Requirements for Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) in Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL)
RFC 6905
Document | Type | RFC - Informational (March 2013; No errata) | |
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Authors | Tissa Senevirathne , David Bond , Sam Aldrin , Li Yizhou , Rohit Watve | ||
Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
Replaces | draft-tissa-trill-oam-req | ||
Stream | Internent Engineering Task Force (IETF) | ||
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Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication | |
Document shepherd | No shepherd assigned | ||
IESG | IESG state | RFC 6905 (Informational) | |
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Responsible AD | Ralph Droms | ||
IESG note | The Document Shepherd is Donald Eastlake (d3e3e3@gmail.com). | ||
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) T. Senevirathne Request for Comments: 6905 Cisco Category: Informational D. Bond ISSN: 2070-1721 IBM S. Aldrin Y. Li Huawei R. Watve Cisco March 2013 Requirements for Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) in Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) Abstract Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) is a general term used to identify functions and toolsets to troubleshoot and monitor networks. This document presents OAM requirements applicable to the Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL). Status of This Memo This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes. 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). Not all documents approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet Standard; see 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/rfc6905. Senevirathne, et al. Informational [Page 1] RFC 6905 TRILL OAM Requirements March 2013 Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2013 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 1.1. Scope ......................................................3 2. Conventions Used in This Document ...............................3 3. Terminology .....................................................3 4. OAM Requirements ................................................4 4.1. Data Plane .................................................4 4.2. Connectivity Verification ..................................5 4.2.1. Unicast .............................................5 4.2.2. Distribution Trees ..................................5 4.3. Continuity Check ...........................................5 4.4. Path Tracing ...............................................6 4.5. General Requirements .......................................6 4.6. Performance Monitoring .....................................7 4.6.1. Packet Loss .........................................7 4.6.2. Packet Delay ........................................7 4.7. ECMP Utilization ...........................................8 4.8. Security and Operational Considerations ....................8 4.9. Fault Indications ..........................................8 4.10. Defect Indications ........................................9 4.11. Live Traffic Monitoring ...................................9 5. Security Considerations .........................................9 6. References ......................................................9 6.1. Normative References .......................................9 6.2. Informative References ....................................10 7. Acknowledgments ................................................11 8. Contributors ...................................................11 Senevirathne, et al. Informational [Page 2] RFC 6905 TRILL OAM Requirements March 2013 1. Introduction The Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) generally covers various production aspects of a network. In this document, we use the term OAM as defined in [RFC6291]. The success of network operations depends on the ability toShow full document text