MPLS Traffic Engineering - DiffServ Aware (DS-TE)
Information About MPLS Traffic Engineering - DiffServ Aware (DS-TE)
Prerequisites for MPLS Traffic Engineering - DiffServ Aware (DS-TE)
How to Configure MPLS Traffic Engineering - DiffServ Aware (DS-TE)
- Configuring DS-TE Tunnels
MPLS Traffic Engineering - DiffServ Aware (DS-TE): Examples
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MPLS Traffic Engineering - DiffServ Aware (DS-TE)

The Multiprotocol Label Switching Traffic Engineering (MPLS TE) - DiffServ-Aware Traffic Engineering (DS-TE) feature enables service providers to perform separate admission control and separate route computation for discrete subsets of traffic (for example, voice and data traffic).

When DS-TE is combined with other Cisco software features such as QoS, the service provider can:

Develop QoS services for end customers based on signaled rather than provisioned QoS
Build the higher-revenue generating “strict-commitment” QoS services, without over-provisioning
Offer virtual IP leased-line, Layer 2 service emulation, and point-to-point guaranteed bandwidth services including voice-trunking
Enjoy the scalability properties offered by MPLS.

Information About MPLS Traffic Engineering - DiffServ Aware (DS-TE)

MPLS TE and Constraint-Based Routing (CBR)

MPLS TE allows constraint-based routing (CBR) of IP traffic. One of the constraints satisfied by CBR is the availability of required bandwidth over a selected path. DiffServ-aware TE extends MPLS traffic engineering to enable you to perform constraint-based routing of “guaranteed” traffic, which satisfies a more restrictive bandwidth constraint than that satisfied by CBR for regular traffic. The more restrictive bandwidth is termed a sub-pool, while the regular TE tunnel bandwidth is called the global pool. (The sub-pool is a portion of the global pool. In the new IETF-Standard, the global pool is called BC0 and the sub-pool is called BC1. These are two of an eventually available eight Class Types). This ability to satisfy a more restrictive bandwidth constraint translates into an ability to achieve higher Quality of Service (QoS) performance in terms of delay, jitter, or loss for the guaranteed bandwidth services end-to-end across the network.

DS-TE has been augmented to conform to IETF standards that were developed after the initial creation of Cisco DS-TE. Now both the traditional and the IETF versions of DS-TE can be run on your network; the new releases are backwards compatible.

For example, DS-TE can be used to ensure that traffic is routed over the network so that, on every link, there is never more than 40 per cent (or any assigned percentage) of the link capacity of guaranteed traffic (for example, voice), while there can be up to 100 per cent of the link capacity of regular traffic. Assuming that QoS mechanisms are also used on every link to queue guaranteed traffic separately from regular traffic, it then becomes possible to enforce separate “overbooking” ratios for guaranteed and regular traffic. In fact, for the guaranteed traffic it becomes possible to enforce no overbooking at all--or even an underbooking--so that very high QoS can be achieved end-to-end for that traffic, even while for the regular traffic a significant overbooking continues to be enforced.

Also, through the ability to enforce a maximum percentage of guaranteed traffic on any link, the network administrator can directly control the end-to-end QoS performance parameters without having to rely on over-engineering or on expected shortest path routing behavior. This is essential for transport of applications that have very high QoS requirements such as real-time voice, virtual IP leased line, and bandwidth trading, where over-engineering cannot be assumed everywhere in the network.

The new IETF-Standard functionality of DS-TE expands the means for allocating constrained bandwidth into two distinct models, called the “Russian Dolls Model” and the “Maximum Allocation Model”. They differ from each other as follows:

Table 1. Bandwidth Constraint Model Capabilities
MODEL	Achieves Bandwidth Efficiency	Ensures Isolation across Class Types	Protects against QoS Degradation...
		When Preemption is Not Used	When Preemption is Used	...of the Premium Class Type	...of all other Class Types
Maximum Allocation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Russian Dolls	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

Therefore in practice, a Network Administrator might prefer to use:

the Maximum Allocation Model when s/he needs to ensure isolation across all Class Types without having to use pre-emption, and s/he can afford to risk some QoS degradation of Class Types other than the Premium Class.
the Russian Dolls Model when s/he needs to prevent QoS degradation of all Class Types and can impose pre-emption.

DS-TE involves extending OSPF (Open Shortest Path First routing protocol), so that the available sub-pool or class-type bandwidth at each preemption level is advertised in addition to the available global pool bandwidth at each preemption level. And DS-TE modifies constraint-based routing to take this more complex advertised information into account during path computation.

With the addition of IETF-Standard functionality (beginning with Cisco IOS Release 12.2(33)SRB), networks may accomplish DS-TE in three different combinations or “modes”, so that they may transition to the IETF-Standard formats in a manner that will not degrade their ongoing traffic service. These three situations or modes are summarized as follows:

The original, or “Traditional” (pre-IETF-Standard) mode. This describes networks that already operate the form of DS-TE that was introduced by Cisco a few years ago. Such networks can continue to operate is this traditional mode, even when they use the new Release 12.2(33)SRB and subsequent releases.
The “Migration” or combination mode. Networks already running traditional DS-TE that would like to upgrade to the IETF-Standard should first configure their routers into the Migration mode. This will allow them to continue to operate DS-TE without tunnels being torn down. In Migration mode, routers will continue to generate IGP and tunnel signalling as in the Traditional form, but now these routers will add TE-class mapping and will accept advertisement in both the Traditional and the new IETF-Standard formats.
The “Liberal IETF” mode. Networks already running in the Migration mode can then move into IETF formats by reconfiguring their routers into this flexible (hence “Liberal”) combination: their routers will henceforth generate IGP advertisement and tunnel signalling according to the new IETF Standard, but they will remain capable of accepting advertisement in the Traditional format, as well as in the new IETF format.

The table below summarizes these distinctions among the three modes.

Table 2. Summary of DS-TE Mode behaviors
	Uses TE-class mapping	Generates	Processes
MODE		IGP Advertisement	RSVP-TE Signaling	IGP Advertisement	RSVP-TE Signaling
Traditional	No	traditional	traditional	traditional1	traditional
Migration	Yes	traditional	traditional	traditional & IETF	traditional & IETF
Liberal IETF	Yes	IETF	traditional & IETF	traditional & IETF	traditional & IETF

1Note that it is not possible for the Traditional mode to be liberal in what it accepts in terms of IGP, since it does not use TE-Class mapping and therefore cannot interpret the “Unreserved Bandwidth” in the IETF-compliant way when the Subpool Sub-TLV is absent.

From Traditional to IETF-Standard Commands

DS-TE commands originally were developed from the then-existing command set that had been used to configure MPLS traffic engineering. The only difference introduced at that time to create DS-TE was the expansion of two commands:

ip rsvp bandwidth was expanded to configure the size of the sub-pool on every link.
tunnel mpls traffic-eng bandwidth was expanded to enable a TE tunnel to reserve bandwidth from the sub-pool.

The ip rsvp bandwidth command

The early MPLS command had been


ip rsvp bandwidth x y

where x = the size of the only possible pool, and y = the size of a single traffic flow (ignored by traffic engineering).

Then, to create the original implementation of DS-TE, the command was made into


ip rsvp bandwidth x y sub-pool z

where x = the size of the global pool, and z = the size of the sub-pool.

With the addition of the IETF-Standard version of DS-TE, the command has been further extended to become:


ip rsvp bandwidth x y [ [rdm x {subpool z | bc1 z}] | [mam bc0 x bc1 z]]

where x = the size of the global pool (now called bc0 ), and z = the size of the sub-pool (now called also bc1 ).

Two bandwidth constraint models also have become available, “Russian Dolls” (indicated by the keyword rdm ) and “Maximum Allocation” (mam ). The former model allows greater sharing of bandwidth across all Class Types (bandwidth pools), while the latter protects especially the premium Class Type. (The IETF Standard makes possible the future implementation of as many as seven sub-pools within one LSP, instead of just one sub-pool per LSP).

The tunnel mpls traffic-eng bandwidth command

The pre-DS-TE traffic engineering command was


tunnel mpls traffic-eng bandwidth b

where b = the amount of bandwidth this tunnel requires.

So for the original DS-TE, you specified from which pool (global or sub) the tunnel's bandwidth would come. You could enter


tunnel mpls traffic-eng bandwidth sub-pool b

to indicate that the tunnel should use bandwidth from the sub-pool. Alternatively, you could enter


tunnel mpls traffic-eng bandwidth b

to indicate that the tunnel should use bandwidth from the global pool (which was the default).

With the addition of the IETF-Standard version of DS-TE, the command has been extended to become:


tunnel mpls traffic-eng bandwidth [sub-pool|class-type 1] b

where both sub-pool and class-type 1 indicate the same, smaller bandwidth pool (now called class-type 1). The two keywords can be used interchangeably.

The mpls traffic-eng ds-te commands

The IETF Standard introduces two new commands, one to indicate the Bandwidth Constraints model


mpls traffic-eng ds-te bc-model [rdm | mam]

and one to select the DS-TE mode:


mpls traffic-eng ds-te mode [migration|ietf]

(The concepts of bc-model and DS-TE mode were explained in the section above).

The first command allows you to select between the Russian Dolls Model (rdm ) and the Maximum Allocation Model (mam ) of bandwidth constraints.

The second command allows you to transition a network from traditional DS-TE tunnels to the IETF Standard without disrupting any of the tunnels’ operation. To accomplish this, you first put the routers into Migration mode (using the migration keyword) and subsequently into the Liberal-IETF mode (using the ietf keyword).

Transitioning a Network to the IETF Standard

Networks already operating DS-TE tunnels by means of the traditional, pre-IETF-Standard software can switch to the IETF-Standard without interrupting their DS-TE service by following this sequence:

Install Cisco IOS Release 12.2(33)SRB (or a subsequent release) on each router in the network, gradually, one router at a time, using Cisco’s In Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) procedure which protects ongoing network traffic from interruption. (After that installation, DS-TE tunnels in the network will continue to operate by using the pre-IETF-Standard formats.)
Enter the global configuration command mpls traffic-eng ds-te mode migration on each router in the network, one router at a time. This will enable the routers to receive IETF-format IGP advertisement and RSVP-TE signaling, while the routers will continue to generate and receive the pre-Standard formats for those two functions.
After all the routers in the network have begun to operate in Migration mode, enter the global configuration command mpls traffic-eng ds-te mode ietf on each router, one at a time. This will cause the router to refresh its TE tunnels with IETF-compliant Path signaling, without disrupting the tunnels’ operation. This mode also causes the router to generate IGP advertisement in the IETF-Standard format.

Guaranteed Bandwidth Service Configuration

Once two bandwidth pools are configured traffic can be managed in the following ways:

Use one pool, the sub-pool, for tunnels that carry traffic requiring strict bandwidth guarantees or delay guarantees
Use the other pool, the global pool, for tunnels that carry traffic requiring only Differentiated Service.

Having a separate pool for traffic requiring strict guarantees allows you to limit the amount of such traffic admitted on any given link. Often, it is possible to achieve strict QoS guarantees only if the amount of guaranteed traffic is limited to a portion of the total link bandwidth.

Having a separate pool for other traffic (best-effort or diffserv traffic) allows you to have a separate limit for the amount of such traffic admitted on any given link. This is useful because it allows you to fill up links with best-effort/diffserv traffic, thereby achieving a greater utilization of those links.

Providing Strict QoS Guarantees Using DS-TE Sub-pool Tunnels

A tunnel using sub-pool bandwidth can satisfy the stricter requirements if you do all of the following:

Select a queue--or in diffserv terminology, select a PHB (per-hop behavior)--to be used exclusively by the strict guarantee traffic. This shall be called the “GB queue.”
If delay/jitter guarantees are sought, the diffserv Expedited Forwarding queue (EF PHB) is used. (On the Cisco 7500 [VIP], it is the "priority" queue.) You must configure the bandwidth of the queue to be at least equal to the bandwidth of the sub-pool.

If only bandwidth guarantees are sought, the diffserv Assured Forwarding PHB (AF PHB) is used. (On the Cisco 7500 [VIP], you use one of the existing Class-Based Weighted Fair Queuing [CBWFQ] queues.)
Ensure that the guaranteed traffic sent through the sub-pool tunnel is placed in the GB queue at the outbound interface of every tunnel hop , and that no other traffic is placed in this queue. This is done by marking the traffic that enters the tunnel with a unique value in the mpls exp bits field, and steering only traffic with that marking into the GB queue.
Ensure that this GB queue is never oversubscribed; that is, see that no more traffic is sent into the sub-pool tunnel than the GB queue can handle.
This done by rate-limiting the guaranteed traffic before it enters the sub-pool tunnel. The aggregate rate of all traffic entering the sub-pool tunnel should be less than or equal to the bandwidth capacity of the sub-pool tunnel. Excess traffic can be dropped (in the case of delay/jitter guarantees) or can be marked differently for preferential discard (in the case of bandwidth guarantees).
Ensure that the amount of traffic entering the GB queue is limited to an appropriate percentage of the total bandwidth of the corresponding outbound link. The exact percentage to use depends on several factors that can contribute to accumulated delay in your network: your QoS performance objective, the total number of tunnel hops, the amount of link fan-in along the tunnel path, burstiness of the input traffic, and so on.
This is done by setting the sub-pool bandwidth of each outbound link to the appropriate percentage of the total link bandwidth (that is, by adjusting the z parameter of the ip rsvp bandwidth command).

Providing Differentiated Service Using DS-TE Global Pool Tunnels

You can configure a tunnel using global pool bandwidth to carry best-effort as well as several other classes of traffic. Traffic from each class can receive differentiated service if you do all of the following:

Select a separate queue (a distinct diffserv PHB) for each traffic class. For example, if there are three classes (gold, silver, and bronze) there must be three queues (diffserv AF2, AF3, and AF4).
Mark each class of traffic using a unique value in the MPLS experimental bits field (for example gold = 4, silver = 5, bronze = 6).
Ensure that packets marked as Gold are placed in the gold queue, Silver in the silver queue, and so on. The tunnel bandwidth is set based on the expected aggregate traffic across all classes of service.

To control the amount of diffserv tunnel traffic you intend to support on a given link, adjust the size of the global pool on that link.

Providing Strict Guarantees and Differentiated Service in the Same Network

Because DS-TE allows simultaneous constraint-based routing of sub-pool and global pool tunnels, strict guarantees and diffserv can be supported simultaneously in a given network.

Prerequisites for MPLS Traffic Engineering - DiffServ Aware (DS-TE)

Your network must support the following Cisco software features in order to support guaranteed bandwidth services based on DiffServ-aware Traffic Engineering:

MPLS
IP Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF)
OSPF or ISIS
RSVP-TE
QoS

How to Configure MPLS Traffic Engineering - DiffServ Aware (DS-TE)

Configuring DS-TE Tunnels

To establish a sub-pool (BC1) traffic engineering tunnel, you must enter configurations at three levels:

the device level (router or switch router)
the physical interface
the tunnel interface

On the first two levels, you activate traffic engineering; on the third level--the tunnel interface--you establish the sub-pool tunnel. Therefore, it is only at the tunnel headend device that you need to configure all three levels. At the tunnel midpoints and tail, it is sufficient to configure the first two levels.

In the tables below, each command is explained in brief. For a more complete explanation of any command, type it into the Command Lookup Tool at http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Cmdlookup/home.pl . (If prompted to log in there, use your Cisco.com account username and password).

Level 1 Configuring the Device

At this level, you tell the device (router or switch router) to use accelerated packet-forwarding (known as Cisco Express Forwarding or CEF), MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS), traffic-engineering tunneling, a bandwidth constraints model, and either the OSPF or IS-IS routing algorithm (Open Shortest Path First or Intermediate System to Intermediate System). This level is called the global configuration mode, because the configuration is applied globally, to the entire device, rather than to a specific interface or routing instance.

You enter the following commands:

SUMMARY STEPS

Router(config)# ip cef distributed
Router(config)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
Router(config)# mpls traffic-eng ds-te bc-model [rdm | mam ]
Choose one of the following:

Router(config)# router ospf
Router(config)# router isis

Router (config-router)# net network-entity-title
Router (config-router)# metric-style wide
Router (config-router)# is-type level n
Router (config-router)# mpls traffic-eng levell n
Router (config-router)# passive-interface loopback0
Router(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng router-id loopback0
Router(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng area num

DETAILED STEPS

	Command or Action	Purpose
Step 1	Router(config)# ip cef distributed	Enables CEF--which accelerates the flow of packets through the device.
Step 2	Router(config)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels	Enables MPLS, and specifically its traffic engineering tunnel capability.
Step 3	Router(config)# mpls traffic-eng ds-te bc-model [rdm \| mam ]	Specifies the bandwidth constraints model (see the Feature Overview section).
Step 4	Choose one of the following: Router(config)# router ospf Router(config)# router isis	Invokes the OSPF routing process for IP and puts the device into router configuration mode. Proceed now to Steps 10 and 11. Alternatively, you may invoke the IS-IS routing process with this command, and continue with Step 5.
Step 5	Router (config-router)# net `network-entity-title`	Specifies the IS-IS network entity title (NET) for the routing process.
Step 6	Router (config-router)# metric-style wide	Enables the router to generate and accept IS-IS new-style TLVs (type, length, and value objects).
Step 7	Router (config-router)# is-type level `n`	Configures the router to learn about destinations inside its own area or “IS-IS level”.
Step 8	Router (config-router)# mpls traffic-eng levell `n`	Specifies the IS-IS level (which must be same level as in the preceding step) to which the router will flood MPLS traffic- engineering link information.
Step 9	Router (config-router)# passive-interface loopback0	Instructs IS-IS to advertise the IP address of the loopback interface without actually running IS-IS on that interface. Continue with Step 10 but don’t do Step 11--because Step 11 refers to OSPF.
Step 10	Router(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng router-id loopback0	Specifies that the traffic engineering router identifier is the IP address associated with the `loopback0` interface.
Step 11	Router(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng area `num`	Turns on MPLS traffic engineering for a particular OSPF area.

Level 2 Configuring the Physical Interface

Having configured the device, you now must configure the interface on that device through which the tunnel will run. To do that, you first put the router into interface-configuration mode.

You then enable Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP). This protocol is used to signal (set up) a traffic engineering tunnel, and to tell devices along the tunnel path to reserve a specific amount of bandwidth for the traffic that will flow through that tunnel. It is with this command that you establish the maximum size of the sub-pool (BC1).

Finally, you enable the MPLS traffic engineering tunnel feature on this physical interface--and if you will be relying on the IS-IS routing protocol, you enable that as well .

To accomplish these tasks, you enter the following commands:

SUMMARY STEPS

Router(config)# interface interface-id
Router(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth [interface-kbps ] [single-flow-kbps ][[rdm kbps {[subpool kbps ]|[bc1 subpool ]}]|[mam max-reservable-bw kbps bc0 kbps bc1 kbps ]]
Router(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
Router(config-if)# ip router isis

DETAILED STEPS

	Command or Action	Purpose
Step 1	Router(config)# interface `interface-id`	Moves configuration to the interface level, directing subsequent configuration commands to the specific interface identified by the `interface-id` .
Step 2	Router(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth [`interface-kbps` ] [`single-flow-kbps` ][[rdm `kbps` {[subpool `kbps` ]\|[bc1 `subpool` ]}]\|[mam max-reservable-bw `kbps` bc0 `kbps` bc1 `kbps` ]] Example:	Enables RSVP on this interface, indicates the Bandwidth Constraints Model to be used (explained in the Feature Overview section ), and limits the amount of bandwidth RSVP can reserve on this interface. The sum of bandwidth used by all tunnels on this interface cannot exceed `interface-kbps.`
Step 3	Router(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels	Enables the MPLS traffic engineering tunnel feature on this interface.
Step 4	Router(config-if)# ip router isis	Enables the IS-IS routing protocol on this interface. Do not enter this command if you are configuring for OSPF.

Level 3 Configuring the Tunnel Interface

Now you create a set of attributes for the tunnel itself; those attributes are configured on the “tunnel interface” (not to be confused with the physical interface just configured above).

You enter the following commands:

SUMMARY STEPS

Router(config)# interface tunnel1
Router(config-if)# tunnel destination A.B.C.D
Router(config-if)# tunnel mode mpls traffic-eng
Router(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng bandwidth {sub-pool | class-type1 } bandwidth
Router(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng priority
Router(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng path-option

DETAILED STEPS

	Command or Action	Purpose
Step 1	Router(config)# interface tunnel1	Creates a tunnel interface (named in this example tunnel1 ) and enters interface configuration mode.
Step 2	Router(config-if)# tunnel destination `A.B.C.D`	Specifies the IP address of the tunnel tail device.
Step 3	Router(config-if)# tunnel mode mpls traffic-eng	Sets the tunnel’s encapsulation mode to MPLS traffic engineering.
Step 4	Router(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng bandwidth {sub-pool \| class-type1 } `bandwidth`	Configures the tunnel’s bandwidth, and assigns it either to the sub-pool (when you use that keyword or the IETF-Standard keyword class-type1 ) or to the global pool (when you leave out both keywords).
Step 5	Router(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng priority	Sets the priority to be used when the system determines which existing tunnels are eligible to be preempted.
Step 6	Router(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng path-option	Configures the paths (hops) a tunnel should use. The user can enter an explicit path (can specify the IP addresses of the hops) or can specify a dynamic path (the router figures out the best set of hops).

Verifying the Configuration

To view the complete configuration you have entered, use the EXEC command show running-config and check its output display for correctness.

To check just one tunnel's configuration, enter show interfaces tunnel followed by the tunnel interface number. And to see that tunnel’s RSVP bandwidth and flow, enter show ip rsvp interface followed by the name or number of the physical interface.

Here is an example of the information displayed by these latter two commands. (To see an explanation of each field used in the following displays, enter show interfaces tunnel or show ip rsvp interface into the Command Lookup Tool at http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Cmdlookup/home.pl . If prompted to log in there, use your Cisco.com account username and password.)


Router# show interfaces tunnel 4
Tunnel4 is up, line protocol is down
  Hardware is Routing Tunnel
  MTU 1500 bytes, BW 9 Kbit, DLY 500000 usec, rely 255/255, load 1/255
  Encapsulation TUNNEL, loopback not set, keepalive set (10 sec)
  Tunnel source 0.0.0.0, destination 0.0.0.0
  Tunnel protocol/transport GRE/IP, key disabled, sequencing disabled
  Last input never, output never, output hang never
  Last clearing of “show interface” counters never
  Output queue 0/0, 0 drops; input queue 0/75, 0 drops
  Five minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
  Five minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
0 packets input, 0 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants
0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0 abort
0 packets output, 0 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets, 0 restarts    
Router# show ip rsvp interface pos4/0
interface    allocated  i/f max  flow max sub max 
PO4/0        300K       466500K  466500K  0M

To view all tunnels at once on the router you have configured, enter show mpls traffic-eng tunnels brief . The information displayed when tunnels are functioning properly looks like this:


Router# show mpls traffic-eng tunnels brief
Signalling Summary:
LSP Tunnels Process:           running
RSVP Process:                  running
Forwarding:                    enabled
Periodic reoptimization:       every 3600 seconds, next in 3029 seconds
TUNNEL NAME 	DESTINATION      UP IF     DOWN IF   STATE/PROT
GSR1_t0 	192.168.1.13     -         SR3/0     up/up     
GSR1_t1 	192.168.1.13     -         SR3/0     up/up     
GSR1_t2 	192.168.1.13     -         PO4/0     up/up     
Displayed 3 (of 3) heads, 0 (of 0) midpoints, 0 (of 0) tails

When one or more tunnels is not functioning properly, the display could instead look like this. (In the following example, tunnels t0 and t1 are down, as indicated in the far right column).


Router# show mpls traffic-eng tunnels brief
Signalling Summary:
    LSP Tunnels Process:           running
    RSVP Process:                  running
    Forwarding:                    enabled
    Periodic reoptimization:       every 3600 seconds, next in 2279 seconds
TUNNEL NAME 	DESTINATION      UP IF     DOWN IF   STATE/PROT
GSR1_t0 	192.168.1.13     -         SR3/0     up/down 
GSR1_t1 	192.168.1.13     -         SR3/0     up/down 
GSR1_t2 	192.168.1.13     -         PO4/0     up/up 
Displayed 3 (of 3) heads, 0 (of 0) midpoints, 0 (of 0) tails

To find out why a tunnel is down, insert its name into this same command, after adding the keyword name and omitting the keyword brief . For example:


Router# show mpls traffic-eng tunnels name GSR1_t0
 
Name:GSR1_t0                            (Tunnel0) Destination:192.168.1.13
  Status:
    Admin:up         Oper:down 	Path: not valid       Signalling:connected

If, as in this example, the Path is displayed as not valid, use the show mpls traffic-eng topology command to make sure the router has received the needed updates.

Additionally, you can use any of the following show commands to inspect particular aspects of the network, router, or interface concerned:


To see information about...	Use this command
this level	Use this command	and this item...
Network	Advertised bandwidth allocation information	show mpls traffic-eng link-management advertisements
	Preemptions along the tunnel path	debug mpls traffic-eng link-management preemption
	Available TE link band- width on all head routers	show mpls traffic-eng topology
Router	Status of all tunnels cur- rently signalled by this router	show mpls traffic-eng link-management admission-control
Router	Tunnels configured on midpoint routers	show mpls traffic-eng link-management summary
Physical interface	Detailed information on current bandwidth pools	show mpls traffic-eng link-management bandwidth-allocation [`interface-name`]
	TE RSVP bookkeeping	show mpls traffic-eng link-management interfaces
	Entire configuration of one interface	show run interface

MPLS Traffic Engineering - DiffServ Aware (DS-TE): Examples

Note

The following examples illustrate DS-TE in the traditional, pre-IETF-Standard mode. You may update these examples simply by inserting the new Device Level command mpls traffic-eng ds-te bc-model , and by applying the updated syntax within the two modified commands as each is shown respectively at the Physical Interface Level (ip rsvp bandwidth ), and at the Tunnel Interface Level (tunnel mpls traffic-eng bandwidth ).

First this section presents the DS-TE configurations needed to create the sub-pool tunnel. Then it presents the more comprehensive design for building end-to-end guaranteed bandwidth service, which involves configuring Quality of Service as well.

As shown in the figure below, the tunnel configuration involves at least three devices--tunnel head, midpoint, and tail. On each of those devices one or two network interfaces must be configured, for traffic ingress and egress.

Tunnel Head: Example

At the device level:


router-1# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
router-1(config)# ip cef distributed
router-1(config)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels

[now one uses either the IS-IS commands on the left or the OSPF commands on the right]:


`router-1(config)# router isis`	`router ospf 100`
`router-1(config-router)# net 49.0000.1000.0000.0010.00`	`redistribute connected`
`router-1(config-router)# metric-style wide`	`network 10.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-1(config-router)# is-type level-1`	`network 22.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 0`
`router-1(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng level-1`	`mpls traffic-eng area 0`
`router-1(config-router)# passive-interface Loopback0`

[now one resumes the common command set]:


router-1(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng router-id Loopback0
router-1(config-router)# exit
router-1(config)# interface Loopback0

At the virtual interface level:


router-1(config-if)# ip address 22.1.1.1 255.255.255.255
router-1(config-if)# no ip directed-broadcast
router-1(config-if)# exit

At the device level:


router-1(config)# interface POS2/0/0

At the physical interface level (egress):


router-1(config-if)# ip address 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
router-1(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-1(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 130000 130000 sub-pool 80000
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-1(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-1(config-if)# exit

At the device level:


router-1(config)# interface Tunnel1

At the tunnel interface level:


router-1(config-if)# bandwidth 110000
router-1(config-if)# ip unnumbered Loopback0
router-1(config-if)# tunnel destination 24.1.1.1
router-1(config-if)# tunnel mode mpls traffic-eng
router-1(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng priority 0 0
router-1(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng bandwidth sub-pool 30000
router-1(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng path-option 1 dynamic
router-1(config-if)# exit
router-1(config)#

Midpoint Devices: Example

At the device level:


router-2# configure terminal
router-2(config)# ip cef distributed
router-2(config)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels

[now one uses either the IS-IS commands on the left or the OSPF commands on the right]:


`router-2(config)# router isis`	`router ospf 100`
`router-2(config-router)# net 49.0000.1000.0000.0012.00`	`redistribute connected`
`router-2(config-router)# metric-style wide`	`network 11.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-2(config-router)# is-type level-1`	`network 12.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-2(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng level-1`	`network 25.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 0`
`router-2(config-router)# passive-interface Loopback0`	`mpls traffic-eng area 0`

[now one resumes the common command set]:


router-2(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng router-id Loopback0
router-2(config-router)# exit
router-2(config)# interface Loopback0

At the virtual interface level:


router-2(config-if)# ip address 25.1.1.1 255.255.255.255
router-2(config-if)# no ip directed-broadcast
router-2(config-if)# exit


At the device level:
router-1(config)# interface POS4/0
router-1(config-if)# ip address 11.1.1.2 255.255.255.0
router-1(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-1(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 130000 130000 sub-pool 80000

[If using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:


router-1(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-1(config-if)# exit
At the device level:
router-1(config)# interface POS4/1
router-1(config-if)# ip address 12.1.1.2 255.255.255.0
router-1(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-1(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 130000 130000 sub-pool 80000

[If using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:


router-1(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-1(config-if)# exit

Note that there is no configuring of tunnel interfaces at the mid-point devices, only network interfaces and the device globally.

Tail-End Device: Example

At the device level:


router-3# configure terminal
router-3(config)# ip cef distributed
router-3(config)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels

[now one uses either the IS-IS commands on the left or the OSPF commands on the right]:


`router-3(config)# router isis`	`router ospf 100`
`router-3(config-router)# net 49.0000.1000.0000.0013.00`	`redistribute connected`
`router-3(config-router)# metric-style wide`	`network 12.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-3(config-router)# is-type level-1`	`network 24.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 0`
`router-3(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng level-1`	`mpls traffic-eng area 0`
`router-3(config-router)# passive-interface Loopback0`

[now one resumes the common command set]:


router-3(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng router-id Loopback0
router-3(config-router)# exit
router-3(config)# interface Loopback0

At the virtual interface level:


router-3(config-if)# ip address 24.1.1.1 255.255.255.255
router-3(config-if)# no ip directed-broadcast
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-3(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-3(config-if)# exit

At the device level:


router-1(config)# interface POS4/0
router-1(config-if)# ip address 12.1.1.3 255.255.255.0
router-1(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-1(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 130000 130000 sub-pool 80000

[If using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:


router-1(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-1(config-if)# exit

Guaranteed Bandwidth Service: Examples

Given the many topologies in which Guaranteed Bandwidth Services can be applied, there is space here only to present two examples. They illustrate opposite ends of the spectrum of possibilities.

In the first example, the guaranteed bandwidth tunnel can be easily specified by its destination. So the forwarding criteria refer to a single destination prefix.

In the second example, there can be many final destinations for the guaranteed bandwidth traffic, including a dynamically changing number of destination prefixes. So the forwarding criteria are specified by Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) policies.

Single Destination Prefix: Example

The figure below illustrates a topology for guaranteed bandwidth services whose destination is specified by a single prefix, either Site D (like a voice gateway, here bearing prefix 26.1.1.1) or a subnet (like the location of a web farm, here called “Province” and bearing prefix 26.1.1.0). Three services are offered:

From Site A (defined as all traffic arriving at interface FE4/1/0): to host 26.1.1.1, 8 Mbps of guaranteed bandwidth with low loss, low delay and low jitter
From Site B (defined as all traffic arriving at interface FE4/1/1): towards subnet 26.1.1.0, 32 Mbps of guaranteed bandwidth with low loss
From Site C (defined as all traffic arriving at interface FE2/1/0): 30 Mbps of guaranteed bandwidth with low loss

These three services run through two sub-pool tunnels:

From the Head-1 router, 23.1.1.1, to the router-4 tail
From the Head-2 router, 22.1.1.1, to the router-4 tail

Both tunnels use the same tail router, though they have different heads. (In the figure above one midpoint router is shared by both tunnels. In the real world there could of course be many more midpoints.)

All POS interfaces in this example are OC3, whose capacity is 155 Mbps.

Configuring Tunnel Head-1 Example

First we recapitulate commands that establish two bandwidth pools and a sub-pool tunnel (as presented earlier in this Configuration Examples section). Then we present the QoS commands that guarantee end-to-end service on the subpool tunnel. (With the 7500 router, Modular QoS CLI is used.)

At the device level:


router-1(config)# ip cef distributed
router-1(config)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels

[now one uses either the IS-IS commands on the left or the OSPF commands on the right]:


`router-1(config)# router isis`	`router ospf 100`
`router-1(config-router)# net 49.0000.1000.0000.0010.00`	`redistribute connected`
`router-1(config-router)# metric-style wide`	`network 10.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-1(config-router)# is-type level-1`	`network 23.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 0`
`router-1(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng level-1`	`mpls traffic-eng area 0`
`router-1(config-router)# passive-interface Loopback0`

[now one resumes the common command set]:


router-1(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng router-id Loopback0
router-1(config-router)# exit

Create a virtual interface:


router-1(config)# interface Loopback0
router-1(config-if)# ip address 23.1.1.1 255.255.255.255
router-1(config-if)# no ip directed-broadcast
router-1(config-if)# exit

At the outgoing physical interface:


router-1(config)# interface pos4/0
router-1(config-if)# ip address 10.1.1.1 255.0.0.0
router-1(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-1(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 140000 140000 sub-pool 60000
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-1(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases}:
router-1(config-if)# exit

At the tunnel interface:


router-1(config)# interface Tunnel1
router-1(config-if)# bandwidth 110000
router-1(config-if)# ip unnumbered Loopback0
router-1(config-if)# tunnel destination 27.1.1.1
router-1(config-if)# tunnel mode mpls traffic-eng
router-1(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng priority 0 0
router-1(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng bandwidth sub-pool 40000
router-1(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng path-option 1 dynamic

To ensure that packets destined to host 26.1.1.1 and subnet 26.1.1.0 are sent into the sub-pool tunnel, we create a static route. At the device level:


router-1(config)# ip route 26.1.1.0 255.255.255.0 Tunnel1
router-1(config)# exit

And in order to make sure that the Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) will not send any other traffic down this tunnel, we disable autoroute announce:


router-1(config)# no tunnel mpls traffic-eng autoroute announce

At the inbound physical interface (FE4/1/0):

In global configuration mode, create a class of traffic matching ACL 100, called "sla-1-class":


class-map match-all sla-1-class
match access-group 100

Create an ACL 100 to refer to all packets destined to 26.1.1.1:


access-list 100 permit ip any host 26.1.1.1

Create a policy named “sla-1-input-policy”, and according to that policy:
1. Packets in the class called “sla-1-class” are rate-limited to:

- a rate of 8 million bits per second

- a normal burst of 1 million bytes

- a maximum burst of 2 million bytes

Packets which conform to this rate are marked with MPLS experimental bit 5 and are forwarded.
Packets which exceed this rate are dropped.
All other packets are marked with experimental bit 0 and are forwarded.


policy-map sla-1-input-policy
class sla-1-class
police 8000000 1000000 2000000 conform-action set-mpls-exp-transmit 5 \ exceed-action drop
class class-default
set-mpls-exp-transmit 0

The policy is applied to packets entering interface FE4/1/0.


interface FastEthernet4/1/0
service-policy input sla-1-input-policy

At the inbound physical interface (FE4/1/1):

In global configuration mode, create a class of traffic matching ACL 120, called "sla-2-class":


class-map match-all sla-2-class
match access-group 120

Create an ACL, 120, to refer to all packets destined to subnet 26.1.1.0:


access-list 120 permit ip any 26.1.1.0 0.0.0.255

Create a policy named “sla-2-input-policy”, and according to that policy:
1. Packets in the class called “sla-2-class” are rate-limited to:

- a rate of 32 million bits per second

- a normal burst of 1 million bytes

- a maximum burst of 2 million bytes

Packets which conform to this rate are marked with MPLS experimental bit 5 and are forwarded.
Packets which exceed this rate are dropped.
All other packets are marked with experimental bit 0 and are forwarded.


policy-map sla-2-input-policy
class sla-2-class
police 32000000 1000000 2000000 conform-action set-mpls-exp-transmit 5 \ exceed-action drop
class class-default
set-mpls-exp-transmit 0

The policy is applied to packets entering interface FE4/1/1.


interface FastEthernet4/1/1
service-policy input sla-2-input-policy

The outbound interface (POS4/0) is configured as follows:

In global configuration mode, create a class of traffic matching experimental bit 5, called "exp-5-traffic".


class-map match-all exp-5-traffic
match mpls experimental 5

Create a policy named “output-interface-policy”. According to that policy, packets in the class “exp-5-traffic” are put in the priority queue (which is rate-limited to 62 kbits/sec).


policy-map output-interface-policy
class exp-5-traffic
priority 32

The policy is applied to packets exiting interface POS4/0.


		 interface POS4/0
service-policy output output-interface-policy

The result of the above configuration lines is that packets entering the Head-1 router via interface FE4/1/0 destined to host 26.1.1.1, or entering the router via interface FE4/1/1 destined to subnet 26.1.1.0, will have their MPLS experimental bit set to 5. We assume that no other packets entering the router (on any interface) are using this value. (If this cannot be assumed, an additional configuration must be added to mark all such packets to another experimental value.) Packets marked with experimental bit 5, when exiting the router via interface POS4/0, will be placed into the priority queue.

Note

Packets entering the router via FE4/1/0 or FE4/1/1 and exiting POS4/0 enter as IP packets and exit as MPLS packets.

Configuring Tunnel Head-2 Example

At the device level:


router-2(config)# ip cef distributed
router-2(config)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels

[now one uses either the IS-IS commands on the left or the OSPF commands on the right]:


`router-2(config)# router isis`	`router ospf 100`
`router-2(config-router)# net 49.0000.1000.0000.0011.00`	`redistribute connected`
`router-2(config-router)# metric-style wide`	`network 11.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-2(config-router)# is-type level-1`	`network 22.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 0`
`router-2(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng level-1`	`mpls traffic-eng area 0`
`router-2(config-router)# passive-interface Loopback0`

[now one resumes the common command set]:


router-2(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng router-id Loopback0
router-2(config-router)# exit

Create a virtual interface:


router-2(config)# interface Loopback0
router-2(config-if)# ip address 22.1.1.1 255.255.255.255
router-2(config-if)# no ip directed broadcast
router-2(config-if)# exit

At the outgoing physical interface:


router-2(config)# interface pos0/0
router-2(config-if)# ip address 11.1.1.1 255.0.0.0
router-2(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-2(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 140000 140000 sub-pool 60000
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-2(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-2(config-if)# exit

At the tunnel interface:


router-2(config)# interface Tunnel2
router-2(config-if)# ip unnumbered Loopback0
router-2(config-if)# tunnel destination 27.1.1.1
router-2(config-if)# tunnel mode mpls traffic-eng
router-2(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng priority 0 0
router-2(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng bandwidth sub-pool 30000
router-2(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng path-option 1 dynamic
router-2(config-if)# exit

And to ensure that packets destined to subnet 26.1.1.0 are sent into the sub-pool tunnel, we create a static route, at the device level:


router-2(config)# ip route 26.1.1.0 255.255.255.0 Tunnel2
router-2(config)# exit

Finally, in order to make sure that the Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) will not send any other traffic down this tunnel, we disable autoroute announce:


router-2(config)# no tunnel mpls traffic-eng autoroute announce
 At the inbound physical interface (FE2/1/0):

In global configuration mode, create a class of traffic matching ACL 130, called "sla-3-class":


class-map match-all sla-3-class
match access-group 130

Create an ACL, 130, to refer to all packets destined to subnet 26.1.1.0:


access-list 130 permit ip any 26.1.1.0 0.0.0.255

Create a policy named “sla-3-input-policy”, and according to that policy:
1. Packets in the class called “sla-3-class” are rate-limited to:

- a rate of 30 million bits per second

- a normal burst of 1 million bytes

- a maximum burst of 2 million bytes

Packets which conform to this rate are marked with MPLS experimental bit 5 and are forwarded.
Packets which exceed this rate are dropped.
All other packets are marked with experimental bit 0 and are forwarded.


policy-map sla-3-input-policy
class sla-3-class
police 30000000 1000000 2000000 conform-action set-mpls-exp-transmit 5 \ exceed-action drop
class class-default
set-mpls-exp-transmit 0

The policy is applied to packets entering interface FE2/1/0.


interface FastEthernet2/1/0
service-policy input sla-3-input-policy

The outbound interface POS0/0 is configured as follows:

In global configuration mode, create a class of traffic matching experimental bit 5, called "exp-5-traffic".


class-map match-all exp-5-traffic
match mpls experimental 5

Create a policy named “output-interface-policy”. According to that policy, packets in the class “exp-5-traffic” are put in the priority queue (which is rate-limited to 32 kbits/sec).


policy-map output-interface-policy
class exp-5-traffic
priority 32

The policy is applied to packets exiting interface POS0/0:


interface POS0/0
service-policy output output-interface-policy

As a result of all the above configuration lines, packets entering the Head-2 router via interface FE2/1/0 and destined for subnet 26.1.1.0 have their IP precedence field set to 5. It is assumed that no other packets entering this router (on any interface) are using this precedence. (If this cannot be assumed, an additional configuration must be added to mark all such packets with another precedence value.) When exiting this router via interface POS0/0, packets marked with precedence 5 are placed in the priority queue.

Note

Packets entering the router via FE2/1/0 and exiting through POS0/0 enter as IP packets and exit as MPLS packets.

Tunnel Midpoint Configuration Mid-1 Example

All four interfaces on the midpoint router are configured identically to the outbound interface of the head router (except, of course, for the IDs of the individual interfaces):

Configuring the Pools and Tunnels

At the device level:


router-3(config)# ip cef distributed 
router-3(config)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels

[now one uses either the IS-IS commands on the left or the OSPF commands on the right]:


`router-3(config)# router isis`	`router ospf 100`
`router-3(config-router)# net 49.0000.2400.0000.0011.00`	`redistribute connected`
`router-3(config-router)# metric-style wide`	`network 10.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-3(config-router)# is-type level-1`	`network 11.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-3(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng level-1`	`network 24.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 0`
`router-3(config-router)# passive-interface Loopback0`	`network 12.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-3(config-router)#`	`network 13.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-3(config-router)#`	`mpls traffic-eng area 0`

[now one resumes the common command set]:


router-3(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng router-id Loopback0
router-3(config-router)# exit

Create a virtual interface:


router-3(config)# interface Loopback0
router-3(config-if)# ip address 24.1.1.1 255.255.255.255
router-3(config-if)# exit

At the physical interface level (ingress):


router-3(config)# interface pos2/1
router-3(config-if)# ip address 10.1.1.2 255.0.0.0
router-3(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-3(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 140000 140000 sub-pool 60000
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-3(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-3(config-if)# exit
router-3(config)# interface pos1/1
router-3(config-if)# ip address 11.1.1.2 255.0.0.0
router-3(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-3(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 140000 140000 sub-pool 60000
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-3(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-3(config-if)# exit

At the physical interface level (egress):


router-3(config)# interface pos3/1
router-3(config-if)# ip address 12.1.1.1 255.0.0.0
router-3(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-3(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 140000 140000 sub-pool 60000
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-3(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-3(config-if)# exit
router-3(config)# interface pos4/1
router-3(config-if)# ip address 13.1.1.1 255.0.0.0
router-3(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-3(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 140000 140000 sub-pool 60000
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-3(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-3(config-if)# exit

Tunnel Midpoint Configuration Mid-2 Example

Both interfaces on the midpoint router are configured identically to the outbound interface of the head router (except, of course, for the IDs of the individual interfaces):

At the device level:


router-5(config)# ip cef distributed 
router-5(config)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels

[now one uses either the IS-IS commands on the left or the OSPF commands on the right]:


`router-5(config)# router isis`	`router ospf 100`
`router-5(config-router)# net 49.2500.1000.0000.0012.00`	`redistribute connected`
`router-5(config-router)# metric-style wide`	`network 13.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-5(config-router)# is-type level-1`	`network 14.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-5(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng level-1`	`network 25.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 0`
`router-5(config-router)# passive-interface Loopback0`	`mpls traffic-eng area 0`

[now one resumes the common command set]:


router-5(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng router-id Loopback0
router-5(config-router)# exit

Create a virtual interface:


router-5(config)# interface Loopback0
router-5(config-if)# ip address 25.1.1.1 255.255.255.255
router-5(config-if)# exit

At the physical interface level (ingress):


router-5(config)# interface pos1/1
router-5(config-if)# ip address 13.1.1.2 255.0.0.0
router-5(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-5(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 140000 140000 sub-pool 60000
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-5(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-5(config-if)# exit

At the physical interface level (egress):


router-5(config)# interface pos2/1
router-5(config-if)# ip address 14.1.1.1 255.0.0.0
router-5(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-5(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 140000 140000 sub-pool 60000
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-5(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-5(config-if)# exit

Tunnel Tail Configuration Example

The inbound interfaces on the tail router are configured identically to the inbound interfaces of the midpoint routers (except, of course, for the ID of each particular interface):

At the device level:


router-4(config)# ip cef distributed
router-4(config)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels

[now one uses either the IS-IS commands on the left or the OSPF commands on the right]:


`router-4(config)# router isis`	`router ospf 100`
`router-4(config-router)# net 49.0000.2700.0000.0000.00`	`redistribute connected`
`router-4(config-router)# metric-style wide`	`network 12.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-4(config-router)# is-type level-1`	`network 14.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-4(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng level-1`	`network 27.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 0`
`router-4(config-router)# passive-interface Loopback0`	`mpls traffic-eng area 0`

[now one resumes the common command set]:


router-4(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng router-id Loopback0
router-4(config-router)# exit

Create a virtual interface:


router-4(config)# interface Loopback0
router-4(config-if)# ip address 27.1.1.1 255.255.255.255
router-4(config-if)# exit

At the physical interface (ingress):


router-4(config)# interface pos2/1
router-4(config-if)# ip address 12.1.1.2 255.0.0.0
router-4(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-4(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 140000 140000 sub-pool 60000
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-4(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-4(config-if)# exit
router-4(config)# interface pos2/2
router-4(config-if)# ip address 14.1.1.2 255.0.0.0
router-4(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-4(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 140000 140000 sub-pool 60000
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-4(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-4(config-if)# exit

Because the tunnel ends on the tail (does not include any outbound interfaces of the tail router), no outbound QoS configuration is used.

Many Destination Prefixes: Example

The figure below illustrates a topology for guaranteed bandwidth services whose destinations are a set of prefixes. Those prefixes usually share some common properties such as belonging to the same Autonomous System (AS) or transiting through the same AS. Although the individual prefixes may change dynamically because of route flaps in the downstream autonomous systems, the properties the prefixes share will not change. Policies addressing the destination prefix set are enforced through Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), which is described in the following documents:

“Configuring QoS Policy Propagation via Border Gateway Protocol” in the Cisco IOS Quality of Service Solutions Configuration Guide
“Configuring BGP” in the Cisco IOS IP and IP Routing Configuration Guide
“BGP Commands” in the Cisco IOS IP and IP Routing Command Reference
“BGP-Policy Command” in the Cisco IOS Quality of Service Solutions Command Reference

In this example, three guaranteed bandwidth services are offered, each coming through a 7500 or a 12000 edge device:

Traffic coming from Site A (defined as all traffic arriving at interface FE4/1/0) and from Site C (defined as all traffic arriving at interface FE2/1) destined to AS5
Traffic coming from Sites A and C that transits AS5 but is not destined to AS5. (In the figure, the transiting traffic will go to AS6 and AS7)
Traffic coming from Sites A and C destined to prefixes advertised with a particular BGP community attribute (100:1). In this example, Autonomous Systems #3, #5, and #8 are the BGP community assigned the attribute 100:1.

The applicability of guaranteed bandwidth service is not limited to the three types of multiple destination scenarios described above. There is not room in this document to present all possible scenarios. These three were chosen as representative of the wide range of possible deployments.

The guaranteed bandwidth services run through two sub-pool tunnels:

From the Head-1 router, 23.1.1.1, to the tail
From the Head-2 router, 22.1.1.1, to that same tail

In addition, a global pool tunnel has been configured from each head end, to carry best-effort traffic to the same destinations. All four tunnels use the same tail router, even though they have different heads and differ in their passage through the midpoints. (Of course in the real world there would be many more midpoints than just the two shown here.)

All POS interfaces in this example are OC3, whose capacity is 155 Mbps.

Configuring a multi-destination guaranteed bandwidth service involves:

Building a sub-pool MPLS-TE tunnel
Configuring DiffServ QoS
Configuring QoS Policy Propagation via BGP (QPPB)
Mapping traffic onto the tunnels

All of these tasks are included in the following example.

Configuration of Tunnel Head-1 Example

First we recapitulate commands that establish a sub-pool tunnel (commands presented earlier in MPLS Traffic Engineering - DiffServ Aware (DS-TE): Examples) and now we also configure a global pool tunnel. Additionally, we present QoS and BGP commands that guarantee end-to-end service on the sub-pool tunnel. (With the 7500(VIP) router, Modular QoS CLI is used).

At the device level:


router-1(config)# ip cef distributed
router-1(config)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels

[now one uses either the IS-IS commands on the left or the OSPF commands on the right]:


`router-1(config)# router isis`	`router ospf 100`
`router-1(config-router)# net 49.0000.1000.0000.0010.00`	`redistribute connected`
`router-1(config-router)# metric-style wide`	`network 10.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-1(config-router)# is-type level-1`	`network 23.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 0`
`router-1(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng level-1`	`mpls traffic-eng area 0`

[now one resumes the common command set]:


router-1(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng router-id Loopback0
router-1(config-router)# exit

Create a virtual interface:


router-1(config)# interface Loopback0
router-1(config-if)# ip address 23.1.1.1 255.255.255.255
router-1(config-if)# exit

At the outgoing physical interface:


router-1(config)# interface pos4/0
router-1(config-if)# ip address 10.1.1.1 255.0.0.0
router-1(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-1(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 140000 140000 sub-pool 60000
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-1(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-1(config-if)# exit

At one tunnel interface, create a sub-pool tunnel:


router-1(config)# interface Tunnel1
router-1(config-if)# ip unnumbered Loopback0
router-1(config-if)# tunnel destination 27.1.1.1
router-1(config-if)# tunnel mode mpls traffic-eng
router-1(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng priority 0 0
router-1(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng bandwidth sub-pool 40000
router-1(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng path-option 1 explicit name gbs-path1
router-1(config-if)# exit

and at a second tunnel interface, create a global pool tunnel:


router-1(config)# interface Tunnel2
router-1(config-if)# ip unnumbered Loopback0
router-1(config-if)# tunnel destination 27.1.1.1
router-1(config-if)# tunnel mode mpls traffic-eng
router-1(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng priority 0 0
router-1(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng bandwidth 80000
router-1(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng path-option 1 explicit name \ best-effort-path1
router-1(config-if)# exit

In this example explicit paths are used instead of dynamic, to ensure that best-effort traffic and guaranteed bandwidth traffic will travel along different paths.

At the device level:


router-1(config)# ip explicit-path name gbs-path1
router-1(config-ip-expl-path)# next-address 24.1.1.1
router-1(config-ip-expl-path)# next-address 27.1.1.1
router-1(config-ip-expl-path)# exit
router-1(config)# ip explicit-path name best-effort-path1
router-1(config-ip-expl-path)# next-address 24.1.1.1
router-1(config-ip-expl-path)# next-address 25.1.1.1
router-1(config-ip-expl-path)# next-address 27.1.1.1
router-1(config-ip-expl-path)# exit

Note that autoroute is not used, as that could cause the Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) to send other traffic down these tunnels.

At the inbound physical interface (in the figure above this is FE4/1/0), packets received are rate-limited to:

a rate of 30 Mbps
a normal burst of 1 MB
a maximum burst of 2 MB

Packets that are mapped to qos-group 6 and that conform to the rate-limit are marked with experimental value 5 and the BGP destination community string, and are forwarded; packets that do not conform (exceed action) are dropped:


router-1(config)# interface FastEthernet4/1/0
router-1(config-if)# rate-limit input qos-group 6 30000000 1000000 2000000 \
 conform-action set-mpls-exp-transmit 5 exceed-action drop
router-1(config-if)# bgp-policy destination ip-qos-map
router-1(config-if)# exit

At the device level create a class of traffic called “exp5-class” that has MPLS experimental bit set to 5:


router-1(config)# class-map match-all exp5-class
router-1(config-cmap)# match mpls experimental 5
router-1(config-cmap)# exit

Create a policy that creates a priority queue for “exp5-class”:


router-1(config)# policy-map core-out-policy
router-1(config-pmap)# class exp5-class
router-1(config-pmap-c)# priority 100000
router-1(config-pmap-c)# exit
router-1(config-pmap)# class class-default
router-1(config-pmap-c)# bandwidth 55000
router-1(config-pmap-c)# exit
router-1(config-pmap)# exit

The policy is applied to packets exiting the outbound interface POS4/0.


router-1(config)# interface POS4/0
router-1(config-if)# service-policy output core-out-policy

Create a table map under BGP to map (tie) the prefixes to a qos-group. At the device level:


router-1(config)# ip bgp-community new-format
router-1(config)# router bgp 2
router-1(config-router)# no synchronization
router-1(config-router)# table-map set-qos-group
router-1(config-router)# bgp log-neighbor-changes
router-1(config-router)# neighbor 27.1.1.1 remote-as 2
router-1(config-router)# neighbor 27.1.1.1 update-source Loopback0
router-1(config-router)# no auto-summary
router-1(config-router)# exit

Create a distinct route map for this service. This includes setting the next-hop of packets matching 29.1.1.1 so they will be mapped onto Tunnel #1 (the guaranteed bandwidth service tunnel). At the device level:


router-1(config)# route-map set-qos-group permit 10
router-1(config-route-map)# match as-path 100
router-1(config-route-map)# set ip qos-group 6
router-1(config-route-map)# set ip next-hop 29.1.1.1
router-1(config-route-map)# exit
router-1(config)# ip as-path access-list 100 permit ^5$

Create a distinct route map for this service. (Its traffic will go to AS6 and AS7).

At the device level:


router-1(config)# route-map set-qos-group permit 10
router-1(config-route-map)# match as-path 101
router-1(config-route-map)# set ip qos-group 6
router-1(config-route-map)# set ip next-hop 29.1.1.1
router-1(config-route-map)# exit
router-1(config)# ip as-path access-list 101 permit _5_

Create a distinct route map for all traffic destined to prefixes that have community value 100:1. This traffic will go to AS3, AS5, and AS8.

At the device level:


router-1(config)# route-map set-qos-group permit 10
router-1(config-route-map)# match community 20
router-1(config-route-map)# set ip qos-group 6
router-1(config-route-map)# set ip next-hop 29.1.1.1
router-1(config-route-map)# exit
router-1(config)# ip community-list 20 permit 100:1

Map all guaranteed bandwidth traffic onto Tunnel #1:


router-1(config)# ip route 29.1.1.1 255.255.255.255 Tunnel1

Map all best-effort traffic onto Tunnel #2:


router-1(config)# ip route 30.1.1.1 255.255.255.255 Tunnel2

Configuration of Tunnel Head-2 Example

As with the Head-1 device and interfaces, the following Head-2 configuration first presents commands that establish a sub-pool tunnel (commands presented earlier in MPLS Traffic Engineering - DiffServ Aware (DS-TE): Examples) and then also configures a global pool tunnel. After that it presents QoS and BGP commands that guarantee end-to-end service on the sub-pool tunnel. (Because this is a 7500 (VIP) router, Modular QoS CLI is used).

At the device level:


router-2(config)# ip cef distributed
router-2(config)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels

[now one uses either the IS-IS commands on the left or the OSPF commands on the right]:


`router-2(config)# router isis`	`router ospf 100`
`router-2(config-router)# net 49.0000.1000.0000.0011.00`	`redistribute connected`
`router-2(config-router)# metric-style wide`	`network 11.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-2(config-router)# is-type level-1`	`network 22.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 0`
`router-2(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng level-1`	`mpls traffic-eng area 0`

[now one resumes the common command set]:


router-2(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng router-id Loopback0
router-2(config-router)# exit

Create a virtual interface:


router-2(config)# interface Loopback0
router-2(config-if)# ip address 22.1.1.1 255.255.255.255
router-2(config-if)# exit

At the outgoing physical interface:


router-2(config)# interface pos0/0
router-2(config-if)# ip address 11.1.1.1 255.0.0.0
router-2(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-2(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 140000 140000 sub-pool 60000
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-2(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-2(config-if)# exit

At one tunnel interface, create a sub-pool tunnel:


router-2(config)# interface Tunnel3
router-2(config-if)# ip unnumbered Loopback0
router-2(config-if)# tunnel destination 27.1.1.1
router-2(config-if)# tunnel mode mpls traffic-eng
router-2(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng priority 0 0
router-2(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng bandwidth sub-pool 30000
router-2(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng path-option 1 explicit name gbs-path2
router-2(config-if)# exit

and at a second tunnel interface, create a global pool tunnel:


router-2(config)# interface Tunnel4
router-2(config-if)# ip unnumbered Loopback0
router-2(config-if)# tunnel destination 27.1.1.1
router-2(config-if)# tunnel mode mpls traffic-eng
router-2(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng priority 0 0
router-2(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng bandwidth 70000
router-2(config-if)# tunnel mpls traffic-eng path-option 1 explicit name \ best-effort-path2
router-2(config-if)# exit

In this example explicit paths are used instead of dynamic, to ensure that best-effort traffic and guaranteed bandwidth traffic will travel along different paths.

At the device level:


router-2(config)# ip explicit-path name gbs-path2
router-2(config-ip-expl-path)# next-address 24.1.1.1
router-2(config-ip-expl-path)# next-address 27.1.1.1
router-2(config-ip-expl-path)# exit
router-2(config)# ip explicit-path name best-effort-path2
router-2(config-ip-expl-path)# next-address 24.1.1.1
router-2(config-ip-expl-path)# next-address 25.1.1.1
router-2(config-ip-expl-path)# next-address 27.1.1.1
router-2(config-ip-expl-path)# exit

Note that autoroute is not used, as that could cause the Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) to send other traffic down these tunnels.

At the inbound physical interface (in the figure above this is FE2/1), packets received are rate-limited to:

a rate of 30 Mbps
a normal burst of 1 MB
a maximum burst of 2 MB


router-2(config)# interface FastEthernet2/1
router-2(config-if)# rate-limit input qos-group 6 30000000 1000000 2000000 \ conform-action set-mpls-exp-transmit 5 exceed-action drop
router-2(config-if)# bgp-policy destination ip-qos-map
router-1(config-if)# exit

At the device level create a class of traffic called “exp5-class” that has MPLS experimental bit set to 5:


router-2(config)# class-map match-all exp5-class
router-2(config-cmap)# match mpls experimental 5
router-2(config-cmap)# exit

Create a policy that creates a priority queue for “exp5-class”:


router-2(config)# policy-map core-out-policy
router-2(config-pmap)# class exp5-class
router-2(config-pmap-c)# priority 100000
router-2(config-pmap-c)# exit
router-2(config-pmap)# class class-default
router-2(config-pmap-c)# bandwidth 55000
router-2(config-pmap-c)# exit
router-2(config-pmap)# exit

The policy is applied to packets exiting interface POS0/0:


interface POS0/0
service-policy output core-out-policy

As a result of all the above configuration lines, packets entering the Head-2 router via interface FE2/1 and destined for AS5, BGP community 100:1, or transiting AS5 will have their experimental field set to 5. It is assumed that no other packets entering this router (on any interface) are using this exp bit value. (If this cannot be assumed, an additional configuration must be added to mark all such packets with another experimental value.) When exiting this router via interface POS0/0, packets marked with experimental value 5 are placed into the priority queue.

Note

Packets entering the router via FE2/1 and exiting through POS0/0 enter as IP packets and exit as MPLS packets.

Create a table map under BGP to map (tie) the prefixes to a qos-group. At the device level:


router-2(config)# ip bgp-community new-format
router-2(config)# router bgp 2
router-2(config-router)# no synchronization
router-2(config-router)# table-map set-qos-group
router-2(config-router)# bgp log-neighbor-changes
router-2(config-router)# neighbor 27.1.1.1 remote-as 2
router-2(config-router)# neighbor 27.1.1.1 update-source Loopback0
router-2(config-router)# no auto-summary
router-2(config-router)# exit

Create a distinct route map for this service. This includes setting the next-hop of packets matching 29.1.1.1 so they will be mapped onto Tunnel #3 (the guaranteed bandwidth service tunnel). At the device level:


router-2(config)# route-map set-qos-group permit 10
router-2(config-route-map)# match as-path 100
router-2(config-route-map)# set ip qos-group 6
router-2(config-route-map)# set ip next-hop 29.1.1.1
router-2(config-route-map)# exit
router-2(config)# ip as-path access-list 100 permit ^5$

Create a distinct route map for this service. (Its traffic will go to AS6 and AS7).

At the device level:


router-2(config)# route-map set-qos-group permit 10
router-2(config-route-map)# match as-path 101
router-2(config-route-map)# set ip qos-group 6
router-2(config-route-map)# set ip next-hop 29.1.1.1
router-2(config-route-map)# exit
router-2(config)# ip as-path access-list 101 permit _5_

Create a distinct route map for all traffic destined to prefixes that have community value 100:1. This traffic will go to AS3, AS5, and AS8.

At the device level:


router-2(config)# route-map set-qos-group permit 10
router-2(config-route-map)# match community 20
router-2(config-route-map)# set ip qos-group 6
router-2(config-route-map)# set ip next-hop 29.1.1.1
router-2(config-route-map)# exit
router-2(config)# ip community-list 20 permit 100:1

Map all guaranteed bandwidth traffic onto Tunnel #3:


router-2(config)# ip route 29.1.1.1 255.255.255.255 Tunnel3

Map all best-effort traffic onto Tunnel #4:


router-2(config)# ip route 30.1.1.1 255.255.255.255 Tunnel4

Tunnel Midpoint Configuration Mid-1 Example

All four interfaces on the midpoint router are configured very much like the outbound interface of the head router. The strategy is to have all mid-point routers in this Autonomous System ready to carry future as well as presently configured sub-pool and global pool tunnels.

At the device level:


router-3(config)# ip cef distributed
router-3(config)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels

[now one uses either the IS-IS commands on the left or the OSPF commands on the right]:


`router-3(config)# router isis`	`router ospf 100`
`router-3(config-router)# net 49.0000.2400.0000.0011.00`	`redistribute connected`
`router-3(config-router)# metric-style wide`	`network 10.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-3(config-router)# is-type level-1`	`network 11.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-3(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng level-1`	`network 24.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 0`
`router-3(config-router)#`	`network 12.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-3(config-router)#`	`network 13.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-3(config-router)#`	`mpls traffic-eng area 0`

[now one resumes the common command set]:


router-3(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng router-id Loopback0
router-3(config-router)# exit

Create a virtual interface:


router-3(config)# interface Loopback0
router-3(config-if)# ip address 24.1.1.1 255.255.255.255
router-3(config-if)# exit

At the physical interface level (ingress):


router-3(config)# interface pos2/1
router-3(config-if)# ip address 10.1.1.2 255.0.0.0
router-3(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-3(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 140000 140000 sub-pool 70000
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-3(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-3(config-if)# exit

router-3(config)# interface pos1/1
router-3(config-if)# ip address 11.1.1.2 255.0.0.0
router-3(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-3(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 140000 140000 sub-pool 70000
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-3(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-3(config-if)# exit

At the physical interface level (egress), through which two sub-pool tunnels currently exit:


router-3(config)# interface pos3/1
router-3(config-if)# ip address 12.1.1.1 255.0.0.0
router-3(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-3(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 140000 140000 sub-pool 70000
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-3(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-3(config-if)# exit

At the physical interface level (egress), through which two global pool tunnels currently exit:


router-3(config)# interface pos4/1
router-3(config-if)# ip address 13.1.1.1 255.0.0.0
router-3(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-3(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 140000 140000 sub-pool 70000
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-3(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-3(config-if)# exit

Tunnel Midpoint Configuration Mid-2 Example

Both interfaces on this midpoint router are configured like the outbound interfaces of the Mid-1 router.

At the device level:


router-5(config)# ip cef distributed
router-5(config)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels

[now one uses either the IS-IS commands on the left or the OSPF commands on the right]:


`router-5(config)# router isis`	`router ospf 100`
`router-5(config-router)# net 49.2500.1000.0000.0012.00`	`redistribute connected`
`router-5(config-router)# metric-style wide`	`network 13.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-5(config-router)# is-type level-1`	`network 14.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-5(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng level-1`	`network 25.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 0`
`router-5(config-router)#`	`mpls traffic-eng area 0`

[now one resumes the common command set]:


router-5(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng router-id Loopback0
router-5(config-router)# exit

Create a virtual interface:


router-5(config)# interface Loopback0
router-5(config-if)# ip address 25.1.1.1 255.255.255.255
router-5(config-if)# exit

At the physical interface level (ingress):


router-5(config)# interface pos1/1
router-5(config-if)# ip address 13.1.1.2 255.0.0.0
router-5(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-5(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 140000 140000 sub-pool 70000
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-5(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-5(config-if)# exit

At the physical interface level (egress):


router-5(config)# interface pos2/1
router-5(config-if)# ip address 14.1.1.1 255.0.0.0
router-5(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-5(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 140000 140000 sub-pool 70000
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-5(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-5(config-if)# exit

Tunnel Tail Configuration Example

The inbound interfaces on the tail router are configured much like the outbound interfaces of the midpoint routers:

At the device level:


router-4(config)# ip cef distributed
router-4(config)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels

[now one uses either the IS-IS commands on the left or the OSPF commands on the right. In the case of OSPF, one must advertise two new loopback interfaces--29.1.1.1 and 30.1.1.1 in our example--which are defined in the QoS Policy Propagation section, further along on this page]:


`router-4(config)# router isis`	`router ospf 100`
`router-4(config-router)# net 49.0000.2700.0000.0000.00`	`redistribute connected`
`router-4(config-router)# metric-style wide`	`network 12.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-4(config-router)# is-type level-1`	`network 14.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0`
`router-4(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng level-1`	`network 27.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 0`
`router-4(config-router)#`	`network 29.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 0`
`router-4(config-router)#`	`network 30.1.1.1 0.0.0.0 area 0`
`router-4(config-router)#`	`mpls traffic-eng area 0`

[now one resumes the common command set, taking care to include the two additional loopback interfaces]:


router-4(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng router-id Loopback0
router-4(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng router-id Loopback1
router-4(config-router)# mpls traffic-eng router-id Loopback2
router-4(config-router)# exit

Create a virtual interface:


router-4(config)# interface Loopback0
router-4(config-if)# ip address 27.1.1.1 255.255.255.255
router-4(config-if)# exit

At the physical interface (ingress):


router-4(config)# interface pos2/1
router-4(config-if)# ip address 12.1.1.2 255.0.0.0
router-4(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-4(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 140000 140000 sub-pool 70000
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-4(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-4(config-if)# exit
router-4(config)# interface pos2/2
router-4(config-if)# ip address 14.1.1.2 255.0.0.0
router-4(config-if)# mpls traffic-eng tunnels
router-4(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 140000 140000 sub-pool 70000
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-4(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-4(config-if)# exit

On the tail device, one must configure a separate virtual loopback IP address for each class-of-service terminating here. The headend routers need these addresses to map traffic into the proper tunnels. In the current example, four tunnels terminate on the same tail device but they represent only two service classes, so only two additional loopback addresses are needed:

Create two virtual interfaces:


router-4(config)# interface Loopback1
router-4(config-if)# ip address 29.1.1.1 255.255.255.255
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-4(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-4(config-if)# exit
router-4(config)# interface Loopback2
router-4(config-if)# ip address 30.1.1.1 255.255.255.255
[and if using IS-IS instead of OSPF]:
router-4(config-if)# ip router isis
[and in all cases]:
router-4(config-if)# exit

At the device level, configure BGP to send the community to each tunnel head:


router-4(config)# ip bgp-community new-format
router-4(config)# router bgp 2
router-4(config-router)# neighbor 23.1.1.1 send-community
router-4(config-router)# neighbor 22.1.1.1 send-community
router-4(config-router)# exit

Additional References

Related Topic	Document Title
Cisco IOS commands	Cisco IOS Master Commands List, All Releases
IS-IS	Cisco IOS IP Routing: ISIS Command Reference
MPLS commands	Cisco IOS MPLS Command Reference
OSPF	Cisco IOS IP Routing: OSPF Command Reference
QoS	Cisco IOS Quality of Service Solutions Command Reference

Standards and RFCs


Standard/RFC	Title
RFC 3270	`Requirements for Support of Diff-Serv-aware MPLS Traffic Engineering` Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Support of Differentiated Services F. Le Faucheur, L. Wu, B. Davie, P. Vaananen, R. Krishnan, P. Cheval, & J. Heinanen
RFC 4124	Protocol Extensions for Support of Diffserv-aware MPLS Traffic Engineering ed. by F. Le Faucheur
RFC 4127	Russian Dolls Bandwidth Constraints Model for Diffserv-aware MPLS Traffic Engineering ed. by F. Le Faucheur
RFC 4125	Maximum Allocation Bandwidth Constraints Model for Diffserv-aware MPLS Traffic Engineering by F. Le Faucheur & W. Lai
`IETF Diff-Serv-aware MPLS Traffic Engineering`	The new concept of "Class-Type" defined in the IETF Standard corresponds to the prior concept of “bandwidth pool” that was implemented in the original version of DS-TE. Likewise, the two bandwidth pools implemented in the original version of DS-TE (global pool and sub-pool) correspond to two of the IETF Standard’s new Class-Types (Class-Type 0 and Class-Type 1, respectively).

MIBs


MIB	MIBs Link
None	To locate and download MIBs for selected platforms, Cisco software releases, and feature sets, use Cisco MIB Locator found at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/go/mibs

Technical Assistance


Description	Link
The Cisco Support and Documentation website provides online resources to download documentation, software, and tools. Use these resources to install and configure the software and to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues with Cisco products and technologies. Access to most tools on the Cisco Support and Documentation website requires a Cisco.com user ID and password.	http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/support/index.html

Glossary

This section defines acronyms and words that may not be readily understood.

AS --Autonomous System. A collection of networks under a common administration, sharing a common routing strategy and identified by a unique 16-bit number (assigned by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority).

BGP --Border Gateway Protocol. The predominant interdomain routing protocol. It is defined by RFC 1163. Version 4 uses route aggregation mechanisms to reduce the size of routing tables.

CBR --Constraint Based Routing. The computation of traffic paths that simultaneously satisfy label-switched path attributes and current network resource limitations.

CEF --Cisco Express Forwarding. A means for accelerating the forwarding of packets within a router, by storing route lookup information in several data structures instead of in a route cache.

CLI --Command Line Interface. Cisco’s interface for configuring and managing its routers.

DS-TE --Diff Serv-aware Traffic Engineering. The capability to configure two bandwidth pools on each link, a global pool and a sub-pool. MPLS traffic engineering tunnels using the sub-pool bandwidth can be configured with Quality of Service mechanisms to deliver guaranteed bandwidth services end-to-end across the network. Simultaneously, tunnels using the global pool can convey DiffServ traffic.

flooding --A traffic passing technique used by switches and bridges in which traffic received on an interface is sent out through all of the interfaces of that device except the interface on which the information was originally received.

GB queue --Guaranteed Bandwidth queue. A per-hop behavior (PHB) used exclusively by the strict guarantee traffic. If delay/jitter guarantees are sought, the diffserv Expedited Forwarding queue (EF PHB) is used. If only bandwidth guarantees are sought, the diffserv Assured Forwarding PHB (AF PHB) is used.

Global Pool --The total bandwidth allocated to an MPLS traffic engineering link.

IGP --Interior Gateway Protocol. An internet protocol used to exchange routing information within an autonomous system. Examples of common internet IGPs include IGRP, OSPF, and RIP.

label-switched path (LSP) tunnel --A configured connection between two routers, using label switching to carry the packets.

IS-IS --Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System. A link-state hierarchical routing protocol, based on DECnet Phase V routing, whereby nodes exchange routing information based on a single metric, to determine network topology.

LCAC --Link-level (per-hop) call admission control.

LSP --Label-switched path (see above). Also Link-state packet--A broadcast packet used by link-state protocols that contains information about neighbors and path costs. LSPs are used by the receiving routers to maintain their routing tables. Also called link-state advertisement (LSA).

MPLS --Multi-Protocol Label Switching (formerly known as Tag Switching). A method for directing packets primarily through Layer 2 switching rather than Layer 3 routing, by assigning the packets short fixed-length labels at the ingress to an MPLS cloud, using the concept of forwarding equivalence classes. Within the MPLS domain, the labels are used to make forwarding decisions mostly without recourse to the original packet headers.

MPLS TE --MPLS Traffic Engineering (formerly known as “RRR” or Resource Reservation Routing). The use of label switching to improve traffic performance along with an efficient use of network resources.

OSPF --Open Shortest Path First. A link-state, hierarchical IGP routing algorithm, derived from the IS-IS protocol. OSPF features include least-cost routing, multipath routing, and load balancing.

RSVP --Resource reSerVation Protocol. An IETF protocol used for signaling requests (to set aside internet services) by a customer before that customer is permitted to transmit data over that portion of the network.

Sub-pool --The more restrictive bandwidth in an MPLS traffic engineering link. The sub-pool is a portion of the link’s overall global pool bandwidth.

TE --Traffic engineering. The application of scientific principles and technology to measure, model, and control internet traffic in order to simultaneously optimize traffic performance and network resource utilization.

Feature Information for MPLS Traffic Engineering - DiffServ Aware (DS-TE)

The following table provides release information about the feature or features described in this module. This table lists only the software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that software release train also support that feature.

Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support and Cisco software image support. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to www.cisco.com/go/cfn. An account on Cisco.com is not required.

Table 3. Feature Information for MPLS Traffic Engineering - DiffServe Aware (DS-TE)
Feature Name	Releases	Feature Information
MPLS Traffic Engineering - DiffServ Aware (DS-TE)	12.0(11) ST 12.0(14) ST 12.0(14) ST-1 12.0(22)S 12.2(14)S 12.2(18)S 12.2(18)SXD 12.2(28)SB 12.2(33)SRB Cisco IOS XE Release 3.5S	The Multiprotocol Label Switching Traffic Engineering (MPLS TE) - DiffServ-Aware Traffic Engineering (DS-TE) feature enables service providers to perform separate admission control and separate route computation for discrete subsets of traffic (for example, voice and data traffic). When DS-TE is combined with other Cisco software features such as QoS, the service provider can: Develop QoS services for end customers based on signaled rather than provisioned QoS Build the higher-revenue generating “strict-commitment” QoS services, without over-provisioning Offer virtual IP leased-line, Layer 2 service emulation, and point-to-point guaranteed bandwidth services including voice-trunking Enjoy the scalability properties offered by MPLS. DS-TE feature introduced in Cisco IOS Release 12.0(11) ST. In Cisco IOS Release 12.0(14) ST-1, support was added for guaranteed bandwidth service directed to many destination prefixes (for example, guaranteed bandwidth service destined to an autonomous system or to a BGP community). In Cisco IOS Release 12.0(14) ST-1, support was added for the IS-IS Interior Gateway Protocol. In Cisco IOS Release 12.0(14) ST, support was added for the Cisco Series 7500(VIP) platform. Feature was implemented in Cisco IOS Release 12.0(22)S. Feature was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(14)S. Feature was implemented in Cisco IOS Release 12.2(18)S. Feature was implemented in Cisco IOS Release 12.2(18)SXD. Feature was implemented in Cisco IOS Release 12.2(28)SB. In Cisco IOS Release 12.2(33)SRB, this feature was augmented to include the new IETF-Standard functionality of DS-TE, as described in RFCs 3270, 4124, 4125, and 4127. Feature was implemented in Cisco IOS XE Release 3.5S.

MPLS Traffic Engineering DiffServ Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.10.x

Bias-Free Language

Results

Chapter: MPLS Traffic Engineering - DiffServ Aware (DS-TE)

MPLS Traffic Engineering - DiffServ Aware (DS-TE)

Information About MPLS Traffic Engineering - DiffServ Aware (DS-TE)

MPLS TE and Constraint-Based Routing (CBR)

From Traditional to IETF-Standard Commands

The ip rsvp bandwidth command

The tunnel mpls traffic-eng bandwidth command

The mpls traffic-eng ds-te commands

Transitioning a Network to the IETF Standard

Guaranteed Bandwidth Service Configuration

Providing Strict QoS Guarantees Using DS-TE Sub-pool Tunnels

Providing Differentiated Service Using DS-TE Global Pool Tunnels

Providing Strict Guarantees and Differentiated Service in the Same Network

Prerequisites for MPLS Traffic Engineering - DiffServ Aware (DS-TE)

How to Configure MPLS Traffic Engineering - DiffServ Aware (DS-TE)

Configuring DS-TE Tunnels

Level 1 Configuring the Device

SUMMARY STEPS

DETAILED STEPS

Level 2 Configuring the Physical Interface

SUMMARY STEPS

DETAILED STEPS

Example:

Level 3 Configuring the Tunnel Interface

SUMMARY STEPS

DETAILED STEPS

Verifying the Configuration

MPLS Traffic Engineering - DiffServ Aware (DS-TE): Examples

Tunnel Head: Example

Midpoint Devices: Example

Tail-End Device: Example

Guaranteed Bandwidth Service: Examples

Single Destination Prefix: Example

Configuring Tunnel Head-1 Example

Configuring Tunnel Head-2 Example

Tunnel Midpoint Configuration Mid-1 Example

Configuring the Pools and Tunnels

Tunnel Midpoint Configuration Mid-2 Example

Tunnel Tail Configuration Example

Many Destination Prefixes: Example

Configuration of Tunnel Head-1 Example

Configuration of Tunnel Head-2 Example

Tunnel Midpoint Configuration Mid-1 Example

Tunnel Midpoint Configuration Mid-2 Example

Tunnel Tail Configuration Example

Additional References

Related Documents

Standards and RFCs

MIBs

Technical Assistance

Glossary

Feature Information for MPLS Traffic Engineering - DiffServ Aware (DS-TE)

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