[c-nsp] Advanced Metro license, ME-3600

2012-09-26 Thread Eric A Louie
Hey folks, I'm trying to get the straight scoop on the licensing issue I received an ME 3600x from my reseller, without the Advanced Metro license.  I did order the license from them.  Is there a normal wait for getting it, or is the reseller trying to smokescreen me?  Or, should I have received

Re: [c-nsp] Advanced Metro license, ME-3600

2012-09-27 Thread Eric A Louie
I don't see an eval license for "ME 3600X Advanced Metro" under Routers & Switches  Much appreciated, Eric Louie 619-743-5375 From: Reuben Farrelly To: Aaron Cc: Mattias Gyllenvarg ; Eric A Louie ; cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Sent: Thu, S

Re: [c-nsp] Advanced Metro license, ME-3600

2012-09-27 Thread Eric A Louie
__ From: Reuben Farrelly To: Eric A Louie Cc: Aaron ; Mattias Gyllenvarg ; cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Sent: Thu, September 27, 2012 3:34:47 PM Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Advanced Metro license, ME-3600 The Eval license does not require a license be obtained from CCO.  Only permanent non-expiring licen

Re: [c-nsp] Advanced Metro license, ME-3600

2012-09-28 Thread Eric A Louie
Thanks all for all the help.  I got 2 60-day eval licenses from licens...@cisco.com Got them tftp'ed and installed (license install flash:filename) and now I have the AdvMetroIPAccess enabled. -e- From: Ivan To: Eric A Louie ; cisco-nsp Sent

[c-nsp] asymmetrical performance inside core

2012-10-01 Thread Eric A Louie
I'm inheriting a problem that I could use some ideas to troubleshoot. Speedtesting from within my core to other locations within the core give me "asymmetrical" performance. I've traced the routes and the path is the same download and upload, but I'll get very good download speeds (30Mbps) and

[c-nsp] MPLS and VRF

2012-10-23 Thread Eric A Louie
I've been reading and studying but I'm still not quite getting a few concepts down around it. I'm looking for the relationship between the labels and transparency through non-MPLS routers, if there is any, and the relationship between VRFs and labels. Anyone have any guidance for me? Much ap

[c-nsp] ME3600x sub-interfaces

2012-10-26 Thread Eric A Louie
Are sub-interfaces supported on the ME3600x? Or is there some special formula that I need to enable them? Cisco IOS Software, ME360x Software (ME360x-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version 15.2(4)S, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) License Level: AdvancedMetroIPAccess License Type: Permanent interface GigabitEthernet0

Re: [c-nsp] ME3600x sub-interfaces

2012-10-26 Thread Eric A Louie
Service instances are Cisco's 2012 way of doing subinterfaces: conf t int g0/1 switchport mode trunk switchport trunk allowed vlan none service instance 100 ethernet encap dot1q 100 stuff things service instance 200 ethernet encap dot1q 200 stuff things On 2012-10-26, at 1:37 PM, Eric A

Re: [c-nsp] ME3600x sub-interfaces

2012-10-26 Thread Eric A Louie
Thanks Thomas. That's definitely an option - it was my 2nd one. The plain old subinterfaces, like on a router, don't work on this platform, apparently. Much appreciated, Eric From: "t...@flashstudy.de" To: Eric A Louie ; Cisco NSP S

[c-nsp] mpls ip creating traffic disturbance(s)

2013-01-15 Thread Eric A Louie
We implemented what seemed to be a pretty simple mpls configuration to test a vrf config. It caused widespread havoc across my production network. Has anyone encountered a situation where they've put "mpls ip" on a link and had it cause problems with web browsing to the Internet, even on traff

Re: [c-nsp] mpls ip creating traffic disturbance(s)

2013-01-15 Thread Eric A Louie
Eric From: Oscar Belmar To: Eric A Louie Sent: Tue, January 15, 2013 4:45:57 PM Subject: Re: [c-nsp] mpls ip creating traffic disturbance(s) Did you change system or link MTU? OBM El 15/01/2013 21:27, "Eric A Louie" escribió: We implemented what seemed to be a pretty simple mpls c

Re: [c-nsp] mpls ip creating traffic disturbance(s)

2013-01-15 Thread Eric A Louie
Tim - yes, over the link, I believe you're right. The traffic was getting affected even if it didn't traverse that link. Much appreciated, Eric From: Tim Warnock To: Eric A Louie Sent: Tue, January 15, 2013 4:31:12 PM Subject: RE: [c-nsp] mpls i

Re: [c-nsp] mpls ip creating traffic disturbance(s)

2013-01-16 Thread Eric A Louie
no summarization (yet), Andrew. This is all inside an ospf area 0 network. Much appreciated, Eric From: Andrew Jones To: Eric A Louie ; Cisco NSP Sent: Tue, January 15, 2013 6:09:09 PM Subject: RE: [c-nsp] mpls ip creating traffic disturbance(s) Do you do

Re: [c-nsp] mpls ip creating traffic disturbance(s)

2013-01-16 Thread Eric A Louie
ated, Eric From: Tim Warnock To: Eric A Louie Sent: Tue, January 15, 2013 5:18:08 PM Subject: RE: [c-nsp] mpls ip creating traffic disturbance(s) Be sure to use: ip mtu 1500 and ipv6 mtu 1500 on every interface otherwise as your IGP grows you may run into breakage. > -Original Message-

Re: [c-nsp] mpls ip creating traffic disturbance(s)

2013-01-16 Thread Eric A Louie
I had two interfaces configured for vrf. No vrf lite configured. I used vpnv4 on the MP-BGP configuration, pointing to respective loopback interfaces. Much appreciated, Eric From: Pete Lumbis To: Eric A Louie Cc: Cisco NSP Sent: Tue, January 15, 2013 7

Re: [c-nsp] mpls ip creating traffic disturbance(s)

2013-01-17 Thread Eric A Louie
Thanks Mattias. Where did you increase your MTU? Much appreciated, Eric From: Mattias Gyllenvarg To: Eric A Louie Sent: Tue, January 15, 2013 10:43:58 PM Subject: Re: [c-nsp] mpls ip creating traffic disturbance(s) We hit the "dont forget too inc

[c-nsp] ip tcp adjust-mss

2013-02-11 Thread Eric A Louie
I just put in this command on my upstream interfaces to help my mpls network pass traffic - that is, my effort to eliminate fragmentation in my backbone. Is anyone else using this method of "mtu control"? I need some support - my CEO is asking why I have to do this, and who else does it, and i

Re: [c-nsp] ip tcp adjust-mss

2013-02-11 Thread Eric A Louie
the good news is, I'm the provider network and it's my backbone. the bad news is, I have a mixed environment, Foundry/Brocade and Cisco. Much appreciated, Eric From: Mack McBride To: Eric A Louie ; Cisco NSP Sent: Mon, February 11, 2013 12:54:50

Re: [c-nsp] ip tcp adjust-mss

2013-02-11 Thread Eric A Louie
Much appreciated, Eric From: Saku Ytti To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Sent: Mon, February 11, 2013 12:33:53 PM Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ip tcp adjust-mss On (2013-02-11 11:56 -0800), Eric A Louie wrote: > Is anyone else using this method of "mtu control&quo

Re: [c-nsp] ip tcp adjust-mss

2013-02-13 Thread Eric A Louie
ure out that I could increase MTU on the two mpls ip interfaces...) Much appreciated, Eric From: Richard Clayton To: Eric A Louie Cc: Cisco NSP Sent: Tue, February 12, 2013 5:04:19 AM Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ip tcp adjust-mss Eric I needed to use this command t

[c-nsp] Next step-up from 7206VXR

2013-02-19 Thread Eric A Louie
I've run out of port capacity on my 7206VXR and need to go to "the next router" or put in another 7206VXR side-by-side. Any recommendations on what to use if I were to replace my existing 7206VXR with another chassis? (it's limited to 5 GB interfaces, and we need 7 or 8) Much appreciated, Er

Re: [c-nsp] Old C2950 Strangness..

2013-03-19 Thread Eric A Louie
root with no password? root / cisco? does the password recovery process work? http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps628/products_password_recovery09186a0080094184.shtml then you can do a show flash, maybe. From: Howard Leadmon To: cisco-nsp@puck.

[c-nsp] VRF and non-VRF on the same physical interface

2013-04-12 Thread Eric A Louie
Platform ME-3600X, IOS 15.2 I've got point to multipoint connection on the GigE interface, a base radio and 2 sector radios. I've been trying to get both a VRF SVI and a non-VRF SVI to work over that same physical interface. Here's what I've done so far: 1. Created a no switchport physical

[c-nsp] Advice - c7200VXR with 2 bgp tables and peering fabric

2013-06-05 Thread Eric A Louie
I have a c7204VXR NPE-G1 1GB RAM 6 GigE (3 on the NP, 1 on the I/O, and 2 PA-GE).  Passing about 150Gbps of traffic.  It's taking a full eBGP feed (470k routes), and connected to a peering fabric (30k routes so far). When I turned up the peering fabric, I spiked the cpu for about 5 minutes and

Re: [c-nsp] Advice - c7200VXR with 2 bgp tables and peering fabric

2013-06-06 Thread Eric A Louie
rding rate and the RAM capacity.  I'm not adverse to upgrading the 7206VXR with the NPE-G2 > > From: Erik Versaevel >To: Eric A Louie ; Cisco NSP >Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 10:38 PM >Subject: RE: [c-nsp] Advice - c7200VXR with 2 bgp

[c-nsp] Best practice, MPLS and MTU settings

2013-10-24 Thread Eric A Louie
I'm preparing to recommend how my company should engineer the MPLS connections within our backbone.  I'd like some feedback. Right now, I have a suggested workaround that reduces the MSS on the upstream Internet interfaces, so that we keep the TCP payload at 1400.  This is due to asymmetrical t

Re: [c-nsp] ip tcp adjust-mss

2013-11-06 Thread Eric A Louie
...and, after months of doing nothing and leaving the adjust-mss command in, I actually forgot why they were there, and what the effect was, and even that it was 40 bytes smaller than the MTU.  So I ended up breaking the TCP flows that were marked DF again, and in the end, I'm taking the "high r

[c-nsp] 7200VXR to ASR migration advice/guidance

2014-01-10 Thread Eric A Louie
I'm getting ready to do an upgrade from a 7204VXR with 6 GigE interfaces to an ASR 1002-X, basically one for one interfaces and configuration. Is there anything I need to watch out for, either hardware-wise or software-wise when moving the configuration?  (other than the typical nomenclature/in

Re: [c-nsp] 7200VXR to ASR upgrade

2014-02-24 Thread Eric A Louie
The reseller I'm working with says "It's less expensive to order the bundled" ASR1002-X and that the AES and AIS are the same price so it doesn't matter which Advanced you order. > > From: Adam Greene >To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net >Sent: Wednesday, February

[c-nsp] Secondary IP address causing MTU reduction?

2014-12-16 Thread Eric A Louie via cisco-nsp
I encountered a strange problem that I'm hoping is a bug. Directly connected routersMTU 9200Works fine with single IP addresses As soon as I put a secondary address on both interfaces (one VLAN, one physical interface), the MTU allowed magically decreased to 1477.  1500 byte packets with DF set w

Re: [c-nsp] Secondary IP address causing MTU reduction?

2014-12-17 Thread Eric A Louie via cisco-nsp
On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 6:28 PM, David Coulson wrote: What platform? What code? Can you post your interface config? Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 16, 2014, at 9:22 PM, Eric A Louie via cisco-nsp > wrote: > > I encountered a strange problem that I'