[j-nsp] Multilink Frame Relay between Juniper M20 and Cisco 2621

Jim Lucas lists at cmsws.com
Fri Aug 20 20:50:10 EDT 2010


Nilesh,

Also, is this concerning?

>>>> show interfaces ls-3/0/0:0
>>> Physical interface: ls-3/0/0:0, Enabled, Physical link is Down
>>>   Interface index: 349, SNMP ifIndex: 953
>>>   Link-level type: Multilink-FR-UNI-NNI, MTU: 1508
>>>   Device flags   : Present Running
>>>   Interface flags: Hardware-Down Link-Layer-Down Point-To-Point SNMP-Traps
>>>   Last flapped   : 2010-08-13 19:39:56 GMT (6d 20:20 ago)

Does the "Hardware-Down" and "Link-Layer-Down" portions describe the current
status of the link services module or the attached T1 interfaces?

Thanks Again!

Jim

>> Hi Jim,
>>
>> In FRF.16, you bundle multiple DLCIs on a single bundle. The bundle is
>> mapped to multiple physical links. You Juniper configuration reflect the
>> correct the way of enabling FRF.16. However, I don't think your cisco side
>> is enabled correctly. On Cisco you have created 2 different bundles MFR0 and
>> MFR1 and you have assigned the physical links serial0/0 and serial0/1 to
>> these 2 different bundles. On juniper side, same bundle, ls-3/0/0:0, is
>> assigned to the 2 t1- links. This looks like a mis-config to me.
>>
>> I would suggest fixing the configuration from Cisco side. Please do share
>> this configuration on the Cisco community to confirm if my above observation
>> is correct.
>
> My bad on that, I should have snipped out the MFR1 section.  I had that in there
> to confirm that my Cisco router connected back to back would work correctly.
> Originally, I did have only MFR0 and it was mapped to s0/0 and s0/1 as you
> suggested.
>
>>
>> Another thing is both sides are enabled in DCE mode. One side should DCE
>> while other should be DTE for back to back connection.
>
> The only reason for having both DCE and DTE on the two different MFRX interfaces
> was to be able to test them back to back.  Normally, it would not have any
> reference to either.
>
> As shown in the Juniper config from below, I use dce on the ls-3/0/0:0 interface
>
>>>> show configuration interfaces ls-3/0/0:0
>>> dce;
>
> This is how we normally setup our t1 interfaces.
>
> Is there any other information that I can give that might help figure this thing
> out?
>
> Thank You!
>
> Jim
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nilesh.
>>
>>
>> On 8/20/10 9:34 AM, "Jim Lucas" <lists at cmsws.com> wrote:
>>
>>> First off, sorry for such a long email.  But I figured I would give as much
>>> information as possible upfront to try and give a clear picture about what I
>>> have and what I am currently running.
>>>
>>> Central Office Equipment:
>>> Juniper M20 running v7.5R1.12
>>>     1x Link Services module (ls-3/0/0)
>>>
>>> Customer Equipment:
>>> Cisco 2611 running c2600-ipbase-mz.124-23
>>>     2x Eth  (e0/0, e0/1)
>>>     4x T1 wic (s0/0, s0/1, s1/0, s1/1)
>>>
>>> The following is the important parts of the config of the Cisco router
>>>
>>> interface MFR0
>>>  description my interface
>>>  no ip address
>>>  frame-relay lmi-type ansi
>>>  frame-relay intf-type dce
>>>
>>> interface MFR0.16 point-to-point
>>>  ip address 66.39.177.130 255.255.255.252
>>>  no cdp enable
>>>  frame-relay interface-dlci 16 IETF
>>>
>>> interface MFR1
>>>  description Loop2
>>>  no ip address
>>>  load-interval 30
>>>  frame-relay lmi-type ansi
>>>
>>> interface MFR1.16 point-to-point
>>>  ip address 66.39.177.126 255.255.255.252
>>>  no cdp enable
>>>  frame-relay interface-dlci 16 IETF
>>>
>>> interface Ethernet0/0
>>>  ip address 66.39.177.133 255.255.255.252
>>>  half-duplex
>>>
>>> interface Serial0/0
>>>  no ip address
>>>  encapsulation frame-relay MFR0
>>>  no arp frame-relay
>>>
>>> interface Serial0/1
>>>  no ip address
>>>  encapsulation frame-relay MFR1
>>>  no arp frame-relay
>>>
>>> If I place a cross over cable connecting S0/0 and S0/1, all the links come
>>> up.
>>> So I am pretty sure that I have it all configured correctly.  I think the
>>> problem is with my Juniper setup, hence the reason I am posting this here.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Here is my Juniper config:
>>>
>>>> show configuration chassis fpc 3 pic 0
>>> mlfr-uni-nni-bundles 32;
>>>
>>>> show configuration interfaces t1-1/1/0:0
>>> description "Bendtel Test leg #1";
>>> encapsulation multilink-frame-relay-uni-nni;
>>> lmi {
>>>     lmi-type ansi;
>>> }
>>> unit 0 {
>>>     family mlfr-uni-nni {
>>>         bundle ls-3/0/0:0;
>>>     }
>>> }
>>>
>>>> show configuration interfaces t1-1/0/0:19
>>> description "Bendtel Test leg #2";
>>> encapsulation multilink-frame-relay-uni-nni;
>>> lmi {
>>>     lmi-type ansi;
>>> }
>>> unit 0 {
>>>     family mlfr-uni-nni {
>>>         bundle ls-3/0/0:0;
>>>     }
>>> }
>>>
>>>> show configuration interfaces ls-3/0/0:0
>>> dce;
>>> encapsulation multilink-frame-relay-uni-nni;
>>> unit 16 {
>>>     dlci 16;
>>>     family inet {
>>>         address 66.39.177.129/30;
>>>     }
>>> }
>>> unit 17 {
>>>     dlci 17;
>>>     family inet {
>>>         address 10.100.100.1/30;
>>>     }
>>> }
>>>
>>> Here is the current status of all these interfaces
>>>
>>>> show interfaces ls-3/0/0:0
>>> Physical interface: ls-3/0/0:0, Enabled, Physical link is Down
>>>   Interface index: 349, SNMP ifIndex: 953
>>>   Link-level type: Multilink-FR-UNI-NNI, MTU: 1508
>>>   Device flags   : Present Running
>>>   Interface flags: Hardware-Down Link-Layer-Down Point-To-Point SNMP-Traps
>>>   Last flapped   : 2010-08-13 19:39:56 GMT (6d 20:20 ago)
>>>   Multilink Frame Relay UNI NNI bundle options:
>>>     Device type                       DCE
>>>     MRRU                              1508
>>>     Fragmentation threshold           0
>>>     Red differential delay limit      10
>>>     Yellow differential delay limit   6
>>>     Red differential delay action     Remove link
>>>     Reassembly drop timer             0
>>>     Links needed to sustain bundle    1
>>>     LIP Hello timer                   10
>>>         Acknowledgement timer         4
>>>         Acknowledgement retries       2
>>>     Bundle class                      A
>>>     LMI type                          ANSI
>>>       T391 LIV polling timer          10
>>>       T392 polling verification timer 15
>>>       N391 full status polling count  6
>>>       N392 error threshold            3
>>>       N393 monitored event count      4
>>>   Input rate     : 0 bps (0 pps)
>>>   Output rate    : 0 bps (0 pps)
>>>   Multilink Frame Relay UNI NNI bundle statistics:
>>>                      Frames        fps         Bytes          bps
>>>
>>>     Fragments:
>>>       Input :             0          0             0            0
>>>       Output:             0          0             0            0
>>>     Packets:
>>>       Input :             0          0             0            0
>>>       Output:             0          0             0            0
>>>   Multilink Frame Relay UNI NNI bundle links information:
>>>       Active bundle links       0
>>>       Removed bundle links      2
>>>       Disabled bundle links     0
>>>   Multilink Frame Relay UNI NNI active bundle links statistics:
>>>                      Frames        fps         Bytes          bps
>>>     t1-1/0/0:19.0 <-- down
>>>       Input :             0          0             0            0
>>>       Output:             0          0             0            0
>>>       Current differential delay       0.0 ms
>>>       Recent high differential delay   0.0 ms
>>>       Times over red diff delay        0
>>>       Times over yellow diff delay     0
>>>       LIP:add_lnk lnk_ack lnk_rej    hello hel_ack lnk_rem rem_ack
>>>       Rcv:      0       0       0        0       0       0       0
>>>       Xmt:     15       0       0        0       0       0       0
>>>     t1-1/1/0:0.0 <-- down
>>>       Input :             0          0             0            0
>>>       Output:             0          0             0            0
>>>       Current differential delay       0.0 ms
>>>       Recent high differential delay   0.0 ms
>>>       Times over red diff delay        0
>>>       Times over yellow diff delay     0
>>>       LIP:add_lnk lnk_ack lnk_rej    hello hel_ack lnk_rem rem_ack
>>>       Rcv:      0       0       0        0       0       0       0
>>>       Xmt:    197       0       0        0       0       0       0
>>>
>>>   Logical interface ls-3/0/0:0.16 (Index 230) (SNMP ifIndex 954)
>>>     Flags: Device-Down Point-To-Point SNMP-Traps Encapsulation:
>>> Multilink-FR-UNI-NNI
>>>     Statistics         Frames        fps         Bytes          bps
>>>     Bundle:
>>>       Fragments:
>>>         Input :             0          0             0            0
>>>         Output:             0          0             0            0
>>>       Packets:
>>>         Input :             0          0             0            0
>>>         Output:             0          0             0            0
>>>     Protocol inet, MTU: 1500
>>>       Flags: None
>>>       Addresses, Flags: Dest-route-down Is-Preferred Is-Primary
>>>         Destination: 66.39.177.128/30, Local: 66.39.177.129
>>>
>>>   Logical interface ls-3/0/0:0.17 (Index 305) (SNMP ifIndex 955)
>>>     Flags: Device-Down Point-To-Point SNMP-Traps Encapsulation:
>>> Multilink-FR-UNI-NNI
>>>     Bandwidth: 625152kbps
>>>     Statistics         Frames        fps         Bytes          bps
>>>     Bundle:
>>>       Fragments:
>>>         Input :             0          0             0            0
>>>         Output:             0          0             0            0
>>>       Packets:
>>>         Input :             0          0             0            0
>>>         Output:             0          0             0            0
>>>     Protocol inet, MTU: 1500
>>>       Flags: None
>>>       Addresses, Flags: Dest-route-down Is-Preferred Is-Primary
>>>         Destination: 10.100.100.0/30, Local: 10.100.100.1
>>>
>>>
>>>> show interfaces t1-1/1/0:0
>>> Physical interface: t1-1/1/0:0, Enabled, Physical link is Up
>>>   Interface index: 444, SNMP ifIndex: 310
>>>   Description: Bendtel Test leg #1
>>>   Link-level type: Multilink-FR-UNI-NNI, MTU: 1518, Clocking: Internal,
>>> Speed:
>>> T1, Loopback: None, FCS: 16, Mode: C/Bit parity,
>>>   Framing: ESF
>>>   Device flags   : Present Running
>>>   Interface flags: Point-To-Point SNMP-Traps Internal: 0x4000
>>>   Link flags     : None
>>>   CoS queues     : 4 supported, 4 in use
>>>   Last flapped   : 2010-08-19 18:42:37 GMT (21:24:58 ago)
>>>   Input rate     : 0 bps (0 pps)
>>>   Output rate    : 0 bps (0 pps)
>>>   DS1   alarms   : None
>>>   DS3   alarms   : None
>>>   DS1   defects  : None
>>>   DS3   defects  : None
>>>
>>>   Logical interface t1-1/1/0:0.0 (Index 214) (SNMP ifIndex 429)
>>>     Flags: Hardware-Down Point-To-Point SNMP-Traps Encapsulation:
>>> Multilink-FR-UNI-NNI
>>>     Protocol mfr, Multilink bundle: ls-3/0/0:0, MTU: 0
>>>       Flags: None
>>>
>>>> show interfaces t1-1/0/0:19
>>> Physical interface: t1-1/0/0:19, Enabled, Physical link is Up
>>>   Interface index: 501, SNMP ifIndex: 211
>>>   Description: Bendtel Test leg #2
>>>   Link-level type: Multilink-FR-UNI-NNI, MTU: 1518, Clocking: Internal,
>>> Speed:
>>> T1, Loopback: None, FCS: 16, Mode: C/Bit parity,
>>>   Framing: ESF
>>>   Device flags   : Present Running
>>>   Interface flags: Point-To-Point SNMP-Traps Internal: 0x4000
>>>   Link flags     : None
>>>   CoS queues     : 4 supported, 4 in use
>>>   Last flapped   : 2010-07-09 18:35:02 GMT (5w6d 21:32 ago)
>>>   Input rate     : 0 bps (0 pps)
>>>   Output rate    : 24 bps (0 pps)
>>>   DS1   alarms   : None
>>>   DS3   alarms   : None
>>>   DS1   defects  : None
>>>   DS3   defects  : None
>>>
>>>   Logical interface t1-1/0/0:19.0 (Index 91) (SNMP ifIndex 625)
>>>     Flags: Hardware-Down Point-To-Point SNMP-Traps Encapsulation:
>>> Multilink-FR-UNI-NNI
>>>     Protocol mfr, Multilink bundle: ls-3/0/0:0, MTU: 0
>>>       Flags: None
>>>
>>>
>>> Here is the show chassis
>>>
>>> jim at b1-bend-re0> show chassis hardware
>>> Hardware inventory:
>>> Item             Version  Part number  Serial number     Description
>>> Chassis                                20934             M20
>>> ...
>>> FPC 3            REV 01   710-001292   AE7635            FPC
>>>   PIC 0          REV 01   750-007924   HM0123            1x Link Service(32)
>>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>> For both t1s you can see that they show connected, but for some reason (that
>>> escapes me) the ls interface shows "Hardware-Down"  Does this mean the Link
>>> services module is not turned up?  To me it isn't clear.
>>>
>>> Any help would be great!
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Jim Lucas
>
>
>


-- 
Jim Lucas




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