Based on the list discussion, I have updated the draft NVO3
charter to take into consideration the feedback received
so far.
- Stewart
NVO3: Network Virtualization Over Layer 3
Chairs - TBD
Area - Routing
Area Director - Stewart Bryant
INT Area Adviser - TBD
OPS Area Adviser - TBD
Support for multi-tenancy has become a core requirement of data centers
(DCs), especially in the context of data centers supporting virtualized
hosts known as virtual machines (VMs). Two key requirements needed
to support multi-tenancy are traffic isolation, so that a tenant's
traffic is not visible to any other tenant, and address independence,
so that one tenant's addressing does not collide with other tenants
addressing schemes or with addresses used within the data center itself.
Another key requirement is to support the placement and migration of
VMs anywhere within the data center, without being limited by DC
network constraints such as the IP subnet boundaries of the
underlying DC network.
An NVO3 solution (known here as a Data Center Virtual Private
Network (DCVPN)) is a VPN that is viable across a scaling range of
a few thousand VMs to several million VMs running on greater
than 100K physical servers. It thus has good scaling properties
from relatively small networks to networks with several million
DCVPN endpoints and hundreds of thousands of DCVPNs within a
single administrative domain.
Note that although this charter uses the term VM throughout, NVO3 must
also support connectivity to traditional hosts e.g. hosts that do not
have hypervisors.
NVO3 will consider approaches to multi-tenancy that reside at the
network layer rather than using traditional isolation mechanisms
that rely on the underlying layer 2 technology (e.g., VLANs).
The NVO3 WG will determine which types of service are needed by typical
DC deployments (for example, IP and/or Ethernet).
NVO3 will document the problem statement, the applicability, and an
architectural framework for DCVPNs within a data center
environment. Within this framework, functional blocks will be defined to
allow the dynamic attachment / detachment of VMs to their DCVPN,
and the interconnection of elements of the DCVPNs over
the underlying physical network. This will support the delivery
of packets to the destination VM, and provide the network functions
required for the migration of VMs within the network in a
sub-second timeframe.
Based on this framework, the NVO3 WG will develop requirements for both
control plane protocol(s) and data plane encapsulation format(s), and
perform a gap analysis of existing candidate mechanisms. In addition
to functional and architectural requirements, the NVO3 WG will develop
management, operational, maintenance, troubleshooting, security and
OAM protocol requirements.
The NVO3 WG will investigate the interconnection of the DCVPNs
and their tenants with non-NVO3 IP network(s) to determine if
any specific work is needed.
The NVO3 WG will write the following informational RFCs, which
must be substantially complete before rechartering can be
considered:
Problem Statement
Framework document
Control plane requirements document
Data plane requirements document
Operational Requirements
Gap Analysis
Driven by the requirements and consistent with the gap analysis,
the NVO3 WG may request being rechartered to document solutions
consisting of one or more data plane encapsulations and
control plane protocols as applicable. Any documented solutions
will use existing IETF protocols if suitable. Otherwise,
the NVO3 WG may propose the development of new IETF protocols,
or the writing of an applicability statement for a non-IETF
protocol.
If the WG anticipates the adoption of the technologies of
another SDO, such as the IEEE, as part of the solution, it
will liaise with that SDO to ensure the compatibility of
the approach.
Milestones:
Dec 2012 Problem Statement submitted for IESG review
Dec 2012 Framework document submitted for IESG review
Dec 2012 Data plane requirements submitted for IESG review
Dec 2012 Operational Requirements submitted for IESG review
Mar 2012 Control plane requirements submitted for IESG review
Mar 2012 Gap Analysis submitted for IESG review
Apr 2012 Recharter or close Working Group