RFC 8687 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2019

OSPF Routing with Cross-Address Family Traffic Engineering Tunnels

Overview

RFC 8687, “OSPF Routing with Cross-Address Family Traffic Engineering Tunnels”, is a Proposed Standard document published in November 2019 by A. Smirnov, A. Retana, M. Barnes. It updates RFC 5786. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

When using Traffic Engineering (TE) in a dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 network, the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) TE Label Switched Path (LSP) infrastructure may be duplicated, even if the destination IPv4 and IPv6 addresses belong to the same remote router. In order to achieve an integrated MPLS TE LSP infrastructure, OSPF routes must be computed over MPLS TE tunnels created using information propagated in another OSPF instance. This issue is solved by advertising cross-address family (X-AF) OSPF TE information.

This document describes an update to RFC 5786 that allows for the easy identification of a router's local X-AF IP addresses.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC updates
RFC 5786
Other RFCs from 2019

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