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OSPF Hybrid Broadcast and P2MP Interface Type
draft-ietf-ospf-hybrid-bcast-and-p2mp-01

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Authors Nischal Sheth , Lili Wang , Zhaohui (Jeffrey) Zhang
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draft-ietf-ospf-hybrid-bcast-and-p2mp-01
Network Working Group                                           N. Sheth
Internet-Draft                                                   L. Wang
Intended status: Standards Track                                J. Zhang
Expires: September 1, 2012                              Juniper Networks
                                                           March 1, 2012

             OSPF Hybrid Broadcast and P2MP Interface Type
              draft-ietf-ospf-hybrid-bcast-and-p2mp-01.txt

Abstract

   This document describes a mechanism to model a broadcast network as a
   hybrid of broadcast and point-to-multipoint networks for purposes of
   OSPF operation.  Neighbor discovery and maintenance as well as LSA
   database synchronization are performed using the broadcast model, but
   the network is represented using the point-to-multipoint model in the
   router LSAs of the routers connected to it.  This allows an accurate
   representation of the cost of communication between different routers
   on the network, while maintaining the network efficiency of broadcast
   operation.  This approach is relatively simple and requires minimal
   changes to OSPF.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   2.  Motivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   3.  Operation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
     3.1.  Interface Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
     3.2.  Neighbor Data Structure  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
     3.3.  Neighbor Discovery and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
     3.4.  Database Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
     3.5.  Generating Network LSAs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
     3.6.  Generating Router and Intra-Area-Prefix-LSAs . . . . . . .  7
       3.6.1.  Stub Links in OSPFv2 Router LSA  . . . . . . . . . . .  7
       3.6.2.  OSPFv3 Intra-Area-Prefix-LSA . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
     3.7.  Next-Hop Calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
     3.8.  Graceful Restart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
   4.  Compatibility Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   5.  Scalability and Deployment Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . 10
   6.  Management Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
   7.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
   8.  IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
   9.  Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
   10. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
   Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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1.  Introduction

   OSPF [RFC2328] operation on broadcast interfaces takes advantage of
   the broadcast capabilities of the underlying medium for doing
   neighbor discovery and maintenance.  Further, it uses a Designated
   Router and Backup Designated Router to keep the LSA databases of the
   routers on the network synchronized in an efficient manner.  However,
   it has the limitation that a router cannot advertise different costs
   to each of the neighboring routers on the network in it's router LSA.

   Operation on point-to-multipoint interfaces could require explicit
   configuration of the identity of it's neighboring routers.  It also
   requires the router to send separate hellos to each neighbor on the
   network.  Further, it mandates establishment of adjacencies to all
   all configured or discovered neighbors on the network.  However, it
   gives the routers the flexibility to advertise different costs to
   each of the neighboring routers in their router LSAs.

   This document proposes a new interface type that can be used on layer
   2 networks that have broadcast capability.  In this mode, neighbor
   discovery and maintenance, as well as database synchronization are
   performed using existing procedures for broadcast mode.  The network
   is modeled as a collection of point-to-point links in the router LSA,
   just as it would be in point-to-multipoint mode.  This new interface
   type is referred to as hybrid-broadcast-and-p2mp in the rest of this
   document.

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2.  Motivation

   There are some layer 2 networks that are broadcast capable but have a
   potentially different cost associated with communication between any
   given pair of nodes.  The cost could be based on the underlying layer
   2 topology as well as various link quality metrics such as bandwidth,
   delay and jitter among others.

   It is not accurate to treat such networks as OSPF broadcast networks
   since that does not allow a router to advertise a different cost to
   each of the other routers.  Using OSPF point-to-multipoint mode would
   satisfy the requirement to correctly describe the cost to reach each
   router.  However, it would be inefficient in the sense that it would
   require forming O(N^2) adjacencies when there are N routers on the
   network.

   It is advantageous to use the hybrid-broadcast-and-p2mp type for such
   networks.  This combines the flexibility of point-to-multipoint type
   with the advantages and efficiencies of broadcast interface type.

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3.  Operation

   OSPF routers supporting the capabilities described herein should have
   support for an additional hybrid-broadcast-and-p2mp type for the Type
   data item described in section 9 of [RFC2328].

   The following sub-sections describe salient aspects of OSPF operation
   on routers configured with a hybrid-broadcast-and-p2mp interface.

3.1.  Interface Parameters

   Routers MUST support configuration of the Router Priority for the
   interface.

   The default value of the LinkLSASuppression is "disabled".  It MAY be
   set to "enabled" via configuration.

3.2.  Neighbor Data Structure

   Routers MUST support an additional field called the Neighbor Output
   Cost.  This is the cost of sending a data packet to the neighbor,
   expressed in the link state metric.  The default value of this field
   is the Interface output cost.  It MAY be set to a different value
   using mechanisms which are outside the scope of this document, like
   static per-neighbor configuration, or any dynamic discovery mechanism
   that is supported by the underlying network.

3.3.  Neighbor Discovery and Maintenance

   Routers send and receive Hellos so as to perform neighbor discovery
   and maintenance on the interface using the procedures specified for
   broadcast interfaces in [RFC2328] and [RFC5340].

3.4.  Database Synchronization

   Routers elect a DR and BDR for the interface and use them for initial
   and ongoing database synchronization using the procedures specified
   for broadcast interfaces in [RFC2328] and [RFC5340].

3.5.  Generating Network LSAs

   Since a hybrid-broadcast-and-p2mp interface is described in router
   LSAs using a collection of point-to-point links, the DR SHOULD NOT
   generate a network LSA for the interface.

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3.6.  Generating Router and Intra-Area-Prefix-LSAs

   Routers describe the interface in their router LSA as specified for a
   point-to-multipoint interface in section 12.4.1.4 of [RFC2328] and
   section 4.4.3.2 of [RFC5340], with the following modifications for
   Type 1 links:

   o  If a router is not the DR, it MUST NOT add any Type 1 links if it
      does not have a full adjacency to the DR.

   o  If a router is not the DR and has a full adjacency to the DR, and
      both the DR and this router agree on the DR role, it MUST add a
      Type 1 link corresponding to each neighbor that is in state 2-Way
      or higher and to which the DR's router LSA includes a link.

   o  The cost for a Type 1 link corresponding to a neighbor SHOULD be
      set to the value of the Neighbor Output Cost field as defined in
      Section 3.2

3.6.1.  Stub Links in OSPFv2 Router LSA

   Routers MUST add a Type 3 link for their own IP address to the router
   LSA as described in section 12.4.1.4 of [RFC2328].  Further, they
   MUST also add a Type 3 link with the Link ID set to the IP subnet
   address, Link Data set to the IP subnet mask, and cost equal to the
   configured output cost of the interface.

3.6.2.  OSPFv3 Intra-Area-Prefix-LSA

   Routers MUST add global scoped IPv6 addresses on the interface to the
   intra-area-prefix-LSA as described for point-to-multipoint interfaces
   in section 4.4.3.9 of [RFC5340].  In addition, they MUST also add all
   global scoped IPv6 prefixes on the interface to the LSA by specifying
   the PrefixLength, PrefixOptions, and Address Prefix fields.  The
   Metric field for each of these prefixes is set to the configured
   output cost of the interface.

   The DR SHOULD NOT generate an intra-area-prefix-LSA for the transit
   network for this interface since it does not generate a network LSA
   for the interface.  Note that the global prefixes associated with the
   interface are advertised in the intra-area-prefix-LSA for the router
   as described above.

3.7.  Next-Hop Calculation

   Next-Hops to destinations that are directly connected to a router via
   the interface are calculated as specified for a point-to-multipoint
   interface in section 16.1.1 of [RFC2328].

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3.8.  Graceful Restart

   The following modifications to the procedures defined in section 2.2,
   item 1 of [RFC3623] are required in order to ensure that the router
   correctly exits graceful restart.

   o  If a router is the DR on the interface, it MUST NOT examine the
      pre-restart network LSA for the interface in order to determine
      the previous set of adjacencies.

   o  If a router is in state DROther on the interface, it MUST consider
      an adjacency to non-DR and non-BDR neighbors as reestablished when
      the neighbor state reaches 2-Way.

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4.  Compatibility Considerations

   All routers on the network must support the hybrid-broadcast-and-p2mp
   interface type for successful operation.  Otherwise, the interface
   should be configured as a standard broadcast interface.

   If some routers on the network treat the interface as broadcast and
   others as hybrid-broadcast-and-p2mp, neighbors and adjacencies will
   still get formed as for a broadcast interface.  However, due to the
   differences in how router and network LSAs are built for these two
   interface types, there will be no traffic traversing certain pairs of
   routers.  Note that this will not cause any persistent loops or black
   holing of traffic.

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5.  Scalability and Deployment Considerations

   Treating a broadcast interface as hybrid-broadcast-and-p2mp results
   in O(N^2) links to represent the network instead of O(N), when there
   are N routers on the network.  This will increase memory usage and
   have a negative impact on route calculation performance on all the
   routers in the area.  Network designers should carefully weigh the
   benefits of using the new interface type against the disadvantages
   mentioned here.

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6.  Management Considerations

   The following MIB variable/value should be added to the appropriate
   OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 MIBs.

   o  For ospfIfType/ospfv3IfType, a new value broadcast-p2mp-hybrid (6)
      for the hybrid interface type.

   o  For ospfNbrEntry/ospfv3NbrEntry, an ospfNbrMetricValue/
      ospfv3NbrMetricValue attribute for the per-neigbhor metrics.  In
      case of non-hybrid interfaces, the value is the same as the
      interface metric.

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7.  Security Considerations

   This document raises no new security issues for OSPF.  Security
   considerations for the base OSPF protocol are covered in [RFC2328]
   and [RFC5340].

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8.  IANA Considerations

   This document has no IANA considerations.

   This section should be removed by the RFC Editor to final
   publication.

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9.  Acknowledgements

   The authors would like to thank Acee Lindem and Richard Ogier for
   their comments and suggestions.

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10.  Normative References

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

   [RFC2328]  Moy, J., "OSPF Version 2", STD 54, RFC 2328, April 1998.

   [RFC5340]  Coltun, R., Ferguson, D., Moy, J., and A. Lindem, "OSPF
              for IPv6", RFC 5340, July 2008.

   [RFC3623]  Moy, J., Pillay-Esnault, P., and A. Lindem, "Graceful OSPF
              Restart", RFC 3623, November 2003.

   [RFC4750]  Joyal, D., Galecki, P., Giacalone, S., Coltun, R., and F.
              Baker, "OSPF Version 2 Management Information Base",
              RFC 4750, December 2006.

   [RFC5643]  Joyal, D. and V. Manral, "Management Information Base for
              OSPFv3", RFC 5643, August 2009.

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Authors' Addresses

   Nischal Sheth
   Juniper Networks
   1194 N. Mathilda Ave.
   Sunnyvale, CA  94089
   US

   Email: nsheth@juniper.net

   Lili Wang
   Juniper Networks
   10 Technology Park Dr.
   Westford, MA  01886
   US

   Email: liliw@juniper.net

   Jeffrey Zhang
   Juniper Networks
   10 Technology Park Dr.
   Westford, MA  01886
   US

   Email: zzhang@juniper.net

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