Re: [OSPF] Regarding draft-ppsenak-ospf-te-link-attr-reuse-00

"Acee Lindem (acee)" <acee@cisco.com> Fri, 13 November 2015 19:54 UTC

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From: "Acee Lindem (acee)" <acee@cisco.com>
To: "Peter Psenak (ppsenak)" <ppsenak@cisco.com>, "julien.meuric@orange.com" <julien.meuric@orange.com>, Jeff Tantsura <jeff.tantsura@ericsson.com>
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Furthermore, I don’t see how you’d interpret this as Jeff being against
advertising SRLG in a more efficient and standard manner for IP
applications. He was simply acknowledging the fact that there is
proprietary usage of the GMPLS TE extensions beyond GMPLS.

Thanks,
Acee 

On 11/13/15, 12:24 PM, "Peter Psenak (ppsenak)" <ppsenak@cisco.com> wrote:

>Hi Julien,
>
>please see inline:
>
>On 11/13/15 17:47 , julien.meuric@orange.com wrote:
>> Hi Peter,
>>
>> See [JM] below.
>>
>>
>> Nov. 12, 2015 - ppsenak@cisco.com:
>>> Julien,
>>>
>>> On 11/10/15 17:51 , Julien Meuric wrote:
>>>> Hi Acee,
>>>>
>>>> I think we do not need to agree on the philosophical question whether
>>>> defining detour path by packet header instead of signaling states
>>>>brings
>>>> the feature out of TE...
>>>>
>>>> Anyway we agree that consolidating information from 3 separates LSA is
>>>> not the most efficient processing. My point is that this slight
>>>> improvement does not balance the risk of inconsistent
>>>> advertisements/configuration that the current I-D does not (even try
>>>>to)
>>>> prevent.
>>>
>>> let me disagree. Current I-D clearly states what TE Opaque LSAs are
>>>used
>>> for.
>>
>> [JM] I am happy to quote Jeff on this: "thanks to GMPLS IGP extensions
>> as per RFC's 4203 & 5307 SRLG info is there, it is up to implementation
>> how to use it."
>> 
>>(https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/rtgwg/yURBLVi2LqrEz33wKkauV0j9cmA)
>
>Jeff is a co-author of the ospf-te-link-attr-reuse, so I let him express
>his opinion, but he has responded on the list already saying:
>
>"I'm familiar with at least 2 implementations which have this issue,
>this draft solves real problem."
>
>>
>>>
>>> The risk is when you do what you propose to do as it breaks the
>>>existing
>>> TE
>>
>> [JM] This is different from Acee's point: "usage of the TE LSAs for
>> non-TE purposes was NEVER standardized". It is not about breaking, it is
>> about documenting use cases beyond the original one.
>>
>>   - e.g. you advertise the link in TE Opaque LSA and some remote router
>>> would try to establish a TE path via such link, even though the link is
>>> not enabled for that. Result is that the signaling would keep failing
>>>or
>>> in worst case, when signaling is not involved, traffic will be dropped
>>> when trying to use such link.
>>
>> [JM] Supposing I am an operator who is playful enough to manage a
>> network area using a topology for TE traffic that does not match the
>> IP/LDP topology (you may find this realistic, I do not). Then, a router
>> ignoring that an SRLG-enabled link has no available bandwidth/a specific
>> affinity/a non-PSC switching capability/etc. is misbehaving.
>
>well, that is not necessarily true, for example 0 bandwidth tunnels are
>often used. RFC3630 does not mandate bandwidth, affinity or any other
>link attributes in TE Opaque LSAs. Link Type and Link ID sub-TLVs are
>mandatory, rest are optional.
>
>>
>> Anyway, this moves beyond the issue at stake here. Acee states that some
>> implementations need new definitions to go beyond the original use case.
>> I would like to limit the number of fields opening the doors to
>> operational inconsistencies. In these regards, an "applicability
>> statement of TE LSA parameters beyond MPLS-TE" may be a way to address
>> our concerns.
>
>I'm afraid we can not afford to change the RCF that has been published
>12 years back. This would make it backward incompatible.
>
>>
>> Enjoy the week-end,
>
>you too!
>
>thanks,
>Peter
>
>>
>> Julien
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Peter
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Julien
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nov. 07, 2015 - acee@cisco.com:
>>>>> Hi Julien,
>>>>>
>>>>> One such non-TE application where there is a clear advantage of
>>>>> advertising these attributes is segment routing TI-LFA. In addition
>>>>>to
>>>>> all
>>>>> the detriments of requiring advertisement of TE LSAs when TE is not
>>>>> enabled, one would need to consolidate information for a link from 3
>>>>> separate LSAs (the base Router-LSA, the prefix-list attribute LSA for
>>>>> the
>>>>> adjacency SID, and the TE LSA). Clearly, it is better to advertise
>>>>>the
>>>>> applicable attributes in the Prefix/Link Attribute LSA and reduce
>>>>>this
>>>>> burden. You will note that this advantage isn’t apparent in IS-IS
>>>>>where
>>>>> everything is advertised in one monolithic LSP.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Acee
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/5/15, 7:03 PM, "OSPF on behalf of Julien Meuric"
>>>>> <ospf-bounces@ietf.org on behalf of julien.meuric@orange.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello Peter,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nov. 05, 2015 - ppsenak@cisco.com:
>>>>>>> Hi Julien,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 11/5/15 09:12 , Julien Meuric wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi Jeff,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Following the WG session yesterday, I'm glad to (lately) join the
>>>>>>>> thread. Please, see my comments below as [JM].
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Oct. 26, 2015 - jeff.tantsura@ericsson.com:
>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>> No hats
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm familiar with at least 2 implementations which have this
>>>>>>>>>issue,
>>>>>>>>> this draft solves real problem.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [JM] Then you may consider patching them to do parameter
>>>>>>>> duplication on
>>>>>>>> the receiver side, not on the wire and/or the emitter
>>>>>>>> configuration...
>>>>>>>> Do you imagine operational people tearing hair out while trying to
>>>>>>>> guess
>>>>>>>> if they need to configure SRLGs in here, there or both? All the
>>>>>>>> more as
>>>>>>>> two places would multiply configuration discrepancies.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> above is incorrect.
>>>>>>> Nobody is proposing to configure things like SRLG on multiple
>>>>>>>places.
>>>>>> [JM] Actually you do in the I-D: "it is expected that the
>>>>>>information
>>>>>> would be identical. If they are different..."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You configure it on a single place, as you do today. If IGP is
>>>>>>> enabled
>>>>>>> for global SRLG protection, IGP pulls the SRLGs and advertise them
>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>> the Extended Prefix LSA. If TE is enabled and want to use SRLGs, it
>>>>>>> pulls it from the same place, form the TE Opaque LSA and asks IGP
>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>> flood it.
>>>>>> [JM] This reads to me like "in case both types of LSAs are used,
>>>>>> values
>>>>>> MUST be identical". This is very different from the loose text in
>>>>>>your
>>>>>> I-D.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In the I-D, the beginning and the end of section 3.1 provide a
>>>>>>>>good
>>>>>>>> summary:
>>>>>>>> - "One approach for advertising link attributes is to _continue_
>>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>> use
>>>>>>>> TE Opaque LSA"
>>>>>>>> - advantages: "no additional standardization requirement", "link
>>>>>>>> attributes are only advertised once".
>>>>>>>> I cannot agree more on these.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> have you read the "disadvantage" section as well?
>>>>>> [JM] Of course not, since Shraddha already solved them in his
>>>>>>original
>>>>>> e-mail. :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In other words, some new use cases, not matching the original
>>>>>>>> one, do
>>>>>>>> not justify to allocate new code points to the same information
>>>>>>>>(cf.
>>>>>>>> IS-IS non-issue). In the IETF, uses cases aim at scoping protocol
>>>>>>>> work,
>>>>>>>> they aren't made to limit protocol future uses.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I;m afraid you are missing the point.
>>>>>>> TE Opaquer LSA are defined as LSAs that advertise TE topology that
>>>>>>>is
>>>>>>> disjoint from the IGP topology (RFC3630). We can NOT make the link
>>>>>>> part
>>>>>>> of the TE topology, just because we want to advertise SRLG or some
>>>>>>> other
>>>>>>> attribute that is used by IGP for LFA - that would break the
>>>>>>>RFC3630.
>>>>>> [JM] Indeed, I am missing the point where a link state protocol is
>>>>>> forbidden to access the link parameters it is distributing in its
>>>>>>link
>>>>>> state advertisements. Please, point me to the section from RFC 3630
>>>>>>it
>>>>>> "breaks".
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> [JM] You're welcome,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Julien
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Julien
>>>>>>>>
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