CCAMP PPVPN drfat-tsenevir-8021qospf-00.txt

[Tissa Senevirathne <tissa@force10networks.com>]

NAME of I-D

http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-tsenevir-8021qospf-00.txt

SUMMARY:

This I-D presents the use of OSPF opaque LSAs to distribute 802.1Q  VLAN
information across an Autonomous System. The concept of VLAN domains and the
identification and distribution of domain specific VLAN information is
discussed. The methods presented in this ID may be used in Layer 2 Network
Based VPN to discover service end-points.

RELATED DOCUMENTS:

http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-tsenevir-8021qbgp-00.txt
http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-senevirathne-vmi-frame-00.txt
http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-tsenevir-l2-req-00.txt
http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-rosen-ppvpn-l2vpn-00.txt

WHERE DOES IT FIT IN THE PICTURE OF THE SUB-IP WORK

CCAMP/PPVPN

WHY IS IT TARGETED AT THIS WG

CCAMP charter specifies "Define how the properties of network resources
gathered by the measurement protocol can be distributed in existing routing
protocols, such as OSPF and IS-IS". The ID discussed here presents use of
OSPF opaque LSA to distribute customers VLAN information. PPVPN charter
defines Layer 2 VPN services. The methods presented in this document
distribute required information to construct Layer 2 VPN. In that way the
work in this ID helps Sub-IP applications (PPVPN). Hence it belongs to
either CCAMP or PPVPN.

JUSTIFICATION

Layer 2 VPN services are gaining popularity in emerging metro services
infrastructure. Without the methods presented in this document, Layer 2
NBVPN providers are required to configure VPN service points manually. In
large-scale deployments such manual configurations are administratively
prohibitive. Methods presented here help large scale Layer 2 NBVPN
deployments that has relatively large amount of customer access points.