Issue clarification:
According to chap 5.2 of this document:
In a [IngressPE--EgressABR--EgressPE] topology, IngressPE send a Wildcard 
S-PMSI(*,*) route with PTA(flag<LIR+LIR-pF>), whose NLRI is donated as  
SPMSI(type<0/1/2>RD,*,*,IngressPE).
This SPMSI route will be relayed by EgressABR to EgressPE with PTA flag 
untouched.
Then EgressPE will generate ONE LeafAD route with 
NLRI(type<0/1/2>RD,*,*,IngressPE,EgressPE) and RT<EgressABR>, and N(N>=0) 
LeafAD routes with NLRI(type<16/17/18>RD,S,G,IngressPE,EgressPE) and 
RT<EgressABR>.

Then according to chap 5.3  of this document:
EgressABR will only send a Leaf A-D route.
I guess, the said "a Leaf A-D route" should be the ONE of 
LeafAD(type<0/1/2RD,*,*,IngressPE,EgressABR) with RT<EgressABR>.

Then how should EgressABR deal with the the N(N>=0) LeafAD routes with 
NLRI(type<16/17/18>RD,S,G,IngressPE,EgressPE) and RT<EgressABR> ?
It is not clarified in RFC7524 either. See chap 7.1 of RFC7524, which only 
clarify LeafAD route with type<0/1/2>RD.
Should such LeafAD route with type<16/17/18>RD be accepted and installed by 
EgressABR ?
And then 'relay' back to IngressPE, and thus enable IngressPE explicit tracking 
inside the ingress "segmentation domain" ?


Question clarification:

(1)     Should such LeafAD routes with type<16/17/18>RD be accepted and 
installed by EgressABR ?  This draft does not describe this.

(2)     If the said Leaf A-D routes (with RD type 16/17/18) be installed by 
EgressABR, then according to your answer, the Leaf A-D routes (with RT changed) 
will be 'relay' back to IngressPE. Right?  This draft does not describe this 
either.

(3)     If the above two are correct, then We can use PTA<type=NoTnlInfo, 
flag=LIR+LIRpF> in segmented P-tunnels scenario? But <draft-ietf-bier-mvpn-09> 
seems to imply that LIR-pF flag can't be used in Segmented P-tunnels scenario. 
Its chap 2.2.2 requires that, LIR-pF Flag is used only when non segmented 
P-tunnels are used.


Thanks.
XieJingrong

From: Eric C Rosen [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 11:49 PM
To: Xiejingrong <[email protected]>; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [bess] Comments on draft-ietf-bess-mvpn-expl-track-03

I apologize for the delay in answering this message.
On 12/21/2017 4:22 AM, Xiejingrong wrote:

I have a comment on draft-ietf-bess-mvpn-expl-track-03.

The chap 5.3 of this document said:

Furthermore, if the PTA specifies "no tunnel info", the LIR and LIR-pF
flags in the PTA MUST be passed along unchanged.

   This will ensure that an egress ABR/ASBR only sends a Leaf A-D route
   in response to a "match for tracking" if it is on the path to an
   egress PE for the flow(s) identified in the corresponding S-PMSI A-D
   route.

The issue is as follow:
In a [IngressPE--EgressABR--EgressPE] topology, IngressPE send a Wildcard 
S-PMSI(*,*) route with PTA(flag<LIR+LIR-pF>), whose NLRI is donated as  
SPMSI(type<0/1/2>RD,*,*,IngressPE). This SPMSI route will be relayed by 
EgressABR to EgressPE with PTA flag untouched. Then EgressPE will generate ONE 
LeafAD route with NLRI(type<0/1/2>RD,*,*,IngressPE,EgressPE) and RT<EgressABR> 
and N(N>=0) LeafAD routes with NLRI(type<16/17/18>RD,S,G,IngressPE,EgressPE) 
and RT<EgressABR>. All according to chap 5.2 of this document.

Then according to chap 5.3  of this document:
IngressABR will only send a Leaf A-D route, It should be the ONE of 
LeafAD(type<0/1/2RD,*,*,IngressPE,EgressABR) with RT<IngressABR>.

In the example above, there is an "EgressABR" but not an "IngressABR".  So I'm 
not completely sure that I understand your question.


Then how should IngressABR deal with the the N(N>=0) LeafAD routes with 
NLRI(type<16/17/18>RD,S,G,IngressPE,EgressPE) and RT<EgressABR> ?
It is not clarified in RFC7524 either. See chap 7.1 of RFC7524, which only 
clarify LeafAD route with type<0/1/2>RD.
Should such LeafAD route with type<16/17/18>RD be accepted and installed by 
EgressABR, and then 'relay' back to IngressPE, and thus enable IngressPE 
explicit tracking inside the ingress "segmentation domain" ?

The intention is the following.  Suppose an egress ABR/ASBR satisfies the 
following two conditions:

1. It has installed an S-PMSI A-D route  with the following properties:

- its NLRI has wildcards for S and G,
- its NLRI specifies PE1 as the ingress PE,
- its PTA specifies "no tunnel info" and has LIR-pF set.

2. It has installed one or more Leaf A-D routes whose NLRI specifies (S,G) with 
PE1 as ingress PE

Then the ABR/ASBR should originate a Leaf A-D route (with RD type 16/17/18) 
specifying (S,G) with ingress PE1.
The Leaf A-D route would be withdrawn when one of these conditions no longer 
holds.

Does this answer your question?

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