Re: [bess] SRv6 / (SR)MPLS co-existence for bess

Eduard Metz <etmetz@gmail.com> Tue, 18 May 2021 12:50 UTC

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From: Eduard Metz <etmetz@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 14:50:11 +0200
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To: "Ketan Talaulikar (ketant)" <ketant@cisco.com>
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Subject: Re: [bess] SRv6 / (SR)MPLS co-existence for bess
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Thanks!
I overlooked that this draft already has a placeholder for co-existence, no
specific approaches included yet.
Would be happy to contribute if needed.

cheers,
  Eduard

On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 2:13 PM Ketan Talaulikar (ketant) <ketant@cisco.com>
wrote:

> Hi Eduard,
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> I do believe that BGP ADD-PATH mechanism can be leveraged for
> co-existence. There are also other design approaches to achieve the same.
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> I am copying the authors of
> https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-agrawal-spring-srv6-mpls-interworking/
> who were working to document these approaches.
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> Thanks,
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> Ketan
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> *From:* BESS <bess-bounces@ietf.org> *On Behalf Of *Eduard Metz
> *Sent:* 17 May 2021 13:46
> *To:* bess@ietf.org
> *Subject:* [bess] SRv6 / (SR)MPLS co-existence for bess
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> Hello,
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> Co-existence of multiple dataplane technologies to carry BESS services is
> useful for among others migration of one dataplane technology to another
> (e.g. (SR)MPLS to SRv6).
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> Can co-existence be achieved without changing current specifications, or
> would it require extensions / changes? For example as proposed in
> draft-ls-bess-srv6-mpls-coexisting-vpn.
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> I was thinking maybe the BGP ADD-PATH capability could be leveraged to
> achieve co-existence.
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> Would it be of interest to document co-existence cases and solutions?
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> Thanks!
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> cheers,
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>   Eduard
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