Re: [Lsr] New Version Notification for draft-bonica-lsr-ip-flexalgo-00.txt

[Peter Psenak <[e-mail]>]

Hi Robert,

On 30/09/2020 09:28, Robert Raszuk wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  > It uses the HBH option
> 
> Currently Ron's proposal seems to work well for both IPv4 and IPv6 
> addresses. I hope this discussion will not try to derail it to IPv6 only 
> track.
> 
> I see no issue with loopback to flexible algorithm mapping in 1:1 fashion.
> 
> I do however see some issues in deploying such technology as it will 
> only work well if *all* nodes in the network support this new 
> functionality. In contrast in SR world or control plane based TE I 
> proposed or any encapsulation based proposal only anchor nodes need to 
> support the new functionality while rest of the network does not need to 
> be even aware about it.

above is not really true.

Algo participation needs to be signaled, one way or the other. It's done 
for SR as well. There is no need for all routers to understand 
flex-algo, as only those that participate (and as a result also 
understand it) will be used during the flex-algo path computation and 
consequently flex-algo specific forwarding. This applies to flex-algo in 
general, regardless of the data plane being used.

thanks,
Peter


> 
> Many thx,
> R.
> 
> 
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 6:10 AM Huzhibo <[e-mail] 
> <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Joel:
> 
>          For details about the method defined in RFC 6550. It uses the
>     HBH option to carry the RPLInstaceID. The RPLInstaceID and
>     FlexAlgoID are similar.
> 
>     Thanks
> 
>     Zhibo
> 
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: Lsr [mailto:[e-mail]
>     <mailto:[e-mail]>] On Behalf Of Joel M. Halpern
>     Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 12:05 PM
>     Cc: [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
>     Subject: Re: [Lsr] New Version Notification for
>     draft-bonica-lsr-ip-flexalgo-00.txt
> 
>     I am missing something in this discussion of multiple algorithms.
> 
>     My understanding of flex-algo whether for MPLS, SRv6, SRH, or IPv6,
>     is that you need to associated a forwarding label (e.g. MPLS label
>     or IPv6
>     address) with a specific algorithm so that you can compute the next
>     hope for the forwarding label using the proper algorithm.  Then when
>     a packet arrives, it is simply forwarded according to the forwarding
>     table (e.g.
>     FIB, LIB, ..)
> 
>     If that is so, then I do not understand how a given prefix can be
>     safely associated with more than one algorithm.  I could imagine
>     doing several calculations according to different algorithms.  But
>     how do you decide which one applies to the packet?  As far as I
>     know, flex-algo does not look at the QoS/CoS/ToS bits.
> 
>     Yours,
>     Joel
> 
>     PS: I will admit that it took until  an operator described some
>     "interesting" constraints before I understood why one would even do
>     this.
> 
>     On 9/29/2020 11:50 PM, Huzhibo wrote:
>      > Hi.
>      >
>      > Associating multiple algorithms with a given prefix is an
>     interesting topic, and I think this can simplify the complexity of
>     FlexAlgo. I wonder if the author would consider using cases with
>     multiple algorithms with a given prefix.
>      >
>      > Thanks
>      >
>      > ZHibo
>      >
>      > -----Original Message-----
>      > From: Lsr [mailto:[e-mail]
>     <mailto:[e-mail]>] On Behalf Of [e-mail]
>     <mailto:[e-mail]>
>      > Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 10:05 PM
>      > To: Ron Bonica <rbonica=[e-mail]
>     <mailto:[e-mail]>>
>      > Cc: [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>
>      > Subject: Re: [Lsr] New Version Notification for
>      > draft-bonica-lsr-ip-flexalgo-00.txt
>      >
>      >
>      > Ron,
>      >
>      > This is nice. It makes it clear that constraint based path
>     computation need not have MPLS overhead for those that don’t want it.
>      >
>      > One thing that you don’t talk about is how this gets used, tho
>     that may be blindingly obvious: you’ll need all nodes placing their
>     prefixes in the RIB/FIB, where it will need to be selected over
>     other path computation for the same prefixes.  This somewhat
>     precludes the possibility of a given prefix being useful in multiple
>     flex-algos.
>      >
>      > More text on application would be most welcome, just to ensure
>     that we’re on the same page.
>      >
>      > Tony
>      >
>      >
>      >> On Sep 29, 2020, at 6:37 AM, Ron Bonica
>     <rbonica=[e-mail]
>     <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>      >>
>      >>
>      >> Please review and comment
>      >>
>      >>                                        Ron
>      >>
>      >>
>      >>
>      >> Juniper Business Use Only
>      >>
>      >>> -----Original Message-----
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>     <mailto:[e-mail]> <[e-mail]
>     <mailto:[e-mail]>>
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>      >>> To: Parag Kaneriya <[e-mail]
>     <mailto:[e-mail]>>; Shraddha Hegde
>      >>> <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>>; Ron
>     Bonica <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>>; Rajesh M
>      >>> <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>>; William
>     Britto A J <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>>
>      >>> Subject: New Version Notification for
>      >>> draft-bonica-lsr-ip-flexalgo-00.txt
>      >>>
>      >>> [External Email. Be cautious of content]
>      >>>
>      >>>
>      >>> A new version of I-D, draft-bonica-lsr-ip-flexalgo-00.txt
>      >>> has been successfully submitted by Ron Bonica and posted to the
>     IETF
>      >>> repository.
>      >>>
>      >>> Name:           draft-bonica-lsr-ip-flexalgo
>      >>> Revision:       00
>      >>> Title:          IGP Flexible Algorithms (Flexalgo) In IP Networks
>      >>> Document date:  2020-09-29
>      >>> Group:          Individual Submission
>      >>> Pages:          14
>      >>> URL:
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>      >>> Abstract:
>      >>>    An IGP Flexible Algorithm computes a constraint-based path
>     and maps
>      >>>    that path to an identifier.  As currently defined, Flexalgo
>     can only
>      >>>    map the paths that it computes to Segment Routing (SR)
>     identifiers.
>      >>>    Therefore, Flexalgo cannot be deployed in the absence of SR.
>      >>>
>      >>>    This document extends Flexalgo, so that it can map the paths
>     that it
>      >>>    computes to IP addresses.  This allows Flexalgo to be
>     deployed in any
>      >>>    IP network, even in the absence of SR.
>      >>>
>      >>>
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