[j-nsp] Too much packet loss during switchover on MPLS network

[Keegan Holley]

They may be doing BGP with their own resources over the VPLS and pinging
something that requires it to be up..  The bottom line is it doesn't take
41s to failover a properly working LSP to another path.


2011/3/14 Doug Hanks <dhanks at juniper.net>

> If it’s VPLS, the customer wouldn’t be using BGP though.  That’s why I
> mentioned STP.
>
>
>
> *From:* Keegan Holley [mailto:keegan.holley at sungard.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, March 14, 2011 12:47 PM
> *To:* Gökhan Gümüş
> *Cc:* Doug Hanks; Diogo Montagner; juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
>
> *Subject:* Re: [j-nsp] Too much packet loss during switchover on MPLS
> network
>
>
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> Another to way to check would be to figure out when you start seeing
> mac-addresses from the customer in the vpls tables.  That will mean the
> network has failed over properly.  Do you know what the customer topology
> looks like?  They could be waiting for BGP to fail over or something else
> that inherently slow.  I doubt this is a problem with your mpls config,
> especially if you see your lsp switch.  It's hard to guess without knowing
> your's or the customer's topology though.
>
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Gökhan Gümüş <ggumus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> No, they are not using rapid ping, i can confirm it.
>
> I do not agree with Spanning tree issue.
> Just for note, i am just de-activating one circuit via CLI to trigger
> transition from primary to secondary.
>
> Gokhan
>
>
>
> 2011/3/14 Doug Hanks <dhanks at juniper.net>
>
> I'm sure they were using a rapid ping, so it didn't take anywhere near 45
> seconds.  If they were using a regular ping, however, it maybe a STP issue.
>
> Also are you using pre-signaled LSPs?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:
> juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Keegan Holley
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 11:15 AM
> To: Diogo Montagner
> Cc: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net; Gökhan Gümüş
> Subject: Re: [j-nsp] Too much packet loss during switchover on MPLS network
>
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Diogo Montagner
> <diogo.montagner at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Do you have FRR enabled on the LSPs ?
> >
>
> Node protection and link-protection is the same thing as fast re-route.
>
> Is it configured correctly though?  You have to configure a secondary path
> under protocols mpls and then enable it for FRR/node protection.  You can't
> just enable it and have it work.
> Also, what does the topology look like?  Could you just be waiting for
> customer routing/spanning tree?  Even without FRR your lsp's failover at
> the
> speed of your IGP when a link is shut down.  None of them take 41 seconds.
>
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Gökhan Gümüş <ggumus at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > I have a problem with one of our customer.
> > >
> > > Customer has been deployed with VPLS. We are using primary path and
> > > secondary path ( standby ) to handle VPLS traffic between sites.
> > >
> > > Within a maintenance window, we made a failover test. Customer was
> > pinging
> > > remote site continuosly and we would like to test how many packets are
> > being
> > > lost during switchover. When i triggered transition from primary to
> > > secondary, customer lost 41 packets during ping test. Then i
> implemented
> > > node-link-protection and link protection in case they help but customer
> > > experienced same amount of packet loss during transition.
> > >
> > > My question, is it a normal behaviour? From my perspective it is not a
> > > normal behaviour.
> > >
> > > Has anybody such an experince?
> > >
> > > Thanks and regards,
> > >
> > > Gokhan
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