Re: [netmod] Doubts about static routes in RFC 8349

["Acee Lindem (acee)" <[e-mail]>]

Hi Martin, 

On 4/3/19, 7:57 AM, "Martin Bjorklund" <[e-mail]> wrote:

    "Acee Lindem (acee)" <[e-mail]> wrote:
    > Hi Sasha, 
    > 
    > On 4/3/19, 7:27 AM, "Alexander Vainshtein"
    > <[e-mail]> wrote:
    > 
    >     Martin,
    >     Lots of thanks for a prompt response.
    >     
    >     My reading of your response is that, if you need multiple static
    >     routes with the same destination but different next hops, you
    >     configure them as a single route with next-hop-list, but what you see
    >     when you retrieve the RIB may be multiple individual routes, each with
    >     its own simple next hop. Or it may be something else, since no keys
    >     have been defined in the read-only representation of the RIB.
    >     
    >     Is my reading correct?
    > 
    > No - you'd see a single route and next-hop-list with the alternatives
    > when it is retrieved.
    
    Do you think it would be a violation of the spec if an implementation
    expanded this into several route entries?  If yes, is this specified?

Normally, a given RIB client, e.g., static,  would install a single route with one or more next-hops in the global RIB. If present, multiple routes for the same destination would come from different RIB clients. The RIB active route the is the route with the lowest preference value (more preferred). Since the read-only lists do not have indices, I don't see how'd we'd enforce this. However, an implementation supporting any other structure would be highly irregular. 

Thanks,
Acee
    
    
    /martin
    
    
    
    >  
    > Thanks,
    > Acee
    >  
    >     
    >     Regards, and lots of thanks in advance,
    >     Sasha
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    >     -----Original Message-----
    >     From: Martin Bjorklund <[e-mail]> 
    >     Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 2:05 PM
    >     To: Alexander Vainshtein <[e-mail]>
    >     Cc: [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail]
    >     Subject: Re: [netmod] Doubts about static routes in RFC 8349
    >     
    >     Hi,
    >     
    >     
    >     Alexander Vainshtein <[e-mail]> wrote:
    >     > Martin,
    >     > 
    >     > Lots of thanks for an interesting input.
    >     > 
    >     > I have noticed that Appendix A in RFC
    >     > 8349<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8349#appendix-A>  defines the key 
    >     > for static IPv4 and IPv6 unicast routes as “destination-prefix”.
    >     
    >     Right (to be precise, the key is defined in the YANG models in section
    >     8 and 9).
    >     
    >     
    >     > draft-ietf-rtgwg-
    >     > yang-rib-extend<https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-rtgwg-yang-rib-
    >     > extend-01> claims that it augments the model defined in 8349, 
    >     > therefore, to the best of my understanding, it uses the same key for 
    >     > station IPv4 and
    >     > IPv6 unicast routes.
    >     
    >     Correct.
    >     
    >     
    >     > At the same time Appendix A in this draft does not define any keys for
    >     > the read-only RIB.
    >     > 
    >     > Can you explain this controversy?
    >     
    >     Not sure there's a controversy.  The static route list is how you
    >     configure static routes, and the RIB is the operational state of all
    >     routes (static and others).  Two different things.
    >     
    >     The MIB had a single table to show routes and write routes.  I don't
    >     think the persistency of the routes you wrote into the MIB was
    >     defined; perhaps these can be viewed as being "static".
    >     
    >     
    >     /martin
    >     
    >     
    >     > 
    >     > 
    >     > 
    >     > Regards, and lots of thanks in advance,
    >     > 
    >     > Sasha
    >     > 
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    >     > -----Original Message-----
    >     > From: Martin Bjorklund <[e-mail]>
    >     > Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 1:34 PM
    >     > To: Alexander Vainshtein <[e-mail]>
    >     > Cc: [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail]; [e-mail]
    >     > Subject: Re: [netmod] Doubts about static routes in RFC 8349
    >     > 
    >     > 
    >     > 
    >     > Hi,
    >     > 
    >     > 
    >     > 
    >     > Alexander Vainshtein
    >     > <[e-mail]<mailto:[e-mail]>>
    >     > wrote:
    >     > 
    >     > 
    >     > 
    >     > [...]
    >     > 
    >     > 
    >     > 
    >     > > Meanwhile, could you please explain the rationale for changing the
    >     > 
    >     > > data model that has been defined in RFC 4292 (where both the
    >     > 
    >     > > destination prefix and the next hop have been parts of the index in
    >     > 
    >     > > the appropriate MIB table) ?
    >     > 
    >     > >
    >     > 
    >     > > The side effect of this change is that it is not backward-compatible
    >     > 
    >     > > with multiple existing RFC 4292-compliant RIB implementations:
    >     > 
    >     > >
    >     > 
    >     > > -          Retrieval of such a RIB using YANG requires a stateful
    >     > > -          mapper that
    >     > 
    >     > >            merges multiple RIB entries with the same destination 
    >     > > prefix and
    >     > 
    >     > >            different “simple” NH into a single entry with the
    >     > 
    >     > >            next-hop-list
    >     > 
    >     > 
    >     > 
    >     > Note that the "route" list in the rib doesn't have any keys.  This
    >     > means that you can report several entries with the same destination
    >     > prefix.  So I think that this design is compatible with the MIB
    >     > design.
    >     > 
    >     > 
    >     > 
    >     > 
    >     > 
    >     > 
    >     > 
    >     > /martin
    >     > 
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