Even I use send-label that's not necessary I don't think I'll lose
points doing over-config.    What do you guys say?

Bill

2009/10/31 André Luiz Bernardes <[email protected]>:
> 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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