[j-nsp] MPLS OAM not triggering LSP

Harry Reynolds harry at juniper.net
Wed Apr 25 10:42:50 EDT 2007


Sinan, have you tried enabling bfd for the igp session that is in turn
supporting the rsvp session?  I've not tested personally but have
indications from developers that bfd will inform the igp of the link
down, and this will in turn cause the igp to start updating the TED,
which in turn triggers control plan action for mpls recovery (FRR, use
of standby secondary, signal new lsp).

Not saying it will be sonet aps fast, but indications are this will help
speed up convergence in a situation such as yours.

 
HTHs

> -----Original Message-----
> From: juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net 
> [mailto:juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of 
> Sailendra Mahanty
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 3:13 AM
> To: Sinan Ilkiz
> Cc: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [j-nsp] MPLS OAM not triggering LSP
> 
> Hi Sinan,
> 
> Current version of JunOS that you are using, logs an error 
> message when LSP goes down because of BFD as mentioned in 
> page-191 of the following doc. However it doesn't make the LSP down.
> 
> http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/software/junos/junos81/swconfi
> g81-mpls-apps/download/swconfig81-mpls-apps.pdf
> 
> thanks,
> -sail
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net 
> [mailto:juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Sinan Ilkiz
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 1:55 AM
> To: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [j-nsp] MPLS OAM not triggering LSP
> 
> Hi all,
>  
> We are trying to achieve fast convergence times for one of 
> our links. We can not detect link failures in this link 
> directly, i.e. interface never goes down in case of failures. 
> We decided that we can benefit from BFD for LSPs. We are 
> testing this configuration;
>  
> label-switched-path lsp_to_bt_j_2_sifir {
>     from 192.168.100.1;
>     to 192.168.100.2;
>     ldp-tunneling;
>     no-cspf;
>     link-protection;
>     primary via_sifir {
>         oam {
>             bfd-liveness-detection {
>                 minimum-interval 300;
>                 multiplier 3;
>             }
>         }
>     }
> }
>  
>  
> When we simulate an indirect failure, we see that BFD session 
> goes down but LSP's path does not change. So this causes 
> extended downtimes as long as RSVP states time out. We 
> couldn't find out what we are doing wrong. In my opinion, 
> when BFD detects the failure, it should signal to the local 
> router and say "this path is no longer available, you should 
> find another way". We tested both secondary standby and 
> link-protection options but nothing changed. We used both 
> 7.6R4 and 8.1R3. Test lab consists of one m7i and J4300 
> connected via their ethernet links.
>  
> M7i === switch1 === switch2 === J4300
>  
> One ethernet link is used as LSP path and other is used as 
> backup link. Switch configuration is done in such a way that 
> (using VLANs) fe-1/3/0 of M7i and fe-0/0/0 of J4300 form the 
> first path; fe-1/3/1 of M7i and fe-0/0/1 of J4300 form second 
> path. To simulate a failure we plug off the fist cable 
> between switch1 and switch2 so neither M7i nor J4300 knows 
> this problem directly and only the first path (between 
> fe-1/3/0 and fe-0/0/0) is affected. This way, we tried to 
> simulate an indirect failure.
>  
> lab at BT-M-1> show mpls lsp ingress extensive    
> Ingress LSP: 1 sessions
>  
> 192.168.100.2
>   From: 192.168.100.1, State: Up, ActiveRoute: 0, LSPname: 
> lsp_to_bt_j_2_sifir
>   ActivePath: via_sifir (primary)
>   Link protection desired
>   LoadBalance: Random
>   Encoding type: Packet, Switching type: Packet, GPID: IPv4
>  *Primary   via_sifir        State: Up
>     SmartOptimizeTimer: 180
>     Received RRO (ProtectionFlag 1=Available 2=InUse 4=B/W 
> 8=Node 10=SoftPreempt):
>           10.1.1.2(Label=3)
>     OAM state : BFD session up   LSP-ping up
>     5 Apr 25 08:34:23.102 Link-protection Up
>     4 Apr 25 08:33:29.085 Selected as active path
>     3 Apr 25 08:33:29.084 Record Route:  10.1.1.2(Label=3)
>     2 Apr 25 08:33:29.084 Up
>     1 Apr 25 08:33:29.073 Originate Call
>   Created: Wed Apr 25 08:33:28 2007
> Total 1 displayed, Up 1, Down 0
>  
> Then we plug off the appropriate cable at "2007-04-25 08:37:55 UTC"
>  
> lab at BT-M-1> show mpls lsp ingress extensive    
> Ingress LSP: 1 sessions
>  
> 192.168.100.2
>   From: 192.168.100.1, State: Up, ActiveRoute: 0, LSPname: 
> lsp_to_bt_j_2_sifir
>   ActivePath: via_sifir (primary)
>   Link protection desired
>   LoadBalance: Random
>   Encoding type: Packet, Switching type: Packet, GPID: IPv4
>  *Primary   via_sifir        State: Up
>     SmartOptimizeTimer: 180
>     Received RRO (ProtectionFlag 1=Available 2=InUse 4=B/W 
> 8=Node 10=SoftPreempt):
>           10.1.1.2(Label=3)
>     OAM state : BFD session not up   LSP-ping up
>     7 Apr 25 08:38:01.917 Link-protection Up
>     6 Apr 25 08:38:01.914 Link-protection Down
>     5 Apr 25 08:34:23.102 Link-protection Up
>     4 Apr 25 08:33:29.085 Selected as active path
>     3 Apr 25 08:33:29.084 Record Route:  10.1.1.2(Label=3)
>     2 Apr 25 08:33:29.084 Up
>     1 Apr 25 08:33:29.073 Originate Call
>   Created: Wed Apr 25 08:33:28 2007
> Total 1 displayed, Up 1, Down 0
>  
> LSP is still traversing the down link. After a short while,
>  
> lab at BT-M-1> show mpls lsp ingress extensive            
> Ingress LSP: 1 sessions
>  
> 192.168.100.2
>   From: 192.168.100.1, State: Up, ActiveRoute: 0, LSPname: 
> lsp_to_bt_j_2_sifir
>   ActivePath: via_sifir (primary)
>   Link protection desired
>   LoadBalance: Random
>   Encoding type: Packet, Switching type: Packet, GPID: IPv4
>  *Primary   via_sifir        State: Up
>     SmartOptimizeTimer: 180
>     Received RRO (ProtectionFlag 1=Available 2=InUse 4=B/W 
> 8=Node 10=SoftPreempt):
>           10.1.1.6
>     OAM state : BFD session not up   LSP-ping up
>    11 Apr 25 08:38:38.265 Record Route:  10.1.1.6
>    10 Apr 25 08:38:38.264 Record Route:  10.1.1.6
>     9 Apr 25 08:38:35.237 Tunnel local repaired
>     8 Apr 25 08:38:35.237 Down
>     7 Apr 25 08:38:01.917 Link-protection Up
>     6 Apr 25 08:38:01.914 Link-protection Down
>     5 Apr 25 08:34:23.102 Link-protection Up
>     4 Apr 25 08:33:29.085 Selected as active path
>     3 Apr 25 08:33:29.084 Record Route:  10.1.1.2(Label=3)
>     2 Apr 25 08:33:29.084 Up
>     1 Apr 25 08:33:29.073 Originate Call
>   Created: Wed Apr 25 08:33:28 2007
> Total 1 displayed, Up 1, Down 0
>  
> So it takes for LSP to switch to backup path from 08:37:55 to 
> 08:38:38. I couldn't find a logical explanation why BFD does 
> not trigger LSP.
>  
> Anyone of you tried to use MPLS OAM and hit the same problem?
>  
> Regards.
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