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This draft is a work item of the BGP Enabled ServiceS of the IETF.
Title : Service Chaining using Virtual Networks with BGP VPNs
Authors : Rex Fernando
Stuart Mackie
Dhananjaya Rao
Bruno Rijsman
Maria Napierala
Thomas Morin
Filename : draft-ietf-bess-service-chaining-00.txt
Pages : 41
Date : 2016-04-14
Abstract:
This document describes how service function chains (SFC) can be
applied to traffic flows using routing in a virtual (overlay)
network to steer traffic between service nodes. Chains can include
services running in routers, on physical appliances or in virtual
machines. Service chains have applicability at the subscriber edge,
business edge and in multi-tenant datacenters. The routing function
into SFCs and between service functions within an SFC can be
performed by physical devices (routers), be virtualized inside
hypervisors, or run as part of a host OS.
A BGP control plane for route distribution is used to create virtual
networks implemented using IP MPLS, VXLAN or other suitable
encapsulation, where the routes within the virtual networks cause
traffic to flow through a sequence of service nodes that apply
packet processing functions to the flows.
Two techniques are described: in one the service chain is
implemented as a sequence of distinct VPNs between sets of service
nodes that apply each service function; in the other, the routes
within a VPN are modified through the use of special route targets
and modified next-hop resolution to achieve the desired result.
In both techniques, service chains can be created by manual
configuration of routes and route targets in routing systems, or
through the use of a controller which contains a topological model
of the desired service chains.
This document also contains discussion of load balancing between
network functions, symmetric forward and reverse paths when stateful
services are involved, and use of classifiers to direct traffic into
a service chain.
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https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-bess-service-chaining/
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