[j-nsp] Checking for Do Not Age bit on OSPF external LSAs?

[Adam Vitkovsky]

Hi Chris,
> Of Chris Woodfield
> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 5:37 PM
>
> Hi,
>
> I’m troubleshooting an issue where we’re seeing LSAs for OSPF external
> routes that, in theory, should be getting sent with flood-reduction enabled
> (i.e. should have DoNotAge bit set), but are expiring due to maximum-age.
> Obviously, something’s funky going on…
>
What do you mean in theory, do you see the flood-reduction being enabled on the ASBR originating this LSA please?


> Here’s an example of a default route being redist’ed into OSPF by our edge
> and received on an adjacent downstream router:
>
> Extern   0.0.0.0          x.x.x.x   0x8000212b   132  0x22 0x2a52  36
>  mask 0.0.0.0
>  Topology default (ID 0)
>    Type: 1, Metric: 0, Fwd addr: 0.0.0.0, Tag: 0.0.0.0  Aging timer 00:57:47
> Installed 00:02:06 ago, expires in 00:57:48, sent 00:02:04 ago  Last changed
> 7w4d 21:43:21 ago, Change count: 1  Standby flood status Idle
>
> Given the fact that there is an expiration date on the database entry, is it
> safe to assume that this LSA was received without a DoNotAge bit set (i.e. if
> it is set, should I be seeing this value set to “Infinite” or similar)? If not, is
> there a way (short of packet captures) to verify whether or not the
> DoNotAge bit is being sent on an LSA?
>
Yeah I'd expect something like "expires: never" yet the aging timer is clearly running on this LSA


adam


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