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Expires: November 16, 2018 Huawei Expires: November 16, 2018 Huawei
J. Tantsura J. Tantsura
Nuage Networks Nuage Networks
N. Triantafillis N. Triantafillis
LinkedIn LinkedIn
K. Talaulikar K. Talaulikar
Cisco Cisco
May 15, 2018 May 15, 2018
BGP Neighbor Autodiscovery BGP Neighbor Autodiscovery
draft-xu-idr-neighbor-autodiscovery-07 draft-xu-idr-neighbor-autodiscovery-08
Abstract Abstract
BGP has been used as the underlay routing protocol in many hyper- BGP has been used as the underlay routing protocol in many hyper-
scale data centers. This document proposes a BGP neighbor scale data centers. This document proposes a BGP neighbor
autodiscovery mechanism that greatly simplifies BGP deployments. autodiscovery mechanism that greatly simplifies BGP deployments.
This mechanism is very useful for those hyper-scale data centers This mechanism is very useful for those hyper-scale data centers
where BGP is used as the underlay routing protocol. where BGP is used as the underlay routing protocol.
Requirements Language Requirements Language
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described in the Simplified BSD License. described in the Simplified BSD License.
Table of Contents Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. BGP Hello Message Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. BGP Hello Message Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Hello Message Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4. Hello Message Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5. Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5. Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 6. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7.1. BGP Hello Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7.1. BGP Hello Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7.2. TLVs of BGP Hello Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 7.2. TLVs of BGP Hello Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 8. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1. Introduction 1. Introduction
BGP has been used as the underlay routing protocol instead of IGP in BGP has been used as the underlay routing protocol instead of IGP in
many hyper-scale data centers [RFC7938]. Furthermore, there is an many hyper-scale data centers [RFC7938]. Furthermore, there is an
ongoing effort to leverage BGP link-state distribution mechanism to ongoing effort to leverage BGP link-state distribution mechanism to
achieve BGP-SPF [I-D.keyupate-lsvr-bgp-spf]. However, BGP is not achieve BGP-SPF [I-D.keyupate-lsvr-bgp-spf]. However, BGP is not
good as an IGP from the perspective of deployment automation and good as an IGP from the perspective of deployment automation and
simplicity. For instance, the IP address and the Autonomous System simplicity. For instance, the IP address and the Autonomous System
Number (ASN) of each and every BGP neighbor have to be manually Number (ASN) of each and every BGP neighbor have to be manually
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Email: jingtan.hc@alibaba-inc.com Email: jingtan.hc@alibaba-inc.com
Guixin Bao Guixin Bao
Alibaba Inc Alibaba Inc
Email: guixin.bgx@alibaba-inc.com Email: guixin.bgx@alibaba-inc.com
Jinghui Liu Jinghui Liu
Ruijie Networks Ruijie Networks
Email: liujh@ruijie.com.cn Email: liujh@ruijie.com.cn
Zhichun Jiang
Tecent
Email: zcjiang@tencent.com
6. Acknowledgements 6. Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Enke Chen for his valuable comments The authors would like to thank Enke Chen for his valuable comments
and suggestions on this document. and suggestions on this document.
7. IANA Considerations 7. IANA Considerations
7.1. BGP Hello Message 7.1. BGP Hello Message
This document requests IANA to allocate a new UDP port (179 is the This document requests IANA to allocate a new UDP port (179 is the
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