Re: [mpls] [spring] [SPRING] Query related to SR Architecture

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From: "Acee Lindem (acee)" <acee@cisco.com>
To: Pushpasis Sarkar <psarkar@juniper.net>, "Anil Kumar S N (VRP Network BL)" <anil.sn@huawei.com>, Gaurav agrawal <gaurav.agrawal@huawei.com>, Alexander Vainshtein <Alexander.Vainshtein@ecitele.com>
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Subject: Re: [mpls] [spring] [SPRING] Query related to SR Architecture
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Hi Pushpasis, Anil,

From: spring <spring-bounces@ietf.org<mailto:spring-bounces@ietf.org>> on behalf of Pushpasis Sarkar <psarkar@juniper.net<mailto:psarkar@juniper.net>>
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 11:42 AM
To: "Anil Kumar S N (VRP Network BL)" <anil.sn@huawei.com<mailto:anil.sn@huawei.com>>, Gaurav agrawal <gaurav.agrawal@huawei.com<mailto:gaurav.agrawal@huawei.com>>, Alexander Vainshtein <Alexander.Vainshtein@ecitele.com<mailto:Alexander.Vainshtein@ecitele.com>>
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Subject: Re: [spring] [SPRING] Query related to SR Architecture

Hi Anil,

Inline again

From: "Anil Kumar S N (VRP Network BL)"
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 8:56 PM
To: Pushpasis Sarkar, Gaurav agrawal, Alexander Vainshtein
Cc: "mpls@ietf.org<mailto:mpls@ietf.org>", "spring@ietf.org<mailto:spring@ietf.org>", Vinod Kumar S 70786
Subject: RE: [spring] [SPRING] Query related to SR Architecture

Pushpasis,

                Thank you again, Please see inline [Anil >>].

Thanks & Regards
Anil S N

“Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send” - Jon Postel


From: spring [mailto:spring-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Pushpasis Sarkar
Sent: 10 September 2015 20:15
To: Anil Kumar S N (VRP Network BL); Gaurav agrawal; Alexander Vainshtein
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Subject: Re: [spring] [SPRING] Query related to SR Architecture

Hi Anil,

From: "Anil Kumar S N (VRP Network BL)"
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 6:17 PM
To: Pushpasis Sarkar, Gaurav agrawal, Alexander Vainshtein
Cc: "spring@ietf.org<mailto:spring@ietf.org>", "mpls@ietf.org<mailto:mpls@ietf.org>", Vinod Kumar S 70786
Subject: RE: [spring] [SPRING] Query related to SR Architecture

Hi Pushpasis,

                Thanks a lot for replying.

                The requirement is still under research stage once it is in a presentable format  will share the details.
we need every node on the path to perform the same service, we could even define a service globally and allocate one label to it which is understandable by all.
[Pushpasis] First, it does not make sense to me why all the nodes on the path will execute the same service on the payload? It would make more sense that they do different services on different node. Can you illustrate with an example?  Second, If they all are providing the same service, why need a separate service label?

[Anil >>] What did you meant by “Second, If they all are providing the same service, why need a separate service label? ”.  What we meant is the case where 10 different services need to be performed by every hop based on based on received service label in the SR packet.
[PS2] Ok. So what you are saying is… Each node is capable of N number services. The service label is to only indicate which one it is. Right? It is still not clear why the same service needs to be executed on each transit node.


                Technically it must be possible right, as top label specifies to service once that service is performed then refer ILM/NHLFE table for forwarding and if service label says before sending out the packet push the label back on the stack.
[Pushpasis] In MPLS architecture, labels are always of local significance. So the global service label you are talking about MUST be actually a label allocated by the first hop node who has allocated the specific label for the service. Even the Node Segment Label the ingress will use to push the packet is allocated by the first hop node.
[Anil >>]  pushing local service label originated by immediate nexthop before transmitting will serve the purpose , each node will push new local service label based on the nexthop as a last step after processing service label & node label.
we want service label on the top of the stack.
[PS2] You mean ingress will put the service label and node segment label and send it to first hop. Then first hop will pop the service label, execute the service, look at the next node label and then add the same service label along with node segment label advertised by the second hop for the final destination. And so on. Right? This sounds to convoluted to me.

Clearly convoluted. Even if the desired behavior is applicable to every node, this represents a unique MPLS forwarding paradigm. It is similar to stitching LSPs but not identical.  Before introducing something like this, the MPLS WG would have to consider implementation implications, partial deployment, and backward compatibility versus the benefits of the limited use cases.

Thanks,
Acee






                The Egress device will finally pop both service and node label.

Hope you are refering to with respect to SFC https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-xu-spring-sfc-use-case-02”

                As per below section a node label and service lable combination has to be pushed for each hop if the service is intended to  be performed by each node on the path to destination.
                If there is any metadata involved for service NSH has to be piggybacked in the packet. SFC don’t solve in reducing number of labels involved.
[Pushpasis] I agree. Perhaps we need to find a different solution.
[Anil >>]  By having service label at the top will solve label stack issues in some cases.
[PS2] I don’t think so. Once again I don’t get why all transit nodes need to execute the same service again and again on the same payload? Have you considered the case where 3 (say) different service needs to be applied at the three different service nodes and then finally forwarded to destination? How will you specify three different services without three different service labels?

Thanks
-Pushpasis


would like to know technical issues involved in having service label as top label, Please help us.

Thanks
-Pushpasis

        The service classifier therefore would attach a
        segment list {SID(SN1), SID(SF1), SID(SN2), SID(SF2)} to the packet.
        This segment list is actually represented by a MPLS label stack.  In
        addition, the service classifier could optionally impose metadata on
        the packet through the Network Service Header (NSH)

Thanks & Regards
Anil S N

“Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send” - Jon Postel


From: Pushpasis Sarkar [mailto:psarkar@juniper.net]
Sent: 10 September 2015 00:45
To: Gaurav agrawal; Alexander Vainshtein
Cc: Anil Kumar S N (VRP Network BL); spring@ietf.org<mailto:spring@ietf.org>; mpls@ietf.org<mailto:mpls@ietf.org>; Vinod Kumar S 70786
Subject: Re: [spring] [SPRING] Query related to SR Architecture

Hi Gaurav,

Looks like you are asking the routers to forward looking at the second innermost label and not the topmost label. This does NOT fit into the MPLS architecture. I am not sure it fits SR-IPV6 architecture or not, but I doubt.

Looks like your requirement is that each node on shortest path to the final destination (indicated by the bottom-most Node-segment) provide some service. In this regard, can you be specific about wether all the nodes will provide the same service or different service? It does not make sense to me for all the transit nodes to execute the same service on the packet. So if they are not required to provide the same service on each transit node, question is how one service label will be enough to indicate which specific service will need to be executed at each node.

Hope you have gone through SFC drafts already.

Thanks
-Pushpasis

From: spring on behalf of Gaurav agrawal
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 at 6:09 PM
To: Alexander Vainshtein
Cc: "Anil Kumar S N (VRP Network BL)", "spring@ietf.org<mailto:spring@ietf.org>", "mpls@ietf.org<mailto:mpls@ietf.org>", Vinod Kumar S 70786
Subject: Re: [spring] [SPRING] Query related to SR Architecture

Dear Alexander,

Thanks for your inputs. Let me further elaborate on the subject.

The requirement is to make every node on the path to destination to perform a specific service(Service could be anything).

Currently Service label can only follow a Node Label, because of which to let every node perform same service, SR Label stack expects to have node and service label for each transit node, this results in huge label stack.

If we can push a service label prior to node label & each intermediate node can perform below operation:
1) Pop Service Label & perform/schedule the service.
2) Decide the further forwarding based on Node Label
3) Push the service label back to stack.

With this we needn’t repeat the service label for each transit node thereby making the SR Label stack COMPACT.

We can derive many optimized implementation by having this.

So, we would like to hear from You and MPLS/SPRING community about our view point.

Thanks and Regards,
Gaurav Agrawal
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From: Alexander Vainshtein [mailto:Alexander.Vainshtein@ecitele.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 5:01 PM
To: Gaurav agrawal
Cc: Anil Kumar S N (VRP Network BL); Vinod Kumar S 70786; spring@ietf.org<mailto:spring@ietf.org>; mpls@ietf.org<mailto:mpls@ietf.org>
Subject: RE: [SPRING] Query related to SR Architecture

Gaurav,
Not sure I understand the context for your requirement.
But to the best of my understanding your requirement does not match MPLS architecture.

Regards,
Sasha

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From: spring [mailto:spring-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Gaurav agrawal
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 1:38 PM
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Cc: Anil Kumar S N (VRP Network BL); Vinod Kumar S 70786
Subject: [spring] [SPRING] Query related to SR Architecture

Hi,

We would like to have a label stack with only two labels such a way that service label is a top label  and the bottom label would be SR destination node label. This is to make sure each intermediate node perform the specified service based on the top label while reaching the destination.
We would appreciate if anyone could clarify whether SR architecture could allow a service label to be a top label in a label stack.

Thanks and Regards,
Gaurav Agrawal
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Email: gaurav.agrawal@huawei.com<mailto:gaurav.agrawal@huawei.com>
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.