RFC 8029: Detecting Multiprotocol Label Switched (MPLS) Data-Plane Failures

This document describes a simple and efficient mechanism to detect data-plane failures in Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switched Paths (LSPs). It…

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Outgoing relationships (31 related RFCs)

Updates, Normative reference — RFC 1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers
Obsoletes, Normative reference — RFC 4379: Detecting Multi-Protocol Label Switched (MPLS) Data Plane Failures
Obsoletes, Normative reference — RFC 6424: Mechanism for Performing Label Switched Path Ping (LSP Ping) over MPLS Tunnels
Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 6829: Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping for Pseudowire Forwarding Equivalence Classes (FECs) Advertised over IPv6
Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 7537: IANA Registries for LSP Ping Code Points
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 5226: Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
Normative reference — RFC 4271: A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
Normative reference — RFC 5905: Network Time Protocol Version 4: Protocol and Algorithms Specification
Normative reference — RFC 3032: MPLS Label Stack Encoding
Normative reference — RFC 1812: Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers
Normative reference — RFC 2113: IP Router Alert Option
Normative reference — RFC 7506: IPv6 Router Alert Option for MPLS Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM)
Informative reference — RFC 3209: RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels
Informative reference — RFC 792: Internet Control Message Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 5036: LDP Specification
Informative reference — RFC 4447: Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance Using the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
Informative reference — RFC 5085: Pseudowire Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV): A Control Channel for Pseudowires
Informative reference — RFC 5462: Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Stack Entry: "EXP" Field Renamed to "Traffic Class" Field
Informative reference — RFC 4761: Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Using BGP for Auto-Discovery and Signaling
Informative reference — RFC 5331: MPLS Upstream Label Assignment and Context-Specific Label Space
Informative reference — RFC 4026: Provider Provisioned Virtual Private Network (VPN) Terminology
Informative reference — RFC 3443: Time To Live (TTL) Processing in Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Networks
Informative reference — RFC 4461: Signaling Requirements for Point-to-Multipoint Traffic-Engineered MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
Informative reference — RFC 5885: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for the Pseudowire Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV)
Informative reference — RFC 6425: Detecting Data-Plane Failures in Point-to-Multipoint MPLS - Extensions to LSP Ping
Informative reference — RFC 6426: MPLS On-Demand Connectivity Verification and Route Tracing
Informative reference — RFC 3107: Carrying Label Information in BGP-4
Informative reference — RFC 8077: Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance Using the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
Informative reference — RFC 4365: Applicability Statement for BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
Informative reference — RFC 8012: Label Switched Path (LSP) and Pseudowire (PW) Ping/Trace over MPLS Networks Using Entropy Labels (ELs)

Incoming relationships (25 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9041: Updating the MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs) Ping Parameters IANA Registry
Updated by — RFC 8611: Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping and Traceroute Multipath Support for Link Aggregation Group (LAG) Interfaces
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9570: Deprecating the Use of Router Alert in LSP Ping
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8287: Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping/Traceroute for Segment Routing (SR) IGP-Prefix and IGP-Adjacency Segment Identifiers (SIDs) with MPLS Data Planes
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9780: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for Multipoint Networks over Point-to-Multipoint MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8690: Clarification of Segment ID Sub-TLV Length for RFC 8287
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9703: Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping/Traceroute for Segment Routing (SR) Egress Peer Engineering (EPE) Segment Identifiers (SIDs) with MPLS Data Plane
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9961: MPLS Segment Routing Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) Policy Ping
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9062: Framework and Requirements for Ethernet VPN (EVPN) Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9214: OSPFv3 Code Point for MPLS LSP Ping
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9489: Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping Mechanisms for EVPN and Provider Backbone Bridging EVPN (PBB-EVPN)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9612: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Reverse Path for MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9655: Egress Validation in Label Switched Path Ping and Traceroute Mechanisms
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9658: Multipoint LDP Extensions for Multi-Topology Routing
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9716: Mechanisms for MPLS Ping and Traceroute Procedures in Inter-Domain Segment Routing Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9832: BGP Classful Transport Planes
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9884: Label Switched Path Ping for Segment Routing Path Segment Identifier with MPLS Data Plane
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8403: A Scalable and Topology-Aware MPLS Data-Plane Monitoring System
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8924: Service Function Chaining (SFC) Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Framework
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9359: Echo Request/Reply for Enabled In Situ OAM (IOAM) Capabilities
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9516: Active Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) for Service Function Chaining (SFC)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9772: Active Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) for Use in Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation (Geneve)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9805: Deprecation of the IPv6 Router Alert Option for New Protocols
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9974: Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Requirements for the Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) Layer
Informatively referenced by — RFC 10014: Guidelines for Characterizing the Term "OAM"