May 2016 - mice-discuss - lists.micemn.net

Re: Route Server BGP communities (& OS upgrades) - 5/22/2016

by Matthew Beckwell

Doug & Chih, Thanks for your efforts on this. Mike H, can you post to MICE-ANNOUNCE? And maybe we can convince Richard to throw up a section on the micemn.net technical page that lists the communities? :) Thanks guys. ~Matthew On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 11:11 AM, Doug McIntyre <merlyn(a)iphouse.net> wrote: > Thanks to Chih Chen's help at the U of Wisc, I have testing done for > phase1 of the BGP communities exporting that have been requested. > (Phase2 would be doing prepends, but I'll have to lab up that > functionality as I saw the export function grow 10 times or so before I > stopped). > Most of the delay was waiting for others to test with me. > > I plan on implementing this MICE site wide on Sunday, 5/22/2016, starting > at > around 10:00PM - 11:59PM. > > All the testing looked good to us during testing, the functions > behaved as expected. This function is an expansion of what was tested > before. > ipHouse has had this export function on it since the end of winter. > > It is written to properly handle 32-bit ASNs (I believe, that part was > provided > by the BIRD WIKI author). And of course IPv4 and IPv6 make no difference. > > The communities supported by this setup will include > > 0:peerAS -- Don't export route prefix to this peer. > 53679:peerAS -- Always export route prefix to this peer. > 0:53679 -- Don't export route prefix to all MICE peers. > > > The steps of actually implementing this would be non-eventful, but I know > some will want to drop for it. > > > > ALSO, we really should upgrade the OS that is running the route > servers too. So I'll be doing OS updates and other upgrades that will > upgrade BIRD as well in the same window. BIRD moves from > 1.4.5 -> 1.5.0. The release notes say it mostly is OSPF changes, > I expect no problems in this update, BIRD has been very stable, and the OS > has been stable in production use here. > > Thanks. > > -- > Doug McIntyre <merlyn(a)iphouse.net> > ~.~ ipHouse ~.~ > Network Engineer/Provisioning/Jack of all Trades >

May 18, 2016

Re: Route Server BGP communities (& OS upgrades) - 5/22/2016

by Chris Wopat

On 05/18/2016 11:11 AM, Doug McIntyre wrote: > Thanks to Chih Chen's help at the U of Wisc, I have testing done for > phase1 of the BGP communities exporting that have been requested. > (Phase2 would be doing prepends, but I'll have to lab up that > functionality as I saw the export function grow 10 times or so before I stopped). > Most of the delay was waiting for others to test with me. > > I plan on implementing this MICE site wide on Sunday, 5/22/2016, starting at > around 10:00PM - 11:59PM. > > All the testing looked good to us during testing, the functions > behaved as expected. This function is an expansion of what was tested before. > ipHouse has had this export function on it since the end of winter. > > It is written to properly handle 32-bit ASNs (I believe, that part was provided > by the BIRD WIKI author). And of course IPv4 and IPv6 make no difference. > > The communities supported by this setup will include > > 0:peerAS -- Don't export route prefix to this peer. > 53679:peerAS -- Always export route prefix to this peer. > 0:53679 -- Don't export route prefix to all MICE peers. > > > The steps of actually implementing this would be non-eventful, but I know > some will want to drop for it. > > > > ALSO, we really should upgrade the OS that is running the route > servers too. So I'll be doing OS updates and other upgrades that will > upgrade BIRD as well in the same window. BIRD moves from > 1.4.5 -> 1.5.0. The release notes say it mostly is OSPF changes, > I expect no problems in this update, BIRD has been very stable, and the OS > has been stable in production use here. Great work folks, glad to see this coming in to production. Is it possible to see examples of the config? Or at least verify that these communities are stripped out on the route server after the action is taken? Cheers, -- Chris Wopat Network Engineer, WiscNet wopat(a)wiscnet.net 608-210-3965

May 18, 2016

Route Server BGP communities (& OS upgrades) - 5/22/2016

by Doug McIntyre

Thanks to Chih Chen's help at the U of Wisc, I have testing done for phase1 of the BGP communities exporting that have been requested. (Phase2 would be doing prepends, but I'll have to lab up that functionality as I saw the export function grow 10 times or so before I stopped). Most of the delay was waiting for others to test with me. I plan on implementing this MICE site wide on Sunday, 5/22/2016, starting at around 10:00PM - 11:59PM. All the testing looked good to us during testing, the functions behaved as expected. This function is an expansion of what was tested before. ipHouse has had this export function on it since the end of winter. It is written to properly handle 32-bit ASNs (I believe, that part was provided by the BIRD WIKI author). And of course IPv4 and IPv6 make no difference. The communities supported by this setup will include 0:peerAS -- Don't export route prefix to this peer. 53679:peerAS -- Always export route prefix to this peer. 0:53679 -- Don't export route prefix to all MICE peers. The steps of actually implementing this would be non-eventful, but I know some will want to drop for it. ALSO, we really should upgrade the OS that is running the route servers too. So I'll be doing OS updates and other upgrades that will upgrade BIRD as well in the same window. BIRD moves from 1.4.5 -> 1.5.0. The release notes say it mostly is OSPF changes, I expect no problems in this update, BIRD has been very stable, and the OS has been stable in production use here. Thanks. -- Doug McIntyre <merlyn(a)iphouse.net> ~.~ ipHouse ~.~ Network Engineer/Provisioning/Jack of all Trades

May 18, 2016

Re: Please welcome NebraskaLink to MICE

by Doug McIntyre

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 05:57:42PM -0500, Jason Hanke wrote: > Name: NebraskaLink > ASN: 16851 > Port: NP MSP1 Remote xe-0/0/3 > IPv4: 206.108.255.70/24 > IPv6: 2001:504:27:0:0:41d3::1/64 > Contact: noc(a)nebraskalink.com > > Route Servers and website please! > > Welcome aboard! Sure thing, I have the route servers setup for this entry, ready to go. -- Doug McIntyre <merlyn(a)iphouse.net> ~.~ ipHouse ~.~ Network Engineer/Provisioning/Jack of all Trades

May 18, 2016

Re: Please welcome NebraskaLink to MICE

by Hannigan, Martin

Wow! Lots of MICEicles today!! Welcome everyone! > On May 17, 2016, at 18:57, Jason Hanke <jayhanke(a)NEUTRALPATH.NET> wrote: > > Name: NebraskaLink > ASN: 16851 > Port: NP MSP1 Remote xe-0/0/3 > IPv4: 206.108.255.70/24 > IPv6: 2001:504:27:0:0:41d3::1/64 > Contact: noc(a)nebraskalink.com > > Route Servers and website please! > > Welcome aboard! > > -- > Jay Hanke > CTO > Neutral Path Communications > 3 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 204 > Mankato, MN 56001 > (507) 327-2398 mobile > jayhanke(a)neutralpath.net > www.neutralpath.net

May 17, 2016

Please welcome NebraskaLink to MICE

by Jason Hanke

Name: NebraskaLink ASN: 16851 Port: NP MSP1 Remote xe-0/0/3 IPv4: 206.108.255.70/24 IPv6: 2001:504:27:0:0:41d3::1/64 Contact: noc(a)nebraskalink.com Route Servers and website please! Welcome aboard! -- Jay Hanke CTO Neutral Path Communications 3 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 204 Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 327-2398 mobile jayhanke(a)neutralpath.net www.neutralpath.net

May 17, 2016

Re: Please welcome Paragon Solutions Group to MICE

by Doug McIntyre

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 09:36:33AM -0500, Jason Hanke wrote: > Name: Paragon Solutions Group > Port: ge-2/0/9 (main switch ex4550) > ASN: 55043 > IPv4: 206.108.255.57/24 > IPv6: 2001:504:27:0:0:d703::1/64 > Contact: chris.dye(a)paragon.net > > Route Server and website updates please. Sure, had to do some switch work too, as I'm assuming all fiber ports are all 10Gbps now, but we don't have any 1G only fiber ports left. Got them in the route servers too. All set to go. Welcome aboard! -- Doug McIntyre <merlyn(a)iphouse.net> ~.~ ipHouse ~.~ Network Engineer/Provisioning/Jack of all Trades

May 17, 2016

MICE Facebook Page

by Jason Hanke

We have a Facebook page! Like it! https://www.facebook.com/MNMICE/ We also have a Facebook event for MICE UG20 in Eau Claire! https://www.facebook.com/events/695794023896344/ -- Jay Hanke CTO Neutral Path Communications 3 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 204 Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 327-2398 mobile jayhanke(a)neutralpath.net www.neutralpath.net

May 17, 2016

Please welcome Paragon Solutions Group to MICE

by Jason Hanke

Name: Paragon Solutions Group Port: ge-2/0/9 (main switch ex4550) ASN: 55043 IPv4: 206.108.255.57/24 IPv6: 2001:504:27:0:0:d703::1/64 Contact: chris.dye(a)paragon.net Route Server and website updates please. Paragon will provide an SFP to Cologix for installation. Welcome aboard! -- Jay Hanke CTO Neutral Path Communications 3 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 204 Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 327-2398 mobile jayhanke(a)neutralpath.net www.neutralpath.net

May 17, 2016

Please welcome Stealth Broadband to MICE!

by Jason Hanke

Name: Stealth Broadband ASN: TBD in Arin process now port: NP-MSP1 ge-0/0/2 IPv4: 206.108.255.69/24 IPv6: Pending ASN Contact: James.urwiller(a)stealthbroadband.com Please update the website at this time. They will be using the MICE connection to meet the multihoming requirements. We can update the other elements following the ASN assignment. Thanks! -- Jay Hanke CTO Neutral Path Communications 3 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 204 Mankato, MN 56001 (507) 327-2398 mobile jayhanke(a)neutralpath.net www.neutralpath.net

May 12, 2016