RSVP over UDP

Last Updated: July 19, 2012

The Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) over UDP feature provides the capability for routers to enable neighbor routers to process and send RSVP control packets over UDP. With the implementation of the RSVP over UDP feature, the RSVP protocol stack is enhanced to support processing of RSVP control messages over UDP and raw IP.

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Prerequisites for RSVP Over UDP

  • You must enable RSVP before you enable the RSVP over UDP feature.
  • The RSVP stack running on the client host must support sending and receiving the RSVP control messages with the first hop routers they are connected to.

Information About RSVP over UDP

RSVP over UDP

The RSVP over UDP feature addresses the following scenarios:

  • A router intends to communicate to the first hop router over UDP but not raw IP.

  • A firewall that is located in between two routers drops raw IP packets due to security concerns, but allows UDP packets.

How to Configure RSVP over UDP

Enabling RSVP

This task starts RSVP and sets the bandwidth and single-flow limits. By default, RSVP is disabled so that it is backward compatible with systems that do not implement RSVP. To enable RSVP for IP on an interface, perform the following task.

SUMMARY STEPS

1.    enable

2.    configure terminal

3.    interface type number

4.    ip rsvp bandwidth [interface-bandwidth [percent percent-bandwidth | [single-flow-bandwidth] [sub-pool bandwidth]]]

5.    end


DETAILED STEPS
  Command or Action Purpose
Step 1
enable


Example:

Device> enable

 

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

  • Enter your password if prompted.
 
Step 2
configure terminal


Example:

Device# configure terminal

 

Enters global configuration mode.

 
Step 3
interface type number


Example:

Device(config)# interface fastethernet 0/1

 

Configures the specified interface and enters interface configuration mode.

 
Step 4
ip rsvp bandwidth [interface-bandwidth [percent percent-bandwidth | [single-flow-bandwidth] [sub-pool bandwidth]]]


Example:

Device(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 23 54

 

Enables RSVP for IP on an interface.

 
Step 5
end


Example:

Device(config-if)# end

 

Exits interface configuration mode and returns to privileged EXEC mode.

 

Configuring RSVP over UDP

To enable RSVP over UDP, perform the following task:

SUMMARY STEPS

1.    enable

2.   configure terminal

3.   ip rsvp udp neighbor neighbor-IP-address router [vrf vrf-name]

4.    end


DETAILED STEPS
  Command or Action Purpose
Step 1
enable


Example:

Device> enable

 

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

  • Enter your password if prompted.
 
Step 2
configure terminal


Example:

Device# configure terminal

 

Enters global configuration mode.

 
Step 3
ip rsvp udp neighbor neighbor-IP-address router [vrf vrf-name]


Example:

Device(config)# ip rsvp udp neighbor 10.1.1.1 router vrf vrf-1

 

Configures the RSVP over UDP feature for the neighbor router.

 
Step 4
end


Example:

Device(config)# end

 

Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

 

Configuration examples for RSVP over UDP

Example: Enabling RSVP

The following example shows how to enable RSVP for IP on an interface: 

enable
 configure terminal
 interface  fastethernet 0/1
  ip rsvp bandwidth 23 54
  end

Example: Configuring RSVP over UDP

The following example shows how to configure the RSVP over UDP feature on a neighbor router: 

enable
 configure terminal
 ip rsvp udp neighbor 10.1.1.1 router vrf vrf-1 
 end

Additional References

Related Documents

Related Topic Document Title

Cisco IOS commands

Master Command List, All Releases

RSVP commands

Quality of Service Solutions Command Reference

Overview on RSVP

Signaling Overview

Standards and RFCs

Standard/RFC Title

RFC 2205

RSVP--Version 1 Function Specification

RFC 2209

RSVP--Version 1 Message Processing Rules

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Feature Information for RSVP over UDP

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.

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Table 1 Feature Information for RSVP over UDP
Feature Name Releases Feature Information

RSVP over UDP

15.2(4)M

The RSVP over UDP feature allows a router to enable a neighbor router to process and send RSVP control packets over UDP.

The following commands were introduced or modified: ip rsvp udp neighbor.

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