Internet DRAFT - draft-zhuang-bess-enhanced-vpn-auto-discovery
draft-zhuang-bess-enhanced-vpn-auto-discovery
INTERNET-DRAFT S. Zhuang
Intended status: Proposed Standard Z. Li
Huawei Technologies
D. Eastlake
Futurewei Technologies
L. Yong
Independent
Expires: January 8, 2022 July 9, 2021
BGP Extensions for Enhanced VPN Auto Discovery
draft-zhuang-bess-enhanced-vpn-auto-discovery-08.txt
Abstract
A variety of VPN technologies have been widely deployed to bear
different services. As new applications develop, a requirement has
been proposed for auto-discovery of Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks
(L3VPN) and enhanced auto-discovery requirements for other VPN
technologies that already have basic auto-discovery mechanisms.
This document identifies some possible applications of these auto-
discovery requirements and defines a new BGP NLRI, called the BGP-
VPN-INSTANCE NLRI, to satisfy the requirement for auto-discovery of
BGP VPN instances. It also defines a new type of extended community,
called the Import Route Target, which can be applied to auto-
discovery mechanisms of multiple VPN technologies.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction............................................3
2. Terminologies...........................................4
3. Requirements of VPN Auto-Discovery......................5
3.1 Centralized Traffic Optimization.......................5
3.2 Label/Segment Allocation for VPN Instance..............5
4. IRT Extended Community..................................6
5. BGP Extensions for L3VPN Auto-Discovery.................7
5.1 BGP-VPN-INSTANCE SAFI..................................7
5.2 BGP-VPN-INSTANCE NLRI..................................8
5.2.1 VPN Membership A-D Route.............................8
5.3 Procedures............................................9
6. IANA Considerations....................................10
6.1 BGP Extended Communities..............................10
6.2 Subsequent Address Family Identifier..................10
7. Security Considerations................................11
Contributors..............................................11
Acknowledgements..........................................11
Normative References......................................12
Informative References....................................13
Authors' Addresses........................................14
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1. Introduction
A variety of VPN technologies have been widely deployed to bear
different services. As new applications develop, a requirement has
been proposed for auto-discovery of Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks
(L3VPN) [RFC4364] and enhanced auto-discovery requirements for other
VPN technologies which already have basic auto-discovery mechanisms.
This document identifies some possible applications of these auto-
discovery requirements and defines a new BGP NLRI [RFC4271], called
the BGP-VPN-INSTANCE NLRI, to satisfy the requirement of auto-
discovery of BGP VPN instance. It also defines a new type of extended
community, called the Import Route Target (IRT), which can be applied
to auto-discovery mechanisms of multiple VPN technologies.
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2. Terminologies
This document uses the terminologies defined in [RFC4026]:
A-D: Auto-Discovery
AFI: Address Family Identifier
ERT: Export Route Target
IRT: Import Route Target
LSP: Label Switched Path
NLRI: Network Layer Reachability Information
P2MP: Point to Multi-Point
PE: Provider Edge
RD: Route Distinguisher
VRF: Virtual Routing and Forwarding
VPN A-D: VPN Auto-Discovery
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.
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3. Requirements of VPN Auto-Discovery
The following subsections are examples of VPN Auto-Discovery
requirements.
3.1 Centralized Traffic Optimization
As the development of centrally controlled application such as PCE-
initiated LSP [RFC8281] and PCE-initiated P2MP LSP [RFC8623], PCE can
be used to initiate setup of RSVP-TE LSP or P2MP LSP for the purpose
of traffic optimization. In order to support such applications, the
controller should learn the relationship of unicast VPN instances or
multicast VPN instances distributed on different PEs. According to
the existing VPN auto-discovery mechanism for technologies such as
EVPN [RFC7432] or MVPN [RFC6514], the A-D routes are always
advertised with the Export Route Target (ERT). The ingress PE can
use an Import Route Target (IRT) of the local MVPN/EVPN instance to
match the route target advertised with the NLRI to determine the
relationship of these VPN instances. But the controller, which can
be used as the route reflector of VPN routes, cannot learn the
relationship of VPN instances since the Import Route Target
information is not advertised with these A-D routes. In order to
support such applications the IRT can be carried with A-D routes as
specified below.
3.2 Label/Segment Allocation for VPN Instance
[I-D.li-mpls-global-label-usecases] proposes use cases of label
allocation for unicast VPN or multicast VPN instances.
[I-D.li-spring-segment-path-programming] proposes use cases of
segment allocation for steering traffic. In order to support such
applications the PEs needs to learn the relationship of VPN instances
distributed on other PEs. For L3VPN [RFC4364] there is no auto-
discovery mechanism for BGP VPN instances. In order to support such
applications, an auto-discovery mechanism for L3VPN is specified
below.
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4. IRT Extended Community
This document defines a new type of transitive extended community,
called Import Route Target.
The IANA registry of BGP Extended Communities clearly identifies
communities of specific formats: "Two-octet AS Specific Extended
Community" [RFC4360], "Four-octet AS Specific Extended Community"
[RFC5668], and "IPv4 Address Specific Extended Community" [RFC4360].
Route Target [RFC4360] extended communities identify this format in
the high-order (Type) octet of the Extended Community. The Import
Route Target extended community reuses the same mechanism.
This document defines the following IRT Extended Communities:
+------+------+--------------+-------------------------------------+
| | Sub- | Extended | |
| Type | Type | Community | Encoding |
+------+------+--------------+-------------------------------------+
| 0x00 | TBD1 | AS-2byte IRT | 2-octet AS, 4-octet Value |
| 0x01 | TBD2 | IPv4 IRT | 4-octet IPv4 Address, 2-octet Value |
| 0x02 | TBD3 | AS-4byte IRT | 4-octet AS, 2-octet Value |
+------+------+--------------+-------------------------------------+
Figure 1. IRT Extended Communities
The IRT Extended Community can be used for MVPN [RFC6514], L3VPN
[RFC4364], EVPN [RFC7432], BGP-based VPLS [RFC4761], and BGP-AD-based
VPLS [RFC6074] and the like. The existing auto-discovery mechanisms
of these VPN technologies always carry the ERT extended community.
To meet the requirements of applications, they need to carry the IRT
extended community with different A-D routes. The local policy,
which is out of scope of this document, can be used to control the
distribution of IRT information.
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5. BGP Extensions for L3VPN Auto-Discovery
5.1 BGP-VPN-INSTANCE SAFI
The BGP Multiprotocol Extensions [RFC4760] allow BGP to carry routes
from multiple "address families". In this document a new Subsequent
Address Family is specified, called "BGP-VPN-INSTANCE Sub Address
Family", which uses a specific BGP-VPN-INSTANCE-SAFI (TBD4).
This document also defines a new BGP NLRI, called the BGP-VPN-
INSTANCE NLRI to support the BGP VPN instance auto-discovery. BGP-
VPN-INSTANCE MP_REACH_NLRI and MP_UNREACH_NLRI (shown in Figures 2
and 3) are formatted as described in [RFC4760]. The BGP-VPN-INSTANCE
NLRI is described in more detail in Section 5.2.
+-------------------------------------------------------+
| Address Family Identifier: 1/2/25 (2 octets) |
+---------------------------+---------------------------+
| Subsequent AFI: | (1 octet)
| BGP-VPN-INSTANCE-SAFI=TBD4|
+---------------------------+
| Length of Next Hop | (1 octet)
+---------------------------+---...
| Next Hop (variable)
+---------------------------+---...
| Reserved | (1 octet)
+---------------------------+---...
| BGP-VPN-INSTANCE NLRI (variable)
+-------------------------------...
Figure 2. BGP-VPN-INSTANCE MP_REACH_NLRI
+-------------------------------------------------------+
| Address Family Identifier: 1/2/25 (2 octets) |
+---------------------------+---------------------------+
| Subsequent AFI: | (1 octet)
| BGP-VPN-INSTANCE-SAFI=TBD4|
+---------------------------+---...
| BGP-VPN-INSTANCE NLRI (variable)
+-------------------------------...
Figure 3. BGP-VPN-INSTANCE MP_UNREACH_NLRI
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5.2 BGP-VPN-INSTANCE NLRI
The following is the format of the BGP-VPN-INSTANCE NLRI.
+---------------------------+
| Route Type | (1 octet)
+---------------------------+
| Length | (1 octet)
+---------------------------+---...
| Route Type Specific (variable) |
+---------------------------------------------------+
Figure 4. BGP-VPN-INSTANCE NLRI
The Route Type field specifies the encoding of the rest of
BGP-VPN-INSTANCE NLRI (Route Type specific BGP-VPN-INSTANCE NLRI).
The Length field indicates the length in octets of the Route Type
specific field of the BGP-VPN-INSTANCE NLRI.
This document defines the following Route Type for BGP-VPN-INSTANCE
routes:
Type 1: VPN Membership A-D Route
5.2.1 VPN Membership A-D Route
The VPN Membership A-D Route is utilized for VPN Membership A-D
between PEs. Its format is shown in Figure 5.
+-------------------------------------...
| Local Router's IP Address (variable)
+----------------------------------------+
| RD | (8 octets)
+----------------------------------------+
Figure 5. VPN Membership A-D Route
a) Local Router's IP Address: Advertising PE's IPv4/IPv6 address.
b) RD: RD of one VRF on the advertising PE, encoded as described
in [RFC4364].
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5.3 Procedures
Every PE needs to process all its VRF configuration and generate one
VPN Membership A-D Route for each VRF respectively. The Local
Router's IP Address field MUST be filled with the Advertising
Router's IP address. The RD field MUST be filled with the VRF's RD
value.
All ERTs of the VRF MUST be carried in a BGP Update's RT Extended
Community Path Attribute with the Membership A-D Route for the VRF.
To meet the requirements of different applications, all IRTs of the
VRF SHOULD be able to be carried in BGP Update's IRT Extended
Community Path Attribute with the VPN Membership A-D Route for the
VRF.
If a VRF is created, then its corresponding VPN Membership A-D Route
MUST be generated and advertised.
If the VRF whose VPN Membership A-D Route has been advertised is
deleted, then the VPN Membership A-D Route Withdraw message MUST be
generated and advertised.
If IRTs or ERTs of the VRF whose VPN Membership A-D Route has been
advertised are changed, then a VPN Membership A-D Route Update with
same Prefix and latest IRTs or ERTs MUST be advertised.
When the receiving PE receives a VPN Membership A-D Route, VPN
relationship matching MUST be checked with the IRTs carried in the
VPN Membership A-D Route and ERTs of each Local VRF.
When the central controller receives a VPN Membership A-D Route, VPN
relationship matching MUST be checked with IRTs and ERTs carried in
VPN Membership A-D Routes of different VPN instances.
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6. IANA Considerations
6.1 BGP Extended Communities
IANA is requested to assign three BGP Extended Community Sub-Types as
shown below.
Transitive Two-Octet AS-Specific Extended Community Sub-Type
Sub-Type Description Reference
-------- --------------------- ---------------
TBD1 Import Route Target [this document]
Transitive IPv4-Address-Specific Extended Community Sub-Type
Sub-Type Description Reference
-------- --------------------- ---------------
TBD2 Import Route Target [this document]
Transitive Four-Octet AS-Specific Extended Community Sub-Type
Sub-Type Description Reference
-------- --------------------- ---------------
TBD3 Import Route Target [this document]
6.2 Subsequent Address Family Identifier
IANA is requested to assign a Subsequent Address Family Identifier
(SAFI) from the First Come First Served range as follows:
Value Description Reference
----- --------------------- ---------------
TBD4 BGP-VPN-INSTANCE-SAFI [this document]
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7. Security Considerations
TBD
Contributors
The following people have substantially contributed to the solution
and to the editing of this document:.
Hui Ni
Huawei Technologies
Email: nihui@huawei.com
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Shuanglong Chen and Eric Wu for their
contributions to this work.
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Normative References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI
10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997, <http://www.rfc-
editor.org/info/rfc2119>.
[RFC4271] Rekhter, Y., Ed., Li, T., Ed., and S. Hares, Ed., "A Border
Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)", RFC 4271, DOI
10.17487/RFC4271, January 2006, <http://www.rfc-
editor.org/info/rfc4271>.
[RFC4360] Sangli, S., Tappan, D., and Y. Rekhter, "BGP Extended
Communities Attribute", RFC 4360, DOI 10.17487/RFC4360,
February 2006, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4360>.
[RFC4364] Rosen, E. and Y. Rekhter, "BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private
Networks (VPNs)", RFC 4364, DOI 10.17487/RFC4364, February
2006, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4364>.
[RFC4760] Bates, T., Chandra, R., Katz, D., and Y. Rekhter,
"Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4", RFC 4760, DOI
10.17487/RFC4760, January 2007, <http://www.rfc-
editor.org/info/rfc4760>.
[RFC4761] Kompella, K., Ed. and Y. Rekhter, Ed., "Virtual Private LAN
Service (VPLS) Using BGP for Auto-Discovery and Signaling",
RFC 4761, DOI 10.17487/RFC4761, January 2007,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4761>.
[RFC5668] Rekhter, Y., Sangli, S., and D. Tappan, "4-Octet AS
Specific BGP Extended Community", RFC 5668, DOI
10.17487/RFC5668, October 2009, <http://www.rfc-
editor.org/info/rfc5668>.
[RFC6074] Rosen, E., Davie, B., Radoaca, V., and W. Luo,
"Provisioning, Auto-Discovery, and Signaling in Layer 2
Virtual Private Networks (L2VPNs)", RFC 6074, DOI
10.17487/RFC6074, January 2011, <http://www.rfc-
editor.org/info/rfc6074>.
[RFC6514] Aggarwal, R., Rosen, E., Morin, T., and Y. Rekhter, "BGP
Encodings and Procedures for Multicast in MPLS/BGP IP
VPNs", RFC 6514, DOI 10.17487/RFC6514, February 2012,
<http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6514>.
[RFC7432] Sajassi, A., Ed., Aggarwal, R., Bitar, N., Isaac, A.,
Uttaro, J., Drake, J., and W. Henderickx, "BGP MPLS-Based
Ethernet VPN", RFC 7432, DOI 10.17487/RFC7432, February
2015, <http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7432>.
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[RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119
Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174, May
2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.
Informative References
[I-D.li-mpls-global-label-usecases] Li, Z., Zhao, Q., Yang, T.,
Raszuk, R., and L. Fang, "Usecases of MPLS Global Label",
draft-li-mpls-global-label-usecases-03 (work in progress),
October 2015.
[I-D.li-spring-segment-path-programming] Li, Z., Milojevic, I., Z.
Zhuang, "Segment Path Programming (SPP)",
draft-li-spring-segment-path-programming-00 (work in
progress), October 2015.
[RFC4026] Andersson, L. and T. Madsen, "Provider Provisioned Virtual
Private Network (VPN) Terminology", RFC 4026, DOI
10.17487/RFC4026, March 2005, <https://www.rfc-
editor.org/info/rfc4026>.
[RFC8281] Crabbe, E., Minei, I., Sivabalan, S., and R. Varga, "Path
Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP)
Extensions for PCE-Initiated LSP Setup in a Stateful PCE
Model", RFC 8281, DOI 10.17487/RFC8281, December 2017,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8281>.
[RFC8623] Palle, U., Dhody, D., Tanaka, Y., and V. Beeram, "Stateful
Path Computation Element (PCE) Protocol Extensions for
Usage with Point-to-Multipoint TE Label Switched Paths
(LSPs)", RFC 8623, DOI 10.17487/RFC8623, June 2019,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8623>.
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Authors' Addresses
Shunwan Zhuang
Huawei Technologies
Huawei Building, No.156 Beiqing Rd.
Beijing. 100095 China
Email: zhuangshunwan@huawei.com
Zhenbin Li
Huawei Technologies
Huawei Building, No.156 Beiqing Rd.
Beijing, 100095 China
Email: lizhenbin@huawei.com
Donald Eastlake
Futurewei Technologies
2386 Panoramic Circle
Apopka, FL 32703 USA
Phone: +1-508-333-2270
Email: d3e3e3@gmail.com
Lucy Yong
Independent
USA
Phone: +1-469-227-5837
Email: lucyyong@gmail.com
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