Protocol Independent Multicast Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP) Redirect
RFC 6754
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RFC - Proposed Standard
(October 2012; No errata)
Updated by RFC 8736
Was draft-ietf-pim-ecmp (pim WG)
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Authors | Yiqun Cai , Liming Wei , Heidi Ou , Vishal Arya , Sunil Jethwani | ||
Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
Replaces | draft-hou-pim-ecmp | ||
Stream | IETF | ||
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Document shepherd | No shepherd assigned | ||
IESG | IESG state | RFC 6754 (Proposed Standard) | |
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Consensus Boilerplate | Unknown | ||
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Responsible AD | Adrian Farrel | ||
IESG note | Mike McBride (mmcbride7@gmail.com) is the document shepherd. | ||
Send notices to | (None) |
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Y. Cai Request for Comments: 6754 Microsoft Category: Standards Track L. Wei ISSN: 2070-1721 H. Ou Cisco Systems, Inc. V. Arya S. Jethwani DIRECTV Inc. October 2012 Protocol Independent Multicast Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP) Redirect Abstract A Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) router uses the Reverse Path Forwarding (RPF) procedure to select an upstream interface and router in order to build forwarding state. When there are equal-cost multipaths (ECMPs), existing implementations often use hash algorithms to select a path. Such algorithms do not allow the spread of traffic among the ECMPs according to administrative metrics. This usually leads to inefficient or ineffective use of network resources. This document introduces the ECMP Redirect, a mechanism to improve the RPF procedure over ECMPs. It allows ECMP selection to be based on administratively selected metrics, such as data transmission delays, path preferences, and routing metrics. Status of This Memo This is an Internet Standards Track document. This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has received public review and has been approved for publication by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741. Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6754. Cai, et al. Standards Track [Page 1] RFC 6754 PIMv2 ECMP Redirect October 2012 Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2012 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4. Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5. Protocol Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5.1. Sending ECMP Redirect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5.2. Receiving ECMP Redirect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5.3. Transient State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5.4. Interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5.5. Packet Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5.5.1. PIM ECMP Redirect Hello Option . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5.5.2. PIM ECMP Redirect Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 8. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Cai, et al. Standards Track [Page 2] RFC 6754 PIMv2 ECMP Redirect October 2012 1. Introduction A PIM router uses the RPF procedure to select an upstream interface and a PIM neighbor on that interface to build forwarding state. When there are equal-cost multipaths (ECMPs) upstream, existing implementations often use hash algorithms to select a path. Such algorithms do not allow the spread of traffic among the ECMP according to administrative metrics. This usually leads to inefficient or ineffective use of network resources. This document introduces the ECMP Redirect, a mechanism to improve the RPF procedure over ECMP. It allows ECMP selection to be based onShow full document text