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

Not to hijack the thread, but I wanted to add -- Just because the fiber jumpers are new, does not mean they are clean. I had a 40 gig link that started taking errors. Moreso when it was under load. I personally cleaned everything. Still had issues. Replaced the optics, no change. New,

Re: [c-nsp] [External] Re: Support for CFP2

Cisco do seem to suggest there is a QSFP-DD > > using QPSK for 100G, but I've not looked too closely at it (and note > > that QSFP-DD is different to QSFP28, having about three times the > > electrical power available): > > > https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collater

Re: [c-nsp] [External] Re: Support for CFP2

Jockey > VBH M-1C > +1 256 824 5331 > > Office of Information Technology > The University of Alabama in Huntsville > Network Engineering > > On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 9:07 AM Nick Hilliard via cisco-nsp > wrote: > > > > Shawn L via cisco-nsp wrote on 19/01/2024 14:58:

Re: [c-nsp] Support for CFP2

I have. They're telling me I need The pluggable optic must be DWDM 1530 to 1563 nm with QPSK modulation that fits 50Ghz (~31 to 35Gbaud) and a launch power of ZR+ 0dBm. The customer channel should have Rx: Max <-10 dBm/Ch and Tx: Min: >–5 dBm/Ch to Max: <+ 6.5dBm/Ch in order to meet the GOSNR

[c-nsp] Support for CFP2

At $dayjob we're working on turning up a 100G connection with a provider. At this point, it looks like the only optic that's meets their criteria is a CFP2. Unfortunately, we don't have any equipment that supports those. Everything we have uses the QSFP28 form factor, and there doesn't seem to be

Re: [c-nsp] ASR9901 licensing configuration

lf Of Hank > Nussbacher via cisco-nsp > Sent: Friday, December 22, 2023 2:11 AM > To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ASR9901 licensing configuration > > On 21/12/2023 22:35, Shawn L via cisco-nsp wrote: > > Running on IOS-XR 7.5.2 > > I get: > RP/0

[c-nsp] ASR9901 licensing configuration

I have a new ASR9901 and this is my first foray into Cisco's smart licensing. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I've found numerous cisco docs for configuring it, but the commands don't seem to be present on my router. For example, the ASR9k documentation (I cannot seem to find 9901

Re: [c-nsp] Internet border router recommendations and experiences

That's one of the major reasons we're sticking with the ASR920 in metro deployments for all it's faults. They do silly license stuff on the 12SZ (no bulk, make all the 10G ports work license) but once you figure out their quirks they do work quite well. We did just receive a 9901 (purchased 6

[c-nsp] Best Practices for Transporting Layer-2 Services

I'm wondering what other providers are doing when they need to transport a bunch of third-party layer-2 services? For Example -- if another SP wants to hand you 3 vlans (for example 10,11,12) and have you transport them to a couple of sites. Vlan 10 (could be Q-in-Q or not) needs to go to sites

Re: [c-nsp] ASR920 randomly loosing layer-2 on a port

We upgraded the 920 to 16.12.06 this morning. No change. Still not learning MAC addresses on port te0/0/4. So, back to the drawing board. On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 1:31 PM Gert Doering wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 04:47:57PM +, Brian Turnbow wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at

Re: [c-nsp] ASR920 randomly loosing layer-2 on a port

I don't believe that my issue is uptime related. A cold-boot of the router didn't fix anything. I am going to work on upgrading the IOS and see what happens. On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 12:50 PM Adrian Minta wrote: > > On 7/11/22 19:31, Shawn L wrote: > > A-ha. I was still on 3.

Re: [c-nsp] ASR920 randomly loosing layer-2 on a port

A-ha. I was still on 3.18.06. I'll try that Shawn On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 12:26 PM Adrian Minta wrote: > > On 7/11/22 16:22, Shawn L wrote: > > I have a strange one. I have a ASR-920-4SZ ( 2 copper ports, 4 10-gig > sfp > > ports all licensed). > > > > &

[c-nsp] ASR920 randomly loosing layer-2 on a port

I have a strange one. I have a ASR-920-4SZ ( 2 copper ports, 4 10-gig sfp ports all licensed). In one of the 10gig sfp ports I have a cisco copper SFP. The interface configuration is really basic interface TenGigabitEthernet0/0/4 description P2P Connection to no ip address no

Re: [c-nsp] BFD not working on ASR920

That's a big no on NAT. We're still deploying them on the edge, feeding customer facing FTTH and DSL customers. At least they support EIGRP (yes we still use that) and MPLS. I really wish they would do some more development for the platform, or at least fix all the 'wierd-ness' on them. On

Re: [c-nsp] FIB scale on ASR9001

I'll second Tom on this one. I actually have 2 9001S routers (the S is the port / memory limited license). They have 2 full feeds (V4 and V6) and some EIGRP, and that's about it. Currently handling things fine. Though only doing ~ 5gig in/out at this point. Shawn On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 1:04

Re: [c-nsp] Third party optics

We pretty much do the same thing. A couple of cisco optics on-hand just in case, otherwise we use 3rd party. A lot of the times, the third-party optics are coded to look just like Cisco optics, so we haven't even had to swap them out before filing a case for something. As long as it's not

Re: [c-nsp] DC PoE Switch Recommendations

If you're looking for new equipment, what about a 3850 series switch? They're getting close to the end-of-sale from Cisco, but will still be supported for quite a while. If you're looking at used equipment, it can be tough to find DC power supplies. I have a couple of (reputable) larger

[c-nsp] VPLS to multiple end points

Does anyone have any examples of doing a VPLS to multiple end points? I have a use case where I want to bring in a couple of vlans to an ASR920 and then transport them via MPLS to several other ASR920s. So, basically a layer-2 vpn. Normally, I'd just bring in the vlans, and then do an xconnect

Re: [c-nsp] ASR920 - new lines in config after reboot

ecall correctly.) > > > On 5/16/21 3:27 PM, Shawn L wrote: > > As strange as the ASR920 routers can behave at times, I've never seen > this > > one before. Wondering if anyone else has. > > > > We have a remote site with a ASR920-12CZ router running 3.16 > > (0

[c-nsp] ASR920 - new lines in config after reboot

As strange as the ASR920 routers can behave at times, I've never seen this one before. Wondering if anyone else has. We have a remote site with a ASR920-12CZ router running 3.16 (03.16.05.S.155-3.S5) which has been fine for quite a while now (years). Yesterday there was a power outage at the

Re: [c-nsp] ASR920 Port Licensing

I have to say, we're not really happy with them at this point Just had a call with Cisco. Showed them the router that only has 6 functional ports, and 3 more with the exact same IOS and licensing that have all of the ports functional. They can't explain what the difference is. Their only

Re: [c-nsp] ASR920 Port Licensing

to troubleshoot in the middle of the night. Shawn On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 7:43 AM Gert Doering wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 06:42:41AM -0500, Shawn L wrote: > > On the new router that was sent, only 6 ports are operational. The > other 6 > > are disabled, and won't e

[c-nsp] ASR920 Port Licensing

Another member just sent a question about smart licensing, and it got me thinking that I should post my current issue here and see if anyone has seen this before, or if I'm crazy (or Cisco is). Last summer I purchased 6 ASR920-12SZ-D routers/switches. These are the ones with 12 10-gig ports.

Re: [c-nsp] ASR920 as an iperf host?

vices-router/y1564-capabilities-asr920.pdf> > > > - Thomas Scott | mr.thomas.sc...@gmail.com > > > On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 10:04 AM Shawn L wrote: > >> Does anyone know if there's a way to do basic speed testing to / from an >> ASR920? I know you used to be able to us

[c-nsp] ASR920 as an iperf host?

Does anyone know if there's a way to do basic speed testing to / from an ASR920? I know you used to be able to use ttcp on some cisco routers to do basic testing, but it doesn't seem to be available on the 920. Or, if there's a way to do any sort of link speed testing between 2 ASR920s? I have

Re: [c-nsp] Delay in delivery of new routers

No idea as to why, but we saw the same thing this summer. Purchased a couple of switches and 2 ASR920 routers. Switches arrived in a week. The routers took almost 3 months. On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 3:36 AM wrote: > We ordered 8 new ASR1009x at the end of July. > > Original delivery date was

Re: [c-nsp] ASR920 Break Into ROMMON

Where is the SD card? I’m guessing you need to open the chassis to get at it? On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 7:06 PM Scott Miller wrote: > This worked! I pulled the SD card, slotted into a linux laptop, renamed > the "good" ios file to the "bad" name, slotted the SD card back into the > 920 and

Re: [c-nsp] NCS540 - Interface up, not passing traffic

I'll second that one -- check the ASR920. I've seen instances where I needed to physically remove the SFP, wait a minute, replace it, wait a couple of minutes and then things came back up. On the power front, we had a 920 (12SZ) at a remote location that had several brown-outs, and then lost

Re: [c-nsp] NAT on ASR920 Everest

I remember reading somewhere that NAT wsan't supported on the 920 series. Though I did find this It appears that NAT is only supported on the 12SZ-IM https://community.cisco.com/t5/routing/nat-on-cisco-asr920/td-p/3023788 With that being said, I haven't tried it on any of the ASR920s that

Re: [c-nsp] Mpls with layer-2 in between

would probably take bouncing all the ldp neighbors for it to take effect. > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 12:38 PM Shawn L wrote: > >> I have kind of a strange situation. Trying to figure out what to do >> moving >> forward, and not sure what the best (or quickest) way to

[c-nsp] Mpls with layer-2 in between

I have kind of a strange situation. Trying to figure out what to do moving forward, and not sure what the best (or quickest) way to solve the issue. I have a mpls cross-connect (pseudowire) between 2 sites. The link comes up, but I can't pass any traffic. sh mpls l2transport vc - shows the

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

on our own, but not goten real far. We've tried several reboots of the far-end, and we aren't able to reproduce it or make it fail. Shawn On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 5:34 AM James Bensley wrote: > On Tue, 19 May 2020 at 00:22, Shawn L wrote: > > > > Had another weird interface

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

Had another weird interface issue on a pair of Cisco ASR920 routers. Wondering if anyone has seen something similar before. Both are setup with basic routing, no layer-2 functionality over the link, and pretty basic. interface TenGigabitEthernet0/0/4 description Feed mtu 9189 ip address

[c-nsp] DHCP Snooping on an ASR920 ?

I'm running into kind of a weird one -- wondering if anyone has ever seen this before, or has a better idea of how to accomplish this? I have an ASR920 that I want to use to aggregate customer traffic. Mainly for (bridged) dsl and fiber customers. Normally (on the older cisco stuff we're

Re: [c-nsp] ASR 920 Strange SFP behavior

much more than the > NCS540 and people seem really happy with it. > > Mvh > Philip > > > -Ursprungligt meddelande- > > Från: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] För Shawn L > > Skickat: den 19 mars 2020 13:35 > > Till: Cisco Network Servic

Re: [c-nsp] ASR 920 Strange SFP behavior

sweet time > too. > > Some bedtime reading... I mean, nightmare fuel: > > https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/asr920/configuration/guide/chassis/b_Chassis_Guide_xe-16-5-asr920/using-dual-rate-port.pdf > > > Cheers > > David > > > > > O

Re: [c-nsp] ASR 920 Strange SFP behavior

t/pipermail/cisco-nsp/2019-August/106974.html > > > Brian > > > -Original Message- > > From: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of > > Shawn L > > Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2020 1:09 PM > > To: Cisco Network Service Provide

[c-nsp] ASR 920 Strange SFP behavior

I have a group of 5 Cisco ASR-920-12SZ switches / routers that are all exhibiting some strange behavior with respect to ports and SFPs. This is the new 12 port 10 gig device that just came out relatively recently. I also have some of the 920-12CZ and 4CZ that aren't having the issue. Just

Re: [c-nsp] big uptime - what you got ?

You beat me IOS (tm) C2600 Software (C2600-I-M), Version 12.2(2)T1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2) uptime is 6 years, 48 weeks, 4 days, 18 hours, 42 minutes On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 10:54 AM Patrick M. Hausen wrote: > Am 10.02.2020 um 16:35 schrieb Aaron Gould : > > > > Holy cow! Beat that > > > >

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 8000

There is a new 920, the ASR-920-12SZ with 12 10/1 gid ports. I think it's a move in the right direction, but I agree, some faster uplink ports would be nice. On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 2:00 AM Mark Tinka wrote: > > > On 12/Dec/19 16:17, James Jun wrote: > > > > > I agree that ASR-9901 (Starlord)

Re: [c-nsp] Cisco 8000

Wonder how much one of those costs. On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 2:15 PM Gert Doering wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 07:40:50PM +0200, Saku Ytti wrote: > > > https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/routers/8000-series-routers/index.html#~product-series > > How nice of that page to

Re: [c-nsp] MPLS xconnect with a WS-C3850 switch?

ot1q 3936 > rewrite ingress tag pop 1 symmetric > xconnect x.x.x.x 3936 encapsulation mpls (loopback IP of ASR1) >mtu 1600 > ! > > Scott > > On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 8:12 AM Shawn L wrote: > >> I have an interesting one that I'm trying to figure out. I ha

[c-nsp] MPLS xconnect with a WS-C3850 switch?

I have an interesting one that I'm trying to figure out. I have TAC case open, but they've been slow to respond to say the least. Wondering if anyone else has ever run into this. I have a simple MPLS xconnect between 2 ASR-920 routers running EIGRP. When I insert the 3850 in between them, the

Re: [c-nsp] ASR 920 Replacement

I haven’t seen a roadmap where the hardware has been discontinued. Just put in a grant application to use a bunch of the new 12x 10 gig models and none of our research nor talking to Cisco directly showed any EOL any time soon On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 6:17 PM Igor Sukhomlinov wrote: > NCS5xx

Re: [c-nsp] No Mpls commands

But it appears I need to reboot for it to take, as there's still no access to any of the mpls commands or configuration On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:23 PM Radu-Adrian FEURDEAN < cisco-...@radu-adrian.feurdean.net> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019, at 16:58, Shawn L wrote: > > I have several

[c-nsp] No Mpls commands

I have several ASR-920 routers and a couple of older ME3600s all exhibiting the same behavior. We purchased all of them with the Advanced Metro ip access licenses, and I can see the licenses when I do a show license. However, when I try to enable MPLS on any of them, the commands are no there.

Re: [c-nsp] BGP Route Announcement

That second part has bit me in the rear before. As a matter of course now I always make a static route to null 0 for every prefix I announce via BGP. Once I verify that an IGP or static route is covering that prefix, I remove the null route or not if you have several more specific routes.

Re: [c-nsp] Intelligent Bandwidth Management

I have one customer (medium sized medical institution) that has 1 main office and 5-6 branches that replaced their MPLS circuits with SD-Wan. They run their network traffic and VoIP phone system over it without issue. Saved them a large chunk of $$ too, converting their MPLS circuits to Internet.

Re: [c-nsp] Broadband Aggregation/Termination

Out of curiosity what are you using for cgnat? On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Aaron Gould wrote: > At the ISP where I work, we do DHCP on linux servers for ~40,000 bb > subscribersspread across dsl, ftth and cable modem > > Customer rate limiting occurs with bandwidth

Re: [c-nsp] Broadband Aggregation/Termination

We do "standard" DHCP, (no ppoe) on mostly DSL and fiber to the home subs. For older dslams that do ATM only we have cisco 7200 routers with ATM interfaces that do the ATM to IP conversion (cheap, plenty of horsepower for the task). On the newer stuff that can take IP in directly we use cisco

Re: [c-nsp] Tabo Topic? Third party Maintenance

I guess it all depends on what you utilize support for. We tend to have in-house spares, etc. that we can swap in in the event of a failure. But, there are times when you need to talk to someone at TAC to get the bottom of an issue. On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 12:36 PM, Jared Mauch

Re: [c-nsp] 3rd party dwdm 80km optics in asr 9001

I've found cisco routers to be especially picky about 3rd party optics lately. I have guaranteed compatible optics that work flawlessly in Cisco switches the will absolutely not work in a cisco router (asr-1001 / ASR-9001 / 9k). Generally in the router you can see them, etc. they just don't

Re: [c-nsp] Router 6504E - SUP 720 3B XL

I've seen ASR-9001S routers on the used market in the US for ~12K On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 2:13 AM, Gert Doering wrote: > Hi, > > On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 08:24:55PM -0300, Estagiario wrote: > > taking advantage of the expereciencia of Lords. > > > > This combination 6505-e +

[c-nsp] DHCP Snooping and tracking down rogue dhcp servers

I have a weird one that's been bugging me for a while. Hoping someone might have some insight. We have a cisco 3750 switch that's providing aggregation for several dslams at a small remote site. The dslams don't have any real ip awareness or routing abilities, etc. so we're utilizing the switch

Re: [c-nsp] ASR1004 Used

I can't comment on price for that particular model, but for used equipment vendors, it really depends on the vendor. We buy a lot of previously owed cisco equipment, but the vendor we use is licensed by cisco and offers their own lifetime warranty on the gear we purchase from them. They also go