Re: [OSPF] [Isis-wg] Mail regarding draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions

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Subject: Re: [OSPF] [Isis-wg] Mail regarding draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions
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Hi Les,


On 1/5/15, 11:23 AM, "Les Ginsberg (ginsberg)" <ginsberg@cisco.com> wrote:

>Pushpasis -
>
>The key point is that the proposal does not have any lasting impact on
>traffic flow. A simple topology should suffice to illustrate this.
>
>
>A----B----C----D
>          |       |
>          E----F
>
>(All links have the same cost)
>
>Suppose we wish to have traffic entering at A flow along the path A-B-C-D
>- but if the link B---C fails we do NOT want traffic to take the path
>B--E--F--C.
>
>You propose to have C advertise an address with two node-sids - one which
>allows protection - call it C(P) - and one which does NOT allow
>protection - call it C(NP).
[Pushpasis] No. My proposal is for D to advertise two node sids, D1 with
NP set to 0 and D2 with NP set to 1. Applications on that do not need B,
or C to protect the A-B-C-D path will use D2. B and C will not install
backup paths for D2. Other apps can use D1 as they are supposed to do
otherwise. Wether to protect D1 or not is a local decision of B and C.
Hope I could clarify enough :)

>
>If the label stack specifies C(NP) - then while the link B--C is UP
>everything works as desired (primary path to C(NP) on Node B is via link
>B-C).
>However, when the link B--C goes down, the network will reconverge and in
>a modest amount of time the new primary path to C(NP) on node B will be
>via link B-E.
[Pushpasis] Yes agreed. But only applications on A will be injecting
traffic using D2. Once the B-C link-down event reaches router A will stop
injecting traffic using D2. A path re-compute will be triggered on A. Yes
I agree that if B converges D2 (not FRR) before A re-compute, there is
still chance that some small amount of traffic is sent over A-B-E-F-C-D.

>
>The existence of C(NP) therefore only affects traffic flow during the
>reconvergence period i.e. if we assume B did NOT install a repair path
>for C(NP) traffic will be dropped only until a new primary path is
>calculated. I don’t see the value in this.
>
>As a (somewhat dangerous) aside, the functionality you are looking for is
>more akin to "not-via" as defined in RFC 6981 - though I am quick to add
>that I am NOT proposing to pursue that. :-)
>But reading that RFC might give you more insight into why simply setting
>"don't protect" for a prefix isn't useful for the purpose you have in
>mind.
>
>   Les
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Pushpasis Sarkar [mailto:psarkar@juniper.net]
>Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 8:34 PM
>To: Les Ginsberg (ginsberg); Shraddha Hegde; Peter Psenak (ppsenak);
>draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions@tools.ietf.org;
>draft-ietf-isis-segment-routing-extensions@tools.ietf.org; Hannes Gredler
>Cc: ospf@ietf.org; isis-wg@ietf.org
>Subject: Re: [OSPF] [Isis-wg] Mail regarding
>draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions
>
>Hi Les,
>
>Please find comments inline..
>
>Authors, 
>
>Here is my proposal. Please let me know if this sounds reasonable or not.
>
>- A new ŒNo-Potection-Required¹ or ŒNP¹ flag be added to the Prefix-SID
>Sub-TLV/TLV. Setting this flag means none of the transit routers should
>try to protect this node-segment.
>- Let nodes advertise two node-sid-index each (per address-family), one
>without and one with ŒNP¹ flag set. For node-sid advertised with ŒNP¹
>flag 0, routers same behave the same way as today. But when they receive
>a node-sid with ŒNP¹ flag set, they avoid/skip finding a backup for that
>segment.
>- Finally ingress servers or TE-applications may use these 'node-sids
>with NP-flag set¹ for use cases where it is better to drop traffic on
>topology outages rather than diverting it to some other paths. For such
>cases ingress router or TE-applications should look for node-sids with
>ŒNP¹ flag set and not the regular node-sids. For all other normal use
>cases(including L3VPN/6VPE etc) traffic should be carried using node-sid
>without ŒNP‹flag set.
>
>Thanks and Regards,
>-Pushpasis
>
>On 1/5/15, 3:37 AM, "Les Ginsberg (ginsberg)" <ginsberg@cisco.com> wrote:
>
>>Pushpasis -
>>
>>I don't agree.
>>
>>The use of one node-sid vs another has nothing whatever to do with the
>>request Shraddha has made i.e. should we introduce a flag indicating
>>whether a particular prefix should be protected or not. A node-sid only
>>dictates what (intermediate) node traffic should be sent to - not what
>>link(s) are used to reach that node.
>[Pushpasis] This is not about which links to take. It is about wether
>transit routers should try to protect the node-segment to the this
>node-sid or not. I think this opens up a lot many number of possibilities
>on the ingress router and TE controller-based applications.
>
>>
>>Adjacency-sids have a different semantic - they identify the link over
>>which traffic is to be forwarded. Identifying an adjacency-sid as
>>unprotected means traffic will NEVER flow over a different link. There
>>is no equivalent behavior w a node-sid - which is what this discussion
>>has been about.
>[Pushpasis] I am not trying to draw a parallel between this new flag and
>the ŒB¹ flag in Adj-Sid SubTlv. Like said before
>
>>
>>   Les
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Pushpasis Sarkar [mailto:psarkar@juniper.net]
>>Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 8:51 AM
>>To: Les Ginsberg (ginsberg); Shraddha Hegde; Peter Psenak (ppsenak);
>>draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions@tools.ietf.org;
>>draft-ietf-isis-segment-routing-extensions@tools.ietf.org
>>Cc: ospf@ietf.org; isis-wg@ietf.org
>>Subject: Re: [OSPF] [Isis-wg] Mail regarding
>>draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions
>>
>>Hi Les,
>>
>>I think the requirement Shraddha is referring is about the choice of
>>exact node-sid to use while constructing the label-stack for a
>>explicit-LSP on the ingress router, which will be typically done after
>>running some CSPF on the SPRING topology. And not the IGP on ingress or
>>transit routers.
>>
>>Thanks
>>-Pushpasis
>>
>>On 1/3/15, 3:10 AM, "Les Ginsberg (ginsberg)" <ginsberg@cisco.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Shraddha -
>>>
>>>IGPs today do NOT perform constraint based SPFs - so I don't know why
>>>you believe that the primary SPF will meet a set of constraints that
>>>an LFA calculation will not. In fact , it is the opposite which is
>>>true because implementations today do support preferences in choosing
>>>LFAs based on various configured policy - something which is NOT done
>>>for primary SPF.
>>>
>>>If you want a certain class of traffic to avoid a subset of the links
>>>in the topology then you need to have a way of identifying the links
>>>(NOT the node addresses) and a way of calculating a path which only
>>>uses the links which meet the constraints of that class of service.
>>>Identifying a particular prefix as protected or unprotected won't
>>>achieve that.
>>>
>>>   Les
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Shraddha Hegde [mailto:shraddha@juniper.net]
>>>Sent: Friday, January 02, 2015 10:54 AM
>>>To: Les Ginsberg (ginsberg); Peter Psenak (ppsenak);
>>>draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions@tools.ietf.org;
>>>draft-ietf-isis-segment-routing-extensions@tools.ietf.org
>>>Cc: ospf@ietf.org; isis-wg@ietf.org
>>>Subject: RE: [Isis-wg] Mail regarding
>>>draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions
>>>
>>>Hi Les/Peter,
>>>
>>>      When reconvergence happens, the primary path will be calculated
>>>based on all constriants.
>>>This is not true with the protection path.Protection path is
>>>calculated locally (LFA/RLFA)  and does not consider the
>>>characteristics of the services running on that path.
>>>It's easier for some services to pick the unprotected path when the
>>>nature of the service is that it can be restarted  when there is a
>>>disconnection.
>>>
>>>Rgds
>>>Shraddha
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Les Ginsberg (ginsberg) [mailto:ginsberg@cisco.com]
>>>Sent: Friday, January 02, 2015 10:06 PM
>>>To: Peter Psenak (ppsenak); Shraddha Hegde;
>>>draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions@tools.ietf.org;
>>>draft-ietf-isis-segment-routing-extensions@tools.ietf.org
>>>Cc: ospf@ietf.org; isis-wg@ietf.org
>>>Subject: RE: [Isis-wg] Mail regarding
>>>draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions
>>>
>>>Peter -
>>>
>>>The requirement Shraddha specified was to not allow a particular class
>>>of service ("heavy bandwidth services" was the example provided) to
>>>use certain links in the topology. My point is that advertising a flag
>>>for a given prefix which says "do not calculate a repair path for this
>>>prefix"
>>>does not help achieve this. Once the network reconverges following the
>>>failure of one of the links on which "heavy bandwidth services" is
>>>allowed/preferred it is quite likely that the new best path will be
>>>over a link on which "heavy bandwidth services" is NOT
>>>allowed/preferred. This will happen whether you have the new flag or
>>>not - so the flag will have no lasting effect. It would only affect
>>>traffic flow during the brief period during which the network is
>>>reconverging.
>>>
>>>I think you and I are actually in agreement - I am simply sending a
>>>stronger negative message - not only do I think the flag is not useful
>>>- I think it does not achieve the goal Shraddha has in mind.
>>>
>>>   Les
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Peter Psenak (ppsenak)
>>>Sent: Friday, January 02, 2015 12:18 AM
>>>To: Les Ginsberg (ginsberg); Shraddha Hegde;
>>>draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions@tools.ietf.org;
>>>draft-ietf-isis-segment-routing-extensions@tools.ietf.org
>>>Cc: ospf@ietf.org; isis-wg@ietf.org
>>>Subject: Re: [Isis-wg] Mail regarding
>>>draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions
>>>
>>>Hi Les,
>>>
>>>I believe the idea is not to exclude any particular link, it's
>>>actually much simpler - do not calculate backup for the prefix if the
>>>flag is set.
>>>
>>>I'm still not quite sure how useful above is, but technically it is
>>>possible.
>>>
>>>thanks,
>>>Peter
>>>
>>>On 12/30/14 17:22 , Les Ginsberg (ginsberg) wrote:
>>>> Shraddha -
>>>>
>>>> When performing a best path calculation whether a given link is in
>>>>the set of best paths (to be protectedED) or not (could be used as a
>>>>protectING path) is a function of the topology - not the link.  If
>>>>there is a topology change it is quite likely that a given link will
>>>>change from being a protectED link to being a protectING link (or
>>>>vice versa).
>>>>So what you propose regarding node-SIDs would not work.
>>>>
>>>> In the use case you mention below if you don't want a certain class
>>>>of traffic to flow on a given link it requires a link attribute which
>>>>is persistent across topology changes. There are ways to do that -
>>>>using Adj-SIDs is one of them. But using node-SIDs in the way you
>>>>propose is NOT.
>>>>
>>>>     Les
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: OSPF [mailto:ospf-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Shraddha
>>>> Hegde
>>>> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 10:12 PM
>>>> To: Peter Psenak (ppsenak);
>>>> draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions@tools.ietf.org;
>>>> draft-ietf-isis-segment-routing-extensions@tools.ietf.org
>>>> Cc: ospf@ietf.org; isis-wg@ietf.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [OSPF] [Isis-wg] Mail regarding
>>>> draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions
>>>>
>>>> Peter,
>>>>
>>>>> The requirement here is to get an un-protected path for services
>>>>>which do not want to divert the traffic on protected path in any case.
>>>>
>>>>> can you give an example of such a service and a reasoning why such
>>>>>service would want to avoid local protection along the path?
>>>>
>>>> Heavy bandwidth services are potential candidates.  The network is
>>>>well planned and well provisioned for primary path but same is not
>>>>true for backup paths.
>>>> Diverting heavy bandwidth services along protection path can disrupt
>>>>the other services on that path, they are better-off un-protected so
>>>>that an event in the network Would result in disconnection and a
>>>>retry for such services.
>>>>
>>>> Rgds
>>>> Shraddha
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Peter Psenak [mailto:ppsenak@cisco.com]
>>>> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 4:35 PM
>>>> To: Shraddha Hegde;
>>>> draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions@tools.ietf.org;
>>>> draft-ietf-isis-segment-routing-extensions@tools.ietf.org
>>>> Cc: ospf@ietf.org; isis-wg@ietf.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [Isis-wg] Mail regarding
>>>> draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions
>>>>
>>>> Shraddha,
>>>>
>>>> On 12/29/14 10:06 , Shraddha Hegde wrote:
>>>>> Peter,
>>>>>
>>>>> The requirement here is to get an un-protected path for services
>>>>>which do not want to divert the traffic on protected path in any case.
>>>>
>>>> can you give an example of such a service and a reasoning why such
>>>>service would want to avoid local protection along the path?
>>>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>>> So when the originator of node-sid signals un-protected path
>>>>>requirement, there is always an unprotected path.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regarding the protected path, it is the default behavior as it
>>>>>exists today. You get protection if it's available otherwise you
>>>>>don't get protection.
>>>>>
>>>>> In fact, you can have the new flag to say "NP flag" meaning
>>>>>non-protected flag which can be set for the unprotected path.
>>>>> By default it remains off and gives the behavior as it exists today.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Rgds
>>>>> Shraddha
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Peter Psenak [mailto:ppsenak@cisco.com]
>>>>> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 2:26 PM
>>>>> To: Shraddha Hegde;
>>>>> draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions@tools.ietf.org;
>>>>> draft-ietf-isis-segment-routing-extensions@tools.ietf.org
>>>>> Cc: ospf@ietf.org; isis-wg@ietf.org
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Isis-wg] Mail regarding
>>>>> draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions
>>>>>
>>>>> Shraddha,
>>>>>
>>>>> I do not see how an originator of the node-sid can mandate a
>>>>>protection for the prefix on other routers. What if there is no
>>>>>backup available on a certain node along the path?
>>>>>
>>>>> The parallel with the B-flag in adj-sids is not right - in case of
>>>>>adj-sid the originator has the knowledge about the local adjacency
>>>>>protection and as such can signal it it it's LSA.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks,
>>>>> Peter
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/29/14 09:47 , Shraddha Hegde wrote:
>>>>>> Peter,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pls see inline.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rgds
>>>>>> Shraddha
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Peter Psenak [mailto:ppsenak@cisco.com]
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 2:02 PM
>>>>>> To: Shraddha Hegde;
>>>>>> draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions@tools.ietf.org;
>>>>>> draft-ietf-isis-segment-routing-extensions@tools.ietf.org
>>>>>> Cc: ospf@ietf.org; isis-wg@ietf.org
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Isis-wg] Mail regarding
>>>>>> draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Shraddha,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I do not see how an originator can set any flag regarding the
>>>>>>protection of the locally attached prefix.
>>>>>> <Shraddha> The originator advertises 2 node-sids. One with p flag
>>>>>>set and the other without the p-flag set.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     It's all the routers on the path towards such prefix that need
>>>>>>to deal with the protection.
>>>>>> <Shraddha> The receiving nodes will download protected path for
>>>>>>the node-sid with p-flag set and download Unprotected path for the
>>>>>>node-sid with p-flag unset.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signaling anything from the originator seems useless.
>>>>>> <Shraddha>  For node-sids it's the others who need to build the
>>>>>>forwarding plane but it's only the originator who can signal which of
>>>>>>                            Sid need to be built with protection
>>>>>>and which not. Other routers on the path cannot signal this
>>>>>>information.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With this you have two paths for the node. One is protected and
>>>>>>the other is unprotected. This meets the requirement of having an
>>>>>>un-protected path.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's very much in parallel to B-flag in adj-sids. It is similar to
>>>>>>advertising multiple adj-sids one with B-flag on and other with
>>>>>>b-flag off , to get protected and unprotected Adj-sids.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 12/29/14 09:26 , Shraddha Hegde wrote:
>>>>>>> Yes.You are right.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Lets say a prefix sid has a flag "p flag". If this is on it means
>>>>>>>build a path and provide protection.
>>>>>>> If this is off it means build a path with no protection.
>>>>>>> The receivers of the prefix-sid will build forwarding plane based
>>>>>>>on this flag.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The applications building the paths will either use prefix-sids
>>>>>>>with p flag on or off based on the need of the service.
>>>>>>> Rgds
>>>>>>> Shraddha
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: Peter Psenak [mailto:ppsenak@cisco.com]
>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 1:49 PM
>>>>>>> To: Shraddha Hegde;
>>>>>>> draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions@tools.ietf.org;
>>>>>>> draft-ietf-isis-segment-routing-extensions@tools.ietf.org
>>>>>>> Cc: ospf@ietf.org; isis-wg@ietf.org
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Isis-wg] Mail regarding
>>>>>>> draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Shraddha,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> the problem is that the node that is advertising the node-sid can
>>>>>>>not advertise any data regarding the protection of such prefix,
>>>>>>>because the prefix is locally attached.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 12/29/14 09:15 , Shraddha Hegde wrote:
>>>>>>>> Peter,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If there is a service which has to use un-protected path and
>>>>>>>>while  building such a path if the node-sids Need to be used (one
>>>>>>>>reason  could be label stack compression) , then there has to be
>>>>>>>>unprotected node-sid that this service can make use of.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Prefix -sids could also be used to represent different service
>>>>>>>>endpoints which makes it even more relevant to have A means of
>>>>>>>>representing  unprotected paths.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Would be good to hear from others on this, especially operators.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Rgds
>>>>>>>> Shraddha
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>> From: Peter Psenak [mailto:ppsenak@cisco.com]
>>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 1:35 PM
>>>>>>>> To: Shraddha Hegde;
>>>>>>>> draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions@tools.ietf.org;
>>>>>>>> draft-ietf-isis-segment-routing-extensions@tools.ietf.org
>>>>>>>> Cc: ospf@ietf.org; isis-wg@ietf.org
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Isis-wg] Mail regarding
>>>>>>>> draft-ietf-ospf-segment-routing-extensions
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Shraddha,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> node-SID is advertised by the router for the prefix that is
>>>>>>>>directly attached to it. Protection for such local prefix does
>>>>>>>>not mean much.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 12/24/14 11:57 , Shraddha Hegde wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Authors,
>>>>>>>>> We have a "backup flag" in adjacency sid to indicate whether
>>>>>>>>> the label is protected or not.
>>>>>>>>> Similarly. I think we need a flag in prefix-sid as well to
>>>>>>>>> indicate whether the node-sid is to be protected or not.
>>>>>>>>> Any thoughts on this?
>>>>>>>>> Rgds
>>>>>>>>> Shraddha
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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