This is my first time trying to get l2vpn vpls w/bgp autodiscovery to work.please help if you know a simply scenario config that you could share to make it work with ios xr on one side and me3600x ios vanilla on the other side.
Trying to get it up between 3 PE nodes where I will run vpls between all 3. 2 are me3600's and 1 is asr9k. I would like the asr9k to be route-reflector. I tried and tried first just to get it up between asr9k and one me3600 first..initially l2vpn address family bgp neighbor session came up and stayed up.this was ONLY after putting in the bgp neighbor and AF configs under bgp. BUT, once I added some l2vpn, vfi stuff on asr9k OR l2 vfi xyz auto, vpn-id stuff on me3600, it all fell apart. It went through a few iterations of trying various things..during that time I saw several errors on either side.. Here are some of them incase they look familiar to you. Thanks, Aaron Config. Asr9k. router bgp 64512 bgp router-id 10.101.0.254 bgp cluster-id 10 address-family l2vpn vpls-vpws ! neighbor-group my-rr-clients remote-as 64512 update-source Loopback0 address-family l2vpn vpls-vpws route-reflector-client ! ! neighbor 10.101.12.251 use neighbor-group my-rr-clients ! neighbor 10.101.12.253 use neighbor-group my-rr-clients ! l2vpn bridge group mytestvpls bridge-domain mytestvpls vfi mytestvpls vpn-id 99 autodiscovery bgp rd 64512:99 route-target 88:99 signaling-protocol bgp ve-id 10 me3600.. router bgp 64512 bgp router-id 10.101.12.251 bgp log-neighbor-changes no bgp default ipv4-unicast neighbor 10.101.0.254 remote-as 64512 neighbor 10.101.0.254 update-source Loopback0 ! address-family ipv4 exit-address-family ! address-family l2vpn vpls neighbor 10.101.0.254 activate neighbor 10.101.0.254 send-community extended exit-address-family -ME3600-test# RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:-9k-test1#sh bgp l2vpn vpls neighbors 10.101.12.251 | be malform Sat Jan 5 15:50:02.948 CST Total malformed UPDATE 490 Last malformed UPDATE 00:00:11 Error subcode 10, attribute code 0, action reset session Malformed UPDATE: 88 bytes FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF FFFFFFFF 00580200 00004140 01010240 02008004 04000000 00400504 00000064 C0101000 02FC0000 00006300 0AFC0000 00006380 0E160019 41040A65 0CFB0060 0000FC00 00000063 0A650CFB RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.069 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: Received OPEN from 10.101.12.251, version 4, holdtime 180 secs RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.069 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: OPEN from 10.101.12.251 has optional parameter type: 2 (Capability) len: 6 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.069 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: OPEN from 10.101.12.251 has MULTIPROTOCOL_EXTENSION capability for afi/safi: 25/65 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.069 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: OPEN from 10.101.12.251 has optional parameter type: 2 (Capability) len: 2 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.070 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: OPEN from 10.101.12.251 has ROUTE-REFRESH capability(old) for all address-families RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.070 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: OPEN from 10.101.12.251 has optional parameter type: 2 (Capability) len: 2 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.070 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: OPEN from 10.101.12.251 has ROUTE-REFRESH capability for all address-families RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.070 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: OPEN from 10.101.12.251 has optional parameter type: 2 (Capability) len: 2 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.070 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: OPEN from 10.101.12.251 has unrecognized capability code: 70, length 0 (ignored) RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.070 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: OPEN from 10.101.12.251 has optional parameter type: 2 (Capability) len: 6 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.070 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: OPEN from 10.101.12.251 has 4-byte AS capability with AS 64512 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.071 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: bgp_io_read_schedule_updgrp: NO updgrp scheduled after Open processing: nbr=10.101.12.251, nbrfl=0x08314000 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.071 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: 10.101.12.251 went from Connect to OpenSent RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.071 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: Sending OPEN to 10.101.12.251, version 4, my as: 64512, holdtime 180 seconds RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.071 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: 10.101.12.251 went from OpenSent to OpenConfirm RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.072 : bgp[1047]: [iowt]: 10.101.12.251 send message type 1, length (incl. header) 53 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.072 : bgp[1047]: [iowt]: Send message dump for 10.101.12.251: RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.072 : bgp[1047]: [iowt]: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.072 : bgp[1047]: [iowt]: 0035 0104 fc00 00b4 0a65 00fe 1802 0601 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.072 : bgp[1047]: [iowt]: 0400 1900 4102 0280 0002 0202 0002 0641 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.072 : bgp[1047]: [iowt]: 0400 00fc 00 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.073 : bgp[1047]: [iowt]: 10.101.12.251 send message type 4, length (incl. header) 19 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.073 : bgp[1047]: [iowt]: Send message dump for 10.101.12.251: RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.073 : bgp[1047]: [iowt]: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.073 : bgp[1047]: [iowt]: 0013 04 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.075 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: Received message from 10.101.12.251 with type 4, length (incl. header) 19 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.075 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: Receive message dump for 10.101.12.251: RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.075 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.075 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: 0013 04 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.075 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: 10.101.12.251 went from OpenConfirm to Established RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.075 : bgp[1047]: %ROUTING-BGP-5-ADJCHANGE : neighbor 10.101.12.251 Up (VRF: default) RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.076 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: Received message from 10.101.12.251 with type 4, length (incl. header) 19 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.076 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: Receive message dump for 10.101.12.251: RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.076 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.076 : bgp[1047]: [iord]: 0013 04 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.077 : bgp[1047]: BGP:vpws invlaid type in TLV - type 0 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.077 : bgp[1047]: [rtr]: Sending NOTIFICATION 3/10 (illegal network) to 10.101.12.251 (1 bytes: ) RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.077 : bgp[1047]: [iowt]: 10.101.12.251 send message type 3, length (incl. header) 22 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.077 : bgp[1047]: [rtr]: 10.101.12.251 went from Established to Closing RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.077 : bgp[1047]: [iowt]: Send message dump for 10.101.12.251: RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.078 : bgp[1047]: %ROUTING-BGP-5-ADJCHANGE : neighbor 10.101.12.251 Down - BGP Notification sent, illegal network (VRF: default) RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.078 : bgp[1047]: [iowt]: ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.078 : bgp[1047]: [iowt]: 0016 0303 0a60 RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:49.079 : bgp[1047]: [event]: 10.101.12.251 reset due to BGP Notification sent RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:51.081 : bgp[1047]: [event]: 10.101.12.251 went from Closing to Idle RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:Jan 5 15:12:51.081 : bgp[1047]: [event]: Neighbor 10.101.12.253 has advertised all L2VPN VPLS routes. No routes were purged. ..after making some changes.saw this on me3600 side. -ME3600-test# Jan 5 16:35:04: BGP: 10.101.0.254 active KEEPALIVE write request serviced in BGP_IO Jan 5 16:35:04: BGP: 10.101.0.254 active service 2 read request in BGP_IO Jan 5 16:35:06: BGP: 10.101.0.254 active KEEPALIVE write request serviced in BGP_IO Jan 5 16:35:06: BGP: 10.101.0.254 active service 2 read request in BGP_IO Jan 5 16:35:06: BGP: 10.101.0.254 active service 2 read request in BGP_IO Jan 5 16:35:06: BGP: 10.101.0.254 active KEEPALIVE requested (rcv_open) Jan 5 16:35:06: BGP: ses global 10.101.0.254 (0xF0BC0CC:0) act service keepalive IO request. Jan 5 16:35:06: BGP: 10.101.0.254 active received KEEPALIVE, length (excl. header) 0 Jan 5 16:35:06: %BGP-5-ADJCHANGE: neighbor 10.101.0.254 Up Jan 5 16:35:06: BGP: 10.101.0.254 KEEPALIVE write request serviced in BGP_IO Jan 5 16:35:06: BGP: 10.101.0.254 service 1 read request in BGP_IO Jan 5 16:35:06: BGP: 10.101.0.254 KEEPALIVE requested (bgp_tx_converged) Jan 5 16:35:06: BGP: ses global 10.101.0.254 (0xF0BC0CC:1) service keepalive IO request. Jan 5 16:35:06: BGP: 10.101.0.254 KEEPALIVE write request serviced in BGP_IO Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 martian network 0:0:0.0.0.0/0 received - ignored Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 martian network 32768:0:0.0.0.0/17 received - ignored Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 martian network 0:0:0.0.0.0/0 received - ignored Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 martian network 0:0:0.0.0.0/0 received - ignored Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 martian network 0:0:0.0.0.0/0 received - ignored Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 martian network 0:0:0.0.0.0/0 received - ignored Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP(9): 10.101.0.254 rcvd UPDATE w/ attr: nexthop 10.101.0.254, origin i, localpref 100, extended community RT:88:99 0x800A:4864:98304000 Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP(9): 10.101.0.254 rcvd 10:10:656371:65.0.0.0/99 -- DENIED due to: extended community not supported; Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 martian network 0:0:0.0.0.0/0 received - ignored Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 martian network 0:0:0.0.0.0/0 received - ignored Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 martian network 0:0:0.0.0.0/0 received - ignored Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 martian network 0:0:0.0.0.0/0 received - ignored Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 martian network 0:0:0.0.0.0/0 received - ignored Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 martian network 0:0:0.0.0.0/0 received - ignored Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 martian network 0:0:0.0.0.0/0 received - ignored Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 martian network 0:0:0.0.0.0/0 received - ignored ..... i deleted tons of these entries...so many just like this... ..... Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 martian network 0:0:0.0.0.0/0 received - ignored Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 martian network 0:0:0.0.0.0/0 received - ignored Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 martian network 0:0:0.0.0.0/0 received - ignored Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 martian network 0:0:0.0.0.0/0 received - ignored Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 martian network 0:0:0.0.0.0/0 received - ignored Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 martian network 0:0:0.0.0.0/0 received - ignored Jan 5 16:35:11: %BGP-5-ADJCHANGE: neighbor 10.101.0.254 Down BGP Notification sent Jan 5 16:35:11: %BGP-3-NOTIFICATION: sent to neighbor 10.101.0.254 3/10 (illegal network) 1 bytes FD Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 bogus update route prefix received Jan 5 16:35:11: %BGP-4-MSGDUMP: unsupported or mal-formatted message received from 10.101.0.254: FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF 0058 0200 0000 4140 0101 0040 0200 4005 0400 0000 64C0 1010 0002 0058 0000 0063 800A 1300 05DC 0000 900E 001C 0019 4104 0A65 00FE 0000 1100 00FC 0000 0000 6300 0A00 0A00 0A03 F341 Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 received KEEPALIVE, length (excl. header) 0 Jan 5 16:35:11: BGP: 10.101.0.254 KEEPALIVE write request serviced in BGP_IO -ME3600-test# -ME3600-test# Jan 5 16:35:15: %BGP_SESSION-5-ADJCHANGE: neighbor 10.101.0.254 L2VPN Vpls topology base removed from session BGP Notification sent -ME3600-test# -ME3600-test#u all All possible debugging has been turned off -ME3600-test#sh bgp l2vpn vpls a su BGP router identifier 10.101.12.251, local AS number 64512 BGP table version is 1, main routing table version 1 Neighbor V AS MsgRcvd MsgSent TblVer InQ OutQ Up/Down State/PfxRcd 10.101.0.254 4 64512 0 0 1 0 0 00:00:13 Idle -ME3600-test# Jan 5 16:35:28: %BGP-5-ADJCHANGE: neighbor 10.101.0.254 Up Jan 5 16:35:33: %BGP-5-ADJCHANGE: neighbor 10.101.0.254 Down BGP Notification sent Jan 5 16:35:33: %BGP-3-NOTIFICATION: sent to neighbor 10.101.0.254 3/10 (illegal network) 1 bytes FD Jan 5 16:35:33: %BGP-4-MSGDUMP: unsupported or mal-formatted message received from 10.101.0.254: FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF FFFF 0058 0200 0000 4140 0101 0040 0200 4005 0400 0000 64C0 1010 0002 0058 0000 0063 800A 1300 05DC 0000 900E 001C 0019 4104 0A65 00FE 0000 1100 00FC 0000 0000 6300 0A00 0A00 0A03 F341 -ME3600-test# Jan 5 16:35:38: %BGP_SESSION-5-ADJCHANGE: neighbor 10.101.0.254 L2VPN Vpls topology base removed from session BGP Notification sent _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/