Re: [nsp] RR Configuration on MPLS - VPN

From: Martin Picard (mpicard@sinc.ca)
Date: Sat May 05 2001 - 07:57:47 EDT


  At 01:22 PM 05/04/2001 -0400, Martin Picard wrote:
>Marcio,
>
>Yes you could, but if all RR-Clients connects to both RR then I would
>use the same cluster-id on the RRs.

  using the same cluster-ID on both RR has the potential of routing breakdown.

  Imagine a client that connects to two RR which has some cluster ID. Client advertise
  a prefix to RR1 and RR2. Now link between RR2 and client break or BGP session goes
  down. RR1 will advertise that prefix to RR2 but RR2 will reject it because it has a same
  cluster-ID in the cluster-Iist. Thus RR2 will have no way to reach prefixes advertise by client

You're right but, RR2 should not have to learn about that prefix from RR1. Keyword here is if ALL
clients connect to both RRs. In your scenario upon a failure between Client1 and RR2, all other
clients will receive the prefix from RR1 only.

mp

  Thanks
  Zaheer

>mp
>
>----- Message d'origine -----
>De : "Marcio Pilotto" <marcio.pilotto@intelig.net.br>
>À : "'Martin Picard'" <b1bwuh29@videotron.ca>; <cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net>
>Cc : "Jose Ferreira" <jose.ferreira@intelig.net.br>
>Envoyé : 4 mai, 2001 12:54
>Objet : RE: [nsp] RR Configuration on MPLS - VPN
>
>
>Thanks Martin.
>
>Based on your answer, I understood that it is possible to have two VPNv4 RR
>servers with a VPNv4 BGP connection between them with no cluster-id
>configured. Am I right?
>
>Regards,
>
>Marcio Pilotto
>Network Design Engineer
>Intelig Telecomunicações Ltda
>Praia de Botafogo, 440 - 12° andar
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>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Martin Picard [mailto:mpicard@sinc.ca]
>Sent: sexta-feira, 4 de maio de 2001 13:08
>To: Marcio Pilotto; cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net
>Cc: Jose Ferreira
>Subject: Re: [nsp] RR Configuration on MPLS - VPN
>
>
>Marcio,
>
> I've done it several times now, works fine.
> You won't find the bgp cluster-id under the
> vpnv4 address-family but as usual under
> the global "router bgp".
>
> I doubt that you'll be able to have different
> cluster ids based address-family !!!
>
> mp
>
>
>----- Message d'origine -----
>De : "Marcio Pilotto" <marcio.pilotto@intelig.net.br>
>À : <cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net>
>Cc : "Jose Ferreira" <jose.ferreira@intelig.net.br>
>Envoyé : 4 mai, 2001 10:42
>Objet : [nsp] RR Configuration on MPLS - VPN
>
>
>Folks,
>
>I have two c7500 router that, in normal IPv4 world, belongs to a two
>different PoPs and two different Cluster-ID on normal IPv4 BGP session.
>
>These two routers must be a RR for MPLS-VPN for several RR Clients ( PEs )
>spreaded along the backbone, but I did not see any specific Cluster-ID
>inside address-family VPNv4 in order to avoid any unnecessary propagation of
>routing information.
>
>Have any one implemented VPNv4 Route Reflector with more than one RR Server?
>
>Thanks
>
>Marcio Pilotto
>Network Design Engineer
>Intelig Telecomunicações Ltda
>Praia de Botafogo, 440 - 12° andar
>Tel.: + 55 21 536 0880
>Mobile: +55 21 97 65 65 23
>Fax: +55 21 536 0903
>marcio.pilotto@intelig.net.br <mailto:marcio.pilotto@intelig.net.br>



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