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ops OPSAWG Service Infrastructure User Network Interface UNI NNI Network-to-Network Interface Inter-AS VPN CE PE Attachment Circuit Service Delivery Point Automation Service Delivery This document defines a YANG data model for representing an abstract view of the provider network topology that contains the points from which its services can be attached (e.g., basic connectivity, VPN, network slices). Also, the model can be used to retrieve the points where the services are actually being delivered to customers (including peer networks). This document augments the 'ietf-network' data model by adding the concept of Service Attachment Points (SAPs). The SAPs are the network reference points to which network services, such as Layer 3 Virtual Private Network (L3VPN) or Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (L2VPN), can be attached. Both User-Network Interface (UNI) and Network-to-Network Interface (NNI) are supported in the SAP data model.

Service providers offer a variety of network services to their customers. Such services include, but are not limited to, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SDWAN) , and network slices . In order to rationalize the overall service operations and allow for more automated service provisioning procedures, service providers need to maintain a view on where services can be delivered to customers. Such view can be used, e.g., to feed an intelligence that is responsible for service order handling, service feasibility checks, tracking per-service coverage, etc. To that aim, this document introduces the concept of Service Attachment Points (SAPs). The SAPs represent the network reference points where network services can be delivered to customers. For example, this concept is used to decide where to attach and, thus, deliver the service in the Layer 3 VPN Service Model (L3SM) and the Layer 2 VPN Service Model (L2SM) . It can also be used to retrieve where services, such as the Layer 3 VPN Network Model (L3NM) and the Layer 2 VPN Network Model (L2NM) , are delivered to customers. This document defines a YANG network model () for representing, managing, and controlling the SAPs. The data model augments the 'ietf-network' module by adding the concept of SAPs. This document explains the scope and purpose of a SAP network model and its relation with other models (). Multiple service types can be associated with a given network. Whether a SAP topology is dedicated to a specific service or shared among many services is deployment specific. This document supports both deployment schemes. This document does not make any assumption about the service(s) provided by a network to its users. VPN services (e.g., Layer 3 Virtual Private Network (L3VPN) or Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (L2VPN)) are used for illustration purposes (Appendices and ). Given that User-Network Interface (UNI) and Network-to-Network Interface (NNI) are reference points that are widely used by operators to indicate the demarcation points when delivering services, both UNI and NNI SAPs are supported in the document. The reader may refer, e.g., to , , , or for a discussion on the use of UNI and NNI reference points. An example of NNI usage in a VPN context is provided in . The YANG data model in conforms to the Network Management Datastore Architecture (NMDA) .

This document assumes that the reader is familiar with the contents of , , , and . The document uses terms from those documents. The meanings of the symbols in tree diagrams are defined in . This document uses the term "network model" defined in Section 2.1 of . This document uses the following terms: The organization responsible for operating the network that offers a service (e.g., a VPN) to customers. A channel that connects a Customer Edge (CE) to a Provider Edge (PE). The AC may be a physical or logical link (Section 6.1 of ). An equipment that is dedicated to a particular customer and is directly connected to one or more PEs via ACs. A CE is usually located at the customer premises. A CE may be dedicated to a single service (e.g., L3VPN), although it may support multiple VPNs if each one has separate attachment circuits. A CE can be a router, a bridge, a switch, etc. An equipment owned and managed by the service provider that can support multiple services (e.g., VPNs) for different customers. A PE is directly connected to one or more CEs via ACs. An abstraction of the network reference points (e.g., PE side of an AC) where network services can be delivered and/or being delivered to customers.

Management operations of a service provider network can be automated using a variety of means such as interfaces based on YANG modules . From that standpoint, and considering the architecture depicted in , a goal of this document is to provide a mechanism to show via a YANG-based interface an abstracted network view from the network controller to the service orchestration layer with a focus on where a service can be delivered to customers. The model is also used to retrieve the network reference points where a service is being delivered to customers. For services that require resources from peer networks, the module can also be used to expose NNIs.

Let us consider the example of a typical service provider network (), with PE and P nodes.

The service orchestration layer does not need to know about the internals of the underlying network (e.g., P nodes). shows the abstract network view as seen by a service orchestrator. However, this view is not enough to provide to the service orchestration layer the information to create services in the network. The service topology need is to be able to expose the set of nodes and the attachment points associated with the nodes from which network services can be grafted (delivered).

Typically, and focusing on the UNIs, the service orchestration layer would see a set of PEs and a set of client-facing interfaces (physical or logical) to which CEs can be connected (or are actually connected). The service orchestration layer can use these interfaces to setup the requested services or to commit the delivery of a service. depicts a sample SAP network topology that is maintained by the network controller and exposed to the service orchestration.

A single SAP network topology can be used for one or multiple service types (e.g., L3VPN, Ethernet VPN (EVPN)). The network controller can, then, expose the service type(s) and associated interfaces via the SAPs. As shown in , the service orchestration layer will have also access to a set of customer service model (e.g., the L3SM or the L2SM) in the customer-facing interface and a set of network models (e.g., the L3NM and network topology data models) in the resource-facing interface. In this use case, it is assumed that the network controller is unaware of what happens beyond the PEs towards the CEs; it is only responsible for the management and control of the SAPs and the network between PEs. In order to correlate between delivery points expressed in service requests and SAPs, the SAP model may include a peer customer point identifier. That identifier can be a CE identifier, a site identifier, etc.

Refer to for an example echoing the topology depicted in .

The SAP network model can be seen as inventory data associated with SAPs. The model maintains an inventory of nodes contained in a network relying upon .

depicts the relationship of the SAP network model to other models. The SAP network model augments the Network model and imports the Network Topology model, while other technology-specific topology models (e.g., Traffic Engineering (TE) Topologies model or Layer 3 Topologies model ) augment the Network Topology model. Also, the SAP is not a tunnel termination point (TTP) (Section 3.6 of ) nor a link. In the context of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) , the SAP YANG data model can be used to exchange information between control elements, so as to support VPN service provision and resource management discussed in . Through this data model, the service orchestration layer can learn the available endpoints (i.e., SAPs) of interconnection resources of the underlying network. The service orchestration layer can determine which interconnection endpoints to add to an L2VPN or L3VPN service. With the help of other data models (e.g., L3SM or L2SM ), hierarchical control elements can also assess the feasibility of an end-to-end IP connectivity or L2VPN connectivity and, therefore, derive the sequence of domains and the points of interconnection to use. Advanced low-level interface-specific data nodes are not exposed in the SAP model. Filters based on the interface identifiers listed in the SAP model can be used together with dedicated device models to set or get such data.

The SAP network model 'ietf-sap-ntw' builds on the 'ietf-network' module by augmenting the nodes with SAPs. The structure of the 'ietf-sap-ntw' module is shown in .

A SAP network topology can be used for one or multiple service types ('service-type'). Examples of supported service types are as follows: L3VPN , Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) , Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS), BGP MPLS-Based Ethernet VPN, VPWS in Ethernet VPN, Provider Backbone Bridging Combined with Ethernet VPN (PBB-EVPN), VXLAN-based EVPN , Virtual Networks , Enhanced VPN (VPN+) , Network slice , SDWAN , and Basic IP connectivity. These service types build on the types that are already defined in and additional types that are defined in this document. Other service types can be defined in future YANG modules, if needed. Filters based on the service type can be used to access per-service SAP topology. A example is depicted in . A node in the topology can support one or multiple service types ('service-type') among those listed under the 'sap-network' container. A list of SAPs are then bound to each service type that is supported by a given node. Each SAP is characterized as follows: Includes an identifier that uniquely identifies a SAP within a node. The same SAP may appear under distinct service types. In such a case, the same identifier is used for these service types in association.SAPs that are associated with the interfaces that are directly hosting services, interfaces that are ready to host per-service sub-interfaces (but not yet activated), or service that are already instantiated on sub-interfaces are listed as SAPs.For example, 'sap-id' may be the VPN network access identifier in Section 7.6 of . An example to illustrate the use of this attribute during service creation is provided in . Includes a textual description of the SAP. Includes a reference to the parent interface to which the SAP is bound (e.g., a physical port). This attribute is used, e.g., to associate an interface with its sub-interfaces as all these interfaces may be listed under the SAPs of a node. It is also used to link a SAP with the physical topology.For example, this data node can be used to map the IETF Network Slice endpoints () to the service/tunnel/path endpoints in the underlay network. Indicates a reference to the interface to which the SAP is bound. The same interface may host multiple services. Whether the attachment identifier echoes the content of the attachment interface is deployment specific. For example, this reference may be any of the identifiers ('l2-termination-point', 'local-bridge-reference', 'bearer-reference', or 'lag-interface-id') defined in Section 7.6.1 of or 'l3-termination-point' defined in Section 7.6.2 of . It is responsibility of the controller to ensure that consistent references are used in the SAP and underlying device modes or any other device inventory mechanism. Indicates whether a SAP is bound to a physical port, a loopback interface, a Link Aggregation Group (LAG) interface , an Integrated Routing Bridge (IRB) (e.g., ), a local bridge reference, etc. The mapping to the detailed interface types as per is maintained by the controller. That mapping is used, for example, when the controller translates this SAP network module into device modules. Indicates the encapsulation type for the interface indicated in the 'attachment-interface' attribute. The types are taken from . This data node can be used, for example, to decide whether an existing SAP can be (re)used to host a service or if a new sub-interface has to be instantiated. Specifies the role of a SAP (e.g., a UNI or NNI). A SAP inherits the role of its parent interface ('parent-termination-point'). Includes a reference to the remote endpoint of an attachment circuit. Examples of such a reference are: a site identifier (Section 6.3 of ), a Service Demarcation Point (SDP) identifier (Section 2.1 of ), the IP address of a peer Autonomous System Border Router (ASBR). Indicates the operational status of a SAP. Values are taken from the values defined in .When both a sub-interface and its parent interface are present, the status of the parent interface takes precedence over the status indicated for the sub-interface. Reports the operational status of service for a given SAP. This information is particularly useful when many services are enabled for the same SAP, but only a subset of them are activated.

This module imports types from , , and . The 'sap-information' is defined as a grouping for the reuse of these nodes in service-specific YANG modules.

file "ietf-sap-ntw@2022-04-11.yang" module ietf-sap-ntw { yang-version 1.1; namespace "urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-sap-ntw"; prefix sap; import ietf-network-topology { prefix nt; reference "RFC 8345: A YANG Data Model for Network Topologies, Section 6.2"; } import ietf-network { prefix nw; reference "RFC 8345: A YANG Data Model for Network Topologies, Section 6.1"; } import ietf-vpn-common { prefix vpn-common; reference "RFC 9181: A Common YANG Data Model for Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs"; } organization "IETF OPSA (Operations and Management Area) Working Group "; contact "WG Web: WG List: Editor: Mohamed Boucadair Author: Oscar Gonzalez de Dios Author: Samier Barguil Author: Qin Wu Author: Victor Lopez "; description "This YANG module defines a model for representing, managing, and controlling the Service Attachment Points (SAPs) in the network topology. Copyright (c) 2022 IETF Trust and the persons identified as authors of the code. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, is permitted pursuant to, and subject to the license terms contained in, the Revised BSD License set forth in Section 4.c of the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (https://trustee.ietf.org/license-info). This version of this YANG module is part of RFC XXXX (https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfcXXXX); see the RFC itself for full legal notices."; revision 2022-04-11 { description "Initial version"; reference "RFC XXXX: A Network YANG Model for Service Attachment Points (SAPs)"; } identity virtual-network { base vpn-common:service-type; description "Virtual network. Refers to a logical network instance that is built over a physical network."; reference "RFC 8453: Framework for Abstraction and Control of TE Networks (ACTN)"; } identity enhanced-vpn { base vpn-common:service-type; description "Enhanced VPN (VPN+). VPN+ is an approach that is based on existing VPN and Traffic Engineering (TE) technologies but adds characteristics that specific services require over and above traditional VPNs."; reference "draft-ietf-teas-enhanced-vpn: A Framework for Enhanced Virtual Private Network (VPN+) Services"; } identity network-slice { base vpn-common:service-type; description "IETF network slice. An IETF network slice is a logical network topology connecting a number of endpoints using a set of shared or dedicated network resources that are used to satisfy specific service objectives."; reference "draft-ietf-teas-ietf-network-slices: Framework for IETF Network Slices"; } identity sdwan { base vpn-common:service-type; description "PE-based Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SDWAN)."; reference "draft-ietf-bess-bgp-sdwan-usage: BGP Usage for SDWAN Overlay Network"; } identity basic-connectivity { base vpn-common:service-type; description "Basic IP connectivity. This is, for example, a plain connectivity offered to Enterprises over a dedicated or shared MPLS infrastructure."; } identity interface-role { description "Base identity for the network role of an interface."; } identity uni { base interface-role; description "User-Network Interface (UNI)."; } identity nni { base interface-role; description "Network-to-Network Interface (NNI)."; } identity interface-type { description "Base identity for the interface type."; } identity phy { base interface-type; description "Physical port."; } identity loopback { base interface-type; description "Loopback interface."; } identity lag { base interface-type; description "Link Aggregation Group (LAG) interface."; } identity irb { base interface-type; description "Integrated Routing Bridge (IRB). An IRB typically connects an IP-VRF to a bridge domain."; } identity local-bridge { base interface-type; description "A local bridge reference to accommodate, e.g., implementations that require internal bridging. When such a type is used, a reference to a local bridge domain is used to identify the interface."; } identity logical { base interface-type; description "Refers to a logical sub-interface that is typically used to bind a service. This type is used only if none of the other logical types can be used."; } grouping sap-information { description "Service Attachment Point (SAP) information."; list sap { key "sap-id"; description "The Service Attachment Points are abstraction of the points where network services such as L3VPNs, L2VPNs, or network slices can be attached to."; leaf sap-id { type string; description "Indicates an identifier that uniquely identifies SAP within a node."; } leaf description { type string; description "A textual description of the SAP."; } leaf parent-termination-point { type nt:tp-id; description "Indicates the parent termination point to which the SAP is attached to. A termination point can be a physical port, an interface, etc."; } leaf attachment-interface { type string; description "Indicates the interface to which the SAP is bound."; } leaf interface-type { type identityref { base interface-type; } description "The type of the interface to which the SAP is bound."; } leaf encapsulation-type { type identityref { base vpn-common:encapsulation-type; } description "Encapsulation type of the interface to which the SAP is bound."; } leaf role { type identityref { base interface-role; } description "Indicates the role of a SAP."; } leaf peer-sap-id { type string; description "Indicates an identifier of the peer's termination identifier (e.g., Customer Edge (CE)). This information can be used for correlation purposes, such as identifying the SAP that is attached to an endpoint that is provided in a service request."; } container sap-status { config "false"; description "Indicates the SAP status."; uses vpn-common:oper-status-timestamp; } container service-status { config "false"; description "Indicates the service status."; uses vpn-common:oper-status-timestamp; } } } augment "/nw:networks/nw:network/nw:network-types" { description "Introduces a new network type for SAP network."; container sap-network { presence "Indicates SAP network type."; description "The presence of the container node indicates the SAP network type."; leaf-list service-type { type identityref { base vpn-common:service-type; } description "Indicates the set of supported service types."; } } } augment "/nw:networks/nw:network/nw:node" { when "../nw:network-types/sap:sap-network" { description "Augmentation parameters apply only for SAP networks."; } description "SAP parameters for the node level."; list service { key "service-type"; description "A list of supported service types for the node."; leaf service-type { type identityref { base vpn-common:service-type; } description "Indicates a service type."; } uses sap-information; } } } ]]>

This document registers the following namespace URI in the "ns" subregistry within the "IETF XML Registry" :

This document registers the following YANG module in the YANG Module Names registry within the "YANG Parameters" registry:

The YANG module specified in this document defines schema for data that is designed to be accessed via network management protocols such as NETCONF or RESTCONF . The lowest NETCONF layer is the secure transport layer, and the mandatory-to-implement secure transport is Secure Shell (SSH) . The lowest RESTCONF layer is HTTPS, and the mandatory-to-implement secure transport is TLS . The Network Configuration Access Control Model (NACM) provides the means to restrict access for particular NETCONF or RESTCONF users to a preconfigured subset of all available NETCONF or RESTCONF protocol operations and content. There are a number of data nodes defined in this YANG module that are writable/creatable/deletable (i.e., config true, which is the default). These data nodes may be considered sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments. Write operations (e.g., edit-config) to these data nodes without proper protection can have a negative effect on network operations. These are the subtrees and data nodes and their sensitivity/vulnerability: /nw:networks/nw:network/nw:node/sap:service-type/sap:sapThis subtree specifies the configurations of the nodes in a SAP network model. Unexpected changes to this subtree (e.g., associating a SAP with another parent termination interface) could lead to service disruption and/or network misbehavior. Some of the readable data nodes in this YANG module may be considered sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments. It is thus important to control read access (e.g., via get, get-config, or notification) to these data nodes. These are the subtrees and data nodes and their sensitivity/vulnerability: /nw:networks/nw:network/nw:node/sap:service-type/sap:sapUnauthorized access to this subtree can disclose the operational state information of the nodes in a SAP network model (e.g., disclose the identity of a customer 'peer-sap-id').

Thanks to Adrian Farrell, Daniel King, Dhruv Dhody, Benoit Claise, Bo Wu, Erez Segev, Raul Arco, Joe Clarke, Riyas Valiyapalathingal, Tom Petch, and Olga Havel for the comments. Thanks to Martin Björklund for yang-doctors review, Menachem Dodge for the opsdir review, and Mach Chen for the rtgdir review.

An example of a SAP topology that is reported by a network controller is depicted in . This example echoes the topology shown in . Only a minimum set of information is provided for each SAP.

In the example shown in , PE1 (with a "node-id" set to "foo:pe1") has two physical interfaces "GE0/6/1" and "GE0/6/4". Two sub-interfaces "GE0/6/4.1" and "GE0/6/4.2" are associated with the physical interface "GE0/6/4". Let us consider that four SAPs are exposed to the service orchestrator and mapped to these physical interfaces and sub-interfaces.

Let us assume that no service is enabled yet for the SAP associated with the physical interface "GE0/6/1". Also, let us assume that, for the SAPs that are associated with the physical interface "GE0/6/4", VPLS and L3VPN services are activated on the two sub-interfaces "GE0/6/4.1" and "GE0/6/4.2", respectively. A service orchestrator can query what services are provided on which SAPs of PE1 from the network controller by sending, e.g., a GET RESTCONF request. shows the body of the RESTCONF response that is received from the network controller.

shows the message body of a response that is received from the network controller if the request includes a filter on the service type for a particular node:

Section 10 of discuses several options to extend a VPN service beyond the scope of a single Autonomous System (AS). For illustration purposes, this section focuses on the so called "Option A" but similar examples can be considered for other options. In this option, an ASBR of an AS is directly connected to an ASBR of a neighboring AS. These two ASBRs are connected by multiple physical or logical interfaces. Also, at least one sub-interface is maintained by these ASBRs for each of the VPNs that require their routes to be passed from one AS to the other AS. Each ASBR behaves as a PE and treats the other as if it were a CE. shows a simplified (excerpt) topology of two ASes A and B with a focus on the interconnection links between these two ASes.

shows an example of a message body that is received from the network controller of AS A (with a focus on the NNIs shown in ).

This section describes an example to illustrate the use of the SAP model for service creation purposes. An example of a SAP topology is presented in . This example includes four PEs with their SAPs, as well as the customer information. Let us assume that an operator wants to create an L3VPN service between two PEs (PE3 and PE4) that are servicing two CEs (CE6 and CE7). To that aim, the operator would query the SAP topology and would obtain a response similar to what is depicted in . That response indicates that the SAPs having "sap#31" and "sap#43" as attachment identifiers do not have any installed services. Once the "free" SAPs are identified, the 'interface-type' and 'encapsulation-type' are checked to see if the requested L3VPN service is compatible with the SAP characteristics. If they are compatible, as proposed in , the 'attachment-id' value can be used as the VPN network access identifier in an L3NM create query. Let us now assume that, instead of the L3VPN service, the operator wants to set up an L2VPN service. If the 'interface-type' is a physical port, a new logical SAP can be created using the SAP model to cope with the service needs (e.g., the 'encapsulation-type' attribute can be set to 'ietf-vpn-common:vlan-type'). Once the logical SAP is created, the 'attachment-id' of the new SAP is used to create an L2NM instance (Section 7.6 of ).