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Segment Routing with MPLS Data Plane encapsulation for In-situ OAM Data
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Authors Rakesh Gandhi , Zafar Ali , Clarence Filsfils , Frank Brockners , Bin Wen , Voitek Kozak
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SPRING Working Group                                      R. Gandhi, Ed.
Internet-Draft                                                    Z. Ali
Intended status: Standards Track                             C. Filsfils
Expires: April 26, 2019                                     F. Brockners
                                                     Cisco Systems, Inc.
                                                                  B. Wen
                                                                V. Kozak
                                                                 Comcast
                                                        October 23, 2018

          Segment Routing with MPLS Data Plane encapsulation 
                         for In-situ OAM Data 
                  draft-gandhi-spring-ioam-sr-mpls-00

Abstract

   In-situ Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (IOAM) records
   operational and telemetry information in the data packet while the
   packet traverses a path between two points in the network.  This
   document defines how IOAM data fields are transported with the
   Segment Routing with MPLS data plane (SR-MPLS) encapsulation.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
   2.  Conventions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
     2.1.  Requirement Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
     2.2.  Abbreviations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   3.  IOAM Data Field Encapsulation in SR-MPLS Header  . . . . . . .  3
   4.  Procedure  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   5.  IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   6.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   7.  Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   8.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6

1.  Introduction

   In-situ Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (IOAM) records
   OAM information within the packet while the packet traverses a
   particular network domain.  The term "in-situ" refers to the fact
   that the IOAM data fields are added to the data packets rather than
   being sent within probe packets specifically dedicated to OAM.  

   This document defines how IOAM data fields are transported with the
   Segment Routing with MPLS data plane
   [I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing-mpls] encapsulation.  

   The IOAM data fields carried are defined in
   [I-D.ietf-ippm-ioam-data], and can be used for various use-cases
   including Performance Measurement (PM).

2.  Conventions

2.1.  Requirement Language

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
 

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   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119] [RFC8174]
   when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as shown here.

2.2.  Abbreviations

   Abbreviations used in this document:

   IOAM      In-situ Operations, Administration, and Maintenance

   OAM       Operations, Administration, and Maintenance

   PM        Performance Measurement

   PoT       Proof-of-Transit

   SR        Segment Routing

   SR-MPLS   Segment Routing with MPLS Data plane

3.  IOAM Data Field Encapsulation in SR-MPLS Header

   SR-MPLS encapsulation is defined in
   [I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing-mpls].  IOAM data fields are carried
   in the SR-MPLS header, as an IOAM data fields.  The different IOAM
   data fields defined in [I-D.ietf-ippm-ioam-data] are added as TLVs. 
   More than one TLV can be present in the IOAM data fields.  The IOAM
   Indicator Label (value TBA1) is added at the bottom of the MPLS label
   stack to indicate the presence of the IOAM data fields in the header.

 

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    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  IOAM Indicator Label (TBA1)            | TC  |S| TTL         |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+<-+ 
   |  IOAM-Type    | IOAM HDR LEN  |    RESERVED                   |  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+  I
   !                                                               |  O
   !                                                               |  A
   ~                 IOAM Option and Data Space                    ~  M
   |                                                               |  |
   |                                                               |  |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+<-+
   |                                                               |
   |                                                               |
   |                 Payload + Padding (L2/L3/ESP/...)             |
   |                                                               |
   |                                                               |
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

           Figure 1: IOAM data encapsulation in SR-MPLS Header

   IOAM Indicator Label is defined in this document as value TBA1.

   The fields related to the encapsulation of IOAM data fields in the
   SR-MPLS header are defined as follows:

    IOAM-Type:  8-bit field defining the IOAM Option type, as defined in
      Section 7.2 of [I-D.ietf-ippm-ioam-data].

    IOAM HDR LEN:  8-bit unsigned integer.  Length of the IOAM HDR in
      4-octet units.

    RESERVED:  8-bit reserved field MUST be set to zero upon
      transmission and ignored upon receipt.

    IOAM Option and Data Space:  IOAM option header and data is present
      as defined by the IOAM-Type field, and is defined in Section 4 of
      [I-D.ietf-ippm-ioam-data].

4.  Procedure

   This section summarizes the procedure for IOAM data encapsulation in
   SR-MPLS.

   o  The ingress node inserts the IOAM Indicator Label and IOAM TLV in
 

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      the MPLS header.

   o  On the ultimate node where the last MPLS label is popped from the
      header, the node "forwards and punts the timestamped copy" of the
      data packet with IOAM TLV when the node recognizes the IOAM
      Indicator Label.

   o  The ultimate node also pops the IOAM Indicator Label and the IOAM
      data fields from the MPLS header.

5.  IANA Considerations

   IANA maintains the "Special-Purpose Multiprotocol Label Switching
   (MPLS) Label Values" registry (see
   <https://www.iana.org/assignments/mpls-label-values/mpls-label-
   values.xml>).  IANA is requested to allocate IOAM Indicator Label
   value from the "Special-Purpose MPLS Label Values" registry:

    +---------------+-------------------------+---------------+
    | Value         | Description             | Reference     |
    +---------------+-------------------------+---------------+
    | TBA1          | IOAM Indicator Label    | This document |
    +---------------+-------------------------+---------------+

6.  Security Considerations

   The security considerations of SR-MPLS are discussed in
   [I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing-mpls], and the security
   considerations of IOAM in general are discussed in
   [I-D.ietf-ippm-ioam-data].

   IOAM is considered a "per domain" feature, where one or several
   operators decide on leveraging and configuring IOAM according to
   their needs.  Still, operators need to properly secure the IOAM
   domain to avoid malicious configuration and use, which could include
   injecting malicious IOAM packets into a domain.

7.  Acknowledgements

   The authors would like to thank Shwetha Bhandari and Vengada Prasad
   Govindan for the discussions on IOAM.

 

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8.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/
              RFC2119, March 1997.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", RFC 8174, May 2017.

   [I-D.ietf-spring-segment-routing-mpls]  Bashandy, A., Filsfils, C.,
              Previdi, S., Decraene, B., Litkowski, S., and R. Shakir,
              "Segment Routing with MPLS data plane",
              draft-ietf-spring-segment-routing-mpls, work in progress.

   [I-D.ietf-ippm-ioam-data]  Brockners, F., Bhandari, S., Pignataro,
              C., Gredler, H., Leddy, J., Youell, S., Mizrahi, T.,
              Mozes, D., Lapukhov, P., Chang, R., and Bernier, D., "Data
              Fields for In-situ OAM", draft-ietf-ippm-ioam-data, work
              in progress.

Contributors

   Sagar Soni
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   Email: sagsoni@cisco.com

   Patrick Khordoc
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   Email: pkhordoc@cisco.com

Authors' Addresses

   Rakesh Gandhi (editor)
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   Canada

   Email: rgandhi@cisco.com

   Zafar Ali
   Cisco Systems, Inc.

   Email: zali@cisco.com

 

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   Clarence Filsfils
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   Belgium

   Email: cf@cisco.com

   Frank Brockners
   Cisco Systems, Inc.
   Hansaallee 249, 3rd Floor
   DUESSELDORF, NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN  40549
   Germany

   Email: fbrockne@cisco.com

   Bin Wen
   Comcast

   Email: Bin_Wen@cable.comcast.com

   Voitek Kozak
   Comcast

   Email: Voitek_Kozak@comcast.com

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