Internet-Draft BFD in SPRING MPLS March 2021
Mirsky, et al. Expires 23 September 2021 [Page]
Workgroup:
SPRING Working Group
Internet-Draft:
draft-ietf-spring-bfd-01
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Intended Status:
Standards Track
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Authors:
G. Mirsky
ZTE Corp.
J. Tantsura
Juniper Networks
I. Varlashkin
Google
M. Chen
Huawei
J. Wenying
CMCC

Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) in Segment Routing Networks Using MPLS Dataplane

Abstract

Segment Routing (SR) architecture leverages the paradigm of source routing. It can be realized in the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network without any change to the data plane. A segment is encoded as an MPLS label, and an ordered list of segments is encoded as a stack of labels. Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) is expected to monitor any existing path between systems. This document defines how to use Label Switched Path Ping to bootstrap a BFD session, control an SR Policy in the reverse direction of the SR-MPLS tunnel, and applicability of BFD Demand mode in the SR-MPLS domain. Also, the document describes the use of BFD Echo with BFD Control packet payload.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

[RFC5880], [RFC5881], and [RFC5883] defined the operation of Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) protocol between the two systems over IP networks. [RFC5884] and [RFC7726] set rules for using BFD Asynchronous mode over point-to-point (p2p) Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switched Path (LSP). These latter standards implicitly assume that the remote BFD system, which is at the egress Label Edge Router (LER), will use the shortest path route regardless of the path the BFD system at the ingress LER uses to send BFD Control packets towards it. Throughout this document, references to ingress LER and egress LER are used, respectively, as a shortened version of the "BFD system at the ingress/egress LER".

This document defines the use of LSP Ping for Segment Routing networks over MPLS data plane [RFC8287] to bootstrap and control path of a BFD session from the egress to ingress LER using Segment Routing tunnel with MPLS data plane (SR-MPLS).

1.1. Conventions

1.1.1. Terminology

BFD: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection

BSID: Binding Segment Identifier

FEC: Forwarding Equivalence Class

MPLS: Multiprotocol Label Switching

SR-MPLS Segment Routing with MPLS data plane

LSP: Label Switched Path

LER Label Edge Router

p2p Point-to-point

p2mp Point-to-multipoint

SID Segment Identifier

SR Segment Routing

1.1.2. 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.

2. Bootstrapping BFD Session over Segment Routed Tunnel with MPLS Data Plane

Use of an LSP Ping to bootstrap BFD over MPLS LSP is required, as documented in [RFC5884], to establish an association between a fault detection message, i.e., BFD Control message, and the Forwarding Equivalency Class (FEC) of a single label stack LSP in case of Penultimate Hop Popping or when the egress LER distributes the Explicit NULL label to the penultimate hop router. The Explicit NULL label is not advertised as a Segment Identifier (SID) by an SR node but, as demonstrated in section 3.1 [RFC8660] if the operation at the penultimate hop is NEXT; then the egress SR node will receive an IP encapsulated packet. Thus the conclusion is that LSP Ping MUST be used to bootstrap a BFD session in an SR-MPLS domain if there are no other means to bootstrap the BFD session, e.g., using an extension to a dynamic routing protocol as described in [I-D.ietf-bess-mvpn-fast-failover] and [I-D.ietf-pim-bfd-p2mp-use-case].

As demonstrated in [RFC8287], the introduction of Segment Routing network domains with an MPLS data plane requires three new sub-TLVs that MAY be used with Target FEC TLV. Section 6.1 addresses the use of the new sub-TLVs in Target FEC TLV in LSP ping and LSP traceroute. For the case of LSP ping, the [RFC8287] states that:

It has been noted in [RFC5884] that a BFD session monitors for defects particular <MPLS LSP, FEC> tuple. [RFC7726] clarified how to establish and operate multiple BFD sessions for the same <MPLS LSP, FEC> tuple. Because only the ingress LER is aware of the SR-based explicit route, the egress LER can associate the LSP ping with BFD Discriminator TLV with only one of the FECs it advertised for the particular segment. Thus this document clarifies that:

If the target segment is an anycast prefix segment ([I-D.ietf-spring-mpls-anycast-segments]) the corresponding Anycast SID MUST be included in the Target TLV as the very last sub-TLV. Also, for BFD Control packet the ingress SR node MUST use precisely the same label stack encapsulation, especially Entropy Label ([RFC6790]), as for the LSP ping with the BFD Discriminator TLV that bootstrapped the BFD session. Other operational aspects of using BFD to monitor the continuity of the path to the particular Anycast SID, advertised by a group of SR-MPLS capable nodes, will be considered in the future versions of the document.

Encapsulation of a BFD Control packet in Segment Routing network with MPLS data plane MUST follow Section 7 [RFC5884] when the IP/UDP header used and MUST follow Section 3.4 [RFC6428] without IP/UDP header being used.

3. Use BFD Reverse Path TLV over Segment Routed MPLS Tunnel

For BFD over MPLS LSP case, per [RFC5884], egress LER MAY send BFD Control packet to the ingress LER either over IP network or an MPLS LSP. Similarly, for the case of BFD over p2p SR-MPLS tunnel, the egress LER MAY route BFD Control packet over the IP network, as described in [RFC5883], or transmit over a segment tunnel, as described in Section 7 [RFC5884]. In some cases, there may be a need to direct egress LER to use a specific path for the reverse direction of the BFD session by using the BFD Reverse Path TLV and following all procedures as defined in [I-D.ietf-mpls-bfd-directed].

4. Use Non-FEC Path TLV

For the case of MPLS data plane, Segment Routing Architecture [RFC8402] explains that "a segment is encoded as an MPLS label. An ordered list of segments is encoded as a stack of labels."

This document defines a new optional Non-FEC Path TLV. The format of the Non-FEC Path TLV is presented in Figure 1

    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
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |    Non-FEC Path TLV Type      |           Length              |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |                                                               |
   ~                          Non-FEC Path                         ~
   |                                                               |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 1: Non-FEC Path TLV Format

Non-FEC Path TLV Type is two octets in length and has a value of TBD1 (to be assigned by IANA as requested in Section 9.1).

Length field is two octets long and defines the length in octets of the Non-FEC Path field.

Non-FEC Path field contains a sub-TLV. Any Non-FEC Path sub-TLV (defined in this document or to be defined in the future) for Non-FEC Path TLV type MAY be used in this field. None or one sub-TLV MAY be included in the Non-FEC Path TLV. If no sub-TLV has been found in the Non-FEC Path TLV, the egress LER MUST revert to using the reverse path selected based on its local policy. If there is more than one sub-TLV, then the Return Code in echo reply MUST be set to value TBD3 "Too Many TLVs Detected" (to be assigned by IANA as requested in Table 4).

Non-FEC Path TLV MAY be used to specify the reverse path of the BFD session identified in the BFD Discriminator TLV. If the Non-FEC Path TLV is present in the echo request message the BFD Discriminator TLV MUST be present as well. If the BFD Discriminator TLV is absent when the Non-FEC Path TLV is included, then it MUST be treated as malformed Echo Request, as described in [RFC8029].

This document defines the Segment Routing MPLS Tunnel sub-TLV that MAY be used with the Non-FEC Path TLV. The format of the sub-TLV is presented in Figure 2.

  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
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |  SR MPLS Tunnel sub-TLV Type  |           Length              |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                   SID Entry 1 (Top of Stack)                  |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                           SID Entry 2                         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                   SID Entry N (Bottom of Stack)               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

Figure 2: Segment Routing MPLS Tunnel sub-TLV

The Segment Routing MPLS Tunnel sub-TLV Type is two octets in length, and has a value of TBD2 (to be assigned by IANA as requested in Section 9.1).

The egress LER MUST use the Value field as label stack for BFD Control packets for the BFD session identified by the source IP address of the MPLS LSP Ping packet and the value in the BFD Discriminator TLV. Label Entries MUST be in network order.

5. BFD Reverse Path TLV over Segment Routed MPLS Tunnel with Dynamic Control Plane

When Segment Routed domain with MPLS data plane uses distributed tunnel computation BFD Reverse Path TLV MAY use Target FEC sub-TLVs defined in [RFC8287].

6. Applicability of BFD Demand Mode in SR-MPLS Domain

[I-D.mirsky-bfd-mpls-demand] defines how Demand mode of BFD, specified in sections 6.6 and 6.18.4 of [RFC5880], can be used to monitor uni-directional MPLS LSP. Similar procedures can be following in SR-MPLS to monitor uni-directional SR tunnels:

7. Using BFD to Monitor Point-to-Multipoint SR Policy

[I-D.voyer-spring-sr-p2mp-policy] defined variants of SR Policy to deliver point-to-multipoint (p2mp) services. For the given P2MP segment [RFC8562] can be used if, for example, leaves have an alternative source of the multicast service flow to select. In such a scenario, a leaf may switch to using the alternative flow after p2mp BFD detects the failure in the working multicast path. For scenarios where it is required for the root to monitor the state of the multicast tree [RFC8563] can be used. The root may use the detection of the failure of the multicast tree to the particular leaf to restore the path for that leaf or re-instantiate the whole multicast tree.

An essential part of using p2mp BFD is the bootstrapping the BFD session at all the leaves. The root, acting as the MultipointHead, MAY use LSP Ping with the BFD Discriminator TLV. Alternatively, extensions to routing protocols, e.g., BGP, or management plane, e.g., PCEP, MAY be used to associate the particular P2MP segment with MultipointHead's Discriminator. Extensions for routing protocols and management plane are for further study.

8. Use of Echo BFD in SR-MPLS

Echo-BFD [RFC5880] can be used to monitor an SR Policy between the local and the remote BFD peers. As defined in [RFC5880], the remote BFD system does not process the payload of an Echo BFD. Thus it is the local system that demultiplexes the Echo BFD packet matching it to the appropriate BFD session and detects missing Echo BFD packets. A BFD Control packet MAY be used as the payload of Echo BFD. This specification defines the use of Echo BFD in SR-MPLS network with BFD Control packet as the payload. The use of other types of Echo BFD payload is outside the scope of this document. Because the remote BFD system does not process Echo BFD, the value of the Your Discriminator field MUST be set to the discriminator the local BFD system assigned to the given BFD session. My Discriminator field MUST be zeroed. Authentication MUST be set according to the configuration of the BFD session. To ensure that the Echo BFD packet is returned to the sender without being processed, the sender MAY use a Binding SID (BSID) [RFC8402] that has been bound with the SR Policy that ensures the return of a packet to that particular node. A BSID MAY be associated with the SR Policy that is the reverse to the SR Policy programmed onto the BFD Echo packet by the sender.

9. IANA Considerations

9.1. Non-FEC Path TLV

IANA is requested to assign new TLV type from the from Standards Action range of the registry "Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture (MPLS) Label Switched Paths (LSPs) Ping Parameters - TLVs" as defined in Table 1.

Table 1: New Non-FEC Path TLV
Value TLV Name Reference
 TBD1 Non-FEC Path TLV This document

IANA is requested to create new Non-FEC Path sub-TLV registry for the Non-FEC Path TLV, as described in Table 2.

Table 2: Non-FEC Path sub-TLV registry
Range Registration Procedures Note
0-16383 Standards Action This range is for mandatory TLVs or for optional TLVs that require an error message if not recognized.
16384-31743 Specification Required Experimental RFC needed
32768-49161 Standards Action This range is for optional TLVs that can be silently dropped if not recognized.
49162-64511 Specification Required Experimental RFC needed
64512-65535 Private Use

IANA is requested to allocate the following values from the Non-FEC Path sub-TLV registry as defined in Table 3.

Table 3: New Segment Routing Tunnel sub-TLV
Value Description Reference
0 Reserved This document
 TBD2 Segment Routing MPLS Tunnel sub-TLV This document
65535 Reserved This document

9.2. Return Code

IANA is requested to create Non-FEC Path sub-TLV sub-registry for the new Non-FEC Path TLV and assign a new Return Code value from the "Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switched Paths (LSPs) Ping Parameters" registry, "Return Codes" sub-registry, as follows using a Standards Action value.

Table 4: New Return Code
Value Description Reference
X TBD3 Too Many TLVs Detected. This document

10. Implementation Status

- The organization responsible for the implementation: ZTE Corporation.

- The implementation's name ROSng SW empowers traditional routers, e.g., ZXCTN 6000.

- A brief general description: A list of SIDs can be specified as the Return Path for an SR-MPLS tunnel.

- The implementation's level of maturity: production.

- Coverage: complete

- Version compatibility: draft-mirsky-spring-bfd-06.

- Licensing: proprietary.

- Implementation experience: Appreciate Early Allocation of values for Non-FEC TLV and Segment Routing MPLS Tunnel sub-TLV (using Private Use code points).

- Contact information: Qian Xin qian.xin2@zte.com.cn

- The date when information about this particular implementation was last updated: 12/16/2019

Note to RFC Editor: This section MUST be removed before publication of the document.

11. Security Considerations

Security considerations discussed in [RFC5880], [RFC5884], [RFC7726], and [RFC8029] apply to this document.

12. Contributors

   Xiao Min
   ZTE Corp.
   Email: xiao.min2@zte.com.cn

13. Acknowledgments

Authors greatly appreciate the help of Qian Xin, who provided the information about the implementation of this specification.

14. References

14.1. Normative References

[I-D.ietf-mpls-bfd-directed]
Mirsky, G., Tantsura, J., Varlashkin, I., and M. Chen, "Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Directed Return Path for MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs)", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-mpls-bfd-directed-17, , <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-mpls-bfd-directed-17>.
[I-D.mirsky-bfd-mpls-demand]
Mirsky, G., "BFD in Demand Mode over Point-to-Point MPLS LSP", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-mirsky-bfd-mpls-demand-08, , <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mirsky-bfd-mpls-demand-08>.
[I-D.voyer-spring-sr-p2mp-policy]
Voyer, D., Filsfils, C., Parekh, R., Bidgoli, H., and Z. Zhang, "SR Replication Policy for P2MP Service Delivery", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-voyer-spring-sr-p2mp-policy-03, , <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-voyer-spring-sr-p2mp-policy-03>.
[RFC2119]
Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC5880]
Katz, D. and D. Ward, "Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)", RFC 5880, DOI 10.17487/RFC5880, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5880>.
[RFC5881]
Katz, D. and D. Ward, "Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for IPv4 and IPv6 (Single Hop)", RFC 5881, DOI 10.17487/RFC5881, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5881>.
[RFC5883]
Katz, D. and D. Ward, "Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for Multihop Paths", RFC 5883, DOI 10.17487/RFC5883, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5883>.
[RFC5884]
Aggarwal, R., Kompella, K., Nadeau, T., and G. Swallow, "Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs)", RFC 5884, DOI 10.17487/RFC5884, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5884>.
[RFC6428]
Allan, D., Ed., Swallow, G., Ed., and J. Drake, Ed., "Proactive Connectivity Verification, Continuity Check, and Remote Defect Indication for the MPLS Transport Profile", RFC 6428, DOI 10.17487/RFC6428, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6428>.
[RFC7726]
Govindan, V., Rajaraman, K., Mirsky, G., Akiya, N., and S. Aldrin, "Clarifying Procedures for Establishing BFD Sessions for MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs)", RFC 7726, DOI 10.17487/RFC7726, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7726>.
[RFC8029]
Kompella, K., Swallow, G., Pignataro, C., Ed., Kumar, N., Aldrin, S., and M. Chen, "Detecting Multiprotocol Label Switched (MPLS) Data-Plane Failures", RFC 8029, DOI 10.17487/RFC8029, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8029>.
[RFC8174]
Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
[RFC8287]
Kumar, N., Ed., Pignataro, C., Ed., Swallow, G., Akiya, N., Kini, S., and M. Chen, "Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping/Traceroute for Segment Routing (SR) IGP-Prefix and IGP-Adjacency Segment Identifiers (SIDs) with MPLS Data Planes", RFC 8287, DOI 10.17487/RFC8287, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8287>.
[RFC8402]
Filsfils, C., Ed., Previdi, S., Ed., Ginsberg, L., Decraene, B., Litkowski, S., and R. Shakir, "Segment Routing Architecture", RFC 8402, DOI 10.17487/RFC8402, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8402>.
[RFC8562]
Katz, D., Ward, D., Pallagatti, S., Ed., and G. Mirsky, Ed., "Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for Multipoint Networks", RFC 8562, DOI 10.17487/RFC8562, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8562>.
[RFC8563]
Katz, D., Ward, D., Pallagatti, S., Ed., and G. Mirsky, Ed., "Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Multipoint Active Tails", RFC 8563, DOI 10.17487/RFC8563, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8563>.
[RFC8660]
Bashandy, A., Ed., Filsfils, C., Ed., Previdi, S., Decraene, B., Litkowski, S., and R. Shakir, "Segment Routing with the MPLS Data Plane", RFC 8660, DOI 10.17487/RFC8660, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8660>.

14.2. Informative References

[I-D.ietf-bess-mvpn-fast-failover]
Morin, T., Kebler, R., and G. Mirsky, "Multicast VPN Fast Upstream Failover", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-bess-mvpn-fast-failover-15, , <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-bess-mvpn-fast-failover-15>.
[I-D.ietf-pim-bfd-p2mp-use-case]
Mirsky, G. and J. Xiaoli, "Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for Multi-point Networks and Protocol Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) Use Case", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-pim-bfd-p2mp-use-case-05, , <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-pim-bfd-p2mp-use-case-05>.
[I-D.ietf-spring-mpls-anycast-segments]
Sarkar, P., Gredler, H., Filsfils, C., Previdi, S., Decraene, B., and M. Horneffer, "Anycast Segments in MPLS based Segment Routing", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-spring-mpls-anycast-segments-03, , <https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-spring-mpls-anycast-segments-03>.
[RFC6790]
Kompella, K., Drake, J., Amante, S., Henderickx, W., and L. Yong, "The Use of Entropy Labels in MPLS Forwarding", RFC 6790, DOI 10.17487/RFC6790, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6790>.

Authors' Addresses

Greg Mirsky
ZTE Corp.
Jeff Tantsura
Juniper Networks
Ilya Varlashkin
Google
Mach(Guoyi) Chen
Huawei
Jiang Wenying
CMCC