On 21/09/2009, at 7:37 AM, Fouant, Stefan wrote:
I don't know if you want to arbitrarily use local-pref and AS-Path
prepend in a one-size-fits-all approach, as under certain scenarios
it might be more beneficial to route traffic between POPs to take
advantage of routes via shortest AS Path or other constraints. Why
not just extend your IGP across all POPs and set inter-POP links to
a higher metric? In this scenario, if a given route is received via
muliple POPs and all things being equal (AS Path, etc.), you'll
prefer to route traffic out the shortest-cost path to a POP exit
point.
Sorry for the top post, I'm on my BB.
Stefan Fouant
Neustar, Inc. / Principal Engineer
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I agree with Stefan. You are better off extending your IGP across PoPs
as it will give you more flexibility in the long run. If you ever want
to go down the path of traffic engineering / MPLS / etc, you will find
it much easier as this will allow for CSPF and multi-topology routing
architectures.
Truman
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Ernst <na...@shreddedmail.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org <nanog@nanog.org>
Sent: Sun Sep 20 16:17:41 2009
Subject: Multi-POP design check/help question
Cross-posted from cisco-nsp. We are a (mostly) Cisco shop, but I'm
looking
more for BCP and overall design, not provisioning specifics.
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My Cisco bookshelf isn't helping me much with this...
We currently have a single POP with border/core/aggregation topology.
Upstreams each come in on their own border router and the core is
used as a
route-reflector for border and aggregation. The internal network
uses OSPF
as an IGP and each device is dual-connected for redundancy on
independent
layer-2 networks. OSPF load-shares with loopback IPs and IBGP uses
the
loopback addresses for peering.
We are looking at turning up two additional POPs in the metro area,
each
connected by redundant GigE loops to the original POP. Each POP may
have
zero or more direct upstream connections. I'd like local traffic at
each
POP to prefer both in and outbound traffic via the local upstream,
but still
be able to failover to upstreams at other POPs if needed.
My initial thoughts are to BGP peer between POPs with a higher local-
pref
for the local outbound traffic and to prepend between the POPs so
inbound
traffic is more likely to take the shortest path inbound.
Is this too simplistic? Prone to trouble? What gotchas should I be
looking
at, or other designs should I be considering?
