Got it

I would change that message to : ALWAYS USE SEND-LABEL on IBGP, DO NOT LOOSE
POINTS! :)

Thanks

2009/10/31 Rick Mur <[email protected]>

> That message is quite dangerous to assume.
> Like you saw when the EBGP prefix (where labels are exchanged on the
> ASBR's) is NOT known in your IGP topology. LDP only assigns labels to IGP
> prefixes. Therefore the labels that are exchanged on the AS border, are NOT
> known within that network, like Bryan said, on the RR's.
>
> You definitely NEED to add send-label on your IBGP neighbors as well so the
> traffic is label switched within your AS as well. It will definitely won't
> work if you have a couple routers within your AS (when they are NOT ASBR's).
> So it's not always when you have 2 connections, it depends on the situation,
> check your LFIB and see how the traffic is label switched (or not)
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Rick Mur
> CCIE2 #21946 (R&S / Service Provider)
> Sr. Support Engineer – IPexpert, Inc.
> URL: http://www.IPexpert.com
>
> On 30 okt 2009, at 20:34, André Luiz Bernardes wrote:
>
> Hey Brian and Shai
>
> I believe some things are for the better !!!  Since this morning I believed
> that sending labels other than to EBGP was just cosmetic as all the labs I'd
> done worked fine without that. What I didn't took in account was what
> happened when we have dual IPV4 eBGP between the ASs and for some reason
> traffic is asymmetrical or just preferring the IBGP path to reach the
> next-hop.
>
> I am working on INE workbook right now and could reproduce this issue. What
> happened was that the VPN PE router was also the ASBR and instead of
> preferring the ASBR interface to get to the next AS, it was doing so via
> IBGP than taking the second ASBR.
>
> Sorry to post outputs from another vendor workbook but I can wait to share
> that :)
>
>
> I am sitting on the PE router on AS 100, which is also de ASBR. The PE
> router on AS 200 is 20.1.1.1
>
>
> Rack1R7#ping 119.0.0.1 sou lo0
> Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 119.0.0.1, timeout is 2 seconds:
> Packet sent with a source address of 10.1.7.7
> .....
> Success rate is 0 percent (0/5)
>
>
> Rack1R6#sh ip cef 20.1.1.1 detail
> 20.1.1.1/32, version 185, epoch 0, cached adjacency 20.1.46.4
> 0 packets, 0 bytes
>   tag information set, shared
>     local tag: BGP route head
>   via 20.1.4.4, 4 dependencies, recursive
>     next hop 20.1.46.4, Ethernet0/0 via 20.1.4.4/32
>     valid cached adjacency
>     tag rewrite with Et0/0, 20.1.46.4, tags imposed: {}   <<<<<   NO LABEL
> HUMMMMMMMM
>
>
>
> Rack1R6#sh ip bgp labels
> Network          Next Hop         In Label/Out Label
> 20.1.1.1/32      20.1.4.4         nolabel/nolabel    <<<<<   No label from
> iBGP path
> 20.1.1.1/32      20.1.26.2        nolabel/20          <<<<<   There is a
> label here learned via eBGP
>
>
>
> ****   I CONFIGURED SEND-LABEL BETWEEN MY IBGP NEIGHBORS WITHIN AS 100
> *****
>
>
> Rack1R6#sh ip cef 20.1.1.1 detail
> 20.1.1.1/32, version 193, epoch 0, cached adjacency 20.1.46.4
> 0 packets, 0 bytes
>   tag information set
>     local tag: 29
>     fast tag rewrite with Et0/0, 20.1.46.4, tags imposed: {31}
>   via 20.1.4.4, 4 dependencies, recursive
>     next hop 20.1.46.4, Ethernet0/0 via 20.1.4.4/32
>     valid cached adjacency
>     tag rewrite with Et0/0, 20.1.46.4, tags imposed: {31}   <<<<< HERE IS
> MY LABEL GUYS!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
> Rack1R6#sh ip bgp labels
> Network          Next Hop         In Label/Out Label
> 20.1.1.1/32      20.1.4.4         29/31             <<<<<   Label from
> IBGP
> 20.1.1.1/32      20.1.26.2        29/20             <<<<<   Label from
> EBGP
>
>
> NOW MY TRAFFIC GETS THRU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Rack1R7#ping 119.0.0.1 sou lo0
>
> Type escape sequence to abort.
> Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 119.0.0.1, timeout is 2 seconds:
> Packet sent with a source address of 10.1.7.7
> !!!!!
> Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 92/94/100 ms
>
>
>
> Message is...  USE SEND-LABELS between IBGP when doing Inter-AS VPNs with
> dual interconnections!!!
>
> Best
>
> Andre
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Bryan Bartik <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> I think it depends on what the scenario is, and what the next-hop is of
>> the VPN route. For example, if you are doing MP-EBGP between
>> route-reflectors in inter-AS scenario, the PE routers may need labels for
>> the PE routers in the other AS. If you do not have send-label between the
>> RRs and the PEs (IBGP) then the PE routers cannot properly tag the packets.
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Shai Loufton <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>  I am now actually on a proctor labs' 7200/ATM Rack now doing the second
>>> VOL II lab and I see exactly what you describe – it works with just enabling
>>> "send-label" on the ASBRs (and "set mpls-label" if there is a route-map in
>>> between).
>>>
>>>
>>> I cannot think of a reason of doing the LSP as a BGP LSP from end to end
>>> – can anyone else comment here about this also?
>>>
>>>
>>> BTW – thanks André Luiz Bernardes for helping me before …. – I will do
>>> the 1st lab tomorrow again – hopefully will understand it all and all
>>> will work eventually after I am done with it ….
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Shai L
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
>>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Andr? Luiz Bernardes
>>> *Sent:* Friday, October 30, 2009 4:17 PM
>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>> *Subject:* [OSL | CCIE_SP] BGP Labels, send or not to send....
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello guys
>>>
>>> I have this doubt here.. when configuring Inter-AS VPN we have to build
>>> an e2e label path to get VPN traffic flow between ISPs. Most of the times we
>>> are required to exchange loopbacks labels via IPv4 eBGP sessions between ASs
>>> since LDP is not allowed.
>>>
>>> Well... I have done this several times already on different vendor's
>>> wookbooks and that works fine just by configuring BGP send-label feature
>>> (and mpls set-label on route-maps) only on EBGP sessions. My questions is
>>> why worbook solutions always require configuring BGP label distribuition
>>> also for IBGP session? Is this just a best practice or is there any
>>> underlying issue that does not come up on workbook scenarios due to reduced
>>> topology...
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Andr'e
>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Bryan Bartik
>> CCIE #23707 (R&S), CCNP
>> Sr. Support Engineer - IPexpert, Inc.
>> URL: http://www.IPexpert.com
>>
>
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