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Mapping traffic to an LSP on Junos – BGP and table inet.3 (part 2)

Now that we know about IGP based LSP forwarding on Junos, the 2nd part in this series focuses on BGP and table inet.3. 

We also continue from where part 1 left off, by looking at how traffic-engineering bgp-igp and mpls-forwarding can affect route redistribution from OSPF into BGP.

Lab Topology

For this lab, I’ll be using the topology below.

lsplab

Software revisions are as follows

  • CE Routers (CE1, CE2): IOS (Cisco 7200 12.4(24)T)
  • P Routers (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5): IOS (Cisco 7200 12.4(24)T)
  • PE Routers (Junos1, Junos2): Junos (Olive 12.3R5.7)

As with Part 1, the base configurations are using OSPF as the routing protocol and LDP to exchange transport labels.

Route redistribution (bgp-igp and mpls-forwarding)

Here’s what I changed on Junos 1. The OSPF route 102.102.102.102 learnt via OSPF from CE2 will be redistributed in to BGP.

By the way, I’m not suggesting that your CEs should be part of your core IGP, but for the purposes on this lab test… 🙂

root@R6-Junos1# show | compare
[edit protocols bgp group internal]
+    export ospf2bgp;
[edit policy-options]
+   policy-statement ospf2bgp {
+       from {
+           protocol ospf;
+           route-filter 102.102.102.102/32 exact;
+       }
+       then accept;
+   }

The configuration on Junos1 is still running with “traffic-engineering mpls-forwarding” so the routing table has OSPF as the active route for routing, and the LDP route is active for forwarding

root@R6-Junos1> show route 102.102.102.102

inet.0: 21 destinations, 35 routes (21 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
@ = Routing Use Only, # = Forwarding Use Only
+ = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both

102.102.102.102/32 @[OSPF/150] 00:00:28, metric 0, tag 0
                    > to 192.168.46.4 via em0.0
                   #[LDP/9] 00:00:28, metric 1
                    > to 192.168.46.4 via em0.0, Push 28

Hence you would definitely expect the routing policy to match on the OSPF route 102.102.102.102 and therefore we’ll see the route in BGP right? Sure enough if I hop over to Junos2, the route is there:

root@R7-Junos2> show route receive-protocol bgp 6.6.6.6

inet.0: 22 destinations, 23 routes (22 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
  Prefix                  Nexthop              MED     Lclpref    AS path
  102.102.102.102/32      192.168.46.4         0       100        I

OK show what happens if I change over to traffic-engineering bgp-igp  on Junos1? The LDP route becomes the active route for routing and forwarding, and isn’t matched by my policy, so is not advertised to Junos2.

inet.0: 22 destinations, 36 routes (22 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
@ = Routing Use Only, # = Forwarding Use Only
+ = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both

102.102.102.102/32 *[LDP/9] 00:00:04, metric 1
                    > to 192.168.46.4 via em0.0, Push 28
                    [OSPF/150] 00:04:54, metric 0, tag 0
                    > to 192.168.46.4 via em0.0

root@R7-Junos2> show route receive-protocol bgp 6.6.6.6

inet.0: 22 destinations, 22 routes (22 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)

inet.3: 14 destinations, 14 routes (14 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)

BGP (LSP forwarding) and table inet.3

We’ll now have a look at how BGP operates. I’ve set the “traffic-engineering” on Junos1 back to the defaults. We should expect BGP to recursively resolve it’s next-hop via inet.3 and therefore MPLS route the traffic. Let’s see!

iBGP Peering

There is an iBGP peering session between Junos1 and Junos2. No other routers are running iBGP

eBGP Peering

Junos2 has an eBGP peering with CE1. CE has a second Loopback 112.112.112.112 being advertised via this eBGP session.

root@R7-Junos2> show configuration protocols bgp
group as102 {
    peer-as 102;
    neighbor 192.168.102.1;
}
group internal {
    local-address 7.7.7.7;
    peer-as 1;
    neighbor 6.6.6.6;
}

root@R7-Junos2> show route receive-protocol bgp 192.168.102.1

inet.0: 22 destinations, 22 routes (22 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
  Prefix                  Nexthop              MED     Lclpref    AS path
* 112.112.112.112/32      192.168.102.1        0                  102 I

LSP Fowarding and Routing

So how does Junos1 route to CE2s IP address 112.112.112.112? Let’s take a look at the routing tables.

root@R6-Junos1> show route 112.112.112.112

inet.0: 22 destinations, 22 routes (22 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
@ = Routing Use Only, # = Forwarding Use Only
+ = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both

112.112.112.112/32 *[BGP/170] 00:05:00, MED 0, localpref 100, from 7.7.7.7
                      AS path: 102 I, validation-state: unverified
                    > to 192.168.46.4 via em0.0, Push 27

OK, so we see 112.112.112.112/32 in table inet.0 as expected, and it looks like label 27 is going to be pushed. Let’s take a look at this in more detail:

inet.0: 22 destinations, 22 routes (22 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
112.112.112.112/32 (1 entry, 1 announced)
TSI:
KRT in-kernel 112.112.112.112/32 -> {indirect(131070)}
        *BGP    Preference: 170/-101
                Next hop type: Indirect
                Address: 0x9378ba4
                Next-hop reference count: 3
                Source: 7.7.7.7
                Next hop type: Router, Next hop index: 561
                Next hop: 192.168.46.4 via em0.0, selected
                Label operation: Push 27
                Label TTL action: prop-ttl
                Session Id: 0x1
                Protocol next hop: 192.168.102.1
                Indirect next hop: 93b8000 131070 INH Session ID: 0x2
                State: 
                Local AS:     1 Peer AS:     1
                Age: 5:41       Metric: 0       Metric2: 1
                Validation State: unverified
                Task: BGP_1.7.7.7.7+179
                Announcement bits (2): 0-KRT 6-Resolve tree 2
                AS path: 102 I
                Accepted
                Localpref: 100
                Router ID: 7.7.7.7
                Indirect next hops: 1
                        Protocol next hop: 192.168.102.1 Metric: 1
                        Indirect next hop: 93b8000 131070 INH Session ID: 0x2
                        Indirect path forwarding next hops: 1
                                Next hop type: Router
                                Next hop: 192.168.46.4 via em0.0
                                Session Id: 0x1
                        192.168.102.0/24 Originating RIB: inet.3
                          Metric: 1                       Node path count: 1
                          Forwarding nexthops: 1
                                Nexthop: 192.168.46.4 via em0.0

The key here is the protocol next hop – 192.168.102.1.

192.168.102.1 isn’t directly attached to Junos1 – it is CE2s address on the Junos2<->CE2 segment, Therefore BGP will recursively resolve this next hop via table inet.3 and inet.0. As the inet.3 LDP route has a lower preference compared to the inet.0 OSPF route, the inet.3 route will be chosen and traffic will be placed on the LSP automatically, pushing label 27 in this case.

root@R6-Junos1> show route 192.168.102.1

inet.0: 22 destinations, 22 routes (22 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
@ = Routing Use Only, # = Forwarding Use Only
+ = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both

192.168.102.0/24   *[OSPF/10] 00:06:30, metric 5
                    > to 192.168.46.4 via em0.0

inet.3: 14 destinations, 14 routes (14 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
+ = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both

192.168.102.0/24   *[LDP/9] 00:06:30, metric 1
                    > to 192.168.46.4 via em0.0, Push 27

root@R6-Junos1> show route forwarding-table destination 112.112.112.112
Routing table: default.inet
Internet:
Destination        Type RtRef Next hop           Type Index NhRef Netif
112.112.112.112/32 user     0                    indr 131070     2
                              192.168.46.4      Push 27   561     2 em0.0

root@R6-Junos1> traceroute 112.112.112.112
traceroute to 112.112.112.112 (112.112.112.112), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  192.168.46.4 (192.168.46.4)  28.026 ms  27.884 ms  28.510 ms
     MPLS Label=27 CoS=0 TTL=1 S=1
 2  192.168.34.3 (192.168.34.3)  29.767 ms  25.848 ms  28.571 ms
     MPLS Label=28 CoS=0 TTL=1 S=1
 3  192.168.35.5 (192.168.35.5)  29.831 ms  26.455 ms  28.586 ms
     MPLS Label=27 CoS=0 TTL=1 S=1
 4  192.168.57.7 (192.168.57.7)  29.478 ms  25.518 ms  29.075 ms
 5  192.168.102.1 (192.168.102.1)  32.961 ms  31.147 ms  33.398 ms

Traffic is labelled!

But what about IGP traffic to the protocol next hop? Well that won’t follow the LSP of course because we don’t have “mpls traffic-engineering” configured.

root@R6-Junos1> show route forwarding-table destination 192.168.102.1
Routing table: default.inet
Internet:
Destination        Type RtRef Next hop           Type Index NhRef Netif
192.168.102.0/24   user     0 192.168.46.4       ucst   555    32 em0.0

Exactly as expected!

I’ve shown that BGP is using table inet.3 to resolve next hops, where as normal IGP routing is using inet.0.

Another thing to remember with BGP & inet.3… if inet.0 contains a better route (e.g. better preference) then BGP would use the inet.0 route and traffic would not be forwarded on the LSP.

In this case, as none of the P routers are running BGP, this would break the connectivity (the P routers don’t know how to get to 112.112.112.112 so would drop the traffic). Hence, the traffic has to follow the LSP for the traffic to reach CE2.

Mapping traffic to an LSP on Junos (part 1)

It’s been a while since I wrote a Junos post… there are a few things that I’ve been meaning to write up for a while, so this series will focus on MPLS label switched paths (LSP) and how to put traffic on to an LSP.

By default IGPs won’t use an LSP, so this 1st part focuses on what you’ll need to configure should you want both BGP and IGP traffic forwarding to use LSPs.

Later parts will look at other options available in Junos to forward traffic via an LSP, and more advanced topics e.g. LSP selection based on BGP extended community.

I’ll start with a quick recap of the Junos routing tables – inet.0, inet.3 and mpls.0

Junos Routing Tables (IPv4)

inet.0

Table inet.0 is the primary unicast routing table used by IPv4. It’s where IGPs will resolve next hops.

inet.3

Table inet.3 is the routing table populated by MPLS protocols such as RSVP or LDP. A lookup here will result in a label being pushed.

It’s also worth noting that inet.3 is used by BGP to resolve BGP next-hops. BGP examines both inet.3 and inet.0, choosing a next-hop based on the lowest Junos preference value. In case of a tie, inet.3 is used.

mpls.0

This is the MPLS label switching table and is used by label switch routers. Routers along the LSP will use this table to swap and pop labels as appropriate.

Lab Topology

For this lab, I’ll be using the topology below.

lsplab

Software revisions are as follows

  • CE Routers (CE1, CE2): IOS (Cisco 7200 12.4(24)T)
  • P Routers (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5): IOS (Cisco 7200 12.4(24)T)
  • PE Routers (Junos1, Junos2): Junos (Olive 12.3R5.7)

The base configurations are using OSPF as the routing protocol and LDP to exchange transport labels.

LSP Traffic Forwarding

Default MPLS forwarding on Cisco and Juniper

Let’s have a look at Junos1 and R4 and see how traffic would be forwarded by default.

Junos1

102.102.102.102 is  an IP address assigned to the Looback0 on CE2. Let’s take a look at the routing table on Junos1:

root@R6-Junos1> show route 102.102.102.102

inet.0: 21 destinations, 21 routes (21 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
+ = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both

102.102.102.102/32 *[OSPF/150] 00:08:21, metric 0, tag 0
> to 192.168.46.4 via em0.0

inet.3: 14 destinations, 14 routes (14 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
+ = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both

102.102.102.102/32 *[LDP/9] 00:04:32, metric 1
> to 192.168.46.4 via em0.0, Push 28

Table inet.0 contains only the OSPF leant route. Remember that although there is a LDP route in table inet.3, it won’t be used for IGP route lookups, and we can verify this with a look at the forwarding table for prefix 102.102.102.102.

root@R6-Junos1> show route forwarding-table destination 102.102.102.102
Routing table: default.inet
Internet:
Destination        Type RtRef Next hop           Type Index NhRef Netif
102.102.102.102/32 user     0 192.168.46.4       ucst   555    30 em0.0

Note that type is “ucst”, if the traffic was to be labelled it would say “Push” followed by the label number to be pushed.

Therefore IPv4 unicast traffic by default on Junos will not be labelled.

R4

Now let’s take a look at R4

R4#show mpls forwarding-table 102.102.102.102
Local  Outgoing      Prefix            Bytes Label   Outgoing   Next Hop
Label  Label or VC   or Tunnel Id      Switched      interface
28     29            102.102.102.102/32   \
                                       0             Fa1/0      192.168.34.3

R4#sh ip cef 102.102.102.102 detail
102.102.102.102/32, epoch 0
  local label info: global/28
  nexthop 192.168.34.3 FastEthernet1/0 label 29

R4 shows a very different story – traffic will be labelled, and will push label 29.

Also note that R4 expects labelled traffic going to 102.102.102.102 to be received with label 28.

Verification

Let’s verify this situation with a traceroute on Junos1

root@R6-Junos1> traceroute 102.102.102.102
traceroute to 102.102.102.102 (102.102.102.102), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  192.168.46.4 (192.168.46.4)  8.855 ms  2.253 ms  4.572 ms
 2  192.168.34.3 (192.168.34.3)  28.783 ms  26.034 ms  28.780 ms
     MPLS Label=29 CoS=0 TTL=1 S=1
 3  192.168.35.5 (192.168.35.5)  27.265 ms  25.306 ms  28.669 ms
     MPLS Label=28 CoS=0 TTL=1 S=1
 4  192.168.57.7 (192.168.57.7)  29.321 ms  26.853 ms  28.707 ms
 5  192.168.102.1 (192.168.102.1)  34.871 ms  30.649 ms  33.596 ms

Well that’s pretty clear that the 1st hop traffic from Junos was not labelled, and traffic from the IOS box R4 was labelled. The egress label applied for the R4->R3 traffic was label 29 as expected.

So what if we want Junos to forward IGP traffic via an LSP? Well there are a couple of MPLS configuration options: traffic-engineering bgp-igp and mpls-forwarding.

traffic-engineering bgp-igp

Traffic-engineering bgp-igp configures BGP and the IGPs to use LSPs for forwarding traffic destined for egress routers. The bgp-igp option causes all inet.3 routes to be moved to the inet.0 routing table.

root@R6-Junos1# show | compare
[edit protocols mpls]
+   traffic-engineering bgp-igp;

root@R6-Junos1> show route 102.102.102.102

inet.0: 21 destinations, 35 routes (21 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
@ = Routing Use Only, # = Forwarding Use Only
+ = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both

102.102.102.102/32 *[LDP/9] 00:00:33, metric 1
                    > to 192.168.46.4 via em0.0, Push 28
                    [OSPF/150] 00:00:33, metric 0, tag 0
                    > to 192.168.46.4 via em0.0

The LDP route and the OSPF route are now in table inet.0, and the LDP route with preference 9 is now the best route.

The traceroute should now show the 1st hop being labelled – let’s see:

root@R6-Junos1> traceroute 102.102.102.102
traceroute to 102.102.102.102 (102.102.102.102), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  192.168.46.4 (192.168.46.4)  30.523 ms  28.792 ms  28.561 ms
     MPLS Label=28 CoS=0 TTL=1 S=1
 2  192.168.34.3 (192.168.34.3)  28.502 ms  26.692 ms  28.756 ms
     MPLS Label=29 CoS=0 TTL=1 S=1
 3  192.168.35.5 (192.168.35.5)  28.296 ms  26.501 ms  28.403 ms
     MPLS Label=28 CoS=0 TTL=1 S=1
 4  192.168.57.7 (192.168.57.7)  28.205 ms  26.365 ms  28.581 ms
 5  192.168.102.1 (192.168.102.1)  33.717 ms  30.332 ms  33.996 ms

Spot on – and the 1st hop label is 28, as expected.

traffic-engineering mpls-forwarding

traffic-engineering bgp-igp will allow high-priority LSPs to supersede IGP routes in the inet.0 routing table.  Essentially this means that the active route might not be the IGP route, and therefore IGP routing might not be as expected, e.g. routing policy routes may not be matched.

The mpls-forwarding option enables LSPs to be used for forwarding but not route selection. Routes are added to both the inet.0 and inet.3 routing tables.

Let’s take a look at the routing table with the mpls-forwarding option in place:

root@R6-Junos1> show route 102.102.102.102

inet.0: 21 destinations, 35 routes (21 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
@ = Routing Use Only, # = Forwarding Use Only
+ = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both

102.102.102.102/32 @[OSPF/150] 00:03:56, metric 0, tag 0
                    > to 192.168.46.4 via em0.0
                   #[LDP/9] 00:00:02, metric 1
                    > to 192.168.46.4 via em0.0, Push 28

inet.3: 14 destinations, 14 routes (14 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
+ = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both

102.102.102.102/32 *[LDP/9] 00:00:02, metric 1
                    > to 192.168.46.4 via em0.0, Push 28

Note that both the OSPF routes and the LDP routes a present in table inet.0 but the OSPF route is marked “Routing Use Only” and the LDP route “Forwarding Use Only”.

Therefore the outcome for traffic forwarding will be the identical to “bgp-igp”:

root@R6-Junos1> traceroute 102.102.102.102
traceroute to 102.102.102.102 (102.102.102.102), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  192.168.46.4 (192.168.46.4)  28.526 ms  28.594 ms  29.658 ms
     MPLS Label=28 CoS=0 TTL=1 S=1
 2  192.168.34.3 (192.168.34.3)  28.161 ms  26.584 ms  28.419 ms
     MPLS Label=29 CoS=0 TTL=1 S=1
 3  192.168.35.5 (192.168.35.5)  28.882 ms  25.807 ms  28.394 ms
     MPLS Label=28 CoS=0 TTL=1 S=1
 4  192.168.57.7 (192.168.57.7)  28.521 ms  26.170 ms  28.564 ms
 5  192.168.102.1 (192.168.102.1)  34.301 ms  31.283 ms  34.266 ms

The difference can be noted when we are matching against a protocol in a routing policy.

In the second part in this series, I will look at BGP forwarding via an LSP, and will also demonstrate how these two MPLS options affect route redistribution from OSPF to BGP.