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10. IANA Considerations

10. IANA Considerations

10.1. Ethernet Next Header Type

IANA has allocated "Ethernet" (value 143) in the "Assigned Internet Protocol Numbers" registry (see https://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers/). Value 143 in the Next Header field of an IPv6 header or any extension header indicates that the payload is an Ethernet frame [IEEE.802.3_2018].

10.2. SRv6 Endpoint Behaviors Registry

IANA has created a new top-level registry called "Segment Routing" (see https://www.iana.org/assignments/segment-routing/). This registry serves as a top-level registry for all Segment Routing subregistries.

Additionally, IANA has created a new subregistry called "SRv6 Endpoint Behaviors" under the top-level "Segment Routing" registry. This subregistry maintains 16-bit identifiers for the SRv6 Endpoint behaviors. This registry is established to provide consistency for control-plane protocols that need to refer to these behaviors. These values are not encoded in the function bits within a SID.

10.2.1. Registration Procedures

The range of the registry is 0-65535 (0x0000-0xFFFF). The table below contains the allocation ranges and registration policies [RFC8126] for each:

RangeRange (Hex)Registration ProceduresNote
00x0000ReservedNot to be allocated
1-327670x0001-0x7FFFFirst Come First Served
32768-348150x8000-0x87FFPrivate Use
34816-655340x8800-0xFFFEReserved
655350xFFFFReservedOpaque

Table 5: Registration Procedures

10.2.2. Initial Registrations

The initial registrations for the subregistry are as follows:

ValueHexEndpoint BehaviorReference
00x0000Reserved
10x0001EndRFC 8986
20x0002End with PSPRFC 8986
30x0003End with USPRFC 8986
40x0004End with PSP & USPRFC 8986
50x0005End.XRFC 8986
60x0006End.X with PSPRFC 8986
70x0007End.X with USPRFC 8986
80x0008End.X with PSP & USPRFC 8986
90x0009End.TRFC 8986
100x000AEnd.T with PSPRFC 8986
110x000BEnd.T with USPRFC 8986
120x000CEnd.T with PSP & USPRFC 8986
130x000DUnassigned
140x000EEnd.B6.EncapsRFC 8986
150x000FEnd.BMRFC 8986
160x0010End.DX6RFC 8986
170x0011End.DX4RFC 8986
180x0012End.DT6RFC 8986
190x0013End.DT4RFC 8986
200x0014End.DT46RFC 8986
210x0015End.DX2RFC 8986
220x0016End.DX2VRFC 8986
230x0017End.DT2URFC 8986
240x0018End.DT2MRFC 8986
250x0019ReservedRFC 8986
260x001AUnassigned
270x001BEnd.B6.Encaps.RedRFC 8986
280x001CEnd with USDRFC 8986
290x001DEnd with PSP & USDRFC 8986
300x001EEnd with USP & USDRFC 8986
310x001FEnd with PSP, USP & USDRFC 8986
320x0020End.X with USDRFC 8986
330x0021End.X with PSP & USDRFC 8986
340x0022End.X with USP & USDRFC 8986
350x0023End.X with PSP, USP & USDRFC 8986
360x0024End.T with USDRFC 8986
370x0025End.T with PSP & USDRFC 8986
380x0026End.T with USP & USDRFC 8986
390x0027End.T with PSP, USP & USDRFC 8986
40-327660x0028-0x7FFEUnassigned
327670x7FFFThe SID defined in RFC 8754RFC 8986, RFC 8754
32768-348150x8000-0x87FFReserved for Private UseRFC 8986
34816-655340x8800-0xFFFEReservedRFC 8986
655350xFFFFOpaqueRFC 8986

Table 6: Initial Registrations