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   MPLS Working Group                                            Z. Ali 
                                                             G. Swallow 
   Internet Draft                                   Cisco Systems, Inc. 
                                                             R. Aggarwal  
                                                        Juniper Networks 
   Intended status: Standard Track                        March 05, 2009  
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           Non PHP Behavior and out-of-band mapping for RSVP-TE LSPs 
               draft-ietf-mpls-rsvp-te-no-php-oob-mapping-02.txt 


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   Abstract 
    
      There are many deployment scenarios which require Egress LSR to 
      receive binding of the RSVP-TE LSP to an application, and payload 
      identification, using some "out-of-band" (OOB) mechanism. This 
      document proposes protocol mechanisms to address this 
      requirement. The procedures described in this document are 
      equally applicable for point-to-point (P2P) and point-to-
      multipoint (P2MP) LSPs. 

   Conventions used in this document 

      In examples, "C:" and "S:" indicate lines sent by the client and 
      server respectively. 

      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 0. 

   Table of Contents 

       
      1. Introduction...............................................2 
      2. RSVP-TE signaling extensions...............................3 
         2.1. Signaling non-PHP behavior............................3 
         2.2. Signaling OOB Mapping Indication......................4 
         2.3. Relationship between OOB and non-PHP bits.............4 
         2.4. Egress Procedure for label binding....................4 
      3. Security Considerations....................................5 
      4. IANA Considerations........................................5 
         4.1. Attribute Flags for LSP_ATTRIBUTES object.............5 
      5. Acknowledgments............................................6 
      6. References.................................................6 
         6.1. Normative References..................................6 
         6.2. Informative References................................6 
      Author's Addresses............................................7 
      Intellectual Property Statement...............................7 
      Disclaimer of Validity........................................7 
       
   1. Introduction 

      When RSVP-TE is used for applications like MVPN [MVPN] and VPLS 
      [VPLS], an Egress LSR receives the binding of the RSVP-TE LSP to 
      an application, and payload identification, using an "out-of-
      band" (OOB) mechanism (e.g., using BGP). In such cases, the 
      Egress LSR cannot make correct forwarding decision until such OOB 
      mapping information is received. Furthermore, in order to apply 
      the binding information, the Egress LSR needs to identify the 
      incoming LSP. Therefore, non Penultimate Hop Popping (non-PHP) 
      behavior is required at the Egress LSR to apply OOB mapping.  
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      There are other applications that require non-PHP behavior. When 
      RSVP-TE P2MP LSPs are used to carry IP multicast traffic, non-PHP 
      behavior enables a leaf LSR to identify the P2MP TE LSP on which 
      traffic is received. Hence, the egress LSR can determine whether 
      traffic is received on the expected P2MP LSP and discard traffic 
      that is not received on the expected P2MP LSP. Non-PHP behavior 
      is also required to determine the context of upstream assigned 
      labels [UPSTREAM] when the context is a MPLS LSP. 

      This document defines two new bits in the Attributes Flags TLV of 
      the LSP_ATTRIBUTES object defined in [RFC5420]: one bit for 
      communication of non-PHP behavior, and one bit to indicate that 
      the binding of the LSP to an application and payload identifier 
      (payload-Id) needs to be learned via an out-of-band mapping 
      mechanism.  

      The procedures described in this document are equally applicable 
      for P2P and P2MP LSPs. Specification of the OOB communication 
      mechanism(s) is beyond the scope of the document.  

   2. RSVP-TE signaling extensions 

      This section describes the signaling extensions required to 
      address the above-mentioned requirements.  

   2.1. Signaling non-PHP behavior 

      In order to request non-PHP behavior for RSVP-TE LSP, this 
      document defines a new bit in the Attributes Flags TLV of the 
      LSP_ATTRIBUTES object defined in [RFC5420]: 
       

      Bit Number 6 (TBD): non-PHP behavior desired bit.  

      This bit SHOULD be set by Ingress node in the Attributes Flags 
      TLV of the LSP_ATTRIBUTES object in the Path message for the LSP 
      that desires Non-PHP behavior. This bit MUST NOT be modified by 
      any other nodes in the network. Nodes other than the Egress nodes 
      SHOULD ignore this bit.  

      If an egress node receiving the Path message, supports the 
      LSP_ATTRIBUTES object and the Attributes Flags TLV, and also 
      recognizes the "non-PHP behavior desired bit", it MUST allocate a 
      non-NULL local label. If the egress node supports the 
      LSP_ATTRIBUTES object but does not recognize the Attributes Flags 
      TLV, or supports the TLV as well but does not recognize this 
      particular bit, then it SHOULD simply ignore the above request. 


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      An ingress node requesting non-PHP behavior MAY examine the label 
      value corresponding to the Egress node(s) in the RRO, and MAY 
      send a Path Tear to the Egress which assigns a Null label value.  

   2.2. Signaling OOB Mapping Indication 

      In order to indicate to the Egress LSR that binding of RSVP-TE 
      LSP to an application and payload identification is being 
      communicated by an OOB mechanism, this document defines a new bit 
      in the Attributes Flags TLV of the LSP_ATTRIBUTES object defined 
      in [RFC5420]: 
       

      Bit Number 7 (TBD): OOB mapping indication bit.  

      This bit SHOULD be set by Ingress node in the Attributes Flags 
      TLV of the LSP_ATTRIBUTES object in the Path message for the LSP 
      that desires OOB mapping. This bit MUST NOT be modified by any 
      other nodes in the network. Nodes other than the Egress nodes 
      SHOULD ignore this bit.  

      If an egress node receiving the Path message, supports the 
      LSP_ATTRIBUTES object and the Attributes Flags TLV, and also 
      recognizes the "OOB mapping indication bit", it MUST wait for the 
      OOB mapping before accepting traffic on the P2MP LSP. This 
      implies that the egress node MUST NOT setup forwarding state for 
      the P2MP LSP before it receives the OOB mapping, though it SHOULD 
      proceed with RSVP-TE signaling and send RESV messages as per 
      regular RSVP-TE procedures [RFC3209]. It MUST also ignore L3PID 
      in the Label Request Object [RFC3209]. If the egress node 
      supports the LSP_ATTRIBUTES object but does not recognize the 
      Attributes Flags TLV, or supports the TLV as well but does not 
      recognize this particular bit, then it SHOULD simply ignore the 
      above request. 

   2.3. Relationship between OOB and non-PHP bits 

      Non-PHP behavior desired and OOB mapping indication bit can 
      appear and be processed independently of each other. However, as 
      mentioned earlier, in the context of application discussed in 
      this draft, OOB mapping require non-PHP behavior. An Ingress node 
      requesting OOB mapping MAY also set non-PHP behavior desired bit 
      in the LSP_ATTRIBUTES object in the Path message.  

   2.4. Egress Procedure for label binding 

      RSVP-TE signaling completion and the OOB mapping information 
      reception happen asynchronously at the Egress. As mentioned in 

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      Section 2, Egress waits for the OOB mapping before accepting 
      traffic on the P2MP LSP.  

      In order to avoid unnecessary use of the resources and possible 
      block-holing of traffic, if the OOB mapping information is not 
      received within a reasonable time, Egress MAY trigger a Path 
      Error message with the error code/sub-code "Notify Error/ no OOB 
      mapping received" for all affected LSPs. If available, and where 
      notify requests were included when the LSPs were initially setup, 
      Notify message (as defined in [RFC3473]) MAY also be used for 
      delivery of this information to the Ingress node. Egress node may 
      implement a cleanup timer for this purpose. The time-out value is 
      a local decision at the Egress, with recommended default value is 
      to be added later.  

   3. Security Considerations 

      This document does not introduce any new security issues above 
      those identified in [RFC3209], [RFC5420] and [RSVP-TE-P2MP]. 

    
   4. IANA Considerations 

   4.1. Attribute Flags for LSP_ATTRIBUTES object 

      The following new bit is being defined for the Attributes Flags 
      TLV in the LSP_ATTRIBUTES object.  The numeric value is to be 
      assigned by IANA. 
       

      o  Non-PHP behavior desired bit - Bit Number 6 (Suggested value). 

      o  OOB mapping indication bit - Bit Number 7 (Suggested value). 

      These bits are only to be used in the Attributes Flags TLV on a 
      Path message. 

      The following new error sub-code for Error Code = 25 "Notify 
      Error" (see [RFC3209]) is needed. The numeric value for this sub-
      code is to be assigned by IANA. 

      o  No OOB mapping received. 

       





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   5. Acknowledgments 

      The authors would like to thank Yakov Rekhter for his suggestions 
      on the draft.   

    
   6. References 

   6.1. Normative References 

      [RFC5420] A. Farrel, D. Papadimitriou, J. P. Vasseur and A. 
                Ayyangar, "Encoding of Attributes for  Multiprotocol 
                Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switched Path (LSP) 
                Establishment Using RSVP-TE", RFC 5420. 

      [RFC3209] D. Awduche, L. Berger, D. Gan, T. Li, V. Srinivasan, 
                and G. Swallow, "RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP 
                Tunnels", RFC 3209, December 2001. 

      [RSVP-TE-P2MP] R. Aggarwal, D. Papadimitriou, S. Yasukawa, et al, 
                "Extensions to RSVP-TE for Point-to-Multipoint TE 
                LSPs", RFC4875. 

      [RFC3473]  L. Berger, Editor, "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label 
                Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Resource ReserVation 
                Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Extensions", RFC 
                3473, January 2003. 

    
   6.2. Informative References 


      [MVPN] E. Rosen, R. Aggarwal et al, "Multicast in MPLS/BGP IP 
                VPNs", draft-ietf-l3vpn-2547bis-mcast-07.txt. 

      [VPLS] R. Aggarwal, et al, "Propagation of VPLS IP Multicast 
                Group Membership Information", draft-raggarwa-l2vpn-
                vpls-mcast-ctrl-00.txt, work in progress.  

      [UPSTREAM] TBA. 

    

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   Author's Addresses 

      Zafar Ali 
      Cisco Systems, Inc. 
      Email: zali@cisco.com 
       
      George Swallow 
      Cisco Systems, Inc. 
      Email: swallow@cisco.com 
       
      Rahul Aggarwal 
      Juniper Networks 
      Email: rahul@juniper.net 
    
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