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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                 IJ. Wijnands, Ed.
Request for Comments: 7246                                 Cisco Systems
Category: Standards Track                                     P. Hitchen
ISSN: 2070-1721                                                       BT
                                                              N. Leymann
                                                        Deutsche Telekom
                                                           W. Henderickx
                                                          Alcatel-Lucent
                                                                A. Gulko
                                                         Thomson Reuters
                                                             J. Tantsura
                                                                Ericsson
                                                               June 2014

      Multipoint Label Distribution Protocol In-Band Signaling in
          a Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) Table Context

Abstract

   An IP Multicast Distribution Tree (MDT) may traverse both label
   switching (i.e., Multiprotocol Label Switching, or MPLS) and non-
   label switching regions of a network.  Typically, the MDT begins and
   ends in non-MPLS regions, but travels through an MPLS region.  In
   such cases, it can be useful to begin building the MDT as a pure IP
   MDT, then convert it to an MPLS Multipoint Label Switched Path
   (MP-LSP) when it enters an MPLS-enabled region, and then convert it
   back to a pure IP MDT when it enters a non-MPLS-enabled region.
   Other documents specify the procedures for building such a hybrid
   MDT, using Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) in the non-MPLS
   region of the network, and using Multipoint Label Distribution
   Protocol (mLDP) in the MPLS region.  This document extends those
   procedures to handle the case where the link connecting the two
   regions is a Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) table link, as
   defined in the "BGP IP/MPLS VPN" specification.  However, this
   document is primarily aimed at particular use cases where VRFs are
   used to support multicast applications other than multicast VPN.

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RFC 7246 mLDP In-Band Signaling in VRF Context June 2014 Status of This Memo This is an Internet Standards Track document. 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). Further information on Internet Standards is available in 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/RFC 7246. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2014 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.1. Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2. VRF In-Band Signaling for MP LSPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3. Encoding the Opaque Value of an LDP MP FEC . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.1. Transit VPNv4 Source TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.2. Transit VPNv6 Source TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.3. Transit VPNv4 Bidir TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.4. Transit VPNv6 Bidir TLV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 6. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Wijnands, et al. Standards Track [Page 2]
RFC 7246 mLDP In-Band Signaling in VRF Context June 2014 1. Introduction Sometimes an IP Multicast Distribution Tree (MDT) traverses both MPLS-enabled and non-MPLS-enabled regions of a network. Typically, the MDT begins and ends in non-MPLS regions, but travels through an MPLS region. In such cases, it can be useful to begin building the MDT as a pure IP MDT, then convert it to an MPLS Multipoint Label Switched Path (LSP) when it enters an MPLS-enabled region, and then convert it back to a pure IP MDT when it enters a non-MPLS-enabled region. Other documents specify the procedures for building such a hybrid MDT, using Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) in the non- MPLS region of the network, and using Multipoint Label Distribution Protocol (mLDP) in the MPLS region. This document extends the procedures from [RFC 6826] to handle the case where the link connecting the two regions is a Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) table link, as defined in the "BGP IP/MPLS VPN" specification [RFC 6513]. However, this document is primarily aimed at particular use cases where VRFs are used to support multicast applications other than multicast VPN. In PIM, a tree is identified by a source address (or in the case of bidirectional trees [RFC 5015], a rendezvous point address or "RPA") and a group address. The tree is built from the leaves up, by sending PIM control messages in the direction of the source address or the RPA. In mLDP, a tree is identified by a root address and an "opaque value", and is built by sending mLDP control messages in the direction of the root. The procedures of [RFC 6826] explain how to convert a PIM <source address or RPA, group address> pair into an mLDP <root node, opaque value> pair and how to convert the mLDP <root node, opaque value> pair back into the original PIM <source address or RPA, group address> pair. However, the procedures in [RFC 6826] assume that the routers doing the PIM/mLDP conversion have routes to the source address or RPA in their global routing tables. Thus, the procedures cannot be applied exactly as specified when the interfaces connecting the non-MPLS- enabled region to the MPLS-enabled region are interfaces that belong to a VRF as described in [RFC 4364]. This specification extends the procedures of [RFC 6826] so that they may be applied in the VRF context. As in [RFC 6826], the scope of this document is limited to the case where the multicast content is distributed in the non-MPLS-enabled regions via PIM-created source-specific or bidirectional trees. Bidirectional trees are always mapped onto multipoint-to-multipoint LSPs, and source-specific trees are always mapped onto point-to- multipoint LSPs. Wijnands, et al. Standards Track [Page 3]
RFC 7246 mLDP In-Band Signaling in VRF Context June 2014 Note that the procedures described herein do not support non- bidirectional PIM Any-Source Multicast (ASM) groups, do not support the use of multicast trees other than mLDP multipoint LSPs in the core, and do not provide the capability to aggregate multiple PIM trees onto a single multipoint LSP. If any of those features are needed, they can be provided by the procedures of [RFC 6513] and [RFC 6514]. However, there are cases where multicast services are offered through interfaces associated with a VRF, and where mLDP is used in the core, but where aggregation is not desired. For example, some service providers offer multicast content to their customers, but have chosen to use VRFs to isolate the various customers and services. This is a simpler scenario than one in which the customers provide their own multicast content, out of the control of the service provider, and can be handled with a simpler solution. Also, when PIM trees are mapped one-to-one to multipoint LSPs, it is helpful for troubleshooting purposes to have the PIM source/group addresses encoded into the mLDP FEC (Forwarding Equivalence Class) element in what this document terms "mLDP in-band signaling". In order to use the mLDP in-band signaling procedures for a particular group address in the context of a particular set of VRFs, those VRFs MUST be configured with a range of multicast group addresses for which mLDP in-band signaling is to be enabled. This configuration is per VRF defined in [RFC 4364]). For those groups, and those groups only, the procedures of this document are used. For other groups, the general-purpose multicast VPN procedures MAY be used, although it is more likely this VRF is dedicated to mLDP in- band signaling procedures and all other groups are discarded. The configuration MUST be present in all PE routers that attach to sites containing senders or receivers for the given set of group addresses. Note that because the provider most likely owns the multicast content and the method of transportation across the network, which are both transparent to the end user, no coordination needs to happen between the end user and the provider. 1.1. 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 [RFC 2119]. Wijnands, et al. Standards Track [Page 4]
RFC 7246 mLDP In-Band Signaling in VRF Context June 2014 1.2. Terminology In-band signaling: Using the opaque value of an mLDP FEC element to encode the (S,G) or (*,G) identifying a particular IP multicast tree. Ingress LSR: Source of a P2MP LSP, also referred to as root node. IP multicast tree: An IP multicast distribution tree identified by a source IP address and/or IP multicast destination address, also referred to as (S,G) and (*,G). mLDP: Multipoint LDP. MP LSP: A multipoint LSP, either a P2MP or an MP2MP LSP. MP2MP LSP: An LSP that connects a set of leaf nodes, acting indifferently as ingress or egress (see [RFC 6388]). P2MP LSP: An LSP that has one Ingress LSR and one or more Egress LSRs (see [RFC 6388]). RPA: Rendezvous Point Address, the address that is used as the root of the distribution tree for a range of multicast groups. RD: Route Distinguisher, an identifier that makes a route unique in the context of a VRF. UMH: Upstream Multicast Hop, the upstream router in that is in the path to reach the source of the multicast flow. VRF: Virtual Routing and Forwarding table. 2. VRF In-Band Signaling for MP LSPs Suppose that a PE router, PE1, receives a PIM Join(S,G) message over one of its interfaces that is associated with a VRF. Following the procedure of Section 5.1 of [RFC 6513], PE1 determines the "upstream RD", the "upstream PE", and the "upstream multicast hop" (UMH) for the source address S. In order to transport the multicast tree via a multipoint (MP) LSP using VRF in-band signaling, an mLDP Label Mapping message is sent by PE1. This message will contain either a P2MP FEC or an MP2MP FEC (see [RFC 6388]), depending upon whether the PIM tree being transported is a source-specific tree, or a bidirectional tree, respectively. The FEC contains a "root" and an "opaque value". Wijnands, et al. Standards Track [Page 5]
RFC 7246 mLDP In-Band Signaling in VRF Context June 2014 If the UMH and the upstream PE have the same IP address (i.e., the upstream PE is the UMH), then the root of the multipoint FEC is set to the IP address of the upstream PE. If, in the context of this VPN, (S,G) refers to a source-specific MDT, then the values of S, G, and the upstream RD are encoded into the opaque value. If, in the context of this VPN, G is a bidirectional group address, then S is replaced with the value of the RPA associated with G. The encoding details are specified in Section 3. Conceptually, the multipoint FEC can be thought of as an ordered pair: {root=<Upstream-PE>; opaque_value=or RPA , G, Upstream-RD>}. The mLDP Label Mapping message is then sent by PE1 on its LDP session to the "next hop" on the message's path to the upstream PE. The "next hop" is usually the directly connected next hop, but see [RFC 7060] for cases in which the next hop is not directly connected. If the UMH and the upstream PE do not have the same IP address, the procedures of Section 2 of [RFC 6512] should be applied. The root node of the multipoint FEC is set to the UMH. The recursive opaque value is then set as follows: the root node is set to the upstream PE, and the opaque value is set to the multipoint FEC described in the previous paragraph. That is, the multipoint FEC can be thought of as the following recursive ordered pair: {root=<UMH>; opaque_value=<root=Upstream-PE, opaque_value=or RPA, G, Upstream-RD>>}. The encoding of the multipoint FEC also specifies the "type" of PIM MDT being spliced onto the multipoint LSP. Four opaque encodings are defined in [RFC 6826]: IPv4 source-specific tree, IPv6 source-specific tree, IPv4 bidirectional tree, and IPv6 bidirectional tree. When a PE router receives an mLDP message with a P2MP or MP2MP FEC, where the PE router itself is the root node, and the opaque value is one of the types defined in Section 3, then it uses the RD encoded in the opaque value field to determine the VRF context. (This RD will be associated with one of the PEs VRFs.) Then, in the context of that VRF, the PE follows the procedure specified in section 2 of [RFC 6826]. Wijnands, et al. Standards Track [Page 6]
RFC 7246 mLDP In-Band Signaling in VRF Context June 2014 3. Encoding the Opaque Value of an LDP MP FEC This section documents the different transit opaque encodings. 3.1. Transit VPNv4 Source TLV This opaque value type is used when transporting a source-specific mode multicast tree whose source and group addresses are IPv4 addresses. 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Type | Length | Source +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Group +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | ~ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ~ RD | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Type: 250 Length: 16 Source: IPv4 multicast source address, 4 octets. Group: IPv4 multicast group address, 4 octets. RD: Route Distinguisher, 8 octets. Wijnands, et al. Standards Track [Page 7]
RFC 7246 mLDP In-Band Signaling in VRF Context June 2014 3.2. Transit VPNv6 Source TLV This opaque value type is used when transporting a source-specific mode multicast tree whose source and group addresses are IPv6 addresses. 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Type | Length | Source ~ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ~ | Group ~ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ~ | ~ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ~ RD | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Type: 251 Length: 40 Source: IPv6 multicast source address, 16 octets. Group: IPv6 multicast group address, 16 octets. RD: Route Distinguisher, 8 octets. Wijnands, et al. Standards Track [Page 8]
RFC 7246 mLDP In-Band Signaling in VRF Context June 2014 3.3. Transit VPNv4 Bidir TLV This opaque value type is used when transporting a bidirectional multicast tree whose group address is an IPv4 address. The RP address is also an IPv4 address in this case. 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Type | Length | Mask Len | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | RP | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Group | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ~ RD | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Type: 9 Length: 17 Mask Len: The number of contiguous one bits that are left justified and used as a mask, 1 octet. RP: Rendezvous Point (RP) IPv4 address used for the encoded Group, 4 octets. Group: IPv4 multicast group address, 4 octets. RD: Route Distinguisher, 8 octets. Wijnands, et al. Standards Track [Page 9]
RFC 7246 mLDP In-Band Signaling in VRF Context June 2014 3.4. Transit VPNv6 Bidir TLV This opaque value type is used when transporting a bidirectional multicast tree whose group address is an IPv6 address. The RP address is also an IPv6 address in this case. 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Type | Length | Mask Len | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | RP ~ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ~ | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Group ~ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ~ | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ ~ RD | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Type: 10 Length: 41 Mask Len: The number of contiguous one bits that are left justified and used as a mask, 1 octet. RP: Rendezvous Point (RP) IPv6 address used for the encoded group, 16 octets. Group: IPv6 multicast group address, 16 octets. RD: Route Distinguisher, 8 octets. 4. Security Considerations The same security considerations apply as for the base LDP specification, described in [RFC 5036], and the base mLDP specification, described in [RFC 6388]. Operators MUST configure packet filters to ensure that the mechanism described in this memo does not cause non-global-scoped IPv6 multicast packets to be tunneled outside of their intended scope. Wijnands, et al. Standards Track [Page 10]
RFC 7246 mLDP In-Band Signaling in VRF Context June 2014 5. IANA Considerations [RFC 6388] defines a registry for the "LDP MP Opaque Value Element basic type". IANA has assigned four new code points in this registry: Transit VPNv4 Source TLV type - 250 Transit VPNv6 Source TLV type - 251 Transit VPNv4 Bidir TLV type - 9 Transit VPNv6 Bidir TLV type - 10 6. Acknowledgments Thanks to Eric Rosen, Andy Green, Yakov Rekhter, and Eric Gray for their comments on the document. 7. References 7.1. Normative References [RFC 2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. [RFC 4364] Rosen, E. and Y. Rekhter, "BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)", RFC 4364, February 2006. [RFC 5015] Handley, M., Kouvelas, I., Speakman, T., and L. Vicisano, "Bidirectional Protocol Independent Multicast (BIDIR- PIM)", RFC 5015, October 2007. [RFC 5036] Andersson, L., Ed., Minei, I., Ed., and B. Thomas, Ed., "LDP Specification", RFC 5036, October 2007. [RFC 6388] Wijnands, IJ., Ed., Minei, I., Ed., Kompella, K., and B. Thomas, "Label Distribution Protocol Extensions for Point- to-Multipoint and Multipoint-to-Multipoint Label Switched Paths", RFC 6388, November 2011. [RFC 6512] Wijnands, IJ., Rosen, E., Napierala, M., and N. Leymann, "Using Multipoint LDP When the Backbone Has No Route to the Root", RFC 6512, February 2012. Wijnands, et al. Standards Track [Page 11]
RFC 7246 mLDP In-Band Signaling in VRF Context June 2014 [RFC 6826] Wijnands, IJ., Ed., Eckert, T., Leymann, N., and M. Napierala, "Multipoint LDP In-Band Signaling for Point-to- Multipoint and Multipoint-to-Multipoint Label Switched Paths", RFC 6826, January 2013. 7.2. Informative References [RFC 6513] Rosen, E., Ed., and R. Aggarwal, Ed., "Multicast in MPLS/BGP IP VPNs", RFC 6513, February 2012. [RFC 6514] Aggarwal, R., Rosen, E., Morin, T., and Y. Rekhter, "BGP Encodings and Procedures for Multicast in MPLS/BGP IP VPNs", RFC 6514, February 2012. [RFC 7060] Napierala, M., Rosen, E., and IJ. Wijnands, "Using LDP Multipoint Extensions on Targeted LDP Sessions", RFC 7060, November 2013. Wijnands, et al. Standards Track [Page 12]
RFC 7246 mLDP In-Band Signaling in VRF Context June 2014 Authors' Addresses IJsbrand Wijnands (editor) Cisco Systems De kleetlaan 6a Diegem 1831 Belgium EMail: ice@cisco.com Paul Hitchen BT BT Adastral Park Ipswich IP53RE United Kingdom EMail: paul.hitchen@bt.com Nicolai Leymann Deutsche Telekom Winterfeldtstrasse 21 Berlin 10781 Germany EMail: n.leymann@telekom.de Wim Henderickx Alcatel-Lucent Copernicuslaan 50 Antwerp 2018 Belgium EMail: wim.henderickx@alcatel-lucent.com Arkadiy Gulko Thomson Reuters 195 Broadway New York, NY 10007 United States EMail: arkadiy.gulko@thomsonreuters.com Jeff Tantsura Ericsson 300 Holger Way San Jose, CA 95134 United States EMail: jeff.tantsura@ericsson.com Wijnands, et al. Standards Track [Page 13]