Encapsulations for In-situ OAM Data
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Cisco Systems, Inc.
RtBrick Inc.
Comcast
JP Morgan Chase
Marvell
Mellanox Technologies Ltd.
Facebook
Barefoot Networks
In-situ Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) records operational and telemetry information in the packet while the packet traverses a path between two points in the network. In-situ OAM is to complement current out-of-band OAM mechanisms based on ICMP or other types of probe packets. This document outlines how in-situ OAM data fields can be transported in protocols such as NSH, Segment Routing, VXLAN-GPE, native IPv6 (via extension headers), and IPv4. Transport options are currently investigated as part of an implementation study. This document is intended to only serve informational purposes.