Re: [c-nsp] STP over Port-channel issue

2024-05-06 Thread james list via cisco-nsp
Thanks good point on LACP Fast, we'll test it. RSTP should be in any case slower than 3 seconds with LACP FAST. Cheers James Il giorno lun 6 mag 2024 alle ore 15:22 Saku Ytti ha scritto: > On Mon, 6 May 2024 at 15:53, james list via cisco-nsp > wrote: > > > The questio

[c-nsp] STP over Port-channel issue

2024-05-06 Thread james list via cisco-nsp
and there is a communication failure. The question: since the PO remains up, why we see this behaviour ? are BDPU sent just over one link (ie the higher interfac e) ? how can we solve this issue keeping this scenario ? moving to RSTP could solve ? Thanks in advance Cheers James here some logs: May 6 11:48:35.590

Re: [c-nsp] [j-nsp] Stange issue on 100 Gbs interconnection Juniper - Cisco

2024-02-11 Thread james list via cisco-nsp
hi I'd like to test with LACP slow, then can see if physical interface still flaps... Thanks for your support Il giorno dom 11 feb 2024 alle ore 18:02 Saku Ytti ha scritto: > On Sun, 11 Feb 2024 at 17:52, james list wrote: > > > - why physical interface flaps in DC1 if it is rel

Re: [c-nsp] [j-nsp] Stange issue on 100 Gbs interconnection Juniper - Cisco

2024-02-11 Thread james list via cisco-nsp
: Interface Ethernet1/44 is down (Initializing) Il giorno dom 11 feb 2024 alle ore 14:36 Saku Ytti ha scritto: > On Sun, 11 Feb 2024 at 15:24, james list wrote: > > > While on Juniper when the issue happens I always see: > > > > show log messages | last 440 | match LACPD_TIMEOUT

Re: [c-nsp] [j-nsp] Stange issue on 100 Gbs interconnection Juniper - Cisco

2024-02-11 Thread james list via cisco-nsp
: CURRENT Il giorno dom 11 feb 2024 alle ore 14:10 Saku Ytti ha scritto: > Hey James, > > You shared this off-list, I think it's sufficiently material to share. > > 2024 Feb 9 16:39:36 NEXUS1 > %ETHPORT-5-IF_DOWN_PORT_CHANNEL_MEMBERS_DOWN: Interface > port-channel101 is

Re: [c-nsp] [j-nsp] Stange issue on 100 Gbs interconnection Juniper - Cisco

2024-02-11 Thread james list via cisco-nsp
Hi 1) cable has been replaced with a brand new one, they said that to check an MPO 100 Gbs cable is not that easy 3) no errors reported on both side 2) here the output of cisco and juniper NEXUS1# sh interface eth1/44 transceiver details Ethernet1/44 transceiver is present type is

Re: [c-nsp] Stange issue on 100 Gbs interconnection Juniper - Cisco

2024-02-11 Thread james list via cisco-nsp
50 et-0/1/5 Partner 32768 b0:8b:cf:83:49:5b 32768 429 100 Il giorno dom 11 feb 2024 alle ore 13:07 Gert Doering ha scritto: > HI, > > On Sun, Feb 11, 2024 at 12:50:32PM +0100, james list wrote: > > 2024 Feb 9 16:39:36 NEXUS1 %ETHPORT-5-IF_DOWN_PORT_CH

Re: [c-nsp] Stange issue on 100 Gbs interconnection Juniper - Cisco

2024-02-11 Thread james list via cisco-nsp
f your interfaces on DC1 > links do not go down > > On Sun, Feb 11, 2024, 21:16 Igor Sukhomlinov via cisco-nsp < > cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net> wrote: > >> Hi James, >> >> Do you happen to run the same software on all nexuses and all MXes? >> Do the DC1 and DC2 bgp

Re: [c-nsp] Stange issue on 100 Gbs interconnection Juniper - Cisco

2024-02-11 Thread james list via cisco-nsp
yes same version currently no traffic exchange is in place, just BGP peer setup no traffic Il giorno dom 11 feb 2024 alle ore 11:16 Igor Sukhomlinov < dvalinsw...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Hi James, > > Do you happen to run the same software on all nexuses and all MXes? > Do t

Re: [c-nsp] Stange issue on 100 Gbs interconnection Juniper - Cisco

2024-02-11 Thread james list via cisco-nsp
James Il giorno dom 11 feb 2024 alle ore 11:12 Gert Doering ha scritto: > Hi, > > On Sun, Feb 11, 2024 at 11:08:29AM +0100, james list via cisco-nsp wrote: > > we notice BGP flaps > > Any particular error message? BGP flaps can happen due to many different > reasons, and u

[c-nsp] Stange issue on 100 Gbs interconnection Juniper - Cisco

2024-02-11 Thread james list via cisco-nsp
the interconnetion at DC1 without any solution. SFP we use in both DCs: Juniper - QSFP-100G-SR4-T2 Cisco - QSFP-100G-SR4 over MPO cable OM4. Distance is DC1 70 mt and DC2 80 mt, hence is less where we see the issue. Any idea or suggestion what to check or to do ? Thanks in advance Cheers James

Re: [c-nsp] Port-channel not working Juniper vs Cisco

2023-06-11 Thread james list via cisco-nsp
to 1s, but not CSCO. I'm not sure if this > is the only problem, as insufficient data is shown about the state and > LACP PDUs. > > I believe the command is 'lacp rate fast' or 'lacp period short', to > reduce risk of operators getting bored, In your case, the former. > > On S

[c-nsp] Port-channel not working Juniper vs Cisco

2023-06-11 Thread james list via cisco-nsp
anyone ever experienced the same ? Any suggestions ? Thanks in advance for any hint Kind regards James JUNIPER * > show configuration interfaces ae10 | display set set interfaces ae10 description "to Cisco leaf" set interfaces ae10 aggregated-ether-options la

Re: [c-nsp] NCS IOS-XR rant (was:Re: Internet border router recommendations and experiences)

2023-03-04 Thread James Bensley via cisco-nsp
l get that an execute it. That script can then do whatever you want, i.e. download an image file, a config file, and run the commands to apply/install the image and apply the config. Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net htt

Re: [c-nsp] NCS IOS-XR rant (was:Re: Internet border router recommendations and experiences)

2023-03-04 Thread James Bensley via cisco-nsp
65x-ncs540/b-system-management-cg-65x-ncs540_chapter_01000.html Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] ASR9K HSRP over L2VPN

2022-02-11 Thread James Jun
For this exact reasons, a few customers (myself included) had asked Cisco tu support Pseudowire Head-End (PWHE) interface to be supported under HSRP, since PWHE can shape. This feature should have been added in recent eXR versions (7.x), but I haven't looked for it mys

Re: [c-nsp] TCP MSS CLAMPING issue

2022-01-23 Thread james list
t those are followed, otherwise you cannot complain, am I wrong ? James Il giorno dom 23 gen 2022 alle ore 18:37 Gert Doering ha scritto: > Hi, > > On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 06:31:40PM +0100, james list wrote: > > thanks for the feedback. > > > > Firewall vendor

Re: [c-nsp] TCP MSS CLAMPING issue

2022-01-23 Thread james list
point of view, since RFC6691 state "MUST use 536", the customer is not compliant. What do you think ? Cheers Il giorno dom 23 gen 2022 alle ore 17:40 Gert Doering ha scritto: > Hi, > > On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 05:10:42PM +0100, james list wrote: > > I suspect the current Cis

[c-nsp] TCP MSS CLAMPING issue

2022-01-23 Thread james list
is being exchanged in the TLS session... Thanks in advance Cheers James ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] NCS-5501 - EVPN L2VPN BVI mac-address weirdness

2021-12-20 Thread James Bensley
s had the logical bundle MAC and sometimes had the member link MAC, and it was inconsistent). So it seems these chips have issues with MAC address consistency. I'm wondering if there is some relation to what you are seeing. Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp ma

Re: [c-nsp] policer on ASR1001X

2021-09-09 Thread james list
Hi just tested and police rate x pps is only applicable to control plane Cheers Il giorno mer 8 set 2021 alle ore 15:51 Lukasz Bromirski < luk...@bromirski.net> ha scritto: > Saku is always on point ;) > > > On 8 Sep 2021, at 15:31, Saku Ytti wrote: > > > > On Wed, 8 Sept 2021 at 16:30, Lukasz

Re: [c-nsp] policer on ASR1001X

2021-09-08 Thread james list
Thanks I would try to apply both Bps OR pps if possible Cheers Il Mer 8 Set 2021, 15:51 Lukasz Bromirski ha scritto: > Saku is always on point ;) > > > On 8 Sep 2021, at 15:31, Saku Ytti wrote: > > > > On Wed, 8 Sept 2021 at 16:30, Lukasz Bromirski > wrote: > > > >>> 3) is there any mode to

[c-nsp] policer on ASR1001X

2021-09-07 Thread james list
PM_LIMIT_INGRESS * Can you please confirm: 1) I'll not drop/limit other traffic 2) ASR1001X applies rate limit in hardware and not in software (in order to avoid CPU overload) 3) is there any mode to limit pps and not only bandwidth Thanks in advance Cheers James

Re: [c-nsp] TIL: Maintenance Operations Protocol (MOP)

2021-08-06 Thread James Bensley
, or for example that our financial exposure because of this exact feature is 1.21 gigawatts. Not let the uneducated powers that be tell me it's fine to keep this feature they don't understand :) Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.net

Re: [c-nsp] ASR9K using XR 7

2021-08-03 Thread James Bensley
+ TI-LFA + PIC etc. This is why I say they aren't show stoppers, they're unlikely to be triggered and there are SMUs for all we've encountered. So just look through the SMU list and see what's relevant yo your setup. Cheers, James. On 29 July 2021 19:48:09 UTC, Erik Sundberg wrote: >J

Re: [c-nsp] ASR9K using XR 7

2021-07-29 Thread James Jun
lide (A9K-48X10GE-1G-TR) and Lightspeed+ (A9K-20HG-FLEX-TR) cards; using mix of 400G-FR4, 100G-LRs and 10GEs. So far no problems, besides some cosmetic issues (constant syslog spamming of plat_sl_client), but we're not doing anything complex, just IP traffic. James _

Re: [c-nsp] strange issue

2021-07-29 Thread james list
Hi I've to ask for the VM routing table and then I will share. VM gateway is load balancer. Cheers James Il giorno gio 29 lug 2021 alle ore 18:17 Ryan Rawdon ha scritto: > > > On Jul 29, 2021, at 11:55 AM, james list wrote: > > > > > > Internet - Firewall

[c-nsp] strange issue

2021-07-29 Thread james list
? Thanks in advance James ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] Nexus Architecture question

2021-07-07 Thread James Bensley
On Tue, 6 Jul 2021 at 21:37, Drew Weaver wrote: > Not sure how that would've gotten through QA but I am glad it was finally > fixed in newer hardware. You assume there was any QA. Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.neth

[c-nsp] netflow not having stats

2021-05-16 Thread james list
added: 0 Bytes added: 0 Thanks in advance for any hint. Cheers James ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

[c-nsp] Integrate different DC technology over VXLAN

2021-04-09 Thread james list
the possibility to use VXLAN to extend L2... Also any recommendation/hint/experience can be shared is appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help Cheers James ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp

Re: [c-nsp] ASR9K to ASR920 MPLS issue

2021-01-12 Thread James Bensley
0.25.11/95, local label: 165 >Dataplane: > SSM segment/switch IDs: 90237/65659 (used), PWID: 24 >VC statistics: > transit packet totals: receive 442, send 1 > transit byte totals: receive 31804, send 90 > transit packet drops: receive 0, seq error 0

Re: [c-nsp] route leak from main to vrf

2021-01-08 Thread James Bensley
though. It looks like you're trying to route leak loopback interface IP's though - if that is accurate, you can create another loopback interface within the VRF with the same IP(s) as your GRT loopback. Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] ASR9K to ASR920 MPLS issue

2021-01-06 Thread James Bensley
w: MPLS Local Remote -- ... PW type Ethernet Ethernet Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] me3600 : l2protocol forward stp on EVC

2020-12-14 Thread James Bensley
en have other S-VLANs being bridged somewhere else. If everything that comes into the port-channel can go to the Nexus just relax the EVC encapsulations to capture everything. It sounds to me like the L2 topology is being split by this ME3600, so I'd definitely try and find another design instead.

[c-nsp] LSR platforms

2020-12-10 Thread James Mitchell
What hardware platforms are operators running as P routers for smaller MPLS networks? I’m not interested in large CRS type platforms, but simply an LSR thats main function is MPLS switching at 10/40/100G speeds. Preferably Cisco. Anyone have a recommendation based on experience?

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco life cycle strategy

2020-11-20 Thread James Bensley
or compliance based requirements that are linked to EoL dates? 2. What have you sold to your customers? I have worked on networks which have stated in the signed contracts with the customers that a certain level of vendor support will be maintianed. Cheers, James. _

Re: [c-nsp] ASR9k RSP440

2020-11-12 Thread James Jun
64-bit now, because new HW (99xx chassis, Lightspeed LCs) will only run on eXR. HTH, James ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] ASR9001 and Snmp

2020-11-10 Thread James Bensley
perfect, but you need something like this... control-plane management-plane inband interface XXX allow SNMP peer address ipv4 172.20.18.0/28 Have tried the various debug commands to see why your packets are being dropped? If not, add the control-plane r

Re: [c-nsp] Mass-renaming interfaces

2020-09-28 Thread James Bensley
ls like NAPALM and Nornir. Then you can automate the changes and automate the testing of the changes, and the rollback if required, in either multiple stages or as one giant change; whatever suits your circumstances best. Cheers, James. ___ cisco-ns

Re: [c-nsp] asr920 - pppoe - Filter-Id is fail

2020-09-22 Thread James Bensley
On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 at 20:29, Mike wrote: > > Hi, > > I got another one - > > Playing with my asr920 I have it working as a pppoe server. I notice > that if I have a radius attribute returned "Filter-Id" with the name of > a filter already on the box, the pppoe session doesn't come up and

Re: [c-nsp] XR6 process conflicts

2020-09-16 Thread James Bensley
On 15 September 2020 10:17:09 CEST, "t...@pelican.org" wrote: >On Monday, 14 September, 2020 19:38, "Radu-Adrian FEURDEAN" > said: > >> On Sat, Sep 12, 2020, at 11:25, James Bensley wrote: >> >>> In your specific case/example; if I have a

Re: [c-nsp] XR6 process conflicts

2020-09-13 Thread James Bensley
On 13 September 2020 05:37:11 CEST, aar...@gvtc.com wrote: >Hi James, I'm coming into this conversation late or mid-point, but as a >thought, if 1 of those 500 routers goes down, you need to know about >that >individual router's ospf state dropping. How else would you know that

Re: [c-nsp] XR6 process conflicts

2020-09-12 Thread James Bensley
e down. There are two sides to every coin. Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco VRF/BGP in Radius

2020-09-08 Thread James Bensley
f be created by the radius attribute if it does not exist? No. The VRF must already exist. Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] suggestions for ASR1001-x stable IOS-XE release as lac/lns?

2020-09-05 Thread James Bensley
ock solid apart from one outstanding bug we have open with Cisco which relates to RP failover, so it won't apply to you on an ASR1002-X. Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/c

Re: [c-nsp] ASR920 LACP and xconnect

2020-08-21 Thread James Bensley
l peer lacp > xconnect x.x.x.x 1234 encapsulation mpls pw-class Raw-Mode-VC5 >mtu 1600 What happens if you change each interface to be "channel-group 1 mode on" and remove "l2protocol peer lacp" to disable LACP and remove it from the equation? Cheers, James.

Re: [c-nsp] BGP - advertising default route to Branch offices

2020-08-14 Thread James Bensley
te devices in the future, I'd choose the static route method. If you do, I'd then choose BGP. I see an IGP protocol like OSPF/ISIS/EIGRP as a last resort and/or for some special exceptions. Hopefully that helps. Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list c

Re: [c-nsp] BGP Multipath

2020-08-13 Thread James Bensley
> B has an eBGP neighborship with Router D. How does Router A have an eBGP session with Router C if they have the same ASN? James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http

[c-nsp] Micro-segmentation

2020-08-02 Thread james list
vlans also if in each vlan there are very few systems ( 3 o 4 servers, etc). My question is: how did you manage the issue in case you faced it? Private vlans? Keep in mind we need to have a non stop environment and hence any possible way forward must forecast it. Cheers James

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco N540-ACC-SYS ipv4 routes

2020-07-16 Thread James Bensley
On Tue, 14 Jul 2020 at 06:20, Saku Ytti wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 at 20:39, James Bensley > wrote: > > > Back in the 7600s it was NPU based, and what we call NPUs today are > > sometimes a collection of ASICs that form a "complex of ASICs". That > >

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco N540-ACC-SYS ipv4 routes

2020-07-13 Thread James Bensley
evices, often ASICs working together. So I don't think that we have no ASICs like in the classic Ethernet switch you mention, but we have groups of them now with other components too, forming something more complex. Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing li

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco N540-ACC-SYS ipv4 routes

2020-07-13 Thread James Bensley
t set of instruction depending on > packet/config - NPUs also have function specific silicon too e.g. TOPs (Task Optimised Processors) which exist in ASR9K NPUs, but not in Trio, but they also run uCode and have a very small amount of flexibility. Cheers, James. ___

Re: [c-nsp] ASR9000 and ssh and "Crypto enginer decrypt failed"

2020-06-09 Thread James Bensley
ther IOS-XRs have seen a similar > error message. Hi Hank, If this is accurate, I strongly recommend you to really tighten up your management plane ACLs (unless you mean it was from an internal source like your security team?). Cheers, James. ___ ci

Re: [c-nsp] ASR920 Interface won't come up

2020-05-31 Thread James Bensley
920s, which seems to relate to the hidden TCL scripts run in the background when interfaces go up/down, change speed, SFPs are changed etc. I'm curious to know if you spoke to TAC and if they related it to the same source of problems. Cheers, James. __

Re: [c-nsp] C6800 Sup2T buffering ?

2020-05-21 Thread James Bensley
On Wed, 20 May 2020 at 21:45, james list wrote: > > Dear experts > my customer have some multicast flows which are detected sometime with > peaks/latency. > > They measure this latency based on protocol financial feed timestamp which > I'm not able to decode (I guess they

Re: [c-nsp] C6800 Sup2T buffering ?

2020-05-21 Thread james list
Il giorno gio 21 mag 2020 alle ore 06:41 Saku Ytti ha scritto: > On Wed, 20 May 2020 at 23:45, james list wrote: > > Hey, > > > Dear experts > > my customer have some multicast flows which are detected sometime with > > peaks/latency. > > > They report

[c-nsp] C6800 Sup2T buffering ?

2020-05-20 Thread james list
on Arista switch to check if the latency is really obtained checking protocol market timestamp ? Thanks in advance for any hint or help. Cheers James ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp

Re: [c-nsp] RSVP-TE (MPLS-TE) and LDP question

2020-05-11 Thread James Jun
ls ldp' and router-id configured below it. As long as you don't have LDP adjacencies defined, and there are no LDP tunnels configured, you won't have any LDP in use. P routers are not affected, as they do not need to allocate labels for VPN services.

Re: [c-nsp] ospf auto-cost reference-bandwidth on modern gigabit networks

2020-04-30 Thread James Bensley
On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 at 10:13, Saku Ytti wrote: > > On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 at 11:33, James Bensley > wrote: > > > APE has a wavelength from provider A to P-1 and a 2nd wavelength from > > provider B to P-2. I’ve asked each provider for a 2nd wavelength from > > me

Re: [c-nsp] ospf auto-cost reference-bandwidth on modern gigabit networks

2020-04-30 Thread James Bensley
On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 at 09:58, Mark Tinka wrote: > > > > On 30/Apr/20 10:33, James Bensley wrote: > > > Role based and metric based IGP costs are a good idea in theory. They > > are a lot more difficult in practice. Another problem with role based > > IGP costs

Re: [c-nsp] ospf auto-cost reference-bandwidth on modern gigabit networks

2020-04-30 Thread James Bensley
ng location, which isn’t reflected in the BGP preference. The key point is this: OP needs to choose what is actually practical for his network (which may be role-based costs), not what is academically superior. Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list

Re: [c-nsp] ospf auto-cost reference-bandwidth on modern gigabit networks

2020-04-30 Thread James Bensley
them to the rest of your network. It will hurt you a year from now on that 3AM on-call call-out when you’ve forgotten why and this 7201 has different costs to all your other routers and you have to waste time bottoming out why, before looking into whatever the real issue is. Cheers, James. __

Re: [c-nsp] Default Route recalculated every 60 seconds.

2020-04-20 Thread James Bensley
packets with your provider or use some "debug bgp" commands to see whats really going on. Also, maybe reconsider if need them to advertise a default route if you're getting a partial table from them. Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list ci

Re: [c-nsp] SDx open standard?

2020-03-31 Thread James Bensley
ex, Nobody has mentioned it yet so I will; this is going through the IETF BESS working group right now, I think this is the kind of thing you're asking about: https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-dunbar-idr-sdwan-port-safi-06 Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp m

[c-nsp] Internet monitoring in case of general issues

2020-03-14 Thread james list
out where is the problem and who is experiencing the problem (ie a tier1 carrier)? Cheers James ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] ASR1001X additional EBGP peer

2020-03-08 Thread james list
? We decided to add a link with the same carrier and we are aware we will not reach 50/50 balancing. What about RAM memory? Don t you see any issue? Cheers Il Dom 8 Mar 2020, 08:48 james list ha scritto: > Dear all > I'd like to have your recommandation. > > Our customer runs

[c-nsp] ASR1001X additional EBGP peer

2020-03-07 Thread james list
issue in terms of performance/memory/whatelse in adding a new EBGP peering ? Which is the best way to try to load balance in output ? >From output following I am not sure if going to upgrade the RAM or not... Thanks in advance for your help! Cheers James ASR1001xxx#sh ver Cisco IOS XE Softw

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 8000

2019-12-20 Thread James Bensley
On Thu, 19 Dec 2019 at 23:36, James Jun wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 10:59:59PM +0200, Mark Tinka wrote: > > > > > Have you considered the NCS540? > > > > We did. Two major problems as I've shared on this list before: > > > >

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 8000

2019-12-20 Thread James Bensley
ill haven't sorted out IOS-XR in this regard. Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 8000

2019-12-20 Thread James Bensley
On Thu, 19 Dec 2019 at 20:55, Mark Tinka wrote: > I don't think the 8000 is part of the NCS family. Ah yeah, sorry, my bad! Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp arch

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 8000

2019-12-19 Thread James Jun
ually replacing ASR 920s with ASR-9901s to bring MPLS to nearest POPs, and then for smaller sites further downstream that don't require MPLS uplinks, we now roll packet boxes from Ciena (CN5142) to handle 1GE access. James ___ cisco-nsp mailing list c

Re: [c-nsp] Nexus 7k with F2e line cards and egress queuing

2019-12-19 Thread James Bensley
r-port buffers. It's been a while since I touched a 7K but I do recall that the default settings were not great. Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] A9K-RSP-8G to A9K-RSP440-SE

2019-12-19 Thread James Bensley
ost always becomes permanent :-) Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 8000

2019-12-19 Thread James Bensley
ith 2-4x 10G uplinks). I'd be curious to know if you've had any operational issues that you share with regards to IOS-XR at the access layer, because it's not clear to me what you mean by "too heavy". Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 8000

2019-12-19 Thread James Bensley
n the number of packets they shift whilst consuming a whole rack of space and $LOL amount of power, if you just need edge capacity with minimal features and buffers it's not efficient. Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net ht

Re: [c-nsp] Upgrading older 7600 with an ASR1000 router.. Questions..

2019-12-18 Thread James Jun
rch "ASR 1000 EFP" Hope this helps, James ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 8000

2019-12-12 Thread James Jun
ased on conversations we've had with our representatives, 8000 isn't replacing ASR9K. They are for different areas of the network or use cases, much like QFX10k/PE chip PTX boxes aren't replacing MX series on Juniper land either anytime soon. James

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 8000

2019-12-12 Thread James Jun
w cost per bit, scale up, mid-level features on Cisco owned chip" targeted to compete against QFX10K/new PTX. ASR9K would remain as run-to-completion high touch platform. In fact, we've already been informed by our account team that new A99 400GE cards wi

Re: [c-nsp] ASR1000 IOS XE / ISG L2 DHCP subscribers

2019-11-09 Thread James Bensley
> > Mark Hi Mark, What RADIUS attributes are you returning / have you tried to return which failed? Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 4000 series (4461) as a BGP router?

2019-11-06 Thread James Jun
deploy the box -- last I checked, there is no option to deploy NCS 540 with a perpetual license. Not a big fan of recurring subscription schemes for access network elements, so that's another reason NCS540 will never see the light of day in our setup. James _

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 4000 series (4461) as a BGP router?

2019-10-28 Thread James Jun
y to support denser line cards). For new deployment, you'd really want 9906, but at this point, you're spending deep. Definitely not 9001 pricing level. James ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/li

Re: [c-nsp] Inter-VRF with NAT

2019-09-03 Thread James Bensley
appy to be wrong here, but I though the VASI stuff had been killed off? Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] Inter-VRF with NAT

2019-08-18 Thread James Bensley
single WAN link that doesn't support logical separation such as VLANs, e.g. ADSL [1] to run multiple VRFs over different VLANs, e.g. internet in global routing table over VLAN 10, management VRF over VLAN 20 etc? And you basically want multiple VRFs between the CPE and it's gateway (BNG/LNS/PE) do tha

Re: [c-nsp] GTSM IOS-XR

2019-08-12 Thread James Bensley
y of repeating this issue from an IP address permitted by LTPS? Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] OSPF flapping between Nexus 7000 and ASR 1001x

2019-07-10 Thread James Bensley
dam ^ This. Never use "ip ospf mtu-ignore" - you'll just mask problems that will bite you later (like now, possibly). Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp ar

Re: [c-nsp] ASR 920 Replacement

2019-06-28 Thread James Jun
On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 12:31:54PM +0100, adamv0...@netconsultings.com wrote: > I'd expect the boot(and install) of GISO from USB to be fairly quick. > > adam I don't know about USB boot but installing GISO on live router (.iso copied over to RP, then install update command used) is about 1

[c-nsp] SUP6T IPv6 policy routing

2019-06-10 Thread Hefin James [ahj]
Everyone, I've run into a bit of a problem with policy routing IPv6 addresses where the match pattern never matches (sample below). We have 2 active/active links and have been using IPv4 policy routing for years, we 're now starting to deploy IPv6 on the campus, and have hit an immediate

Re: [c-nsp] ASR9900 - Copy files from USB key

2019-06-03 Thread James Bensley
On Sun, 2 Jun 2019 at 18:35, Jared Mauch wrote: > > > > > On Jun 2, 2019, at 3:50 AM, James Bensley > > wrote: > > > > > > I recently upgraded from eXR 6.5.2 to 6.5.3 and pushed the files using > > SCP to the router from a jump box, which was on

Re: [c-nsp] ASR9900 - Copy files from USB key

2019-06-02 Thread James Bensley
files using SCP to the router from a jump box, which was on the same LAN as the management interface on the RSP. It was copying at 100Mbps (the speed of the OOB switch) so I think in eXR these issues are more or less fixed. Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] 6500 series, FIB exception @ dfc

2019-05-14 Thread James Bensley
tps://null.53bits.co.uk/index.php?page=6500-7600-tcam-fib-allocation Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] Seamless MPLS interacting with flat LDP domains

2019-05-07 Thread James Bensley
then be contained only to compute nodes. DoD label allocations and longest-prefix matching for FECs means that summarization can be used in the a Seamless MPLS architecture: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5283 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7032 Cheers, James. ___

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco IOS ping utility reports lower RTT than possible

2019-05-02 Thread James Bensley
RTT on this link is 10ms: How do you know this to be 100% correct - have you OTDR/iOLM tested this link? Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] Seamless MPLS interacting with flat LDP domains

2019-05-02 Thread James Bensley
nt but they're very much in draft format, I can try and make them presentable if I get some free time / and there is demand. Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] Seamless MPLS interacting with flat LDP domains

2019-04-29 Thread James Bensley
LDP domain to a > new BGP domain, forget about interop. Can’t really comment on this as it’s quite specific to your setup and requirements, I don’t fully understand the statement. Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net

Re: [c-nsp] Pseudowire and load-balancing - revisit

2019-04-05 Thread James Bensley
ere is only parsing layer 2 headers on ingress to source entropy... On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 at 19:52, James Jun wrote: ... > But the feature problem here is that anytime EtherType is not IP, entropy > isn't > generated for FAT-PW as it won't see the payload IP headers after ENET? If &g

Re: [c-nsp] IS-IS as PE-CE protocol

2019-03-22 Thread James Bensley
he Extended IS Reachability with 24 bit metric field. So route leaking and extended metrics can be confusing to troubleshoot. The command I think you're looking for on IOS: redistribute isis ip { level-1 | level-2 } into { level-2 | level-1 } [ [ distribute-list list-number ] | [ route-map map-tag ] ] Use at your own peril. Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] TCAM utilization on Nexus 9396

2019-03-22 Thread James Bensley
a certain feature however, this always required a reboot to implement. Cheers, James. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/

Re: [c-nsp] Pseudowire and load-balancing - revisit

2019-03-15 Thread James Jun
Hi James On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 09:29:13AM +, James Bensley wrote: > The ingress PE probably only has the same source and destination MACs > to hash on to generate the FAT label. This means that in the scenario > that your customer is using MPLS the required level of entr

Re: [c-nsp] Pseudowire and load-balancing - revisit

2019-03-15 Thread James Bensley
On Tue, 12 Feb 2019 at 18:19, James Jun wrote: > > Hey all, > > I have a PW scenario that looks like this: > > Customer --- PE1 P [4x10GE LAG] PE2 -- Customer > > PE1, P and PE2 routers are all ASR9K. > > EoMPLS PW is delivered to customer; bot

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