different instances.
2.5. Interoperability Considerations
[IS-IS] requires that any TLV that is not understood is silently
ignored without compromising the processing of the whole IS-IS PDU
(IIH, LSP, SNP).
To a router not implementing this extension, all IS-IS PDUs received
will appear to be associated with the standard instance regardless of
whether an IID TLV is present in those PDUs. This can cause
interoperability issues unless the mechanisms and procedures
discussed below are followed.
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2.5.1. Interoperability Issues on Broadcast Networks
In order for routers to correctly interoperate with routers not
implementing this extension and in order not to cause disruption, a
specific and dedicated Media Access Control (MAC) address is used for
multicasting IS-IS PDUs with any non-zero IID. Each level will use a
specific layer 2 multicast address. Such an address allows MI-RTRs
to exchange IS-IS PDUs with non-zero IIDs without these PDUs being
processed by legacy routers and therefore no disruption is caused.
An MI-RTR will use the AllL1IS and AllL2IS ISIS MAC layer addresses
(as defined in [IS-IS]) when sending ISIS PDUs for the standard
instance (IID #0). An MI-RTR will use two new (TBD) dedicated layer
2 multicast addresses (one for each level) when sending IS-IS PDUs
for any non-zero IID.
MI-RTRs MUST discard IS-IS PDUs received if either of the following
is true:
o The destination multicast address is AllL1IS or AllL2IS and the
PDU contains an IID TLV with non-zero value
o The destination multicast address is one of the two new addresses
and the PDU contains an IID TLV with a zero value or has no IID
TLV.
NOTE: If the multicast addresses AllL1IS and/or AllL2IS are
improperly used to send IS-IS PDUs for non-zero IIDs, legacy systems
will interpret these PDUs as being associated with IID #0. This will
cause inconsistencies in the LSDB in those routers, may incorrectly
maintain adjacencies, and may lead to inconsistent DIS election.
2.5.2. Interoperability using point-to-point networks
In order for an MI-RTR to interoperate over a point-to-point link
with a router which does NOT support this extension, the MI-RTR MUST
NOT send IS-IS PDUs for instances other than IID #0 over the point-
to-point link as these PDUs may affect the state of IID #0 in the
neighbor.
The presence/absence of the IID TLV in an IIH indicates that the
neighbor does/does not support this extension. Once it is determined
that the neighbor does not support this extension, an MI-RTR MUST NOT
send PDUs (including IIHs) for instances other than IID #0.
Until an IIH is received from a neighbor, an MI-RTR MAY send IIHs for
a non-zero instance. However, once an IIH with no IID TLV has been
received - indicating that the neighbor is not an MI-RTR - the MI-RTR
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MUST NOT send IIHs for a non-zero instance. The temporary relaxation
of the restriction on sending IIHs for non-zero instances allows a
non-zero instance adjacency to be established on an interface on
which an MI-RTR does NOT support instance #0.
Point-to-point adjacency setup MUST be done through the use of three-
way handshaking procedure as defined in [RFC5303] in order to prevent
a non-MI capable neighbor from bringing up an adjacency prematurely
based on reception of an IIH w an IID TLV for a non-zero instance.
3. IANA Considerations
This document requires the definition a new ISIS TLV that needs to be
reflected in the ISIS TLV code-point registry:
Type Description IIH LSP SNP Purge
---- ----------- --- --- --- -----
TBA MI-MT IID y y y y
4. Security Considerations
Security concerns for IS-IS are addressed in [IS-IS], [RFC5304], and
[RFC5310].
Use of the extensions defined here with authentication as defined in
[RFC5304] or [RFC5310] will result in the discarding of purges by
legacy systems which are in strict conformance with either of those
RFCs. To avoid this issue an MI-RTR MAY omit the IID TLV in purges
for the standard instance (IID #0) until such time as all ISs in the
network have been upgraded to support [PURGE].
5. Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge contributions made by Dino
Farinacci and Tony Li.
6. Normative References
[IS-IS] "Intermediate system to Intermediate system intra-domain
routeing information exchange protocol for use in
conjunction with the protocol for providing the
connectionless-mode Network Service (ISO 8473), ISO/IEC
10589:2002, Second Edition.", Nov 2002.
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[PURGE] Ginsberg, L. and T. Li, "IS-IS Registry Extension for
Purges", draft-ietf-isis-reg-purge (work in progress),
September 2010.
[PURGE-ID]
Wei, F., Qin, Y., Li, Z., Li, T., and J. Dong, "Purge
Originator Identification TLV for IS-IS",
draft-ietf-isis-purge-tlv (work in progress),
October 2010.
[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.
[RFC5303] Katz, D., Saluja, R., and D. Eastlake, "Three-Way
Handshake for IS-IS Point-to-Point Adjacencies", RFC 5303,
October 2008.
[RFC5304] Li, T. and R. Atkinson, "IS-IS Cryptographic
Authentication", RFC 5304, October 2008.
[RFC5310] Bhatia, M., Manral, V., Li, T., Atkinson, R., White, R.,
and M. Fanto, "IS-IS Generic Cryptographic
Authentication", RFC 5310, February 2009.
Authors' Addresses
Stefano Previdi (editor)
Cisco Systems
Via Del Serafico 200
Rome 0144
Italy
Email: sprevidi@cisco.com
Les Ginsberg
Cisco Systems
510, McCarthy Blvd.
Milpitas, CA 95035
USA
Email: ginsberg@cisco.com
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Mike Shand
Cisco Systems
250 Longwater Avenue
Reading, Berkshire RG2 6GB
UK
Email: mshand@cisco.com
Abhay Roy
Cisco Systems
170 W. Tasman Dr.
San Jose, CA 95134
USA
Email: akr@cisco.com
Dave Ward
Juniper Networks
1194 N. Mathilda Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1206
USA
Email: dward@juniper.net
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