[f-nsp] MLX - Feedback

[Jayabalan Subramanian]

Hi,

We had a bought the MLX a month ago and after testing we were trying to
implement it in our network. We hit a hurdle in the very first instance of
trying to migrate traffic on to it. It was disbelief at first. A documented
feature "ip default-network" will not work on the MLX/XMR. we found it the
hard way. We were trying the migration at 12:00 midnight and fought with it
for 2 hours and aborted the exercise only to be told by the Foundry guys
that this feature is not supported and only a workaround will have to be
used (which we figured out ourselves in our LAB).

Now I am sceptical on what all features are there in the manual but will not
work in practice.

Just thought I will bring it to the notice of Foundry users.

Instead of ip default-network, we had to use "ip route 0.0.0.0/0 <network>"
in combination with "ip route next-hop bgp", because we are learning the
network from BGP session. Then we are using "default-information-originate"
in OSPF to inject a default to the OSPF neighbors. Recursion allowed to be
configured in static routing makes this possible.

- Jayabalan (JB)






-- 
**************** CAUTION - Disclaimer *****************
This e-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended solely
for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please
notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original message. Further, you are
not to copy, disclose, or distribute this e-mail or its contents to any other
person and any such actions are unlawful. This e-mail may contain viruses.
NetMagic Solutions Pvt. Ltd. has taken every reasonable precaution to minimize
this risk, but is not liable for any damage you may sustain as a result of any
virus in this e-mail. You should carry out your own virus checks before
opening the e-mail or attachment. NetMagic Solutions Pvt. Ltd. reserves the
right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or from this
e-mail address.

Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the NetMagic
Solutions Pvt. Ltd.'s e-mail system.
***************** End of Disclaimer *******************