[c-nsp] ASR9k to Me3600x VPLS

Pshem Kowalczyk pshem.k at gmail.com
Sun Mar 10 20:56:40 EDT 2013


Hi,

Thank you Waris for confirming my suspicions. We can't flap the interface
as we have 50+ customers on it (all others are p2p vc). We've tried
removing the vfi and re-adding it, but no avail.
Is there any workaround available?

kind regards
Pshem



On 11 March 2013 13:05, Waris Sagheer (waris) <waris at cisco.com> wrote:

>   Hi Pashem,
> You are right there is an issue with the control word between the two
> platforms and this issue is in the process of getting fixed. I'll get back
> to you with the date of fixed image. BTW can you try to flap the interface?
>
>
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>   From: Pshem Kowalczyk <pshem.k at gmail.com>
> Date: Sunday, March 10, 2013 2:12 PM
> To: adam vitkovsky <adam.vitkovsky at swan.sk>
> Cc: "cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net" <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ASR9k to Me3600x VPLS
>
>   Hi,
>
>  The discovery works fine - we have the prefix length specified on the
> Me3600x,  both devices know that they have to build the LSP it's just
> not coming up and I think it's not coming up because the control word
> can not be negotiated properly.
>
>  kind regards
> Pshem
>
>
>  On 11 March 2013 10:38, Adam Vitkovsky <adam.vitkovsky at swan.sk> wrote:
>
> Hi Pshem,
> Isn't the "prefix-length-size 2" the problem?
>
>  From Cisco web page:
>
>  Interoperability Between Cisco IOS XR and Cisco IOS on VPLS LDP Signaling
>
>  The Cisco IOS Software encodes the NLRI length in the fist byte in bits
> format in the BGP Update message. However, the Cisco IOS XR Software
> interprets the NLRI length in 2 bytes. Therefore, when the BGP neighbor
> with
> VPLS-VPWS address family is configured between the IOS and the IOS XR, NLRI
> mismatch can happen, leading to flapping between neighbors. To avoid this
> conflict, IOS supports prefix-length-size 2 command that needs to be
> enabled
> for IOS to work with IOS XR. When the prefix-length-size 2 command is
> configured in IOS, the NLRI length is encoded in bytes. This configuration
> is mandatory for IOS to work with IOS XR.
>
>  This is a sample IOS configuration with the prefix-length-size 2 command:
>
>  router bgp 1
>   address-family l2vpn vpls
>    neighbor 5.5.5.2 activate
>    neighbor 5.5.5.2 prefix-length-size 2 --------> NLRI length = 2 bytes
>   exit-address-family
>
>
>  adam
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net<cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net>]
> On Behalf Of Pshem Kowalczyk
> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 10:03 PM
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [c-nsp] ASR9k to Me3600x VPLS
>
>  Hi,
>
>  I hope that collective knowledge can help me here.
> We're trying to build a simple VPLS between an ASR9k (IOS XR 4.2.3) and
> ME3600x (IOS 15.3(1)S) using BGP autodiscovery and LDP for signaling.
>
>  THe VPLS is not coming up,as the pseudowires are not up, I've located the
> issue to the control word - the 9k runs with 'disabled' whilst the ME3600x
> runs on autosense and that is failing as it results on 'control word on':
>
>  ME3600X:
>
>  Local interface: VFI VFI-1-20H731 vfi up
>    Interworking type is Ethernet
>    Destination address: 10.123.110.1, VC ID: 2105, VC status: down
>      Last error: Local peer access circuit is down
>      Output interface: none, imposed label stack {}
>      Preferred path: not configured
>      Default path: no route
>      No adjacency
>    Create time: 16:02:58, last status change time: 12w2d
>      Last label FSM state change time: 16:02:58
>    Signaling protocol: LDP, peer 10.123.110.1:0 up
>      Targeted Hello: 10.123.143.1(LDP Id) -> 10.123.110.1, LDP is DOWN, no
> binding
>      Status TLV support (local/remote)   : enabled/None (no remote binding)
>        LDP route watch                   : enabled
>        Label/status state machine        : local ready, LruRnd
>        Last local dataplane   status rcvd: No fault
>        Last BFD dataplane     status rcvd: Not sent
>        Last BFD peer monitor  status rcvd: No fault
>        Last local AC  circuit status rcvd: No fault
>        Last local AC  circuit status sent: Not sent
>        Last local PW i/f circ status rcvd: No fault
>        Last local LDP TLV     status sent: No fault
>        Last remote LDP TLV    status rcvd: None (no remote binding)
>        Last remote LDP ADJ    status rcvd: None (no remote binding)
>      MPLS VC labels: local 212, remote unassigned
>      AGI: type 1, len 8, 000A 4454 0000 0839
>      Local AII: type 1, len 4, 0A7B 8F01 (10.123.143.1)
>      Remote AII: type 1, len 4, 0A7B 6E01 (10.123.110.1)
>      Group ID: local n/a, remote unknown
>      MTU: local 9000, remote unknown
>      Remote interface description:
>    Sequencing: receive disabled, send disabled
>    Control Word: On (configured: autosense)  <=========================
>    Dataplane:
>      SSM segment/switch IDs: 0/0 (used), PWID: 31
>    VC statistics:
>      transit packet totals: receive 0, send 0
>      transit byte totals:   receive 0, send 0
>
>  ASR9k:
>
>  (sh l2vpn bridge-domain)
>
>     List of VFIs:
>      VFI VFI-1-20H731 (up)
>        VPN-ID: 2105, Auto Discovery: BGP, state is Provisioned (Service
> Connected)
>        Route Distinguisher:  17492:10012105
>        Import Route Targets:
>          17492:2105
>        Export Route Targets:
>          17492:2105
>        Signaling protocol: LDP
>        AS Number: 17492
>        VPLS-ID: 17492:2105
>        L2VPN Router ID: 10.123.110.1
>        PW: neighbor 10.123.143.1, PW ID 17492:2105, state is down ( all
> ready
> ) (Segment-down)
>          PW class not set, XC ID 0xc000001e
>          Encapsulation MPLS, Auto-discovered (BGP), protocol LDP
>          Source address 10.123.110.1
>          PW type Ethernet, control word disabled, interworking none
>          PW backup disable delay 0 sec
>
>           Sequencing not set
>
>           PW Status TLV in use
>            MPLS         Local                          Remote
>            ------------ ------------------------------
> -------------------------
>            Label        16015                          212
>            BGP Peer ID  10.123.110.1                   10.123.143.1
>            LDP ID       10.123.110.1                   10.123.143.1
>            AII          10.123.110.1                   10.123.143.1
>            AGI          17492:2105                     17492:2105
>            Group ID     0x5                            0x0
>            Interface    VFI-1-20H731             unknown
>            MTU          9000                           9000
>            Control word disabled                       enabled
>            PW type      Ethernet                       Ethernet
>            VCCV CV type 0x2                            0x12
>                         (LSP ping verification)        (LSP ping
> verification)
>            VCCV CC type 0x6                            0x3
>                                                        (control word)
>                         (router alert label)           (router alert label)
>                         (TTL expiry)
>            ------------ ------------------------------
> -------------------------
>          Incoming Status (PW Status TLV):
>            Status code: 0x0 (Up) in Notification message
>          MIB cpwVcIndex: 3221225502
>          Create time: 07/03/2013 17:19:14 (16:04:16 ago)
>          Last time status changed: 07/03/2013 17:19:30 (16:03:59 ago)
>          MAC withdraw message: send 0 receive 0
>          Error: illegal control word    <======================
>          Static MAC addresses:
>        DHCPv4 snooping: disabled
>        IGMP Snooping profile: none
>        VFI Statistics:
>          drops: illegal VLAN 0, illegal length 0
>
>
>  Does anyone have it going between the 9k and ME3600x?
>
>  kind regards
> Pshem
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