Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-19 Thread Adam Vitkovsky
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 6:33 PM To: Mark Tinka Cc: Gert Doering; Cisco NSP; Jared Mauch Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2 You can get that already, with the minuscule number of SMUs out there that are hitless. /sarcarsm For full blown, hitless ISSU/SMU/FPD stuff, not a chance

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-19 Thread Mark Tinka
On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 12:02:58 PM Adam Vitkovsky wrote: Right that requires the HW support, the only platform out there that supports 0 packet loss ISSU is Cisco NCS. Even then, I likely won't try it. There is just too many moving parts. Mark. signature.asc Description: This is

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-18 Thread Jared Mauch
On Feb 17, 2014, at 10:20 AM, Jason Lixfeld ja...@lixfeld.ca wrote: With the number of SMUs you will have to install, you should probably just cut your losses, repartition and turboboot to 4.3.4. Or look at 5.1.1 now that it's released. - Jared

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-18 Thread Jason Lixfeld
I dunno. 5.1.1 still has loads of open bugs. I personally wouldn't trust it quite yet on critical kit especially since full ISSU is still some pipe dream. On Feb 18, 2014, at 9:16 AM, Jared Mauch ja...@puck.nether.net wrote: On Feb 17, 2014, at 10:20 AM, Jason Lixfeld ja...@lixfeld.ca

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-18 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 09:16:38AM -0500, Jared Mauch wrote: Or look at 5.1.1 now that it's released. Is this the major upgrade that was rumored, with a different OS underneath, and a fully new upgrade algorithm, etc? (Our first ASR9001 is coming soon :-) ) gert -- USENET is *not* the

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-18 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 18/02/2014 14:40, Gert Doering wrote: Is this the major upgrade that was rumored, with a different OS underneath, and a fully new upgrade algorithm, etc? (Our first ASR9001 is coming soon :-) ) no, 4.x and 5.1.x still run on qnx. you're mixing them up with xr 5.0.x which runs on a linux

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-18 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 18/02/2014 15:00, Nick Hilliard wrote: On 18/02/2014 14:40, Gert Doering wrote: Is this the major upgrade that was rumored, with a different OS underneath, and a fully new upgrade algorithm, etc? (Our first ASR9001 is coming soon :-) ) no, 4.x and 5.1.x still run on qnx. you're mixing

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-18 Thread Adam Vitkovsky
Doering Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 3:40 PM To: Jared Mauch Cc: Gert Doering; Cisco NSP Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2 Hi, On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 09:16:38AM -0500, Jared Mauch wrote: Or look at 5.1.1 now that it's released. Is this the major upgrade that was rumored, with a different

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-18 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 04:16:21PM +0100, Adam Vitkovsky wrote: I'd stay away from 5.x in production. It's a brand new OS architecture (though not sure if it's true for XR for ASRs as well). Anyways it's a new train = new features = new bugs. Understood. OTOH, ASR9k is fully new for us

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-18 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 03:07:38PM +, Nick Hilliard wrote: no, 4.x and 5.1.x still run on qnx. you're mixing them up with xr 5.0.x which runs on a linux kernel. seriously Gert, how can you make such a basic mistake here? What is so similar about version numbers 5.0 and 5.1 that

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-18 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 18/02/2014 15:35, Gert Doering wrote: I'm wondering, just for a small moment, whether there is any sanity left inside *any* Cisco BU. cisco procedure for product naming / version numbering: 1. examine tea leaves / entrails / lunar signs 2. use entropy from #1 to generate random sequence of

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-18 Thread Mark Tinka
On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 05:32:21 PM Gert Doering wrote: Understood. OTOH, ASR9k is fully new for us anyway, and there seem to be enough weird things in 4.x as well... so maybe I'll save myself the hassle of understanding 4.x and upgrade-to-5.x :-) Features aside, I'm only interested

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-18 Thread Jason Lixfeld
You can get that already, with the minuscule number of SMUs out there that are hitless. /sarcarsm For full blown, hitless ISSU/SMU/FPD stuff, not a chance in hell. On Feb 18, 2014, at 12:29 PM, Mark Tinka mark.ti...@seacom.mu wrote: On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 05:32:21 PM Gert Doering

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-18 Thread Mark Tinka
On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 07:33:18 PM Jason Lixfeld wrote: You can get that already, with the minuscule number of SMUs out there that are hitless. /sarcarsm I have a glass of beer for every hitless SMU out there :-). For full blown, hitless ISSU/SMU/FPD stuff, not a chance in hell. I

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-18 Thread Anders Löwinger
On 2014-02-18 18:29, Mark Tinka wrote: were promised it will cut upgrade times from 2hrs to 30x minutes. I can't grasp why a SW upgrade should take even 30 minutes. Sounds broken, whatever Cisco says /Anders ___ cisco-nsp mailing list

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-18 Thread Dmitry Valdov
Software loading on ASR9001 takes long time. But actually upgrading takes about 20 minutes.. I don't care how long it takes to load software to a box if it doesn't affect traffic. Anyway 20 minutes is still too much comparing to 76xx where it takes less then 10 minutes. On Tue, 18 Feb

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-18 Thread Charles Sprickman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 18, 2014, at 10:35 AM, Gert Doering wrote: Hi, On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 03:07:38PM +, Nick Hilliard wrote: no, 4.x and 5.1.x still run on qnx. you're mixing them up with xr 5.0.x which runs on a linux kernel. seriously Gert, how

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-18 Thread Mark Tinka
On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 08:06:38 PM Dmitry Valdov wrote: Software loading on ASR9001 takes long time. But actually upgrading takes about 20 minutes.. I don't care how long it takes to load software to a box if it doesn't affect traffic. Anyway 20 minutes is still too much comparing to

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-18 Thread Mark Tinka
On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 10:47:39 PM Charles Sprickman wrote: We looked at Juniper as well, and honestly, their licensing seemed fairly opaque as well. Juniper's licensing isn't any better, on the MX anyway. You have to pay for licenses to support a full table, l3vpn, e.t.c. The

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-18 Thread Dmitry Valdov
On Wed, 19 Feb 2014, Mark Tinka wrote: Software loading on ASR9001 takes long time. But actually upgrading takes about 20 minutes.. I don't care how long it takes to load software to a box if it doesn't affect traffic. Anyway 20 minutes is still too much comparing to 76xx where it takes less

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-18 Thread Mark Tinka
On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 06:01:35 AM Dmitry Valdov wrote: Reload SMU or full image or power on. It is time needed to reload a box.. Well, physically, there is less hardware to deal with in the ASR9001, so perhaps that could be it. Part of the reasons - or so I'm told - IOS XR (and

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-18 Thread Dmitry Valdov
On Wed, 19 Feb 2014, Mark Tinka wrote: Reload SMU or full image or power on. It is time needed to reload a box.. Well, physically, there is less hardware to deal with in the ASR9001, so perhaps that could be it. Part of the reasons - or so I'm told - IOS XR (and its SMU's) take a while to

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-18 Thread Mark Tinka
On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 06:55:08 AM Dmitry Valdov wrote: No, it doesn't depend on an update itself, if you have reload type of SMU. It takes long time because it loads RSP(s) first, and once it completed it starts to load linecard(s) which have separate copy of IOS XR running ot

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-17 Thread Aaron
, January 16, 2014 12:03 PM To: Gert Doering Cc: Cisco NSP Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2 Hi, On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 06:32:04PM +0100, Florian Lohoff wrote: We did the same while waiting for the SMU. The SMU should not be needed for 4.3.2 - the arp learning local interface command should

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-17 Thread Jason Lixfeld
] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2 Hi, On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 06:32:04PM +0100, Florian Lohoff wrote: We did the same while waiting for the SMU. The SMU should not be needed for 4.3.2 - the arp learning local interface command should be built-in, so hopefully you are good to go. RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:cr2

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-17 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 17/02/2014 15:16, Aaron wrote: I want to upgrade from 4.1.2 to 4.3.4. Anything I should be aware of that y'all can think of off the top of your heads? That's a lot of upgrading. Beware of XR 4.3.4 bug ID CSCuj61034: Can't SSH into router. In a percentage of upgrades, you cannot ssh into

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-17 Thread Aaron
Thanks Nick, So is ssh gone from 4.3.4 or is there a fix ? Aaron -Original Message- From: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Nick Hilliard Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 9:33 AM To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2 On 17

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-02-17 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 17/02/2014 16:47, Aaron wrote: Thanks Nick, So is ssh gone from 4.3.4 or is there a fix ? no, ssh is still there, but there's a bug associated with it. Actually, the bug appeared in 4.3.2, but is fixed in 4.3.2SP1 and internal rebuilds of 4.3.4. nick

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-01-22 Thread Jared Mauch
On Jan 17, 2014, at 3:30 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson swm...@swm.pp.se wrote: On Fri, 17 Jan 2014, Mark Tinka wrote: IOS is riddled with no ip blah to turn off stupidity. If they start going down this path with IOS XR, the clean slate will have been for nothing. I agree. Sensible defaults has

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-01-17 Thread Mikael Abrahamsson
On Fri, 17 Jan 2014, Mark Tinka wrote: IOS is riddled with no ip blah to turn off stupidity. If they start going down this path with IOS XR, the clean slate will have been for nothing. I agree. Sensible defaults has been a good thing in XR. Was the ARP change even documented? I would guess

[c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-01-16 Thread Florian Lohoff
Hi, we made some upgrade from 4.1.1 to 4.3.2 tonight and discovery new and strange ARP behaviour. The ASR9k seems to store arbitrary ARP responses in its MAC Address table. In our setup this lead to reachability problems because it had cought an ARP response for a loopback address of a linux

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-01-16 Thread Andrew Koch
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 2:35 AM, Florian Lohoff f...@zz.de wrote: Hi, we made some upgrade from 4.1.1 to 4.3.2 tonight and discovery new and strange ARP behaviour. The ASR9k seems to store arbitrary ARP responses in its MAC Address table. We ran into similar trouble when swapping out

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-01-16 Thread Florian Lohoff
Hi, On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:48:11AM -0600, Andrew Koch wrote: We ran into similar trouble when swapping out our router for an ASR9k running 4.2.3. Cisco scrambled a SMU for that release (sorta). From their information it is not entirely arbitrary. Any IP that is routed down that link

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-01-16 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 06:32:04PM +0100, Florian Lohoff wrote: We thought so to. We opened a case - Cisco DDTS CSCty06696 was the result. Cisco did not agree that this was faulty behavior: they insisted that it was correct. The DDTS and SMU are for an option to disable the ability

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-01-16 Thread Andrew Koch
Hi, On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 06:32:04PM +0100, Florian Lohoff wrote: We did the same while waiting for the SMU. The SMU should not be needed for 4.3.2 - the arp learning local interface command should be built-in, so hopefully you are good to go. RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:cr2(config- subif)#arp

Re: [c-nsp] ARP on ASR9k 4.3.2

2014-01-16 Thread Mark Tinka
On Thursday, January 16, 2014 07:50:41 PM Gert Doering wrote: (*Bugs* can happen, but insisting that stupidity is expected behaviour and then undergoing the expense to have an off-by-default(!) make it less braindead switch added to it is really amazing) Agree. IOS is riddled with no ip