Re: [c-nsp] 3750 Route Map peculiarity

2014-03-10 Thread Michael Robson
However, now when I apply a created route-map to an interface, it take the 'ip policy route-map' command but nothing appears on configuration for the SVI. If I apply a non-existent policy map to the same interface, the configuration shows up on the SVI. By route-map I assume you actually

[c-nsp] 3750 Route Map peculiarity.

2014-02-28 Thread Michael Robson
Hi, I need to configure a Cisco 3750 with route maps and so I upgraded from an old LAN base image to IP Services (c3750-ipservicesk9-mz.122-55.SE8.bin) and changed the SDM profile to 'access' sh sdm prefer The current template is aggregator access IPv4 template. The selected template optimizes

Re: [c-nsp] Third Party Xenpaks

2011-11-16 Thread Michael Robson
On 7 Nov 2011, at 17:00, cisco-nsp-requ...@puck.nether.net wrote: That sounds like an IOS bug. What does sh idprom int Tex/y | inc endor say for one of the non-Cisco parts, compared to a Cisco part? Mystery solved: without going into the full long story, 75oC ambient temperature in a

[c-nsp] Third Party Xenpaks

2011-11-07 Thread Michael Robson
After seeing how much money there is to be saved from using third party optics instead of Cisco branded ones, we finally bought a few to try. We have encountered no issues with using 10Gbps xenpaks, we plugged them in and they just worked. However, we did notice that DOM support was missing for

[c-nsp] MTU blackholing

2011-06-30 Thread Michael Robson
I am intending to set up a tunnel to demonstrate the MTU blackholing problem and then a solution using increased link MTU size - does anyone know of some naughty sites/companies that are good for demonstrating this blackholing? Ta, Michael. ___

Re: [c-nsp] Serial lead

2011-03-30 Thread Michael Robson
Ta for this info. On 29 Mar 2011, at 12:15, Nick Hilliard wrote: On 29/03/2011 09:29, Michael Robson wrote: I have a new Macbook pro running Snow Leopard that i want to be able to connect to Cisco console ports and before getting the Mac I thought that this would be trivial; but I see now

[c-nsp] Serial lead

2011-03-29 Thread Michael Robson
I have a new Macbook pro running Snow Leopard that i want to be able to connect to Cisco console ports and before getting the Mac I thought that this would be trivial; but I see now that people can have problems finding USB-to-Serial leads that actually work with their Macs. I have tried a

Re: [c-nsp] BFD and EoMPLS

2010-12-23 Thread Michael Robson
Many thanks for the replies, they confirmed my suspicions and provided some very useful points and suggestions. Michael. -- ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at

[c-nsp] BFD and EoMPLS

2010-12-22 Thread Michael Robson
I have a test network of three Cisco 6500(Sup720s) running SXI5 connected together in a triangle. Each is iBGPed to the others using loopbacks advertised around this testbed using OSPF and Label switching is also turned on. I then have two clients connected one to router A and the second to

[c-nsp] MPLS EXP field question

2010-04-08 Thread Michael Robson
Is it true that the when subsequent layers of labels are added to MPLS traffic, the EXP field is copied to the top most label from the next one downward (this is on a 6500 using LAN-based cards)? Thanks, Michael. -- ___ cisco-nsp mailing list

Re: [c-nsp] 6500s SXI and EoMPLS

2010-03-17 Thread Michael Robson
On 10 Mar 2010, at 18:56, Arie Vayner (avayner) wrote: Michael, For QOS: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12.2SX/con figuration/guide/mplsqos.html For TE (and MPLS in general) check: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12.2SX/con

[c-nsp] 6500s SXI and EoMPLS

2010-03-10 Thread Michael Robson
Can someone who is familiar with EoMPLS on 6500s running SXI IOS and LAN cards tell me to what extent QoS and TE is supported (specifically for EoMPLS)? Ta, Michael -- Michael Robson | Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6113 Networks| Fax: +44 (0) 161 275 6120 Net North West | Email

Re: [c-nsp] IPV6 again

2010-02-01 Thread Michael Robson
On 29 Jan 2010, at 17:07, David Prall wrote: So XP doesn't support IPv6 DHCP, nor do they support IPv6 DNS. Not sure about the macintosh. and I thought I was being clever pointing fec0:0:0:::1, 2 and 3 to real DNSv6 servers and finding the add dns from within netsh only to be thwarted

[c-nsp] IPV6 again

2010-01-29 Thread Michael Robson
OK so looking at/listening to various recommendations, when allocating IPV6 addresses, stateless auto-configuration with DHCPv6 used to dish out the DNS servers and domain looks the most appealing. Since the IOS version we are using on our 6500s doesn't support IPV6 DHCP relaying

[c-nsp] 2800s and L2TPv3

2010-01-15 Thread Michael Robson
I was convinced that our 2851s would support L2TPv3 and the ipbase version, but two different images (the newer being 124-18e ipbase) will not accept the xconnect command: what am I missing here? Ta. Michael. ___ cisco-nsp mailing list

[c-nsp] IPV6

2009-12-11 Thread Michael Robson
It's been a while since I worked with IPV6 and I am now once again plunging myself into this feckless world and was wondering if a couple of holes had now been plugged. What is the accepted way in IPV6 land to dish out IPV6 DNS server addresses (am I correct in saying that if you make use of

[c-nsp] EoMPLS v L2TPv3

2009-09-25 Thread Michael Robson
What is the added benefit of running an EoMPLS pseudowire across an MPLS cloud over an L2TPv3 tunnel over the same cloud? Michael -- Michael Robson | Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6113 Networks| Fax: +44 (0) 161 275 6120 Net North West | Email: michael.rob...@manchester.ac.uk

Re: [c-nsp] MTU wierdness

2009-07-28 Thread Michael Robson
to 9216B (using the mtu interface command), however, if I was trying to set the MTU an a switchported interface, then the mtu command would only allow me to change the MTU to the value defined in the global system jumbmtu command - this is a feature not a bug. Thanks, Michael -- Michael

[c-nsp] MTU wierdness

2009-07-24 Thread Michael Robson
I have a 6509 (with Sup720-3B) that contains 2 x WS-X6704-10GE blades where I am trying to set the MTU to be 1504 on each of these interfaces. On one blade it will only allow me to set the MTU to 9216 if the interface is a switchport, the 1504 MTU size only becomes an option when it is

Re: [c-nsp] Optical module transmit power

2009-05-01 Thread Michael Robson
Michael -- Michael Robson | Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6113 Senior Network Engineer | Fax: +44 (0) 161 275 6120 Net North West | Email: michael.rob...@manchester.ac.uk On 30 Apr 2009, at 16:08, Dale W. Carder wrote: On Apr 30, 2009, at 9:37 AM, Michael Robson wrote: We

[c-nsp] Optical module transmit power

2009-04-30 Thread Michael Robson
We have a selection of ZR modules (XENPAK-10GB-ZR) in 6500s that we are using to drive some links at 10Gbps and I have recently noticed that all receive values (as reported via the sh int te x/y trans command) are lower than what Cisco specify as the minimum allowed values for those

Re: [c-nsp] UDP-helper problem

2009-03-06 Thread Michael Robson
-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Michael Robson Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 2:28 PM To: ch...@lavin-llc.com Cc: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] UDP-helper problem Yes there is a route to a.b.c.d and yes we can ping the DHCP server from everywhere, including the new sup. On 4

Re: [c-nsp] UDP-helper problem

2009-03-06 Thread Michael Robson
On 5 Mar 2009, at 10:24, Peter Rathlev wrote: On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 13:00 +, Michael Robson wrote: I have recently moved the routing of a subnet from an old sup2/msfc2 6500 (Version 12.1(26)E8, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)) to a newer sup3/ msfc3 6500 (Version 12.2(18)SXF13, RELEASE SOFTWARE

Re: [c-nsp] UDP-helper problem

2009-03-06 Thread Michael Robson
Make sure u dont have no service dhcp in your config. ... AFAIK this forwarding requires the device to have service dhcp, which is default. Do you have no service dhcp defined maybe? ... Ahh the penny finally drops, thanks. Yes the router had no service DHCP set. I had wrongly thought

[c-nsp] UDP-helper problem

2009-03-04 Thread Michael Robson
I have recently moved the routing of a subnet from an old sup2/msfc2 6500 (Version 12.1(26)E8, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)) to a newer sup3/ msfc3 6500 (Version 12.2(18)SXF13, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)). On the old router the udp-helper command worked fine, but on the new router I can see the DHCP

Re: [c-nsp] UDP-helper problem

2009-03-04 Thread Michael Robson
Yes there is a route to a.b.c.d and yes we can ping the DHCP server from everywhere, including the new sup. On 4 Mar 2009, at 18:54, ch...@lavin-llc.com wrote: On Wed Mar 4 8:00 , Michael Robson sent: I have recently moved the routing of a subnet from an old sup2/msfc2 6500 (Version

Re: [c-nsp] Default-Information Originate supplimental question

2008-07-04 Thread Michael Robson
Guys, thanks for the clarification; but now further questions leading on from this. My understanding is that by default (without overriding) if you are redistributing routes from BGP into OSPF on the router and some routes have been learned via iBGP, then these iBGP-learned routes will

[c-nsp] Default-Information Originate

2008-07-03 Thread Michael Robson
I used to think that I had a handle on when the default information originate command was needed, but I have recently seen working config. that pokes a finger in my eye of understanding, where some bad Ciscco document caused further blurring; and so some questions - Should the

[c-nsp] Remote rebooting

2008-01-03 Thread Michael Robson
I am looking for a solution to be able to connect OOB to our sup720 6500s via their console ports and also be able remotely to interrupt power to affect a reboot should they need it. I have seen several solutions for the remote consoling side, but because their power supplies are 16A have only

Re: [c-nsp] Remote rebooting

2008-01-03 Thread Michael Robson
The servertech PT45 has all you need below is link to details. There power relays can go up to 20A as far as I know. They provide out of band access via dialup and can give console access and power management. http://servertech.com/products/RemotePowerManagement/SentryCom manderPT45 /

Re: [c-nsp] mBGP problem

2007-06-19 Thread Michael Robson
presumably you've reset the peer, made sure mcast routing is enabled, any other obvious things. Thanks for the reply; yes I tried all the usual. Strangely, it all started working sometime over the weekend, as if by magic. Thanks, Michael. -- Michael Robson, | Tel: 0161 275 6113

Re: [c-nsp] mBGP problem

2007-06-15 Thread Michael Robson
nlri... option on our 12.2(18)SXF4 routers. Anyone any ideas? Ta, Michael. Sun, May 27, 2007 at 10:36:14AM +0100, Michael Robson: We have a mBGP core routers(Cisco 6500, sup720s) that peer separately for multicast and unicast routes (using address families) and a site

[c-nsp] Multicast source question

2007-05-17 Thread Michael Robson
add the corresponding multicast MAC to the port facing the router? Could any answers please be copied to my direct email as well as the list, as I only get digests. Thanks, Michael. -- Michael Robson, | Tel: 0161 275 6113 Networks, | Fax: 0161 275 6040 University