ippm F. Brockners Internet-Draft S. Bhandari Intended status: Standards Track V. Govindan Expires: December 29, 2018 C. Pignataro Cisco H. Gredler RtBrick Inc. J. Leddy Comcast S. Youell JMPC T. Mizrahi Marvell A. Kfir B. Gafni Mellanox Technologies, Inc. P. Lapukhov Facebook M. Spiegel Barefoot Networks June 27, 2018 VXLAN-GPE Encapsulation for In-situ OAM Data draft-brockners-ippm-ioam-vxlan-gpe-01 Abstract In-situ Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (IOAM) records operational and telemetry information in the packet while the packet traverses a path between two points in the network. This document outlines how IOAM data fields are encapsulated in VXLAN-GPE. Status of This Memo This Internet-Draft is submitted in full conformance with the provisions of BCP 78 and BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. 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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.1. Requirement Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.2. Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. IOAM Data Field Encapsulation in VXLAN-GPE . . . . . . . . . 3 4. Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 4.1. Discussion of the encapsulation approach . . . . . . . . 5 4.2. IOAM and the use of the VXLAN O-bit . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4.3. Transit devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1. Introduction In-situ OAM (IOAM) records OAM information within the packet while the packet traverses a particular network domain. The term "in-situ" refers to the fact that the IOAM data fields are added to the data packets rather than being sent within packets specifically dedicated to OAM. This document defines how IOAM data fields are transported as part of the VXLAN-GPE [I-D.ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe] encapsulation. The IOAM data fields are defined in [I-D.ietf-ippm-ioam-data]. An implementation of IOAM which leverages VXLAN-GPE to carry the IOAM data is available from the FD.io open source software project [FD.io]. Brockners, et al. Expires December 29, 2018 [Page 2] Internet-Draft In-situ OAM VXLAN-GPE encapsulation June 2018 2. Conventions 2.1. Requirement Language 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 [RFC2119]. 2.2. Abbreviations Abbreviations used in this document: IOAM: In-situ Operations, Administration, and Maintenance OAM: Operations, Administration, and Maintenance VXLAN-GPE: Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network, Generic Protocol Extension 3. IOAM Data Field Encapsulation in VXLAN-GPE VXLAN-GPE is defined in [I-D.ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe]. IOAM data fields are carried in VXLAN-GPE using a next protocol value of TBD_IOAM. An IOAM header is added containing the different IOAM data fields defined in [I-D.ietf-ippm-ioam-data]. In an administrative domain where IOAM is used, insertion of the IOAM header in VXLAN-GPE is enabled at the VXLAN-GPE tunnel endpoints, which also serve as IOAM encapsulating/decapsulating nodes by means of configuration. Brockners, et al. Expires December 29, 2018 [Page 3] Internet-Draft In-situ OAM VXLAN-GPE encapsulation June 2018 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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Outer Ethernet Header | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Outer IP Header | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Outer UDP Header | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+--+ |R|R|Ver|I|P|R|O| Reserved | NP=TBD_IOAM | | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ GPE | Virtual Network Identifier (VNI) | Reserved | | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+<-+ | IOAM-Type | IOAM HDR len | Reserved | Next Protocol | | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ I ! | O ! | A ~ IOAM Option and Data Space ~ M | | | | | | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+<-+ | | | | | Payload + Padding (L2/L3/ESP/...) | | | | | | | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Figure 1: IOAM data encapsulation in VXLAN-GPE The VXLAN-GPE header and fields are defined in [I-D.ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe]. The VXLAN Next Protocol value for IOAM is TBD_IOAM. The IOAM related fields in VXLAN-GPE are defined as follows: IOAM-Type: 8-bit field defining the IOAM Option type, as defined in Section 7.2 of [I-D.ietf-ippm-ioam-data]. IOAM HDR len: 8-bit unsigned integer. Length of the IOAM HDR in 4-octet units. Reserved: 8-bit reserved field MUST be set to zero upon transmission and ignored upon receipt. Next Protocol: 8-bit unsigned integer that determines the type of header following IOAM protocol. The value is from the IANA Brockners, et al. Expires December 29, 2018 [Page 4] Internet-Draft In-situ OAM VXLAN-GPE encapsulation June 2018 registry setup for VXLAN GPE Next Protocol defined in [I-D.ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe]. IOAM Option and Data Space: IOAM option header and data is present as specified by the IOAM-Type field, and is defined in Section 4 of [I-D.ietf-ippm-ioam-data]. Multiple IOAM options MAY be included within the VXLAN-GPE encapsulation. For example, if a VXLAN-GPE encapsulation contains two IOAM options before a data payload, the Next Protocol field of the first IOAM option will contain the value of TBD_IOAM, while the Next Protocol field of the second IOAM option will contain the VXLAN "Next Protocol" number indicating the type of the data payload. 4. Considerations This section summarizes a set of considerations on the overall approach taken for IOAM data encapsulation in VXLAN-GPE, as well as deployment considerations. 4.1. Discussion of the encapsulation approach This section is to support the working group discussion in selecting the most appropriate approach for encapsulating IOAM data fields in VXLAN-GPE. An encapsulation of IOAM data fields in VXLAN-GPE should be friendly to an implementation in both hardware as well as software forwarders. Hardware forwarders benefit from an encapsulation that minimizes iterative look-ups of fields within the packet: Any operation which looks up the value of a field within the packet, based on which another lookup is performed, consumes additional gates and time in an implementation - both of which are desired to be kept to a minimum. This means that flat TLV structures are to be preferred over nested TLV structures. IOAM data fields are grouped into three option categories: Trace, proof-of-transit, and edge-to-edge. Each of these three options defines a TLV structure. A hardware-friendly encapsulation approach avoids grouping these three option categories into yet another TLV structure, but would rather carry the options as a serial sequence. Two approaches for encapsulating IOAM data fields in VXLAN-GPE could be considered: 1. Use a single GPE protocol type for all IOAM types: IOAM would receive a single GPE protocol type code point. A "sub-type" field would then specify what IOAM options type (trace, proof-of- transit, edge-to-edge) is carried. Brockners, et al. Expires December 29, 2018 [Page 5] Internet-Draft In-situ OAM VXLAN-GPE encapsulation June 2018 2. Use one GPE protocol type per IOAM options type: Each IOAM data field option (trace, proof-of-transit, and edge-to-edge) would be specified by its own "next protocol", i.e. each IOAM options type becomes its own GPE protocol type with a dedicated code point. This implies that in case additional IOAM option types would be added in the future, additional GPE protocol type code points would need to be allocated. The first option has been chosen here. Multiple back-to-back IOAM options can be encoded as a succession of IOAM headers, with the same single GPE protocol type appearing as the next protocol before each IOAM header, but different sub-types within each IOAM header. 4.2. IOAM and the use of the VXLAN O-bit [I-D.ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe] defines an "O bit" for OAM packets. Per [I-D.ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe] the O bit indicates that the packet contains an OAM message instead of data payload. Packets that carry IOAM data fields in addition to regular data payload / customer traffic must not set the O bit. Packets that carry only IOAM data fields without any payload must set the O bit. 4.3. Transit devices If IOAM is deployed in domains where UDP port numbers are not controlled and do not have a domain-wide meaning, such as on the global Internet, transit devices MUST NOT attempt to modify the IOAM data contained in the IOAM header following the VXLAN-GPE header. In case UDP port numbers are not controlled there might be UDP packets specifying the same UDP port number that VXLAN-GPE utilizes, i.e. 4790, but with a payload that is not VXLAN-GPE. The scenario and associated reasoning is discussed in [RFC7605] which states that "it is important to recognize that any interpretation of port numbers -- except at the endpoints -- may be incorrect, because port numbers are meaningful only at the endpoints." 5. IANA Considerations IANA is requested to allocate a protocol number for the following VXLAN-GPE "Next Protocols" related to IOAM: +---------------+-------------+---------------+ | Next Protocol | Description | Reference | +---------------+-------------+---------------+ | x | TBD_IOAM | This document | +---------------+-------------+---------------+ Brockners, et al. Expires December 29, 2018 [Page 6] Internet-Draft In-situ OAM VXLAN-GPE encapsulation June 2018 6. Security Considerations The security considerations of VXLAN-GPE are discussed in [I-D.ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe], and the security considerations of IOAM in general are discussed in [I-D.ietf-ippm-ioam-data]. IOAM is considered a "per domain" feature, where one or several operators decide on leveraging and configuring IOAM according to their needs. Still, operators need to properly secure the IOAM domain to avoid malicious configuration and use, which could include injecting malicious IOAM packets into a domain. 7. Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank Eric Vyncke, Nalini Elkins, Srihari Raghavan, Ranganathan T S, Karthik Babu Harichandra Babu, Akshaya Nadahalli, Stefano Previdi, Hemant Singh, Erik Nordmark, LJ Wobker, and Andrew Yourtchenko for the comments and advice. 8. References 8.1. Normative References [ETYPES] "IANA Ethernet Numbers", . [I-D.ietf-ippm-ioam-data] Brockners, F., Bhandari, S., Pignataro, C., Gredler, H., Leddy, J., Youell, S., Mizrahi, T., Mozes, D., Lapukhov, P., Chang, R., daniel.bernier@bell.ca, d., and J. Lemon, "Data Fields for In-situ OAM", draft-ietf-ippm-ioam- data-02 (work in progress), March 2018. [I-D.ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe] Maino, F., Kreeger, L., and U. Elzur, "Generic Protocol Extension for VXLAN", draft-ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe-06 (work in progress), April 2018. [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997, . [RFC2784] Farinacci, D., Li, T., Hanks, S., Meyer, D., and P. Traina, "Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)", RFC 2784, DOI 10.17487/RFC2784, March 2000, . Brockners, et al. Expires December 29, 2018 [Page 7] Internet-Draft In-situ OAM VXLAN-GPE encapsulation June 2018 [RFC3232] Reynolds, J., Ed., "Assigned Numbers: RFC 1700 is Replaced by an On-line Database", RFC 3232, DOI 10.17487/RFC3232, January 2002, . [RFC7605] Touch, J., "Recommendations on Using Assigned Transport Port Numbers", BCP 165, RFC 7605, DOI 10.17487/RFC7605, August 2015, . 8.2. Informative References [FD.io] "Fast Data Project: FD.io", . [I-D.brockners-proof-of-transit] Brockners, F., Bhandari, S., Dara, S., Pignataro, C., Leddy, J., Youell, S., Mozes, D., and T. Mizrahi, "Proof of Transit", draft-brockners-proof-of-transit-05 (work in progress), May 2018. [RFC7665] Halpern, J., Ed. and C. Pignataro, Ed., "Service Function Chaining (SFC) Architecture", RFC 7665, DOI 10.17487/RFC7665, October 2015, . Authors' Addresses Frank Brockners Cisco Systems, Inc. Hansaallee 249, 3rd Floor DUESSELDORF, NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN 40549 Germany Email: fbrockne@cisco.com Shwetha Bhandari Cisco Systems, Inc. Cessna Business Park, Sarjapura Marathalli Outer Ring Road Bangalore, KARNATAKA 560 087 India Email: shwethab@cisco.com Vengada Prasad Govindan Cisco Systems, Inc. Email: venggovi@cisco.com Brockners, et al. Expires December 29, 2018 [Page 8] Internet-Draft In-situ OAM VXLAN-GPE encapsulation June 2018 Carlos Pignataro Cisco Systems, Inc. 7200-11 Kit Creek Road Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 United States Email: cpignata@cisco.com Hannes Gredler RtBrick Inc. Email: hannes@rtbrick.com John Leddy Comcast Email: John_Leddy@cable.comcast.com Stephen Youell JP Morgan Chase 25 Bank Street London E14 5JP United Kingdom Email: stephen.youell@jpmorgan.com Tal Mizrahi Marvell 6 Hamada St. Yokneam 20692 Israel Email: talmi@marvell.com Aviv Kfir Mellanox Technologies, Inc. 350 Oakmead Parkway, Suite 100 Sunnyvale, CA 94085 U.S.A. Email: avivk@mellanox.com Brockners, et al. Expires December 29, 2018 [Page 9] Internet-Draft In-situ OAM VXLAN-GPE encapsulation June 2018 Barak Gafni Mellanox Technologies, Inc. 350 Oakmead Parkway, Suite 100 Sunnyvale, CA 94085 U.S.A. Email: gbarak@mellanox.com Petr Lapukhov Facebook 1 Hacker Way Menlo Park, CA 94025 US Email: petr@fb.com Mickey Spiegel Barefoot Networks 2185 Park Boulevard Palo Alto, CA 94306 US Email: mspiegel@barefootnetworks.com Brockners, et al. Expires December 29, 2018 [Page 10]