PCE Working Group S. Litkowski Internet-Draft Orange Intended status: Standards Track S. Sivabalan Expires: December 6, 2019 Cisco Systems, Inc. C. Barth Juniper Networks M. Negi Huawei Technologies June 4, 2019 Path Computation Element communication Protocol (PCEP) extension for signaling LSP diversity constraint draft-ietf-pce-association-diversity-07 Abstract This document introduces a simple mechanism to associate a group of Label Switched Paths (LSPs) via an extension to the Path Computation Element (PCE) Communication Protocol (PCEP) with the purpose of computing diverse paths for those LSPs. The proposed extension allows a Path Computation Client (PCC) to advertise to a PCE that a particular LSP belongs to a disjoint-group, thus the PCE knows that LSPs in the same group needs to be disjoint from each other. 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. The list of current Internet- Drafts is at https://datatracker.ietf.org/drafts/current/. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." This Internet-Draft will expire on December 6, 2019. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2019 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. Litkowski, et al. Expires December 6, 2019 [Page 1] Internet-Draft ASSOC-DISJOINT June 2019 This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (https://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. Requirements Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. Motivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4. Protocol extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4.1. Association group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4.2. Disjoint TLVs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.3. Relationship to SVEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4.4. Disjointness objective functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4.5. P-flag considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4.6. Disjointness computation issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 6.1. Association Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 6.2. PCEP TLVs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 6.3. Objective Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 6.4. NO-PATH-VECTOR Bit Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 6.5. PCEP-ERROR codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 7. Manageability Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 7.1. Control of Function and Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 7.2. Information and Data Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 7.3. Liveness Detection and Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 7.4. Verify Correct Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 7.5. Requirements On Other Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 7.6. Impact On Network Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 8. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Appendix A. Contributor Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Litkowski, et al. Expires December 6, 2019 [Page 2] Internet-Draft ASSOC-DISJOINT June 2019 1. Introduction [RFC5440] describes the Path Computation Element communication Protocol (PCEP) which enables the communication between a Path Computation Client (PCC) and a Path Control Element (PCE), or between two PCEs based on the PCE architecture [RFC4655]. PCEP Extensions for Stateful PCE Model [RFC8231] describes a set of extensions to PCEP to enable active control of MPLS-TE and GMPLS tunnels. [RFC8281] describes the setup and teardown of PCE-initiated LSPs under the active stateful PCE model, without the need for local configuration on the PCC, thus allowing for a dynamic network. [I-D.ietf-pce-association-group] introduces a generic mechanism to create a grouping of LSPs in the context of a PCE which can then be used to define associations between a set of LSPs and a set of attributes (such as configuration parameters or behaviors) and is equally applicable to the active and passive modes of a stateful PCE [RFC8231] or a stateless PCE [RFC5440]. This document specifies a PCEP extension to signal that a particular group of LSPs should use diverse paths including the requested type of diversity. A PCC can use this extension to signal to a PCE that a particular LSP belongs to a disjoint-group. When a PCE receives LSP states belonging to the same disjoint-group from some PCCs, the PCE should ensure that the LSPs within the group are disjoint from each other. 1.1. Requirements Language 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. 2. Terminology The following terminology is used in this document. DAG: Disjoint Association Group. MPLS: Multiprotocol Label Switching. OF: Objective Function. PCC: Path Computation Client. Any client application requesting a path computation to be performed by a Path Computation Element. Litkowski, et al. Expires December 6, 2019 [Page 3] Internet-Draft ASSOC-DISJOINT June 2019 PCE: Path Computation Element. An entity (component, application, or network node) that is capable of computing a network path or route based on a network graph and applying computational constraints. PCEP: Path Computation Element Communication Protocol. SRLG: Shared Risk Link Group. 3. Motivation Path diversity is a very common use case in today's IP/MPLS networks especially for layer 2 transport over MPLS. A customer may request that the operator provide two end-to-end disjoint paths across the IP/MPLS core. The customer may use those paths as primary/backup or active/active. Different level of disjointness may be offered: o Link disjointness: the paths of the associated LSPs should transit different links (but may use common nodes or different links that may have some shared fate). o Node disjointness: the paths of the associated LSPs should transit different nodes (but may use different links that may have some shared fate). o SRLG disjointness: the paths of the associated LSPs should transit different links that do not share fate (but may use common transit nodes). o Node+SRLG disjointness: the paths of the associated LSPs should transit different links that do not have any common shared fate and should transit different nodes. The associated LSPs may originate from the same or from different head-end(s) and may terminate at the same or different tail-end(s). Litkowski, et al. Expires December 6, 2019 [Page 4] Internet-Draft ASSOC-DISJOINT June 2019 _________________________________________ / \ / +------+ \ | | PCE | | | +------+ | | | | ***********************> | | +------+ 10 +------+ | CE1 ****| PE 1 | ----- R1 ---- R2 ------- | PE 2 |**** CE2 | +------+ | | +------+ | | | | | | | | | | +------+ | | +------+ | CE3 ****| PE 3 | ----- R3 ---- R4 ------- | PE 4 |**** CE4 | +------+ ***********************> +------+ | | | \ / \_________________________________________/ Figure 1 - Disjoint paths with different head-ends and tail-ends In the figure above, consider that the customer wants to have two disjoint paths between CE1/CE2 and CE3/CE4. From an IP/MPLS network point view, in this example, the CEs are connected to different PEs to maximize their disjointness. When LSPs originate from different head-ends, distributed computation of diverse paths can be difficult. Whereas, computation via a centralized PCE ensures path disjointness correctness and simplicity. Section 4.3 describes the relationship between the disjoint association group and Synchronization VECtor (SVEC) object. The PCEP extension for stateful PCE [RFC8231] defined new PCEP messages - Path Computation Report (PCRpt), Path Computation Update (PCUpd) and Path Computation Initiate (PCInitiate) [RFC8281]. These messages uses PLSP-ID in the LSP object for identification. Moreover to allow diversity between LSPs originating from different PCCs, the generic mechanism to create a grouping of LSPs is described in [I-D.ietf-pce-association-group] (that is equally applicable to the active and passive modes of a stateful PCE). Using PCEP, the PCC could indicate that the disjoint path computation is required, such indication should include disjointness parameters such as the type of disjointness, the disjoint group identifiers, and any customization parameters according to the configured local policy. As mentioned previously, the extension described in Litkowski, et al. Expires December 6, 2019 [Page 5] Internet-Draft ASSOC-DISJOINT June 2019 [I-D.ietf-pce-association-group] is well suited to associate a set of LSPs with a particular disjoint-group. The management of the disjoint group-ids will be a key point for the operator as the Association ID field is limited to 65535. The local configuration of IPv4/IPv6 association source, or Global Association Source/Extended Association ID should allow to overcome this limitation as described in [I-D.ietf-pce-association-group]. When a PCC or PCE initiates all the LSPs in a particular disjoint-group, it can set the IPv4/IPv6 association source as one of its own IP address. When disjoint LSPs are initiated from different head-ends, association source could be the PCE address or any other unique value to identify the disjoint association group. Initiate Disjoint LSPs | | PCReq/PCRpt V {Disjoint-group Y} +-----+ ----------------> +-----+ _ _ _ _ _ _| PCE | | | PCE | | +-----+ | ----------> +-----+ | PCInitiate | | PCReq/PCRpt |{Disjoint-group X} | | {Disjoint-group Y} | | | | .-----. | | .-----. | ( ) | +----+ ( ) | .--( )--. | |PE 1|--.--( )--. V ( ) | +----+ ( ) +---+ ( ) | ( ) |PCC|----( (G)MPLS network ) +----+ ( (G)MPLS network ) +---+ ( ) |PE 3|-----( ) Disjoint-group X ) +----+ ( ) '--( )--' '--( )--' ( ) ( ) '-----' '-----' Case 1: Disjointness initiated by Case 2: Disjointness initiated by PCE and enforced by PCC PCC and enforced by PCE Figure 2 - Sample use-cases for carrying disjoint-group over PCEP session Using the disjoint-group within a PCEP messages may have two purpose: Litkowski, et al. Expires December 6, 2019 [Page 6] Internet-Draft ASSOC-DISJOINT June 2019 o Configuration: Used to communicate the configured disjoint requirement to a PCEP peer. o Status: Used to communicate the status of the computed disjointness. 4. Protocol extension 4.1. Association group As per [I-D.ietf-pce-association-group], LSPs are associated with other LSPs with which they interact by adding them to a common association group. The Association parameters, as described in [I-D.ietf-pce-association-group] as the combination of the mandatory fields Association type, Association ID and Association Source in the ASSOCIATION object, that uniquely identify the association group belonging to this association. If the optional TLVs - Global Association Source or Extended Association ID are included, then they are included in combination with mandatory fields to uniquely identifying the association group. This document defines a new Association type, based on the generic Association object - o Association type = TBD1 ("Disjointness Association Type") for Disjoint Association Group (DAG). [I-D.ietf-pce-association-group] specify the mechanism for the capability advertisement of the association types supported by a PCEP speaker by defining a ASSOC-Type-List TLV to be carried within an OPEN object. This capability exchange for the association type described in this document (i.e. Disjointness Association Type) MUST be done before using the disjointness association. Thus the PCEP speaker MUST include the Disjointness Association Type (TBD1) in the ASSOC-Type-List TLV before using the disjoint association group (DAG) in the PCEP messages. This association type is considered to be both dynamic and operator- configured in nature. The association group could be created by the operator manually on the PCEP peers and the LSPs belonging to this associations is conveyed via PCEP messages to the PCEP peer; or the association group could be created dynamically by the PCEP speaker and both the association group information and the LSPs belonging to the association group is conveyed to the PCEP peer. The Operator- configured Association Range MUST be set for this association-type to mark a range of association identifiers that are used for operator- configured associations to avoid any association identifier clash within the scope of the association source. (Refer [I-D.ietf-pce-association-group].) Litkowski, et al. Expires December 6, 2019 [Page 7] Internet-Draft ASSOC-DISJOINT June 2019 A disjoint group can have two or more LSPs. But a PCE may be limited in how many LSPs it can take into account when computing disjointness. If a PCE receives more LSPs in the group than it can handle in its computation algorithm, it SHOULD apply disjointness computation to only a subset of LSPs in the group. The subset of disjoint LSPs will be decided by PCE as a local policy. Local polices MAY define the computational behavior for the other LSPs in the group. For example, the PCE may provide no path, a shortest path, or a constrained path based on relaxing disjointness, etc. The disjoint status is informed to the PCC. Associating a particular LSP to multiple disjoint groups is authorized from a protocol perspective, however there is no assurance that the PCE will be able to compute properly the multi-disjointness constraint. 4.2. Disjoint TLVs The disjoint group MUST carry the following TLV: o DISJOINTNESS-CONFIGURATION-TLV: Used to communicate some disjointness configuration parameters. In addition, the disjoint group MAY carry the following TLV: o DISJOINTNESS-STATUS-TLV: Used to communicate the status of the computed disjointness. This is applicable for messages from PCE to PCC (PCUpd, PCInitiate or PCRep message). o VENDOR-INFORMATION-TLV: Used to communicate arbitrary vendor specific behavioral information, described in [RFC7470]. o OF-List TLV: Used to communicate the disjointness objective function. See Section 4.4. The DISJOINTNESS-CONFIGURATION-TLV is shown in the following figure: 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 = TBD2 | Length | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Flags |T|P|S|N|L| +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Type: TBD2. Length: Fixed value of 4 bytes. Litkowski, et al. Expires December 6, 2019 [Page 8] Internet-Draft ASSOC-DISJOINT June 2019 Flags: * L (Link diverse) bit: when set, this indicates that the computed paths within the disjoint group MUST NOT have any link in common. * N (Node diverse) bit: when set, this indicates that the computed paths within the disjoint group MUST NOT have any node in common. * S (SRLG diverse) bit: when set, this indicates that the computed paths within the disjoint group MUST NOT share any SRLG (Shared Risk Link Group). * P (Shortest path) bit: when set, this indicates that the computed path of the LSP SHOULD satisfy all the constraints and objective functions first without considering the diversity constraint. This means that an LSP with P flag set should be placed as if the disjointness constraint has not been configured, while the other LSP in the association with P flag unset should be placed by taking into account the disjointness constraint. Setting P flag changes the relationship between LSPs to a one-sided relationship (LSP 1 with P=0 depends of LSP 2 with P=1, but LSP 2 with P=1 does not depend of LSP 1 with P=0). Multiple LSPs in the same disjoint group may have the P-flag set. In such a case, those LSPs may not be disjoint from each other but will be disjoint from others LSPs in the group that have the P-flag unset. * T (Strict disjointness) bit: when set, if disjoint paths cannot be found, PCE SHOULD return no path for LSPs that could not be be disjoint. When unset, PCE is allowed to relax disjointness by using either applying a requested objective function or any other behavior if no objective function is requested (e.g.: using a lower disjoint type (link instead of node) or relaxing disjointness constraint fully). * Unassigned bits are considered reserved. They MUST be set to 0 on transmission and MUST be ignored on receipt. If a PCEP speaker receives a disjoint-group without DISJOINTNESS- CONFIGURATION-TLV, it SHOULD reply with a PCErr Error-type=6 (Mandatory Object missing) and Error-value=TBD8 (DISJOINTNESS- CONFIGURATION-TLV missing). The DISJOINTNESS-STATUS-TLV uses the same format as the DISJOINTNESS- CONFIGURATION-TLV with a different type TBD3 (in the TLV). The flags L, N, and S are set based if the computed path meet the disjointness Litkowski, et al. Expires December 6, 2019 [Page 9] Internet-Draft ASSOC-DISJOINT June 2019 criteria. The flag P is set to indicate that the computed path is the shortest and the flag T has no meaning in the DISJOINTNESS- STATUS-TLV and MUST NOT be set while sending and ignored on receipt. Any new flag defined for the DISJOINTNESS-CONFIGURATION-TLV is be automatically applicable to the DISJOINTNESS-STATUS-TLV. 4.3. Relationship to SVEC [RFC5440] defines a mechanism for the synchronization of a set of path computation requests by using the SVEC object, that specifies the list of synchronized requests that can either be dependent or independent. The SVEC object identify the relationship between the set of path computation requests, identified by 'Request-ID-number' in RP (Request Parameters) object. [RFC6007] further clarified the use of the SVEC list for synchronized path computations when computing dependent requests as well as described a number of usage scenarios for SVEC lists within single-domain and multi-domain environments. The SVEC object includes a Flags field that indicates the potential dependency between the set of path computation request in a similar way as the Flags field in the TLVs defined in this document. The path computation request in the PCReq message MAY use both SVEC and ASSOCIATION object to identify the related path computation request as well as the diversity association group. The PCE MUST try to find a path that meets both the constraints. It is possible that the diversity requirement in the association group is different from the one in SVEC object. The PCE would consider both the objects as per the processing rules and aim to find a path that meets both these constraints. In case no such path is possible (or the constraints are incompatible), the PCE MUST send a path computation reply (PCRep) with NO-PATH object indcating path computation failure as per [RFC5440]. 4.4. Disjointness objective functions An objective function (OF) MAY be applied to the disjointness computation to drive the PCE computation behavior. In this case, the OF-List TLV (defined in ([RFC5541]) is used as an optional TLV in the Association Group Object. The PCEP OF-List TLV allow multiple OF- Codes inside the TLV, a sender SHOULD include a single OF-Code in the OF-List TLV when included in the Association Group, and the receiver MUST consider the first OF-code only and ignore others if included. To minimize the common shared resources (Node, Link or SRLG) between a set of paths during path computation three new OF codes are proposed: Litkowski, et al. Expires December 6, 2019 [Page 10] Internet-Draft ASSOC-DISJOINT June 2019 MSL * Name: Minimize the number of shared (common) Links. * Objective Function Code: TBD4 * Description: Find a set of paths such that it passes through the least number of shared (common) links. MSS * Name: Minimize the number of shared (common) SRLGs. * Objective Function Code: TBD5 * Description: Find a set of paths such that it passes through the least number of shared (common) SRLGs. MSN * Name: Minimize the number of shared (common) Nodes. * Objective Function Code: TBD6 * Description: Find a set of paths such that it passes through the least number of shared (common) nodes. If the OF-list TLV is included in the Association Object, the OF Code inside the OF Object MUST include one of the disjoint OFs defined in this document. If this condition is not met, the PCEP speaker MUST respond with a PCErr message with Error-Type=10 (Reception of an invalid object) and Error-Value=TBD9 (Incompatible OF codes). [RFC5440] uses SVEC diversity flag for node, link or SRLG to describe the potential disjointness between the set of path computation requests used in PCEP protocol. This document defines three new OF codes to maximize diversity as much as possible, in other words, minimize the common shared resources (Node,Link or SRLG) between a set of paths. It may be interesting to note that the diversity flags in the SVEC object and OF for diversity can be used together. Some example of usage are listed below - o SVEC object with node-diverse bit=1 - ensure full node-diversity. Litkowski, et al. Expires December 6, 2019 [Page 11] Internet-Draft ASSOC-DISJOINT June 2019 o SVEC object with node-diverse bit=1 and OF=MSS - full node diverse with as much as SRLG-diversity as possible. o SVEC object with domain-diverse bit=1;link diverse bit=1 and OF=MSS - full domain and node diverse path with as much as SRLG- diversity as possible. o SVEC object with node-diverse bit=1 and OF=MSN - ensure full node- diversity. 4.5. P-flag considerations As mentioned in Section 4.2, the P-flag (when set) indicates that the computed path of the LSP SHOULD satisfies all constraints and objective functions first without considering the diversity constraint. This could be required in some primary/backup scenarios where the primary path should use the more optimal path available (taking into account the other constraints). When disjointness is computed, it is important for the algorithm to know that it should try to optimize the path of one or more LSPs in the disjoint group (for instance the primary path) while other paths are allowed to be costlier (compared to a similar path without the disjointness constraint). Without such a hint, the disjointness algorithm may set a path for all LSPs that may not completely fulfill the customer requirement. _________________________________________ / \ / +------+ \ | | PCE | | | +------+ | | | | | | +------+ 10 +------+ | CE1 ****| PE 1 | ----- R1 ---- R2 ------- | PE 2 |**** CE2 | +------+ | | +------+ | | | | | | | | | | +------+ | | +------+ | CE3 ****| PE 3 | ----- R3 ---- R4 ------- | PE 4 |**** CE4 | +------+ \ | / +------+ | | \ | 10 / | \ +-- R5 --------- R6 / \_________________________________________/ Cost of all the links is 1, unless explicitly marked otherwise. Figure 3 Litkowski, et al. Expires December 6, 2019 [Page 12] Internet-Draft ASSOC-DISJOINT June 2019 In the figure above, a customer has two dual homed sites (CE1/CE3 and CE2/CE4). Consider, this customer wants two disjoint paths between the two sites. Due to physical meshing, the customer wants to use CE1 and CE2 as primary ( and CE3 and CE4 are hosted in a remote site for redundancy purpose). Without any hint (constraint) provided, the PCE may compute the two disjoint LSPs together, leading to PE1->PE2 using a path PE1->R1->R2->PE2 and PE3->PE4 using PE3->R3->R4->PE4. In this case, even if the disjointness constraint is fulfilled, the path from PE1 to PE2 does not use the best optimal path available in the network (path delay may be higher): the customer requirement is thus not completely fulfilled. The usage of the P-Flag allows the PCE to know that a particular LSP should be tied to the best path as if the disjointness constraint was not requested. In our example, if the P-Flag is set to the LSP PE1->PE2, the PCE should use the path PE1->R1->R3->R4->R2->PE2 for this LSP, while the other LSP should be disjoint from this path. The second LSP will be placed on PE3->R5->R6->PE4 as it is allowed to be costlier. Driving the PCE disjointness computation may be done in other ways, for instance setting a metric boundary reflecting an path delay boundary. Other constraints may also be used. The P-Flag allows a simple expression that the disjointness constraint should not make the LSP worst. Any constraint added to a path disjointness computation may reduce the chance to find suitable paths. The usage of the P-flag, as any other constraint, may prevent to find a disjoint path. In the example above, if we consider that the router R5 is down, if PE1->PE2 has the P-flag set, there is no room available to place PE3->PE4 (the disjointness constraint cannot be fulfilled). If PE->PE2 has the P-flag unset, the algorithm may be able to place PE1->PE2 on R1->R2 link leaving a room for PE3->PE4 using the R3->R4 link. When using P-flag or any additional constraint on top of the disjointness constraint, the user should be aware that there is less chance to fulfill the disjointness constraint. Litkowski, et al. Expires December 6, 2019 [Page 13] Internet-Draft ASSOC-DISJOINT June 2019 _________________________________________ / \ / +------+ \ | | PCE | | | +------+ | | | | | | +------+ 10 +------+ | CE1 ****| PE 1 | ----- R1 ---- R2 ------- | PE 2 |**** CE2 | +------+ | \ | +------+ | | | \2 | | | | \ | | | +------+ | \ | +------+ | CE3 ****| PE 3 | ----- R3 ---- R4 ------- | PE 4 |**** CE4 | +------+ +------+ | | | \ / \_________________________________________/ Cost of all the links is 1, unless explicitly marked otherwise. Figure 4 In the figure above, we still consider the same previous requirements, so PE1->PE2 LSP should be optimized (P-flag set) while PE3->PE4 should be disjoint and may use a costlier path. Regarding PE1->PE2, there are two paths that are satisfying the constraints (ECMP): PE1->R1->R4->R2->PE2 (path 1) and PE1->R1->R3->R4->R2->PE2 (path 2). An implementation may choose one of the paths. If the implementation elects only one path, there is a chance that picking up one path may prevent disjointness. In our example, if path 2 is used for PE1->PE2, there is no room left for PE3->PE4 while if path 1 is used, PE3->PE4 can be placed on R3->R4 link. When P-flag is set for an LSP and when ECMPs are available, an implementation should aim to select a path that allows disjointness. 4.6. Disjointness computation issues There may be some cases where the PCE is not able to provide a set of disjoint paths for one or more LSPs in the association. When the T-bit is set (Strict disjointness requested), if disjointness cannot be ensured for one or more LSPs, the PCE SHOULD reply with a PCUpd message containing an empty ERO. In addition to Litkowski, et al. Expires December 6, 2019 [Page 14] Internet-Draft ASSOC-DISJOINT June 2019 the empty ERO Object, the PCE MAY add the NO-PATH-VECTOR TLV ([RFC5440]) in the LSP Object. This document adds new bits in the NO-PATH-VECTOR TLV: bit "TBD7": when set, the PCE indicates that it could not find a disjoint path for this LSP. bit "TBD8": when set, the PCE indicates that it does not support the requested disjointness computation. When the T-bit is unset, the PCE is allowed to reduce the required level of disjointness. The actual level of disjointness computed by the PCE can be reported through the DISJOINTNESS-STATUS-TLV by setting the appropriate flags in the TLV. While the DISJOINTNESS- CONFIGURATION-TLV defines the expected level of disjointness required by configuration, the DISJOINTNESS-STATUS-TLV defines the actual level of disjointness computed. There are some cases where the PCE may need to completely relax the disjointness constraint in order to provide a path to all the LSPs that are part of the association. A mechanism that allows the PCE to fully relax a constraint is considered by the authors as more global to PCEP rather than linked to the disjointness use case. As a consequence, it is considered as out of scope of the document. All LSPs in a particular disjoint group MUST use the same combination of T,S,N,L flags in the DISJOINTNESS-CONFIGURATION-TLV. If a PCEP peer receives a PCEP messages for LSPs belonging to the same disjoint group but having an inconsistent combination of T,S,N,L flags, the PCEP peer SHOULD NOT try to add the LSPs in disjoint group and SHOULD reply with a PCErr with Error-type 26 (Association Error) and Error- Value 6 (Association information mismatch). 5. Security Considerations This document defines one new type for association, which do not add any new security concerns beyond those discussed in [RFC5440], [RFC8231] and [I-D.ietf-pce-association-group] in itself. As stated in [I-D.ietf-pce-association-group], much of the information carried in the Disjointness Association object, as per this document is not extra sensitive. It often reflects information that can also be derived from the LSP Database, but association provides a much easier grouping of related LSPs and messages. The disjointness association could provides an adversary with the opportunity to eavesdrop on the relationship between the LSPs. Thus securing the PCEP session using Transport Layer Security (TLS) Litkowski, et al. Expires December 6, 2019 [Page 15] Internet-Draft ASSOC-DISJOINT June 2019 [RFC8253], as per the recommendations and best current practices in [RFC7525], is RECOMMENDED. 6. IANA Considerations 6.1. Association Type This document defines a new Association type, originally described in [I-D.ietf-pce-association-group]. IANA is requested to make the assignment of a new value for the sub-registry "ASSOCIATION Type Field" (request to be created in [I-D.ietf-pce-association-group]), as follows: +------------------+-----------------------------+-------------+ | Association type | Association Name | Reference | +------------------+-----------------------------+-------------+ | TBD1 | Disjoint-group Association | [This.I-D] | +------------------+-----------------------------+-------------+ 6.2. PCEP TLVs This document defines following new PCEP TLVs and the IANA is requested to make the assignment of new values for the existing "PCEP TLV Type Indicators" registry as follows: +----------+---------------------------------+-------------+ | TLV Type | TLV Name | Reference | +----------+---------------------------------+-------------+ | TBD2 | Disjointness Configuration TLV | [This.I-D] | | TBD3 | Disjointness Status TLV | [This.I-D] | +----------+---------------------------------+-------------+ This document requests that a new sub-registry, named "Disjointness Configuration TLV Flag Field", is created within the "Path Computation Element Protocol (PCEP) Numbers" registry to manage the Flag field in the Disjointness Configuration TLV. New values are to be assigned by Standards Action [RFC8126]. Each bit should be tracked with the following qualities: o Bit number (count from 0 as the most significant bit) o Flag Name o Reference Litkowski, et al. Expires December 6, 2019 [Page 16] Internet-Draft ASSOC-DISJOINT June 2019 +------------+-------------------------+-------------+ | Bit Number | Name | Reference | +------------+-------------------------+-------------+ | 31 | L - Link Diverse | [This.I-D] | | 30 | N - Node Diverse | [This.I-D] | | 29 | S - SRLG Diverse | [This.I-D] | | 28 | P - Shortest Path | [This.I-D] | | 27 | T - Strict Disjointness | [This.I-D] | +------------+-------------------------+-------------+ Table 1: Disjointness Configuration TLV 6.3. Objective Functions Three new Objective Functions have been defined in this document. IANA is requested to make the following allocations from the PCEP "Objective Function" sub-registry: +------------+----------------------------------------+-------------+ | Code Point | Name | Reference | +------------+----------------------------------------+-------------+ | TBD4 | Minimize the number of shared Links | [This.I-D] | | | (MSL) | | | TBD5 | Minimize the number of shared SRLGs | [This.I-D] | | | (MSS) | | | TBD6 | Minimize the number of shared Nodes | [This.I-D] | | | (MSN) | | +------------+----------------------------------------+-------------+ 6.4. NO-PATH-VECTOR Bit Flags This documents defines new bits for the NO-PATH-VECTOR TLV in the "NO-PATH-VECTOR TLV Flag Field" sub-registry of the "Path Computation Element Protocol (PCEP) Numbers" registry. IANA is requested to make the following allocation: +------------+-----------------------------------------+------------+ | Bit Number | Name | Reference | +------------+-----------------------------------------+------------+ | TBD7 | Disjoint path not found | [This.I-D] | | TBD8 | Requested disjoint computation not | [This.I-D] | | | supported | | +------------+-----------------------------------------+------------+ Table 2: NO-PATH-VECTOR TLV Litkowski, et al. Expires December 6, 2019 [Page 17] Internet-Draft ASSOC-DISJOINT June 2019 6.5. PCEP-ERROR codes This document defines new Error-Type and Error-Value related to path protection association. IANA is requested to allocate new error values within the "PCEP-ERROR Object Error Types and Values" sub- registry of the PCEP Numbers registry, as follows: +----------+-------------------------+------------------------------+ | Error- | Meaning | Reference | | Type | | | +----------+-------------------------+------------------------------+ | 6 | Mandatory Object | [I-D.ietf-pce-association-gr | | | missing | oup] | | | Error-value=TBD8: | [This.I-D] | | | DISJOINTNESS- | | | | CONFIGURATION TLV | | | | missing | | | 10 | Reception of an invalid | [RFC5440] | | | object | | | | Error-value=TBD9: | [This.I-D] | | | Incompatible OF codes | | +----------+-------------------------+------------------------------+ 7. Manageability Considerations 7.1. Control of Function and Policy An operator SHOULD be allowed to configure the disjointness association groups and disjoint parameters at the PCEP peers and associate it with the LSPs. The Operator-configured Association Range MUST be allowed to be set by the operator. Operator SHOULD be allowed to set the local policies to define various disjoint computational behavior at the PCE. 7.2. Information and Data Models An implementation SHOULD allow the operator to view the disjoint associations configured or created dynamically. Further implementation SHOULD allow to view disjoint associations reported by each peer, and the current set of LSPs in this association. The PCEP YANG module [I-D.ietf-pce-pcep-yang] includes association groups information. 7.3. Liveness Detection and Monitoring Mechanisms defined in this document do not imply any new liveness detection and monitoring requirements in addition to those already listed in [RFC5440]. Litkowski, et al. Expires December 6, 2019 [Page 18] Internet-Draft ASSOC-DISJOINT June 2019 7.4. Verify Correct Operations Mechanisms defined in this document do not imply any new operation verification requirements in addition to those already listed in [RFC5440]. 7.5. Requirements On Other Protocols Mechanisms defined in this document do not imply any new requirements on other protocols. 7.6. Impact On Network Operations Mechanisms defined in [RFC5440], Section 8.6 also apply to PCEP extensions defined in this document. Additionally, a PCEP implementation SHOULD allow a limit to be placed on the number of LSPs that can belong to a disjoint association group. 8. Acknowledgments A special thanks to author of [I-D.ietf-pce-association-group], this document borrow some of the text from it. Authors would also like to thank Adrian Farrel for his useful comments. 9. References 9.1. 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, . [RFC8126] Cotton, M., Leiba, B., and T. Narten, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 8126, DOI 10.17487/RFC8126, June 2017, . [RFC5440] Vasseur, JP., Ed. and JL. Le Roux, Ed., "Path Computation Element (PCE) Communication Protocol (PCEP)", RFC 5440, DOI 10.17487/RFC5440, March 2009, . [RFC5541] Le Roux, JL., Vasseur, JP., and Y. Lee, "Encoding of Objective Functions in the Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP)", RFC 5541, DOI 10.17487/RFC5541, June 2009, . Litkowski, et al. Expires December 6, 2019 [Page 19] Internet-Draft ASSOC-DISJOINT June 2019 [RFC8174] Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174, May 2017, . [RFC8231] Crabbe, E., Minei, I., Medved, J., and R. Varga, "Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) Extensions for Stateful PCE", RFC 8231, DOI 10.17487/RFC8231, September 2017, . [I-D.ietf-pce-association-group] Minei, I., Crabbe, E., Sivabalan, S., Ananthakrishnan, H., Dhody, D., and Y. Tanaka, "PCEP Extensions for Establishing Relationships Between Sets of LSPs", draft- ietf-pce-association-group-09 (work in progress), April 2019. 9.2. Informative References [RFC4655] Farrel, A., Vasseur, J., and J. Ash, "A Path Computation Element (PCE)-Based Architecture", RFC 4655, DOI 10.17487/RFC4655, August 2006, . [RFC6007] Nishioka, I. and D. King, "Use of the Synchronization VECtor (SVEC) List for Synchronized Dependent Path Computations", RFC 6007, DOI 10.17487/RFC6007, September 2010, . [RFC7470] Zhang, F. and A. Farrel, "Conveying Vendor-Specific Constraints in the Path Computation Element Communication Protocol", RFC 7470, DOI 10.17487/RFC7470, March 2015, . [RFC7525] Sheffer, Y., Holz, R., and P. Saint-Andre, "Recommendations for Secure Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS)", BCP 195, RFC 7525, DOI 10.17487/RFC7525, May 2015, . [RFC8253] Lopez, D., Gonzalez de Dios, O., Wu, Q., and D. Dhody, "PCEPS: Usage of TLS to Provide a Secure Transport for the Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP)", RFC 8253, DOI 10.17487/RFC8253, October 2017, . Litkowski, et al. Expires December 6, 2019 [Page 20] Internet-Draft ASSOC-DISJOINT June 2019 [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, . [I-D.ietf-pce-pcep-yang] Dhody, D., Hardwick, J., Beeram, V., and J. Tantsura, "A YANG Data Model for Path Computation Element Communications Protocol (PCEP)", draft-ietf-pce-pcep- yang-11 (work in progress), March 2019. Litkowski, et al. Expires December 6, 2019 [Page 21] Internet-Draft ASSOC-DISJOINT June 2019 Appendix A. Contributor Addresses Dhruv Dhody Huawei Technologies Divyashree Techno Park, Whitefield Bangalore, Karnataka 560066 India EMail: dhruv.ietf@gmail.com Authors' Addresses Stephane Litkowski Orange EMail: stephane.litkowski@orange.com Siva Sivabalan Cisco Systems, Inc. 2000 Innovation Drive Kanata, Ontario K2K 3E8 Canada EMail: msiva@cisco.com Colby Barth Juniper Networks EMail: cbarth@juniper.net Mahendra Singh Negi Huawei Technologies Divyashree Techno Park, Whitefield Bangalore, Karnataka 560066 India EMail: mahendrasingh@huawei.com Litkowski, et al. Expires December 6, 2019 [Page 22]