1. November 2010Future TRILL Work1 Future TRILL Work 2 Donald Eastlake 3 rd 155 Beaver Street Milford, MA 01757 USA d3e3e3@gmail.com

2. November 2010Future TRILL Work2 Future TRILL Work 2 Future TRILL Work corresponding to specific points in the New Charter: 1.ARP/ND Optimization and ESADI 2.Multi-Level RBridge Routing 3.Data Center Bridging 4.Fine Grained Labeling

3. ARP/ND Optimization and ESADI ARP/ND Optimization has been part of the idea for RBridges and TRILL since the initial paper by Radia Perlman in 2004. ESADI (End Station Address Distribution Information) is an optional highly reliable VLAN scoped method for sharing data between RBridges, such as connected end station MAC addresses. By using ESADI to distribute Layer 2 Layer 3 address pairs, the resulting data can be used to respond locally to ARP/ND queries reducing multi-destination frame traffic. November 2010Future TRILL Work3

4. ARP/ND Optimization and ESADI If all the RBridges in a VLAN within an RBridge campus have ESADI enabled, gratuitous ARPs in that VLAN can be terminated at the ingress RBridge, the information they are providing can be distributed via ESADI and, where appropriate, regenerated at what would have been egress RBridges. For VLANs with many end stations, gratuitous ARP should not update fast path MAC tables except for addresses actually in use. November 2010Future TRILL Work4

5. November 2010Future TRILL Work5 Future TRILL Work 2 Future TRILL Work corresponding to specific points in the New Charter: 1.ARP/ND Optimization and ESADI 2.Multi-Level RBridge Routing 3.Data Center Bridging 4.Fine Grained Labeling

6. November 2010Future TRILL Work6 Future TRILL Work 2 Future TRILL Work corresponding to specific points in the New Charter: 1.ARP/ND Optimization and ESADI 2.Multi-Level RBridge Routing 3.Data Center Bridging 4.Fine Grained Labeling

7. Data Center Bridging draft-eastlake-trill-rbridge-dcb-00.txt Three standards being specified in 802.1 to allocate bandwidth and eliminate frame loss due to queue overflow. –802.1Qbb – per priority PAUSE 802.3bd – new PAUSE frame format –802.1Qaz – allocation of link bandwidth to traffic classes –802.1Qau – Congestion Notification. Facilities to limit flows at their originating end station November 2010Future TRILL Work7

8. November 2010Future TRILL Work8 Data Center Bridging The first two, 802.1Qbb and 802.1Qaz, can be implemented entirely within the ports of an RBridge. No TRILL processing changes but support should be announced in the LSP. 802.1Qau requires a minor extension to TRILL, which has been discussed in the TRILL WG since at least 2007, and support should be announce in the LSP.

9. November 2010Future TRILL Work9 Data Center Bridging TRILL extension required because of the case where a TRILL-ignorant bridge between RBridges generates a Congestion Notification Message. The previous-hop RBRidge must adjust the CNM so it is returned to the true origin in the campus. RBridge Origin Bridge(s) CNM Adjusted CNM

10. November 2010Future TRILL Work10 Future TRILL Work 2 Future TRILL Work corresponding to specific points in the New Charter: 1.ARP/ND Optimization and ESADI 2.Multi-Level RBridge Routing 3.Data Center Bridging 4.Fine Grained Labeling

11. November 2010Future TRILL Work11 Fine Grained Labeling Requirements, in approximate order by importance with the most important first: 1.Many cloud computing applications and data centers require more than 4K labels of configurable isolation. 2.There should be provision for frame priority within the cloud / data center while preserving the original priority. 3.Due to the difficulty of all nodes optimally routing multi-destination frames by the many values of a fine grained label, some easier to route aggregate label should be available.

12. November 2010Future TRILL Work12 Fine Grained Labeling (Requirements, continued…) 4.RBridges ignorant of file grained labeling should usefully and safely route and handle frames that have fine grained labeling. 5.It would be desirable to use existing standardized field types rather than to create a new flavor of label.

13. Solution Use the 24-bit IEEE 802.1 Service Instance identifier as the fine grained label and Use a VLAN ID as the aggregated routing label. The can be done in at least two ways: A.Insert an 802.1ah tag in the encapsulated frame; or B.Insert the 802.1ah tag body camouflaged by a TRILL Header Option. November 2010Future TRILL Work13

14. Solution A November 2010Future TRILL Work14 Outer MAC Addrs 12 Inner Cust. VLAN 4 TRILL Ethertype & Header 8 Payloa d Inner MAC Addrs 12 Outer MAC Addrs 12 Cust. VLAN. 4 TRILL Ethertype & Header 8 Inner MAC Addrs 12 Data Center VLAN 4 802.1ah Ethertype. 2 Priority Service ID 4 Inner MAC Addrs 12 Payloa d 802.1ah body

15. Solution B November 2010Future TRILL Work15 Outer MAC Addrs 12 Inner Cust. VLAN 4 TRILL Ethertype & Header 8 Payload Inner MAC Addrs 12 Outer MAC Addrs 12 Data Center VLAN 4 TRILL Ethertype & Header 8 TLV & Cust. VLAN 2 + 2 Priority Service ID 4 Payload Options Size = 3 Bit Opt. Area 4 Inner MAC Addrs 12 802.1ah body

16. Solution B From view of a fine grained labels ignorant RBridge From the view of a fine grained aware RBridge November 2010Future TRILL Work16 Payload Outer MAC Addrs 12 Data Center VLAN 4 TRILL Ethertype & Header 8 TLV & Cust. VLAN 2 + 2 Priority Service ID 4 Bit Opt. Area 4 Inner MAC Addrs 12 options Payload Outer MAC Addrs 12 Data Center VLAN 4 TRILL Ethertype & Header 8 TLV & Cust. VLAN 2 + 2 Priority Service ID 4 Bit Opt. Area 4 Inner MAC Addrs 12 802.1ah Body

17. A versus B Comparison Solution A –Adds 20 bytes –Fine grained label ignorant RBridges cannot parse the 802.1ah tag or anything past it. Solution B –Adds 12 bytes –Fine grained label ignorant RBridges automatically skip the option and can properly parse the rest of the frame. November 2010Future TRILL Work17

18. More Details on B Solution B –Must be the last TLV option for parsing by fine grained labeling ignorant RBridge to work. –But, to be sure that the frame is not decapsulated and delivered outside its fine grained label, the option needs to be handled as critical. November 2010Future TRILL Work18