CCAMP Working Group                                        Zafar Ali
                                                          Reshad Rahman
                                                          Danny Prairie
                                                          Cisco Systems, Inc. Systems
                                                       D. Papadimitriou
                                                                Alcatel
   Internet Draft
   Category: Informational BCP
   Expires: August October 2004                                   February                                     April 2004

            Node ID based RSVP Hello: A Clarification Statement
              draft-ali-ccamp-rsvp-node-id-based-hello-00.txt
              draft-ali-ccamp-rsvp-node-id-based-hello-01.txt

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Abstract

   Use of node-id based RSVP Hello messages is implied in a number of
   cases, e.g., when data and control plan are separated, when TE links
   are unnumbered. Furthermore, when link level failure detection is
   performed by some means other than RSVP Hellos, use of node-id based
   Hellos is optimal for node detecting signaling adjacency failure detection. for RSVP-
   TE. Nonetheless, this implied behavior is unclear and this informational draft clarifies document
   formalizes use of node-id based RSVP Hellos. Hello sessions as a best current
   practice (BCP) in some scenarios.

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Conventions used in this document

      The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL
   NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in
   this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119
   [RFC2119].

Routing Area ID Summary

   (This section to be removed before publication.)

   SUMMARY

      This draft document clarifies use of node-id based RSVP Hellos.

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   WHERE DOES IT FIT IN THE PICTURE OF THE ROUTING AREA WORK?

      This work fits in the context of [RFC 3209] and [RFC 3473].

   WHY IS IT TARGETED AT THIS WG?

      This draft document is targeted at ccamp as it clarifies procedures in
   [RFC 3209] and [RFC 3473], related to use of RSVP-TE Hello protocol.

   RELATED REFERENCES

   Please refer to the reference section.

Table of Contents

   1. Terminology....................................................2
   2. Introduction...................................................2 Introduction...................................................3
   3. Node-id based RSVP Hellos......................................3
   4. Backward Compatibility Note....................................4
   5. Security Considerations........................................4
   6. Acknowledgements...............................................4
   7. IANA Considerations............................................4
   Reference.........................................................4 Considerations............................................5
   8. Reference......................................................5
      8.1 Normative Reference........................................5
      8.2 Informative Reference......................................5
   9. Author's Addresses................................................4 Addresses.............................................5

1.   Terminology

   Node-id: Router-id as defined advertised in the Router Address TLV for OSPF
   [OSPF-TE] and Traffic Engineering router ID TLV for ISIS [ISIS-TE].

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   Node-id based Hello Session: A Hello session such that local and
   remote node-ids are used in the source and destination fields of the
   Hello packet, respectively.

   Interface bounded Hello Session: A Hello session such that local and
   remote addresses of the interface in question are used in the source
   and destination fields of the Hello packet, respectively.

2.   Introduction

   The RSVP Hello protocol message exchange was introduced in [RFC 3209]. The
   usage of RSVP Hello protocol is over-loaded has been extended in [RFC 3473] to support RSVP
   Graceful Restart (GR) procedures. Specifically, [RFC 3473] specifies
   the use of the RSVP Hello protocol Hellos for GR procedures for Generalized MPLS
   (GMPLS). GMPLS introduces the notion of control plane and data plane
   separation. In other words, in GMPLS networks, the control plane
   information is carried over a control network, network whose end-points are IP
   capable, and which may be physically different than or logically disjoint from the
   data network. The notion of separation
   of data and control plane also applies to the Optical User Network
   Interface (O-UNI) 1.0 Signaling Specification [OIF-UNI], which reuses
   the RSVP GR procedures defined in [RFC 3473]. bearer links it controls. One of the consequences of separation
   of data bearer links from control channels is that RSVP Hellos are
   not exchanged over terminated on  data links; instead bearer linksÆ interfaces even if (some of)
   those are numbered. Instead RSVP hellos use are terminated at the control channel.
   channel (IP-capable) end-points. The latter MAY be identified by the
   value assigned to the node hosting these control channels i.e. Node-
   Id. Consequently, the use of RSVP Hellos for GR applications
   introduces a need for clarifying the behavior and usage of node-id
   based Hellos. Nonetheless,
   this implied behavior is unclear and this draft clarifies

   Even in the usage.

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   Another scenario which introduces case of packet MPLS, when link failure detection is
   performed by some means other than RSVP Hellos (e.g., [BFD]), the need for use
   of node-id based Hellos is when nodes support unnumbered TE links. Specifically, also optimal for detection of signaling
   adjacency failures for RSVP-TE. Similarly, when all TE links between
   neighbor nodes are unnumbered, it is implied that the nodes will use
   node-id based Hellos for detecting node detection of signaling adjacency failures.
   This
   draft document also clarifies the use of node-id based Hellos when all
   or a sub-set of TE links are unnumbered.

   When link level failure detection is performed by some means other
   than RSVP Hellos (e.g., [BFD]), the This draft also clarifies
   use of node-id based Hellos is
   also optimal for detection of nodal failures. in these scenarios.

3.   Node-id based RSVP Hellos

   A node-id based Hello session is established through the exchange of
   RSVP Hello messages such that local and remote node-ids are
   respectively used in the source and destination fields of Hello
   packets. Here, node-id refers to a router-id as defined in the Router
   Address TLV for OSPF [OSPF-TE] and the Traffic Engineering router ID
   TLV for ISIS [ISIS-TE]. This section formalizes a procedure for
   establishing node-id based Hello sessions.

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   If a node wishes to establish a node-id based RSVP Hello session with
   its neighbor, it sends a Hello Request message with its node-id in the source
   IP address field of the Hello packet. Furthermore, the node also puts
   the neighborÆs node-id in the destination address field of the IP
   packet.

   An implementation may initiate a node-id based Hello session when it
   starts sharing RSVP states with the neighbor or at an earlier time.
   Similarly, an implementation may use the IGP topology to determine
   the remote node-id which matches an interface address(es) used in
   RSVP signaling. These aspects are considered to be a local
   implementation decision.

   When a node receives a Hello packet where the destination IP address
   is its local node-id as advertised in the IGP-TE topology, the node
   MUST use its node-id in replying to the Hello message. In other
   words, nodes must ensure that the node-ids used in RSVP Hello
   messages are those derived/contained in the IGP-TE topology.
   Furthermore, a node can only run one node-id based RSVP Hello session
   per IGP instance (i.e., per node-id pair) with its neighbor.

   If all interfaces between a pair of nodes are unnumbered,

   In the optimal
   way to use RSVP to detect nodal failure is to run node-id based
   Hellos. Similarly, case of packet MPLS, when link level failure detection is performed
   by some means other than RSVP Hellos, use of node-id based Hellos is
   also optimal in detecting nodal failures. Therefore, signaling adjacency failures, e.g., for
   RSVP GR procedure. Similarly, if all interfaces between a pair of
   nodes are unnumbered unnumbered, the optimal way to use RSVP to detect signaling
   adjacency failure is to run node-id based Hellos. Furthermore, in the
   case of optical network with single or multiple, numbered or
   unnumbered control channels, use of node-id based Hellos for
   detecting signaling adjacency failure is also optimal. Therefore,
   when link level failure detection is performed by some means other than
   RSVP Hellos, or if all interfaces between a pair of nodes are
   unnumbered, or in GMPLS network with data and control plane
   separation, a node MUST run node-id based Hellos for node detection of
   signaling adjacency failure detection. for RSVP-TE. Nonetheless, if it is
   desirable to distinguish between node signaling adjacency and link
   failures, node id based Hellos can co-exist with interface bound

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   Hellos.
   Hellos messages. Similarly, if a pair of nodes share numbered and
   unnumbered TE links, node id and interface based Hellos can co-exist.

4.   Backward Compatibility Note

   The procedure presented in this draft document is backward compatible with
   both [RFC3209] and [RFC3473].

5.   Security Considerations

     This document does not introduce new security issues. The security
   considerations pertaining to the original RSVP protocol [RFC2205] [RFC3209] remain relevant.

6.   Acknowledgements

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     We would like to thank Anca Zamfir, Jean-Louis Le Roux, Arthi
   Ayyangar and Carol Iturralde for their useful comments and
   suggestions.

7.   IANA Considerations

   None.

8.   Reference

8.1     Normative Reference

   [RFC2205] " Resource "Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) - Version 1,
      Functional Specification", RFC 2205, Braden, et al, September
      1997.

   [RFC3209] "Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels", D. Awduche, et al,
   RFC 3209, December 2001.

   [RFC3471] Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS)
      Signaling Functional Description, RFC 3471, L. Berger, et al,
      January 2003.

   [RFC3473] "Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS)
      Signaling Resource ReserVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-
      TE) Extensions", RFC 3471, 3473, L. Berger, et al, January 2003.

   [RFC2119] "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels",
      RFC 2119, S. Bradner, March 1997.
   [OIF-UNI] "User Network Interface (UNI) 1.0 Signaling Specification -
   Implementation Agreement OIF-UNI-01.0," The Optical Internetworking
   Forum, October 2001.

8.2     Informative Reference

   [OSPF-TE] Katz, D., Yeung, D., Kompella, K., "Traffic Engineering
   Extensions to OSPF Version 2", draft-katz-yeung-ospf-traffic-
   09.txt(work in progress). RFC 3630.

   [ISIS-TE] Li, T., Smit, H., "IS-IS extensions for Traffic
   Engineering", draft-ietf-isis-traffic-04.txt draft-ietf-isis-traffic-05.txt (work in progress) progress).

   [BFD] Katz, D., and Ward, D., "Bidirectional Forwarding Detection",
   draft-katz-ward-bfd-01.txt (work in progress).

9.   Author's Addresses

   Zafar Ali
   Cisco Systems Inc.

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   100 South Main St. #200
   Ann Arbor, MI 48104, USA.

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   Phone: (734) 276-2459
   Email: zali@cisco.com

   Reshad Rahman
   Cisco Systems Inc.
   2000 Innovation Dr.,
   Kanata, Ontario, K2K 3E8, Canada.
   Phone: (613)-254-3519
   Email: rrahman@cisco.com dprairie@cisco.com

   Danny Prairie
   Cisco Systems Inc.
   2000 Innovation Dr.,
   Kanata, Ontario, K2K 3E8, Canada.
   Phone: (613)-254-3519
   Email: dprairie@cisco.com rrahman@cisco.com

   Dimitri Papadimitriou (Alcatel)
   Fr. Wellesplein 1,
   B-2018 Antwerpen, Belgium
   Phone: +32 3 240-8491
   Email: dimitri.papadimitriou@alcatel.be

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