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Performance Measurement for Geneve
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draft-xiao-nvo3-pm-geneve-02
NVO3 Working Group                                                X. Min
Internet-Draft                                                 G. Mirsky
Intended status: Standards Track                               ZTE Corp.
Expires: May 27, 2021                                      S. Pallagatti
                                                                  VMware
                                                       November 23, 2020

                   Performance Measurement for Geneve
                      draft-xiao-nvo3-pm-geneve-02

Abstract

   This document describes the method to achieve Performance Measurement
   (PM) in point-to-point Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation
   (Geneve) tunnels used to make up an overlay network.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     2.1.  Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     2.2.  Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  PM Packet Transmission over Geneve Tunnel . . . . . . . . . .   3
     3.1.  PM Encapsulation With Inner Ethernet/IP/UDP Header  . . .   3
     3.2.  PM Encapsulation With Inner IP/UDP Headers  . . . . . . .   5
   4.  Reception of PM packet from Geneve Tunnel . . . . . . . . . .   7
     4.1.  Demultiplexing of the PM packet . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   5.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   6.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   7.  Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   8.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8

1.  Introduction

   "Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation" (Geneve) [RFC8926]
   provides an encapsulation scheme that allows building an overlay
   network by decoupling the address space of the attached virtual hosts
   from that of the network.

   This document describes the use of Simple Two-way Active Measurement
   Protocol [RFC8762] to enable measuring the performance of the path
   between two Geneve tunnel endpoints.

   Analogous to [I-D.ietf-nvo3-bfd-geneve], in this document, NVE
   (Network Virtualization Edge) represents the Geneve tunnel endpoint,
   TS (Tenant System) represents the physical or virtual device attached
   to a Geneve tunnel endpoint from the outside, and VAP (Virtual Access
   Point) represents the NVE side of the interface between the NVE and
   the TS.

2.  Conventions Used in This Document

2.1.  Abbreviations

   Geneve: Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation

   NVE: Network Virtualization Edge

   PM: Performance Measurement

   STAMP: Simple Two-way Active Measurement Protocol

   TS: Tenant System

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   VAP: Virtual Access Point

   VNI: Virtual Network Identifier

2.2.  Requirements Language

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

3.  PM Packet Transmission over Geneve Tunnel

   PM session is originated and terminated at VAP of an NVE, selection
   of the PM packet encapsulation is based on how the VAP encapsulates
   the data packets.  This document defines two formats of PM packet
   encapsulation in Geneve:

   o  with Ethernet and IP/UDP encapsulation;

   o  with IP/UDP encapsulation.

3.1.  PM Encapsulation With Inner Ethernet/IP/UDP Header

   If the VAP that originates the PM packets is used to encapsulate
   Ethernet data frames, then PM packets are encapsulated in Geneve as
   described below.

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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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                      Outer Ethernet Header                    ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                        Outer IPvX Header                      ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                        Outer UDP Header                       ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                          Geneve Header                        ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                      Inner Ethernet Header                    ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                        Inner IPvX Header                      ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                         Inner UDP Header                      ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                        STAMP Test Packet                      ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                        Outer Ethernet FCS                     |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

        Figure 1: Geneve Encapsulation of PM Packet With the Inner
                          Ethernet/IP/UDP Header

   The STAMP test packet MUST be carried inside the inner Ethernet frame
   of the Geneve packet, immediately after the inner IP/UDP headers.
   The inner Ethernet frame carrying the STAMP Test Packet has the
   following format:

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      The Ethernet header and IP header are encoded as defined in
      Section 3.1 of [I-D.ietf-nvo3-bfd-geneve].

      The destination UDP port MUST be set the well-known port 862 as
      defined in [RFC8762].

   The STAMP Test Packet SHOULD be unauthenticated STAMP Session-Sender
   test packet or unauthenticated STAMP Session-Reflector test packet.
   The STAMP Test Packet is encoded as specified in [RFC8762] and
   [I-D.ietf-ippm-stamp-option-tlv].

   When the PM packets are encapsulated in Geneve in this way, the
   values in the Geneve header are set as specified in Section 3.1 of
   [I-D.ietf-nvo3-bfd-geneve].

3.2.  PM Encapsulation With Inner IP/UDP Headers

   If the VAP that originates the PM packets is used to encapsulate IP
   data packets, then PM packets are encapsulated in Geneve as described
   below.

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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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                         Ethernet Header                       ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                        Outer IPvX Header                      ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                        Outer UDP Header                       ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                          Geneve Header                        ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                        Inner IPvX Header                      ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                         Inner UDP Header                      ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                        STAMP Test Packet                      ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                               FCS                             |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

    Figure 2: Geneve Encapsulation of PM Message With the Inner IP/UDP
                                  Header

   A STAMP test packet MUST be carried inside the inner IP packet that
   immediately follows the Geneve header.  The inner IP packet carrying
   the STAMP Test Packet has the following format:

      The IP header is encoded as defined in Section 3.2 of
      [I-D.ietf-nvo3-bfd-geneve].

      The destination UDP port MUST be set the well-known port 862 as
      defined in [RFC8762].

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   The STAMP Test Packet SHOULD be unauthenticated STAMP Session-Sender
   test packet or unauthenticated STAMP Session-Reflector test packet.
   The STAMP Test Packet is encoded as specified in [RFC8762] and
   [I-D.ietf-ippm-stamp-option-tlv].

   When the PM packets are encapsulated in Geneve in this way, the
   values in the Geneve header are set as specified in Section 3.2 of
   [I-D.ietf-nvo3-bfd-geneve].

4.  Reception of PM packet from Geneve Tunnel

   Once a packet is received, the NVE MUST validate the packet as
   specified in Section 4 of [I-D.ietf-nvo3-bfd-geneve], except that the
   received STAMP test packet would be processed by STAMP Session-Sender
   or STAMP Session-Reflector, instead of BFD.

4.1.  Demultiplexing of the PM packet

   Analogous to BFD over Geneve, multiple PM sessions for the same VNI
   may be running between two NVEs, so there needs to be a mechanism for
   demultiplexing received PM packets to the proper session.

   If the PM packet is received with STAMP Session Identifier equals to
   0, the procedure for demultiplexing the received PM packets would
   follow the procedure for demultiplexing the received BFD packets with
   Your Discriminator equals to 0, which is specified in Section 4.1 of
   [I-D.ietf-nvo3-bfd-geneve].

   If the PM packet is received with a non-zero STAMP Session
   Identifier, then PM session MUST be demultiplexed only with STAMP
   Session Identifier as the key.

5.  Security Considerations

   This document does not raise any additional security issues beyond
   those of the specifications referred to in the list of normative
   references.

6.  IANA Considerations

   This document has no IANA action requested.

7.  Acknowledgements

   TBA.

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8.  Normative References

   [I-D.ietf-ippm-stamp-option-tlv]
              Mirsky, G., Min, X., Nydell, H., Foote, R., Masputra, A.,
              and E. Ruffini, "Simple Two-way Active Measurement
              Protocol Optional Extensions", draft-ietf-ippm-stamp-
              option-tlv-10 (work in progress), November 2020.

   [I-D.ietf-nvo3-bfd-geneve]
              Min, X., Mirsky, G., Pallagatti, S., and J. Tantsura, "BFD
              for Geneve", draft-ietf-nvo3-bfd-geneve-00 (work in
              progress), November 2020.

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

   [RFC8762]  Mirsky, G., Jun, G., Nydell, H., and R. Foote, "Simple
              Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol", RFC 8762,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8762, March 2020,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8762>.

   [RFC8926]  Gross, J., Ed., Ganga, I., Ed., and T. Sridhar, Ed.,
              "Geneve: Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation",
              RFC 8926, DOI 10.17487/RFC8926, November 2020,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8926>.

Authors' Addresses

   Xiao Min
   ZTE Corp.
   Nanjing
   China

   Phone: +86 25 88013062
   Email: xiao.min2@zte.com.cn

   Greg Mirsky
   ZTE Corp.
   USA

   Email: gregimirsky@gmail.com

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   Santosh Pallagatti
   VMware

   Email: santosh.pallagatti@gmail.com

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