[c-nsp] ASR9k to Me3600x VPLS

Waris Sagheer (waris) waris at cisco.com
Mon Mar 11 00:17:34 EDT 2013


Jason,
The fix is on IOS side.

Best Regards,

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From: Jason Lixfeld <jason at lixfeld.ca<mailto:jason at lixfeld.ca>>
Date: Sunday, March 10, 2013 4:17 PM
To: Waris Sagheer <waris at cisco.com<mailto:waris at cisco.com>>
Cc: Pshem Kowalczyk <pshem.k at gmail.com<mailto:pshem.k at gmail.com>>, adam vitkovsky <adam.vitkovsky at swan.sk<mailto:adam.vitkovsky at swan.sk>>, "cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net<mailto:cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>" <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net<mailto:cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>>
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ASR9k to Me3600x VPLS

Waris,

Is this an IOS issue or an XR issue?  I feel I may be running up against the same issue when I begin to deploy this in the near future.

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On 2013-03-10, at 8:05 PM, "Waris Sagheer (waris)" <waris at cisco.com<mailto: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<mailto:pshem.k at gmail.com><mailto:pshem.k at gmail.com>>
Date: Sunday, March 10, 2013 2:12 PM
To: adam vitkovsky <adam.vitkovsky at swan.sk<mailto:adam.vitkovsky at swan.sk><mailto:adam.vitkovsky at swan.sk>>
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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<mailto:adam.vitkovsky at swan.sk><mailto: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
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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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