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Network Working Group P. Quinn
Internet-Draft Cisco Systems, Inc.
Intended status: Experimental P. Agarwal
Expires: January 4, 2015 Broadcom
R. Fernando
L. Kreeger
D. Lewis
F. Maino
M. Smith
N. Yadav
Cisco Systems, Inc.
L. Yong
Huawei USA
X. Xu
Huawei Technologies
U. Elzur
Intel
P. Garg
Microsoft
July 3, 2014
Generic Protocol Extension for VXLAN
draft-quinn-vxlan-gpe-03.txt
Abstract
This draft describes extending Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network
(VXLAN), via changes to the VXLAN header, with three new
capabilities: support for multi-protocol encapsulation, operations,
administration and management (OAM) signaling and explicit
versioning.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. VXLAN Without Protocol Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. Generic Protocol Extension VXLAN (VXLAN-gpe) . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1. Multi Protocol Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.2. OAM Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.3. Version Bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4. Backward Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.1. VXLAN VTEP to VXLAN-gpe VTEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.2. VXLAN-gpe VTEP to VXLAN VTEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.3. VXLAN-gpe UDP Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.4. VXLAN-gpe and Encapsulated IP Header Fields . . . . . . . 8
5. VXLAN-gpe Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
8.1. UDP Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
8.2. VXLAN-gpe Next Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
8.3. VXLAN-gpe Reserved Bits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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1. Introduction
Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network [VXLAN] defines an
encapsulation format that encapsulates Ethernet frames in an outer
UDP/IP transport. As data centers evolve, the need to carry other
protocols encapsulated in an IP packet is required, as well as the
need to provide increased visibility and diagnostic capabilities
within the overlay. The VXLAN header does not specify the protocol
being encapsulated and therefore is currently limited to
encapsulating only Ethernet frame payload, nor does it provide the
ability to define OAM protocols. Rather than defining yet another
encapsulation, VXLAN is extended to provide protocol typing and OAM
capabilities.
This document describes extending VXLAN via the following changes:
Next Protocol Bit (P bit): A reserved flag bit is allocated, and set
in the VXLAN-gpe header to indicate that a next protocol field is
present.
OAM Flag Bit (O bit): A reserved flag bit is allocated, and set in
the VXLAN-gpe header, to indicate that the packet is an OAM
packet.
Version: Two reserved bits are allocated, and set in the VXLAN-gpe
header, to indicate VXLAN-gpe protocol version.
Next Protocol: A 8 bit next protocol field is present in the VXLAN-
gpe header.
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2. VXLAN Without Protocol Extension
As described in the introduction, the VXLAN header has no protocol
identifier that indicates the type of payload being carried by VXLAN.
Because of this, VXLAN is limited to an Ethernet payload.
Furthermore, the VXLAN header has no mechanism to signal OAM packets.
The VXLAN header defines bits 0-7 as flags (some defined, some
reserved), the VXLAN network identifier (VNI) field and several
reserved bits. The flags provide flexibility to define how the
reserved bits can be used to change the definition of the VXLAN
header.
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|R|R|R|R|I|R|R|R| Reserved |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| VXLAN Network Identifier (VNI) | Reserved |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 1: VXLAN Header
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3. Generic Protocol Extension VXLAN (VXLAN-gpe)
3.1. Multi Protocol Support
This draft defines the following two changes to the VXLAN header in
order to support multi-protocol encapsulation:
P Bit: Flag bit 5 is defined as the Next Protocol bit. The P bit
MUST be set to 1 to indicate the presence of the 8 bit next
protocol field.
P = 0 indicates that the payload MUST conform to VXLAN as defined
in [VXLAN].
Flag bit 5 was chosen as the P bit because this flag bit is
currently reserved in VXLAN.
Next Protocol Field: The lower 8 bits of the first word are used to
carry a next protocol. This next protocol field contains the
protocol of the encapsulated payload packet. A new protocol
registry will be requested from IANA.
This draft defines the following Next Protocol values:
0x1 : IPv4
0x2 : IPv6
0x3 : Ethernet
0x4 : Network Service Header [NSH]
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|R|R|R|R|I|P|R|R| Reserved |Next Protocol |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| VXLAN Network Identifier (VNI) | Reserved |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 2: VXLAN-gpe Next Protocol
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3.2. OAM Support
Flag bit 7 is defined as the O bit. When the O bit is set to 1, the
packet is an OAM packet and OAM processing MUST occur. The OAM
protocol details are out of scope for this document. As with the
P-bit, bit 7 is currently a reserved flag in VXLAN.
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|R|R|R|R|I|P|R|O| Reserved |Next Protocol |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| VXLAN Network Identifier (VNI) | Reserved |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 3: VXLAN-gpe OAM Bit
3.3. Version Bits
VXLAN-gpe bits 8 and 9 are defined as version bits. These bits are
reserved in VXLAN. The version field is used to ensure backward
compatibility going forward with future VXLAN-gpe updates.
The initial version for VXLAN-gpe is 0.
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|R|R|R|R|I|P|R|O|Ver| Reserved |Next Protocol |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| VXLAN Network Identifier (VNI) | Reserved |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 4: VXLAN-gpe Version Bits
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4. Backward Compatibility
4.1. VXLAN VTEP to VXLAN-gpe VTEP
As per VXLAN, reserved bits 5 and 7, VXLAN-gpe P and O-bits
respectively must be set to zero. The remaining reserved bits must
be zero, including the VXLAN-gpe version field, bits 8 and 9. The
encapsulated payload MUST be Ethernet.
4.2. VXLAN-gpe VTEP to VXLAN VTEP
A VXLAN-gpe VTEP MUST NOT encapsulate non-Ethernet frames to a VXLAN
VTEP. When encapsulating Ethernet frames to a VXLAN VTEP, the VXLAN-
gpe VTEP will set the P bit to 0, the Next Protocol to 0 and use UDP
destination port 4789. A VXLAN-gpe VTEP MUST also set O = 0 and Ver
= 0 when encapsulating Ethernet frames to VXLAN VTEP. The receiving
VXLAN VTEP will threat this packet as a VXLAN packet.
A method for determining the capabilities of a VXLAN VTEP (gpe or
non-gpe) is out of the scope of this draft.
4.3. VXLAN-gpe UDP Ports
VXLAN-gpe uses a new UDP destination port (to be assigned by IANA)
when sending traffic to VXLAN-gpe VTEPs.
4.4. VXLAN-gpe and Encapsulated IP Header Fields
When encapsulating and decapsulating IPv4 and IPv6 packets, certain
fields, such as IPv4 Time to Live (TTL) from the inner IP header need
to be considered. VXLAN-gpe IP encapsulation and decapsulation
utilizes the techniques described in [RFC6830], section 5.3.
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5. VXLAN-gpe Examples
This section provides three examples of protocols encapsulated using
the Generic Protocol Extension for VXLAN described in this document.
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|R|R|R|R|I|1|R|0|0|0| Reserved | NP = IPv4 |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| VXLAN Network Identifier (VNI) | Reserved |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Original IPv4 Packet |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 5: IPv4 and VXLAN-gpe
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|R|R|R|R|I|1|R|0|0|0| Reserved | NP = IPv6 |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| VXLAN Network Identifier (VNI) | Reserved |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Original IPv6 Packet |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 6: IPv6 and VXLAN-gpe
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0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|R|R|R|R|I|1|R|0|0|0| Reserved |NP = Ethernet |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| VXLAN Network Identifier (VNI) | Reserved |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Original Ethernet Frame |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Figure 7: Ethernet and VXLAN-gpe
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6. Security Considerations
VXLAN's security is focused on issues around L2 encapsulation into
L3. With VXLAN-gpe, issues such as spoofing, flooding, and traffic
redirection are dependent on the particular protocol payload
encapsulated.
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7. Acknowledgments
A special thank you goes to Dino Farinacci for his guidance and
detailed review.
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8. IANA Considerations
8.1. UDP Port
A new UDP port will be requested from IANA.
8.2. VXLAN-gpe Next Protocol
IANA is requested to set up a registry of "Next Protocol". These are
8-bit values. Next Protocol values 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 are defined in
this draft. New values are assigned via Standards Action [RFC5226].
+---------------+-------------+---------------+
| Next Protocol | Description | Reference |
+---------------+-------------+---------------+
| 0 | Reserved | This document |
| | | |
| 1 | IPv4 | This document |
| | | |
| 2 | IPv6 | This document |
| | | |
| 3 | Ethernet | This document |
| | | |
| 4 | NSH | This document |
| | | |
| 5..253 | Unassigned | |
+---------------+-------------+---------------+
Table 1
8.3. VXLAN-gpe Reserved Bits
There are ten bits at the beginning of the VXLAN-gpe header. New
bits are assigned via Standards Action [RFC5226].
Bits 0-3 - Reserved
Bit 4 - Instance ID (I bit)
Bit 5 - Next Protocol (P bit)
Bit 6 - Reserved
Bit 7 - OAM (O bit)
Bits 8-9 - Version
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9. References
9.1. Normative References
[RFC0768] Postel, J., "User Datagram Protocol", STD 6, RFC 768,
August 1980.
[RFC0791] Postel, J., "Internet Protocol", STD 5, RFC 791,
September 1981.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[RFC5226] Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an
IANA Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 5226,
May 2008.
9.2. Informative References
[NSH] Quinn, P. and et al. , "Network Service Header", 2014.
[RFC1700] Reynolds, J. and J. Postel, "Assigned Numbers", RFC 1700,
October 1994.
[RFC6830] Farinacci, D., Fuller, V., Meyer, D., and D. Lewis, "The
Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP)", RFC 6830,
January 2013.
[VXLAN] Dutt, D., Mahalingam, M., Duda, K., Agarwal, P., Kreeger,
L., Sridhar, T., Bursell, M., and C. Wright, "VXLAN: A
Framework for Overlaying Virtualized Layer 2 Networks over
Layer 3 Networks", 2013.
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Authors' Addresses
Paul Quinn
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Email: paulq@cisco.com
Puneet Agarwal
Broadcom
Email: pagarwal@broadcom.com
Rex Fernando
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Email: rex@cisco.com
Larry Kreeger
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Email: kreeger@cisco.com
Darrel Lewis
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Email: darlewis@cisco.com
Fabio Maino
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Email: kreeger@cisco.com
Michael Smith
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Email: michsmit@cisco.com
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Navindra Yadav
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Email: nyadav@cisco.com
Lucy Yong
Huawei USA
Email: lucy.yong@huawei.com
Xiaohu Xu
Huawei Technologies
Email: xuxiaohu@huawei.com
Uri Elzur
Intel
Email: uri.elzur@intel.com
Pankaj Garg
Microsoft
Email: Garg.Pankaj@microsoft.com
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