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diff --git a/src/vnet/srv6/sr_policy.rst b/src/vnet/srv6/sr_policy.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..50cc19bfb14 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/vnet/srv6/sr_policy.rst @@ -0,0 +1,96 @@ +.. _srv6_policy_doc: + +Creating a SR Policy +==================== + +An SR Policy is defined by a Binding SID and a weighted set of Segment +Lists. + +A new SR policy is created with a first SID list using: + +:: + + sr policy add bsid 2001::1 next A1:: next B1:: next C1:: (weight 5) (fib-table 3) + +- The weight parameter is only used if more than one SID list is + associated with the policy. +- The fib-table parameter specifies in which table (VRF) the Binding + SID is to be installed. + +An SR policy is deleted with: + +:: + + sr policy del bsid 2001::1 + sr policy del index 1 + +The existing SR policies are listed with: + +:: + + show sr policies + +Adding/Removing SID Lists from an SR policy +------------------------------------------- + +An additional SID list is associated with an existing SR policy with: + +:: + + sr policy mod bsid 2001::1 add sl next A2:: next B2:: next C2:: (weight 3) + sr policy mod index 3 add sl next A2:: next B2:: next C2:: (weight 3) + +Conversely, a SID list can be removed from an SR policy with: + +:: + + sr policy mod bsid 2001::1 del sl index 1 + sr policy mod index 3 del sl index 1 + +Note that this cannot be used to remove the last SID list of a policy. + +The weight of a SID list can also be modified with: + +:: + + sr policy mod bsid 2001::1 mod sl index 1 weight 4 + sr policy mod index 3 mod sl index 1 weight 4 + +SR Policies: Spray policies +--------------------------- + +Spray policies are a specific type of SR policies where the packet is +replicated on all the SID lists, rather than load-balanced among them. + +SID list weights are ignored with this type of policies. + +A Spray policy is instantiated by appending the keyword **spray** to a +regular SR policy command, as in: + +:: + + sr policy add bsid 2001::1 next A1:: next B1:: next C1:: spray + +Spray policies are used for removing multicast state from a network core +domain, and instead send a linear unicast copy to every access node. The +last SID in each list accesses the multicast tree within the access +node. + +Encapsulation SR policies +------------------------- + +In case the user decides to create an SR policy an IPv6 Source Address +must be specified for the encapsulated traffic. In order to do so the +user might use the following command: + +:: + + set sr encaps source addr XXXX::YYYY + +Default hop-limit for the encapsulating IPv6 header is 64. It is +possible to specify custom hop-limit value from 1 to 255 using this +command: + +:: + + set sr encaps hop-limit N |