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) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| Consensus Boilerplate | Unknown | ||
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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.
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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
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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 to
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