Thx Shraddha,

My point was to explicitly include both cases in section 4 OL and
Max_Metric triggers for UP flag advertisement.

Current reading is that UPA should be injected only upon loss of
reachability which is not the case neither with OL or Max-Metric.

I think Peter agreed to adjust the text so I consider the topic as done :)

Cheers,
R.



On Fri, Apr 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM Shraddha Hegde <[email protected]> wrote:

> Robert,
>
>
>
> ABR can generate UPA for Planned maintenance based on OL bit.
>
> When it does, it can set the UP bit to indicate that.
>
>
>
> Hope that helps.
>
>
>
> Rgds
>
> Shraddha
>
>
>
> Juniper Business Use Only
>
> *From:* Peter Psenak <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* 23 April 2025 19:54
> *To:* Robert Raszuk <[email protected]>
> *Cc:* Les Ginsberg (ginsberg) <[email protected]>;
> Yingzhen Qu <[email protected]>; lsr <[email protected]>; lsr-chairs <
> [email protected]>
> *Subject:* [Lsr] Re: WG Last Call for
> draft-ietf-lsr-igp-ureach-prefix-announce (4/17/2025 - 5/2/2025)
>
>
>
> *[External Email. Be cautious of content]*
>
>
>
> Hi Robert,
>
>
>
>
>
> On 23/04/2025 14:57, Robert Raszuk wrote:
>
> Hi Peter,
>
>
>
> Say egress PE advertises Max_Metric which does not really cause
> unreachability but least preference .. say before maintenance window
> happens.
>
>
>
> So why wait till the ingress PE really goes down to trigger UPA from ABRs
> ?
>
>
>
> If the egress PE is the only BGP NH, then reacting to max-metric or OL-bit
> set would make some BGP destinations unreachable.
>
> > The prefix is still reachable and if the BGP selection on the ingress PE
> uses the
>
> > IGP metric towards the NH as one of the rules for selecting the best
> path,
>
> > the traffic will be rerouted to the alternate PE.
>
>
>
> See the entire problem is that ingress PE does not have that NH metric
> visibility in egress PE area (it is sitting happily in it's own different
> area on the other side of the planet) - hence it has no clue about what is
> going to happen with egress PE in few moments ...
>
>
>
> So why not trigger UPA in such cases to hint him to switch to alternate
> next hops if available ?
>
> I'm not saying it can not be done. The implementation can chose to
> advertise the UPA for the summary component prefix if the such prefix
> metric in the source area/domain crosses certain value or if the prefix
> originator is overloaded.
>
> thanks,
> Peter
>
>
>
>
>
> Thx,
>
> R.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM Peter Psenak <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Robert,
>
>
>
> sorry, I misunderstood your original question.
>
>
>
> If the OL bit, or max-metric does not result in prefix becoming
> unreachable on the ABR/ASBR that originates the summary covering the
> prefix, there is no need to generate UPA. The prefix is still reachable and
> if the BGP selection on the ingress PE uses the IGP metric towards the NH
> as one of the rules for selecting the best path, the traffic will be
> rerouted to the alternate PE.
>
>
>
> thanks,
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> On 23/04/2025 13:41, Robert Raszuk wrote:
>
> I would just suggest to make it explicit in this bullet:
>
>
>
> Instead:
>
>
>
> * - reachability of a prefix that was reachable earlier was lost*
>
>
>
> *say: *
>
>
>
> * - reachability of a prefix that was reachable earlier was lost or node
> originating such prefix was signalled with OL bit set or MAX_METRIC set.*
>
>
>
> or something along those lines.
>
>
>
> Thx,
>
> R.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM Peter Psenak <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Robert,
>
>
>
>
>
> On 23/04/2025 11:49, Robert Raszuk wrote:
>
> HI Peter,
>
>
>
> Cool. So can you a bit reword this section 4 to make it clear ?
>
>
>
> and what exactly is not clear and how would you suggest to reword it?
>
> thanks,
> Peter
>
>
>
> Thx,
>
> R.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM Peter Psenak <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Robert,
>
>
>
> On 23/04/2025 00:44, Robert Raszuk wrote:
>
> All,
>
>
>
> I have one more question in respect to the text in the draft ...
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *4.  Generation of the UPA    UPA MAY be generated by the ABR or ASBR that
> is performing the    summarization, when all of the following conditions
> are met:       - reachability of a prefix that was reachable earlier was
> lost       - a summary address which covers the prefix is being advertised
> by       the ABR/ASBR*
>
>
>
> So with the above text in mind would we advertise UPA when:
>
>
>
> A) Operator manually sets overload bit on an egress PE ? (Technically the
> node is still reachable)
>
>
>
> B) Operator manually forces to advertise within L1 max metric for its
> router-LSA ? (Technically the node is still reachable)
>
>
>
> In both cases the second condition is met - summary covers the egress node
> of the sare L1 or non 0 area.
>
>
>
> My reading of section 4 leads me to believe that the answer to both (A)
> and (B) questions is "no" - and that would be perhaps something worth
> revisiting.
>
> yes, UPA would be advertised. The point is that you want the ingress PE to
> reroute if there is an alternative egress PE that can reach BGP prefix
> located behind the PE where (A) or (B) was done.
>
> thanks,
> Peter
>
>
>
>
>
> Thx,
>
> Robert
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM Robert Raszuk <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Les,
>
>
>
> Let's open a bit of imagination and assume one day we progress
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-lsr-isis-extended-hierarchy-06
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-lsr-isis-extended-hierarchy-06__;!!NEt6yMaO-gk!AoBqOTZJ3HaV8ElNpI6iik5MptxvGOYSiZekweLxT90nDEmlczZ_07qQvP_5rqTQfn5_ei23k8xO9TibqBpQ6eYqMGt8BOvh$>
>
>
>
> Do you think this is wise to blast UPAs everywhere in all 8 levels
> when perhaps it is needed only on a few egress nodes sitting in one
> specific area of say level 4 ?
>
>
>
> I do understand your statement that since we are creating summaries we are
> the problem and need to fix it but let's not forget that summaries are
> created by operators and such operators can use other tools to signal holes
> in them. Both droid and bgp based models have been discussed yet UPA is
> being pushed.
>
>
>
> It seems that UPAs are example of very good marketing skills :).
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Robert
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM Les Ginsberg (ginsberg) <ginsberg=
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> I support progression of the UPA draft.
>
>
>
> It leverages an existing mechanism in the protocols to provide needed
> functionality - which has been proven viable by multiple implementations.
>
>
>
> As I have commented in the past, I do wish the definition of the flags was
> modified so they were not mutually exclusive. This model leads to the
> inability to add additional related flags in the future without creating a
> backwards compatibility issue.
>
>
>
> Regarding concerns expressed by other WG members as to the appropriateness
> and scalability of the mechanism defined here:
>
>
>
> I think the draft is careful in defining how the mechanism should be used
> so
>
> as to avoid scalability issues. I also think no one has offered an
> alternative which is more scalable.
>
> Given IGPs already advertise reachability, summaries, and unreachability,
> this mechanism is clearly an appropriate use of the IGPs.
>
>
>
>     Les
>
>
>
> *From:* Yingzhen Qu <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Thursday, April 17, 2025 11:13 AM
> *To:* lsr <[email protected]>; lsr-chairs <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* [Lsr] WG Last Call for
> draft-ietf-lsr-igp-ureach-prefix-announce (4/17/2025 - 5/2/2025)
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> This email begins a 2 week WG Last Call for the following draft:
>
> IGP Unreachable Prefix Announcement
>
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-lsr-igp-ureach-prefix-announce/ 
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>
>
>
> Please review the document and indicate your support or objections by May 
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>
>
>
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>
>
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>
> Yingzhen
>
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