RFC 7771
Switching Provider Edge (S-PE) Protection for MPLS and MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Static Multi-Segment Pseudowires, January 2016
- File formats:
- Status:
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Updates:
- RFC 6870
- Authors:
- A. Malis, Ed.
L. Andersson
H. van Helvoort
J. Shin
L. Wang
A. D'Alessandro - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- pals (rtg)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7771
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Abstract
In MPLS and MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) environments, statically provisioned Single-Segment Pseudowires (SS-PWs) are protected against tunnel failure via MPLS-level and MPLS-TP-level tunnel protection. With statically provisioned Multi-Segment Pseudowires (MS-PWs), each segment of the MS-PW is likewise protected from tunnel failures via MPLS-level and MPLS-TP-level tunnel protection. However, static MS-PWs are not protected end-to-end against failure of one of the Switching Provider Edge Routers (S-PEs) along the path of the MS-PW. This document describes how to achieve this protection via redundant MS-PWs by updating the existing procedures in RFC 6870. It also contains an optional approach based on MPLS-TP Linear Protection.
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.