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The MPLS Traffic Engineering Forwarding Adjacency feature allows a network administrator to handle a traffic engineering (TE) label switched path (LSP) tunnel as a link in an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) network based on the Shortest Path First (SPF) algorithm.
Both Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) are supported.
Your network must support the following Cisco IOS XE features:
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
IP Cisco Express Forwarding
IS-IS
Using the MPLS Traffic Engineering Forwarding Adjacency feature increases the size of the IGP database by advertising a TE tunnel as a link.
When the MPLS Traffic Engineering Forwarding Adjacency feature is enabled on a TE tunnel, the link is advertised in the IGP network as a type, length, value (TLV) 22 object without any TE sub-TLV.
You must configure MPLS TE forwarding adjacency tunnels bidirectionally.
The MPLS Traffic Engineering Forwarding Adjacency feature allows a network administrator to handle a TE LSP tunnel as a link in an IGP network based on the SPF algorithm. A forwarding adjacency can be created between routers regardless of their location in the network. The routers can be located multiple hops from each other, as shown in the figure below.
As a result, a TE tunnel is advertised as a link in an IGP network with the link’s cost associated with it.
Routers outside of the TE domain see the TE tunnel and use it to compute the shortest path for routing traffic throughout the network.
TE tunnel interfaces advertised for SPF--TE tunnel interfaces are advertised in the IGP network just like any other links. Routers can then use these advertisements in their IGPs to compute the SPF even if they are not the headend of any TE tunnels.
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enable Example: |
Enables privileged EXEC mode.
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configure terminal Example: |
Enters global configuration mode. |
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interface tunnel number Example: |
Designates a tunnel interface for the forwarding adjacency, and enters interface configuration mode. |
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exit Example: |
Exits interface configuration mode and returns to global configuration mode. |
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exit Example: |
Exits global configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode. |
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You must configure a forwarding adjacency on two LSP tunnels bidirectionally, from A to B and B to A. Otherwise, the forwarding adjacency is advertised, but not used in the IGP network. |
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enable Example: |
Enables privileged EXEC mode.
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configure terminal Example: |
Enters global configuration mode. |
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interface tunnel number Example: |
Designates a tunnel interface for the forwarding adjacency, and enters interface configuration mode. |
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tunnel mpls traffic-eng forwarding-adjacency [holdtime value ] Example: |
Advertises a TE tunnel as a link in an IGP network. |
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isis metric {metric-value | maximum } {level-1 | level-2 } Example: |
Configures the IS-IS metric for a tunnel interface to be used as a forwarding adjacency.
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enable Use this command to enable privileged EXEC mode. Enter your password if prompted. For example: Example: |
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show mpls traffic-eng forwarding-adjacency [ip-address ] Use this command to see the current tunnels. For example: Example: |
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show isis [process-tag ] database [level-1 ] [level-2 ] [l1 ] [l2 ] [detail ] [lspid ] Use this command to display information about the IS-IS link-state database. For example: Example: |
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exit Use this command to exit to user EXEC. For example: Example: |
This section provides a configuration example for the MPLS Traffic Engineering Forwarding Adjacency feature using an IS-IS metric.
The following output shows the configuration of a tunnel interface, a forwarding adjacency, and an IS-IS metric:
Router# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)# interface tunnel 7
Router(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng forwarding-adjacency
Router(config-if)# isis metric 2 level-1
Following is sample command output when a forwarding adjacency has been configured:
Router# show running-config
Building configuration...
Current configuration :364 bytes
!
interface Tunnel7
ip unnumbered Loopback0
no ip directed-broadcast
tunnel destination 192.168.1.7
tunnel mode mpls traffic-eng
tunnel mpls traffic-eng forwarding-adjacency
tunnel mpls traffic-eng priority 7 7
tunnel mpls traffic-eng path-option 10 explicit name short
isis metric 2 level 1Note |
Do not specify the tunnel mpls traffic-eng autoroute announce command in your configuration when you are using forwarding adjacency. |
Following is an example where forwarding adjacency is configured with OFPF:
Router# configure terminal
Router# show running-config
Building configuration...
Current configuration : 310 bytes
interface tunnel 1
!
interface Tunnel1
ip unnumbered Loopback0
ip ospf cost 6
tunnel destination 172.16.255.5
tunnel mode mpls traffic-eng
tunnel mpls traffic-eng forwarding-adjacency tunnel mpls
traffic-eng priority 7 7
tunnel mpls traffic-eng bandwidth 1000
tunnel mpls traffic-eng path-option 10 dynamic
end
Router# show mpls traffic-eng forwarding-adjacency
destination 172.16.255.5, area ospf 172 area 0, has 1 tunnels
Tunnel1 (load balancing metric 2000000, nexthop 172.16.255.5)
(flags: Forward-Adjacency, holdtime 0)
Router#In the figure below, if you have no forwarding adjacencies configured for the TE tunnels between Band F and C and F, all the traffic that A must forward to F goes through B because B is the shortest path from A to F. (The cost from A to F is 15 through B and 20 through C.)
If you have forwarding adjacencies configured on the TE tunnels between B and F and C and F and also on the TE tunnels between F and B and F and C, then when A computes the SPF algorithm, A sees two equal cost paths of 11 to F. As a result, traffic across the A-B and A-C links is shared.
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Cisco IOS commands |
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MPLS traffic engineering commands |
Cisco IOS Multiprotocol Label Switching Command Reference |
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IP switching commands |
Cisco IOS IP Switching Command Reference |
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IS-IS TLVs |
Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) TLVs (white paper) |
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No new or modified standards are supported by this feature, and support for existing standards has not been modified by this feature. |
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No new or modified MIBs are supported by this feature, and support for existing standards has not been modified by this feature. |
To locate and download MIBs for selected platforms, Cisco software releases, and feature sets, use Cisco MIB Locator found at the following URL: |
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No new or modified RFCs are supported by this feature, and support for existing RFCs has not been modified by this feature. |
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Cisco Express Forwarding --A scalable, distributed, Layer 3 switching solution designed to meet the future performance requirements of the Internet and enterprise networks.
forwarding adjacency --A traffic engineering link (or LSP) into an IS-IS/OSPF network.
IGP --Interior Gateway Protocol. Internet protocol used to exchange routing information within an autonomous system. Examples of common IGPs include Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (IGRP), Open Shortest Path First ( OSPF), and Routing Information Protocol (RIP).
IS-IS --Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System. Open System Interconnection (OSI) link-state hierarchical routing protocol whereby Intermediate System (IS) routers exchange routing information based on a single metric to determine network topology.
label switched path (LSP) --A sequence of hops (R0...Rn ) in which a packet travels from R0 to Rn through label switching mechanisms. A switched path can be chosen dynamically, based on normal routing mechanisms, or through configuration.
label switched path (LSP) tunnel --A configured connection between two routers, using label switching to carry the packets.
MPLS-- Multiprotocol Label Switching. A switching method that forwards IP traffic using a label. This label instructs the routers and the switches in the network where to forward the packets based on preestablished IP routing information.
OSPF --Open Shortest Path First. A link-state, hierarchical IGP routing algorithm proposed as a successor to RIP in the Internet community. OSPF features include least-cost routing, multipath routing, and load balancing. OSPF was derived from an early version of the IS-IS protocol. See also IS-IS.
SPF --Shortest Path First. A routing algorithm used as the basis for OSPF operations. When an SPF router is powered up, it initializes its routing-protocol data structures and then waits for indications from lower-layer protocols that its interfaces are functional.
TLV --type, length, value. A block of information embedded in Cisco Discovery Protocol advertisements.
traffic engineering --The techniques and processes used to cause routed traffic to travel through the network on a path other than the one that would have been chosen if standard routing methods had been applied.
traffic engineering tunnel --A label switched tunnel that is used for traffic engineering. Such a tunnel is set up through means other than normal Layer 3 routing; it is used to direct traffic over a path different from the one that Layer 3 routing would cause the tunnel to take.
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MPLS Traffic Engineering Forwarding Adjacency |
12.0(15)S 12.0(16)ST 12.2(18)S 12.2(18)SXD 12.2(27)SBC 12.2(28)SB 12.4(20)T Cisco IOS XE Release 2.3 |
The MPLS Traffic Engineering Forwarding Adjacency feature allows a network administrator to handle a TE LSP tunnel as a link in an IGP network based on the SPF algorithm. In 12.0(15)S, this feature was introduced. In 12.0(16)ST, this feature was integrated. In 12.2(18)S, this feature was integrated. In 12.2(18)SXD, this feature was integrated. In 12.2(27)SBC, this feature was integrated. In 12.2(28)SB, this feature was integrated. In 12.4(20)T, this feature was integrated. In Cisco IOS XE Release 2.3, this feature was implemented on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers. The following commands were modified: debug mpls traffic-eng forwarding-adjacency , show mpls traffic-eng forwarding-adjacency , and tunnel mpls traffic-eng forwarding-adjacency . |
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