[j-nsp] OSPF Sham link question

Daniel Lete daniel.lete at heanet.ie
Fri Dec 7 05:13:59 EST 2007


Hello Sergio,
In the PE where the CE is connected to, LSA Type-1 from CE should be seen as 
LSA Type-1

In the remote PE, LSA Type-1 from that same CE should be seen as LSA Type-3 
(inter-area)

Daniel

Sergio D. wrote:
> But you should at least be learning the loopbacks from each side as  a
> type-1 LSA.
> How are these routes showing on the PEs "show route protocol ospf table
> sham-link-test"  ? I think I missed that output or sorry if it was already
> mentioned.
> 
> 
> 
> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:04:03 +0000
> From: Daniel Lete <daniel.lete at heanet.ie>
> Subject: Re: [j-nsp] OSPF Sham link question
> To: David Ball <davidtball at gmail.com>
> Cc: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Message-ID: <47580F63.10905 at heanet.ie>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> 
> Hello David,
> Your comment below:
>  > (NB: is it normal that the routes PE2 is learning from the m10 are
> 'Extern' ?)
> 
> may not be related at all with sham links or even with rfc2547/rfc4364. If
> you
> are injecting prefixes into OSPF (redistribute in Cisco or export in
> Juniper)
> in your CE, then those prefixes will appear as LSA Type-5 (external if you
> want).
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 
> 
> David Ball wrote:
>>   Should have mentioned earlier (in case it's relevant), the reason
>> for sham-link requirement is that there 'will' be a slow backup link
>> between the cisco and the m10, but it'll be direct, so the cisco and
>> m10 will think that's the better link (due to intra-area).  So, was
>> hoping to use sham-link across T640s to bring things closer to 'par'
>> and have those routes appear as intra-area and ultimately prefer the
>> sham-link.
>>   I was, but am no longer, explicitly exporting routes from BGP into
>> OSPF on the PEs.  As requested, more configs and show cmd output
>> included.  I appreciate the feedback so far by the way....thanks
>> again.
>>
>> m10's loopback is 172.16.0.3
>> cisco's loopback is 172.16.0.4
>>
>> Pertinent configs from PE1 (T640 facing Cisco):
>> lo0 {
>>     unit 800 {
>>         description "sham-link testing";
>>         family inet {
>>             filter {
>>                 input secure-router-shamlink-test;
>>             }
>>             address 172.16.0.2/32;
>>         }
>>     }
>> }
>>
>> ge-7/0/0 {  <---- int facing Cisco
>>     unit 0 {
>>         family inet {
>>             address 172.16.2.1/30;
>>         }
>>     }
>> }
>>
>> sham-link-test {
>>     instance-type vrf;
>>     interface ge-7/0/0.0;
>>     interface lo0.800;
>>     vrf-target target:25983:800;
>>     vrf-table-label;
>>     protocols {
>>         ospf {
>>             sham-link local 172.16.0.2;
>>             area 0.0.0.0 {
>>                 sham-link-remote 172.16.0.1 metric 1;
>>                 interface ge-7/0/0.0 {
>>                     metric 1;
>>                 }
>>             }
>>         }
>>     }
>> }
>>
>>
>> Pertinent configs from PE2 (T640 facing M10):
>>
>> lo0 {
>>     unit 800 {
>>         description "sham-link test";
>>         family inet {
>>             filter {
>>                 input secure-router-shamlink-test;
>>             }
>>             address 172.16.0.1/32;
>>         }
>>     }
>> }
>>
>> ge-7/2/1 {      <--------facing m10
>>     unit 0 {
>>         family inet {
>>             address 172.16.1.1/30;
>>         }
>>     }
>> }
>>
>> sham-link-test {
>>     instance-type vrf;
>>     interface ge-7/2/1.0;
>>     interface lo0.800;
>>     vrf-target target:25983:800;
>>     vrf-table-label;
>>     protocols {
>>         ospf {
>>             sham-link local 172.16.0.1;
>>             area 0.0.0.0 {
>>                 sham-link-remote 172.16.0.2 metric 1;
>>                 interface ge-7/2/1.0 {
>>                     metric 1;
>>                 }
>>             }
>>         }
>>     }
>> }
>>
>> OSPF neighbors as seen from PE1:
>>> show ospf neighbor instance sham-link-test
>>   Address         Interface             State      ID              Pri
>  Dead
>> 172.16.2.2       ge-7/0/0.0             Full      172.16.0.4         1
>  36
>> OSPF neighbors as seen from PE2:
>>> show ospf neighbor instance sham-link-test
>> Address          Interface              State     ID               Pri
>  Dead
>> 172.16.1.2       ge-7/2/1.0             Full      172.16.0.3       128
>  31
>> Proof that PE1 is learning PE2's loopback via BGP:
>>> show route table sham-link-test
>> sham-link-test.inet.0: 9 destinations, 9 routes (9 active, 0 holddown, 0
> hidden)
>> + = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both
>>
>> 172.16.0.1/32      *[BGP/170] 12:43:03, localpref 100, from 1.7.1.43
>>                       AS path: I
>>                     > to 1.7.2.18 via ge-0/2/0.0, label-switched-path
>> NCP-LSP-00819-005-043
>>                       to 1.7.2.1 via ge-0/0/0.0, label-switched-path
>> NCP-LSP-00819-005-043
>> 172.16.0.2/32      *[Direct/0] 20:29:55
>>                     > via lo0.800
>>
>> Proof that PE2 is learning PE1's loopback via BGP:
>>> show route table sham-link-test
>> sham-link-test.inet.0: 9 destinations, 9 routes (9 active, 0 holddown, 0
> hidden)
>> + = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both
>>
>> 172.16.0.1/32      *[Direct/0] 21:04:41
>>                     > via lo0.800
>> 172.16.0.2/32      *[BGP/170] 18:50:17, localpref 100, from 1.7.1.5
>>                       AS path: I
>>                     > to 1.7.2.17 via ge-0/2/0.0, label-switched-path
>> NCP-LSP-00829-043-005
>>                       to 1.7.2.5 via ge-0/0/0.0, label-switched-path
>> NCP-LSP-00829-043-005
>>
>> OSPF database according to PE1 (Cisco isn't sending much/anything...my
>> current goal is for the Cisco to learn what the m10 sends, then I'll
>> move on):
>>> show ospf database instance sham-link-test
>>     OSPF link state database, Area 0.0.0.0
>>  Type       ID               Adv Rtr           Seq      Age  Opt  Cksum
>  Len
>> Router  *172.16.0.2       172.16.0.2       0x80000037   876  0x22 0xfdff
>  36
>> Router   172.16.0.4       172.16.0.4       0x80000029  1111  0x22 0xa757
>  36
>> Network  172.16.2.2       172.16.0.4       0x80000022  1372  0x22 0x9a80
>  32
>>
>> OSPF database according to PE2:
>>> show ospf database instance sham-link-test
>>     OSPF link state database, Area 0.0.0.0
>>  Type       ID               Adv Rtr           Seq      Age  Opt  Cksum
>  Len
>> Router  *172.16.0.1       172.16.0.1       0x80000024  1912  0x22 0x1ef6
>  36
>> Router   172.16.0.3       172.16.0.3       0x80000425   735  0x22 0xc475
>  48
>> Network  172.16.1.2       172.16.0.3       0x8000002e   435  0x22 0x7b97
>  32
>> OpaqArea 1.0.0.1          172.16.0.3       0x80000413  1335  0x22 0xaeea
>  28
>>     OSPF AS SCOPE link state database
>>  Type       ID               Adv Rtr           Seq      Age  Opt  Cksum
>  Len
>> Extern   172.16.16.0      172.16.0.3       0x80000034  1035  0x22 0xbf33
>  36
>> Extern   192.168.101.0    172.16.0.3       0x80000036   135  0x22 0xe40a
>  36
>> (NB: is it normal that the routes PE2 is learning from the m10 are
> 'Extern' ?)
>> Here is Cisco's current routing table (learning nothing via OSPF):
>> lab-2651#sho ip route
>> Codes: C - connected, S - static, R - RIP, M - mobile, B - BGP
>>        D - EIGRP, EX - EIGRP external, O - OSPF, IA - OSPF inter area
>>        N1 - OSPF NSSA external type 1, N2 - OSPF NSSA external type 2
>>        E1 - OSPF external type 1, E2 - OSPF external type 2
>>        i - IS-IS, su - IS-IS summary, L1 - IS-IS level-1, L2 - IS-IS
> level-2
>>        ia - IS-IS inter area, * - candidate default, U - per-user static
> route
>>        o - ODR, P - periodic downloaded static route
>>
>> Gateway of last resort is not set
>>
>> C    172.17.0.0/16 is directly connected, FastEthernet0/1
>>      172.16.0.0/30 is subnetted, 1 subnets
>> C       172.16.2.0 is directly connected, FastEthernet0/0
>> C    208.98.239.0/24 is directly connected, FastEthernet0/1
>> lab-2651#
>>
>>
>> Here is M10's inet.0 routing table:
>>> show route
>> inet.0: 10 destinations, 10 routes (10 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
>> Restart Complete
>> + = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both
>>
>> 0.0.0.0/0          *[Static/5] 5w4d 23:37:59
>>                       Reject
>> 172.16.0.3/32      *[Direct/0] 2w0d 19:06:21
>>                     > via lo0.0
>> 172.16.1.0/30      *[Direct/0] 21:05:30
>>                     > via ge-0/1/0.0
>> 172.16.1.2/32      *[Local/0] 21:05:30
>>                       Local via ge-0/1/0.0
>> 172.16.16.0/24     *[Static/5] 21:02:54
>>                       Discard
>> 192.168.8.0/24     *[Static/5] 5w4d 23:37:59
>>                     > to 192.168.101.252 via fxp0.0
>> 192.168.9.0/24     *[Static/5] 5w4d 23:37:59
>>                     > to 192.168.101.252 via fxp0.0
>> 192.168.101.0/24   *[Direct/0] 5w4d 23:37:59
>>                     > via fxp0.0
>> 192.168.101.33/32  *[Local/0] 5w4d 23:37:59
>>                       Local via fxp0.0
>> 224.0.0.5/32       *[OSPF/10] 5w4d 23:38:00, metric 1
>>                       MultiRecv
>>
>>
>>
>> On 05/12/2007, Peter E. Fry <pfry-lists at redsword.com> wrote:
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Daniel Lete <daniel.lete at heanet.ie>
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>> In relation to your sham-link. You need a loopback IP
>>>> within your VRF to act as  source/destination of the sham
>>>> link and these loopbacks are NOT to be announced  to your
>>>> CE.
>>>  I was going to make that point -- that is, I would not
>>> expect to see:
>>>
>>>> O IA    172.16.0.3/32 [110/11] via 172.16.2.1, 04:31:29,
>>> FastEthernet0/0
>>>
>>> ...(although I could be wrong -- I don't get many looks into
>>> CPE).  Also, I'd expect the sham-link neighbor to show up on
>>> the PE.  You can see them on Cisco PEs, for instance:
>>>
>>> CiscoPE#show ip ospf [process] neighbor
>>>
>>> Neighbor ID     Pri   State           Dead Time   Address
>>>     Interface
>>> [...]
>>> [Remote ID IP]    0   FULL/  -           -        [Remote LB
>>> IP]  OSPF_SLn
>>> [...]
>>> CiscoPE#
>>>
>>> ...so there's no confusion as to the state of the sham link.
>>>  I don't have a Juniper L3 VPN PE or a Cisco CE handy.
>>>
>>> Peter E. Fry
>>>
>>>
>>>
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