{"draft":"draft-ietf-mpls-ipv6-pw-lsp-ping-04","doc_id":"RFC6829","title":"Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping for Pseudowire Forwarding Equivalence Classes (FECs) Advertised over IPv6","authors":["M. Chen","P. Pan","C. Pignataro","R. Asati"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"8","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"Multiprotocol Label Switching","abstract":"The Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switched Path (LSP)\r\nPing and traceroute mechanisms are commonly used to detect and\r\nisolate data-plane failures in all MPLS LSPs, including LSPs used for\r\neach direction of an MPLS Pseudowire (PW).  However, the LSP Ping and\r\ntraceroute elements used for PWs are not specified for IPv6 address\r\nusage.\r\n\r\nThis document extends the PW LSP Ping and traceroute mechanisms so\r\nthey can be used with PWs that are set up and maintained using IPv6\r\nLDP sessions.  This document updates RFC 4379.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"January 2013","keywords":["[--------]"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":["RFC8029"],"updates":["RFC4379"],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC6829","errata_url":null}