Jonas, If the problem is in VC type 4 signalling, then switch to Ethernet interworking or VC type 5. It will work in your case, and VLAN rewrite operation will be done at the AC points. I don't know if you already has this configured or not, but you have to use psudowire-class templates with the "interworking ethernet" underneath. Mohamed Kamal On 11/28/2015 6:55 AM, Jonas Bjork wrote:
Dear Mr. Bensley,
The platform is Cisco 7600 on side A and HP A5500-HI on side B. I am currently running IOS v12.2-33.SRE5 and I'm trying to upgrade to v15.3-3.S6. In the current version the VC type is Eth VLAN and I have tried all different options on the HP side with no success. On the Cisco side I don't know if there is anything I can do - the negotiation seems to take place without any possible user interference.
It's true that I can terminate the tunnel elsewhere and switch the traffic using layer 2 but I don't want to have any "ugly" solutions in the network. Everything works fine even though I rewrite the vlan id (and that is essential for my solution) at the moment and it bothers me that an IOS upgrade triggers this bug. The bug is submitted (against Juniper) as previously mentioned in this thread but Cisco won't do anything about it.
Best regards,
Jonas Bjork Network Nerd
On 16 Nov 2015, at 10:21, James Bensley <jwbensley@gmail.com> wrote:
On 15 November 2015 at 01:31, Jonas Bjork <mr.jonas.bjork@me.com <mailto:mr.jonas.bjork@me.com>> wrote:
Dear Mr. Jeff,
Thank you for your reply. Below is the complete output in question (l2 is short for l2transport). You are mentioning platform capabilities and that the default might have changed. How do I alter this?
pe#sh mpls l2 vc 42 d Local interface: Po190.42 up, line protocol up, Eth VLAN 42 up Destination address: X.X.1.89, VC ID: 42, VC status: down Last error: Imposition VLAN rewrite capability mismatch with peer Output interface: none, imposed label stack {} Preferred path: not configured Default path: no route No adjacency Create time: 00:00:59, last status change time: 00:31:40 Last label FSM state change time: 00:00:18 Last peer autosense occurred at: 00:00:18 Signaling protocol: LDP, peer X.X.1.89:0 up Targeted Hello: X.X.0.2(LDP Id) -> X.X.1.89, LDP is UP Graceful restart: not configured and not enabled Non stop routing: not configured and not enabled Status TLV support (local/remote) : enabled/not supported LDP route watch : enabled Label/status state machine : remote invalid, LruRnd Last local dataplane status rcvd: No fault Last BFD dataplane status rcvd: Not sent Last BFD peer monitor status rcvd: No fault Last local AC circuit status rcvd: No fault Last local AC circuit status sent: DOWN PW(rx/tx faults) Last local PW i/f circ status rcvd: No fault Last local LDP TLV status sent: No fault Last remote LDP TLV status rcvd: Not sent Last remote LDP ADJ status rcvd: No fault MPLS VC labels: local 242, remote 1199 Group ID: local 0, remote 0 MTU: local 9216, remote 9216 Remote interface description: Remote VLAN id: 42 Sequencing: receive disabled, send disabled Control Word: Off (configured: autosense) SSO Descriptor: X.X.1.89/42, local label: 242 Dataplane: SSM segment/switch IDs: 0/0 (used), PWID: 142 VC statistics: transit packet totals: receive 0, send 0 transit byte totals: receive 0, send 0 transit packet drops: receive 0, seq error 0, send 0 pe#
Anyone else: feel free to join in. Maybe we have any L2VC/PW ninjas watching.
Best regards, Jonas Bjork Hi Jonas,
In that output you have "Remote VLAN id: 42" -What is the local VLAN ID on your Cisco PE? Do you need to VLAN rewrite here?
Since you using different VLANs at each end, can you build the pseudowire at a point in the network stack where the VLAN tag has been popped off already and transport the frames untagged, so they will be pushed on again at the other end? (Is this is a VC type 4 pseudowire, check with "show mpls l2transport binding 42", if so, a dummy VLAN should be pushed on and popped off transparently if all hardware in use supports it).
I don't know HP but with the Cisco 7600 for example, if it's VLAN 50 then you could add "interface vlan 50; xconnecy X.X.1.89 42 encaps mpls", if your hardware supports that. Or use mux-uni; "int gix/x.y; encaps dot1q y; xconnecy X.X.1.89 42 encaps mpls". Then add vice versa on the HP kit.
What IOS have you tried to upgrade to, 15.2(4)S4a? If this is a VC type 4 pseudowire and either the HP or Cisco isn't supporting inserting a dummy VLAN tag, why is this a VC type 4 pseudowire? The VLAN re-write I guess. Certainly in IOS 15.3 (so probably also in 15.2 but I'm not 100% certain of that) Cisco IOS should be defaulting to VC type 5 unless the other end negotiates down to VC type 4. VC type 5 in IOS supports transporting of untagged, tagged and double tagged frames, I don't think there is any functionality in VC type 5 that wasn't in older type 4's so I'd try and work out why your devices are negotiating type 4 and maybe try to fix that, or as above, transport untagged.
Cheers, James.