Hi Linda,

This should be sufficient but please add a requirements language section
and post a new version.

Jim

On Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 1:36 PM Linda Dunbar <linda.dun...@futurewei.com>
wrote:

> Jim,
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> Thank you very much for the additional comments.
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> See below for the detailed resolution to your comments.
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> Please let us know if more actions are needed.
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> Linda
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> *From:* James Guichard <james.n.guich...@futurewei.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 18, 2024 7:40 AM
> *To:* Linda Dunbar <linda.dun...@futurewei.com>;
> draft-ietf-rtgwg-net2cloud-problem-statem...@ietf.org
> *Cc:* rtgwg@ietf.org
> *Subject:* Re: AD review for draft-ietf-rtgwg-net2cloud-problem-statement
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> Hi Linda,
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> A few more comments.
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> You added the following:
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> The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
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>    "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
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>    document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].
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> Please use the correct template as per RFC 8174 under a separate
> “Requirements Language” section.
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> [Linda] Changed to the wording suggested by RFC8174.  Is it good enough?
> Or do you mean adding a separate “Requirement Language Section?
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> The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL
> NOT","SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
> "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP14
> [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all capitals, as
> shown here.
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> 196       - When a Cloud DC eBGP session supports a limited number of
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> 197           routes from external entities, the on-premises DCs need to
> set
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> 198           up default routes and filter as many routes as practical
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> 199           replacing them with a default in the eBGP advertisement to
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> 200           minimize the number of routes to be exchanged with the
> Cloud DC
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> 201           eBGP peers.
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> Jim> I do not understand the above paragraph. Is a Cloud DC different to
> an on-premise DC? Who is advertising default to who? The scenario that you
> are trying to convey above is non-obvious, at least to me, so please
> clarify.
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> [Linda] How about the following statement?
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> *“A Cloud DC GW typically has multiple eBGP sessions with various clients
> and sets a route limit for each one. Therefore, on-premises data center
> gateways with eBGP sessions to the Cloud DC GW should configure default
> routes and filter out as many routes as possible, replacing them with a
> default route in their eBGP advertisements. This approach minimizes the
> number of routes exchanged with the Cloud DC eBGP peers.”*
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> [Linda] The statement is meant to emphasize when a cloud DC GW doesn’t
>  multi-hop eBGP sessions with their peers, a tunnel should be established
> to achieve IP adjacency.
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>  For example, AWS Transit Gateway does not support traditional multi-hop
> eBGP sessions.  AWS recommends establishing eBGP sessions with third-party
> virtual appliances (like SD-WAN appliances) running in a VPC to  exchange
> routing information between on-premises network and multiple VPCs through a
> central point.
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> Jim> Okay but in the latest version of the document you do not clarify it
> or change any text. Reading the above paragraph I still cannot fathom from
> the text what you are trying to convey. Your explanation is not reflected
> in the text so again please try to clarify what you want the reader to
> understand.
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> 202       - When a Cloud GW receives inbound routes exceeding the maximum
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> 203           routes threshold for a peer, the currently common practice
> is
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> 204           generating out-of-band alerts (e.g., Syslog entries) via the
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> 205           management system or terminating the BGP session (with cease
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> 206           notification messages [RFC4486] being sent). Although out of
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> 207           the scope of this document, more discussion is needed in the
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> 208           IETF Inter-Domain Routing (IDR) Working Group for potential
> in-
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> 209           band or autonomous notification directly to the peers when
> the
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> 210           inbound routes exceed the maximum routes threshold.
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> Jim> More explanation is needed here including a reference to section 4 of
> RFC4486 that describes the procedure for terminating a peering with a
> NOTIFICATION message and error code providing a reason e.g. “Maximum number
> of prefixes reached”.
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> [Linda] Azure doesn’t want BGP session to be terminated when max number of
> prefixes reached. Azure wants a method to notify the peers when the routes
> received exceeding some threshold. Today’s practice of using Syslog only
> informs Azure when max routes exceeded. But there is no effective way to
> notify peers to reduce routes. draft-sas-idr-maxprefix-inbound-05 would be
> a good solution. But the draft is expired.
>
> We are hoping to continue the draft by stating that  “more discussion is
> needed in the IETF Inter-Domain Routing (IDR) Working Group for potential
> in-band or autonomous notification directly to the peers when the inbound
> routes exceed the maximum routes threshold.”
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> Jim> Again, my original comment is not addressed in the latest version. At
> a minimum, a reference to section 4 of RFC4486 is needed.
>
> [Linda] Does the following revision address your original comment?
>
> *When a Cloud GW receives inbound routes exceeding the maximum routes from
> a peer, the current practice is to generate out-of-band alerts (e.g.,
> Syslog entries) via the management system or to terminate the BGP session
> (with a cease notification message being sent per Section 4 of [RFC4486]).
> However, a more operation-friendly approach would be for peers to reduce
> the number of routes they are advertising. Therefore, it is worth
> considering adding a "route threshold crossing" alert mechanism to request
> peers to take action to reduce their advertised routes, rather than their
> BGP sessions being terminated by Cloud GW. Although this is beyond the
> scope of this document, further discussion in the IETF Inter-Domain Routing
> (IDR) Working Group is needed. This could lead to the addition of new
> subcodes in RFC4486 Section 3 and corresponding descriptions in RFC4486
> Section 4 to facilitate this more efficient approach.*
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> Thanks!
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> Jim
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