One document matched: draft-mohan-pwe3-vccv-eth-00.txt

PWE3 Working Group                                       Dinesh Mohan
Internet Draft:                                          Michael Chen
draft-mohan-pwe3-vccv-eth-00.txt                           Dave Allan
Expiration Date: January 2007                                  Nortel

                                                     Muneyoshi Suzuki
                                                                  NTT

                                                              Lei Zhu
Simon Delord                                                   Sprint
Uecomm
                                                       Philippe Niger
Yaakov Stein                                           Gilles Joncour
RAD                                                    France Telecom

Yang Yang                                                Kenji Kumaki
Huawei                                             Munefumi Tsurusawa
                                                                 KDDI

                                                            June 2006



                VCCV Extension for Ethernet OAM
               draft-mohan-pwe3-vccv-eth-00.txt



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Abstract

This document proposes extensions to Virtual Circuit Connection
Verification (VCCV) procedures to add Ethernet OAM functionality.
VCCV supports connection verification applications for PWs regardless
of the underlying public service network technology. This document
proposes VCCV to support Ethernet OAM as an option to perform
operations and maintenance functions; especially when the PSN is
Ethernet.


Table of Contents:

Status of this Memo................................................1
Copyright Notice...................................................1
Abstract...........................................................2
1. Introduction....................................................2
2. Ethernet PSN....................................................3
3. VCCV Types Extension............................................3
3.1 Ethernet OAM...................................................3
3.2 Ethernet OAM Capability Indications............................4
4. IANA Considerations.............................................4
4.1 CV Types.......................................................4
5. Ethernet OAM Applications and Scenarios.........................5
5.1 Ethernet OAM Encapsulation.....................................5
5.2 Ethernet OAM Functions.........................................5
5.3 Ethernet OAM in MSPW...........................................5
6. Security Considerations.........................................5
7. Intellectual Property Statement.................................5
8. Normative References............................................5
9. Normative References............................................6
10. Acknowledgments................................................6
11. Authors' Addresses.............................................6
Full Copyright Statement...........................................7


1. Introduction

[VCCV] describes a mechanism for PSN-agnostic fault detection and
diagnostics for an emulated PW service. The VCCV control channel is
associated with a PW. VCCV control channel carries encapsulated
messages e.g. ICMP ping, BFD, MPLS ping etc.

Ethernet OAM, as being defined in [802.1ag] and [Y.1731], offers a
rich set of functionality that has been designed for proactive and
on-demand OAM. Some of the desirable functionalities e.g. performance
monitoring, remote maintenance, etc. are not available in MPLS ping,


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BFD, etc. In addition, hierarchical OAM requirements have also been
identified in [MSPW-REQ], for which the solutions are not yet
identified. Such functionality may be added to mechanisms currently
used in [VCCV]; however, such functionality is not yet addressed and
Ethernet OAM has already defined these. Similar to MPLS ping, BFD,
etc. being used in MPLS/IP PSN, Ethernet OAM is a natural choice for
Ethernet based PSN.

As per the procedures described in [VCCV], the choice of Ethernet OAM
based VCCV messages can be negotiated between the PEs. This document
specifies the extensions required to support Ethernet OAM as an
option for VCCV messages.


2. Ethernet PSN

Ethernet is fast emerging as a viable PSN technology especially for
metro area networks. Recent discussions in IETF have also shown
considerable interest in Ethernet technology with specific work items
being created to address the control plane aspects of Ethernet PSN.
Examples include the TRILL WG, GELS BOF, and discussions around
generic PWs which seem to have indicated that PSNs may not be limited
to MPLS/IP.

Even though the PW over Ethernet PSN is not completely specified yet,
some solutions like [PWoPBT] have been proposed that address this
particular space. Since [VCCV] is meant to be agnostic to specific
PSN and provides capability to carry different message types which
are most often tied to the PSN type, this document adds an option to
VCCV control channel to carry Ethernet OAM messages.


3. VCCV Types Extension

[VCCV] specifies different types of protocols that can be carried in
the VCCV control channel simultaneously or individually. The
following sections indicate the specific extensions to [VCCV] to
support Ethernet OAM as an option for Ethernet PSN.


3.1 Ethernet OAM

This section can be added as a new section 5.3 in [VCCV].

In order to use Ethernet OAM, both ends of the PW must have signaled
the existence of a control channel and the ability to run Ethernet
OAM. The use of control channel provides the context required to bind
the Ethernet OAM messages to a particular PW.

Ethernet OAM includes the following OpCodes for Ethernet OAM messages
that can be carried in the VCCV control channel:



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  01 -- CCM - Continuity check messages
  03 -- LBM - Loopback request message
  02 -- LBR - Loopback reply message
  05 -- LTM - Linktrace request message
  04 -- LTR - Linktrace reply message
  33 -- AIS - Alarm indication signal message
  41 -- MCC - Maintenance communication channel message
  43 -- LMM - Single-ended loss measurement request message
  42 -- LMR - Single-ended oss measurement reply message
  45 -- 1DM - Dual-ended delay measurement message
  47 -- DMM - Two-way delay measurement request message
  46 -- DMR - Two-way delay measurement reply message
  xx -- others that may not be needed here


3.2 Ethernet OAM Capability Indications

This section can be added to section 6.1 in [VCCV].

The format of the VCCV parameter field is as follows:

0                   1                   2                   3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 0
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|      0x0c     |       0x04    |   CC Types    |   CV Types    |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

The CV Type Indicators field is a bit mask used to indicate the
specific type or types (i.e.: none, one or more) of control channel
packets that may be sent on the specified control channel. The
defined values are:

  0x01    ICMP Ping
  0x02    LSP Ping
  0x04    BFD for PW Fault Detection only
  0x08    BFD for PW Fault Detection and AC/PW Fault
           Status Signaling
  0x10    Ethernet OAM as defined in [Y.1731] and [802.1ag]


4. IANA Considerations

4.1 CV Types

This section can be added to section 8.1.2 in [VCCV].

  0x01    ICMP Ping
  0x02    LSP Ping
  0x04    BFD
  0x10    Ethernet OAM




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5. Ethernet OAM Applications and Scenarios

5.1 Ethernet OAM Encapsulation

TBD


5.2 Ethernet OAM Functions

TBD


5.3 Ethernet OAM in MSPW

TBD


6. Security Considerations

Introduction of the Ethernet OAM messages to VCCV control channel
does not present any new security considerations besides those that
are already listed in [VCCV].


7. Intellectual Property Statement

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8. Normative References

[Y.1731] ITU-T Recommendation Y.1731, OAM Functions and Mechanisms
for Ethernet based Networks, May 2006.




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9. Informative References

[VCCV] Nadeau et. al., Pseudo Wire Virtual Circuit Connectivity
Verification, draft-ietf-pwe3-vccv-09.txt, work in progress.

[MPLS-PING] Kompella et. al., Detecting MPLS Data Plane Failures,
draft-ietf-mpls-lsp-ping-12.txt, work in progress.

[BFD] Katz et. al., Bidirectional Forwarding Detection, draft-ietf-
bfd-base-05.txt, work in progress.

[PWoPBT] Allan et. al., Pseudo Wire over Provider Backbone Transport,
draft-allan-pw-o-pbt-00.txt, work in progress.

[802.1ag] Connectivity Fault Management, IEEE 802.1ag draft 6.1, work
in progress.

[MSPW-REQ] Bitar et. al., Requirements for inter domain Puedowires,
draft-ietf-pwe3-ms-pw-requirements-02.txt, work in progress.


10. Acknowledgments

The authors would like to thank Florin Balus and Jeffery Sugimoto
for their valuable comments and suggestions.


11. Authors' Addresses

Dinesh Mohan
Nortel
3500 Carling Ave.
Ottawa ON K2H 8E9 Canada
Email: mohand@nortel.com

Michael Chen
Nortel
4010 East Chapel Hill-Nelson Hwy
Research Triangle Park NC 27709
Email: mchen@nortel.com

Dave Allan
Nortel
3500 Carling Ave.
Ottawa ON K2H 8E9 Canada
Email: dallan@nortel.com

Yang Yang
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Bantian Industry Base, Longgang District
Shenzhen, P.R. China


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Email: healthinghearts@huawei.com

Yaakov (Jonathan) Stein
RAD Data Communications
24 Raoul Wallenberg St., Bldg C
Tel Aviv 69719 Israel
Email: yaakov_s@rad.com

Muneyoshi Suzuki
NTT
1-6, Nakase, Mihama-ku,
Chiba-shi, Chiba 261-0023, Japan
Email: suzuki.muneyoshi@lab.ntt.co.jp

Lei Zhu
Sprint
6220 Sprint Parkway
Overland Park, Kansas 66251
Email: lei.zhu@mail.sprint.com

Simon Delord
Uecomm
658 Church St
Richmond, VIC, 3121, Australia
Email: sdelord@uecomm.com.au

Philippe Niger
France Telecom
2 av. Pierre Marzin
22300 Lannion, France
Email: philippe.niger@orange-ft.com

Gilles Joncour
France Telecom
2 av. Pierre Marzin
22300 Lannion, France
Email: gilles.joncour@orange-ft.com

Kenji Kumaki
KDDI Corporation
Iidabashi, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 102-8460, Japan
Email: ke-kumaki@kddi.com

Munefumi Tsurusawa
KDDI Corporation
Email: tsuru@kddilabs.jp


Full Copyright Statement

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