Junos Monitoring and Troubleshooting

Junos Fundamentals Series
DAY ONE: JUNOS MONITORING AND TROUBLESHOOTING
Learn how to monitor your network and troubleshoot events today. Junos makes it all possible with powerful, easy-to-use tools and straight-forward techniques.
By Jamie Panagos and Albert Statti
DAY ONE: JUNOS MONITORING AND TROUBLESHOOTING

This Day One book advocates a process for monitoring and troubleshooting your network. The goal is to give you an idea of what to look for before ever typing a show command, so by books end, you should know not only what to look for, but where to look . Day One: Junos Monitoring and Troubleshooting shows you how to identify the root causes of a variety of problems and advocates a common approach to isolate the problems with a best practice set of questions and tests. Moreover, it includes the instrumentation to assist in root cause identification and the configuration know-how to solve both common and severe problems before they ever begin.
This Day One book for configuring SRX Series with J-Web makes configuring, troubleshooting, andmaintainingthe SRXSeries devicesa breeze for any user who is new to the wonderful world of Junos,or who just likes to use its GUI interfacerather thanthe CLI. Alpana Nangpal,Security Engineer,Bravo Health
ITS DAY ONE AND YOU HAVE A JOB TO DO, SO LEARN HOW TO:
n Anticipate the causes and locations of network problems before ever logging in
to a device. n Develop a standard monitoring and troubleshooting template providing technicians and monitoring systems with all they need to operate your network. n Utilize the OSI model for quick and effective troubleshooting across different protocols and technologies. n Use the power of Junos to monitor device and network health and reduce network downtime. n Develop your own test for checking the suitability of a network fix.
Juniper Networks Day One books provide just the information you need to know on day one. Thats because they are written by subject matter experts who specialize in getting networks up and running. Visit www.juniper.net/dayone to peruse the complete library. Published by Juniper Networks Books
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Junos Fundamentals
Day One: Junos Monitoring and Troubleshooting

By Jamie Panagos & Albert Statti
Chapter 1: Root Cause Identication.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Chapter 2: Putting the Fix Test to work.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Chapter 3: CLI Instrumentation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Chapter 4: System Monitoring and Troubleshooting.. 39 Chapter 5: Layer 1 and Layer 2 Troubleshooting .. . . . . 55 Chapter 6: Layer 3 Monitoring.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Chapter 7: Layer 3 Troubleshooting.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
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2011 by Juniper Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. Juniper Networks, the Juniper Networks logo, Junos, NetScreen, and ScreenOS are registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Junose is a trademark of Juniper Networks, Inc. All other trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks, or registered service marks are the property of their respective owners. Juniper Networks assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies in this document. Juniper Networks reserves the right to change, modify, transfer, or otherwise revise this publication without notice. Products made or sold by Juniper Networks or components thereof might be covered by one or more of the following patents that are owned by or licensed to Juniper Networks: U.S. Patent Nos. 5,473,599, 5,905,725, 5,909,440, 6,192,051, 6,333,650, 6,359,479, 6,406,312, 6,429,706, 6,459,579, 6,493,347, 6,538,518, 6,538,899, 6,552,918, 6,567,902, 6,578,186, and 6,590,785. Published by Juniper Networks Books Writers: Jamie Panagos and Albert Statti Editor in Chief: Patrick Ames Copyediting and Proong: Nancy Koerbel Junos Program Manager: Cathy Gadecki ISBN: 978-1-936779-04-8 (print) Printed in the USA by Vervante Corporation. ISBN: 978-1-936779-05-5 (ebook) Version History: v3 January 2011 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 #7100124
About the Authors Jamie Panagos is a Senior Network Consultant for Juniper Networks and specializes in the design, implementation, and operation of datacenter, enterprise, and service provider networks. Jamie has over 10 years of experience on some of the largest networks in the world and has participated in several inuential industry communities including NANOG, ARIN and RIPE. He holds JNCIE-MT #445 and JNCIE-ER #50. Albert Statti is a Senior Technical Writer for Juniper Networks and has produced documentation for the Junos operating system for the past nine years. Albert has developed documentation for numerous networking features and protocols, including MPLS, VPNs, VPLS, and Multicast. Authors Acknowledgments The authors would like to take this opportunity to thank Patrick Ames, whose direction and guidance was indispensible. To Nathan Alger, Lionel Ruggeri, and Zach Gibbs, who provided valuable technical feedback several times during the development of this booklet, your assistance was greatly appreciated. Finally, thank you to Cathy Gadecki for helping turn this idea into a booklet, helping with the formative stages of the booklet, and contributing feedback throughout the process. There are certainly others who helped in many different ways and we thank you all.
This book is available in a variety of formats at: www. juniper.net/dayone. Send your suggestions, comments, and critiques by email to [email protected]. Follow the Day One series on Twitter: @Day1Junos
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What you need to know before reading this booklet.
A solid understanding of the topology, trafc ows, and protocols

used on your network.
A familiarity with the Junos CLI. Experience with network monitoring protocols such as syslog and
SNMP.
An understanding of Network Management Systems, what they

do, and how they do it.
Awareness of the OSI model and how it applies to network

protocols and elements.
After reading this booklet, youll be able to:
A nticipate the causes and locations of network problems before

ever logging in to a device.
Develop a standard monitoring and troubleshooting template Utilize the OSI model for quick and effective troubleshooting
across different protocols and technologies. reduce network downtime. x.
providing technicians and monitoring systems with all they need to operate your network.
Use the power of Junos to monitor device and network health and Develop your own test for checking the suitability of a network
NOTE Wed like to hear your comments and critiques. Please send us your
suggestions by email at [email protected].
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About Junos
Junos is a reliable, high-performance network operating system for routing, switching, and security. It reduces the time necessary to deploy new services and decreases network operation costs by up to 41%. Junos offers secure programming interfaces and the Junos SDK for developing applications that can unlock more value from the network.
Junos is one system, designed to completely rethink the way the

network works.
One operating system: Reduces time and effort to plan, deploy, and
operate network infrastructure. steady, time-tested cadence.
One release train: Provides stable delivery of new functionality in a One modular software architecture: Provides highly available and
scalable software that keeps up with changing needs. Running Junos in a network improves the reliability, performance, and security of existing applications. It automates network operations on a streamlined system, allowing more time to focus on deploying new applications and services. And it's scalable both up and down providing a consistent, reliable, stable system for developers and operators. Which, in turn, means a more cost-effective solution for your business.
About the Junos Fundamentals Series

This Day One series introduces the Junos OS to new users, one day at a time, beginning with the practical steps and knowledge to set up and operate any device running Junos. For more info, as well as access to all the Day One titles, see www.juniper.net/dayone.
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Chapter 1
Root Cause Identication
The Fix Test .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 This Books Network.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
The primary goal when troubleshooting any issue is root cause identication. This section discusses an approach for using clues and tools to quickly identify the root cause of network problems. This approach should help novice network engineers all the way to senior network engineers to reduce their investigation time, thus reducing downtime, and in the end, cost. Before you ever log into a device or a network management system, its possible to anticipate the nature of the problem, where you need to look, and what to look for. Thats because youve been asking yourself a set of basic questions to understand the characteristics of the problem. NOTE You still might not nd a resolution to your problem, but you should be able to narrow down the options and choices by adhering to a set of questions that dont necessarily change over time. Their application is as much about consistency in your network monitoring and troubleshooting as it is about the answers they may reveal. TIP Due to the complexity of computer networks, the equipment you suspect to be the cause might be functioning normally and the real root of the difculty is in equipment in a different layer of the network. Routers can cause Layer 4 problems; switches can cause problems that would normally appear to be Layer 3 problems. In short, you might simply be looking in the wrong place. So dont throw out your suspicions, just apply them three dimensionally. Figures 1-1a, 1-1b, 1-1c, and 1-1d illustrate how to approach monitoring and troubleshooting Juniper Networks devices and networks. Each gure begins with a problem scope. For example, Figure 1-1a illustrates how to approach a networking problem in which a single user is having difculty connecting to a single destination. You can then narrow the problem down to the type of trafc affected, to whether the problem is constant or sporadic, and nally to where you can focus your troubleshooting efforts.
Chapter 1: Root Cause Identication
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TIP These gures help you to identify the scope and possible cause of a network outage. By using this information in conjunction with the Fix Test that follows, you should be able to more quickly isolate problems and restore service to your customers.
The Fix Test

Throughout this booklet were going to apply the same set of questions, called the Fix Test, to ourselves and our work. The set of questions runs something like this (and we encourage you to create your own Fix Test using these as an example).
What is the Scope of the Problem?
The scope of an outage can mean many things to many people. Some people may declare its an apocalypse if their primary account is occasionally slow to download a single website, while others might raise an alarm only when their entire network is down. What you should look for with this question is an objective view of the problem, absent emotion. This is the most important initial aspect of an outage to understand.
How Many Distinct Source Networks are Affected? What Destinations are Involved?
You should then be able to determine if the problem is at the source, the destination, or is something larger. If it is a single user (or net-work) reporting problems to everything, you should focus your efforts on the network elements close to the source. If many people are reporting problems to a single destination (or network), the problem is likely close to the destination, or is potentially the result of a problem at a network interconnect such as a peering point. If you cant seem to isolate the problem to either the sources or destination, the event is probably network-wide and its probably time to hit the emergency button.
Who Reported the Problem First?
This question can help identify where (geographically as it relates to the network) the problem started. Whether the problem is source related, destination related, or a network-wide outage, this question can help narrow down where you should begin looking.
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What Type(s) of Trafc is Affected?
Answering this question can help you understand at which OSI model network layer the problem is happening. Total loss of connectivity usually indicates the problems are at Layer 3 or perhaps a circuit is down. Layer 2 problems are generally protocol agnostic, but rarely cause a complete outage. Upper layer (Layers 4, 5, 6, and 7) problems are often caused by rewall issues. The answer to this question should allow you to identify not only the area where you should focus your effort, but also the device type. Layer 2 problems typically mean you should focus on Ethernet switches or Layer 2 errors on the routers and end-host ports. If its a Layer 3 problem, you need to check the routers and the IP stack on the endhosts.
Is the Problem Constant or Sporadic?
Constant problems are usually caused by either errant congurations or persistent problems such as hardware failures. Sporadic problems generally indicate an oscillating issue, such as route or circuit-apping or perhaps a trafc spike. Again, the answer to these questions helps you to gure out where you should start looking. For constant problems, you should check logs to see if there were any changes made to the network recently or consult with the operations center to nd out if there was any maintenance planned when the outage began. If not, the next step would be to try to identify if the hardware is causing the problem. Answers to the previous questions should assist in identifying where to begin the search. Sporadic problems are a bit harder to nail down. Spiking trafc should be easy to identify, especially if you have a network management suite to poll the network for interface transmit and receive rates. The scope of the problem should help identify potential interfaces for further investigation. If the problem is still not apparent, it is likely an oscillating problem. Syslog and other NMS utilities should help you indentify a apping link and the answers to the previous questions should give you a pretty good idea of where to look. If its a route-oscillation problem, you will have to walk the path to the destination and back to the source (remember, its bidirectional!) as thoroughly as possible, monitoring each hop for changes in the routing for each network in question.
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This Books Network

This book uses the topology shown in Figure 1-2 as its core network. It was conceived to show off both enterprise networks (albeit at the larger scale) and a sense of the large networks at carriers and service providers. The same monitoring and troubleshooting skills should apply equally no matter the size of your network, just on a larger (and busier) scale.
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Figure 1-2 The Topology Used for this Books Network
Physical Design
The physical design depicted in this topology represents a fairly simple enterprise network supporting two main sites (Chicago and Boston), two remote sites (Peoria, IL and Reykjavik, Iceland), and a small datacenter in the Chicago site. The main goals of this physical design were to provide all possible redundancy, while allowing for scaling.
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The core of the network features two M10i routers, four M7i routers as well as four MX240 Ethernet aggregation routers. The M10i routers provide primary connectivity between the two main sites and terminate WAN connections to the remote ofces over a variety of technologies. A single M7i in each site provides connectivity to the Internet, which will later be protected by a pair of SRX rewalls (right now the SRX are not doing any ltering) and the other provides redundant connectivity to the opposite main site. Finally, the MX240 routers aggregate the closet EX-Series Ethernet switches in each main site and serve as a Layer 3 boundary between the datacenter and the rest of the network. In the remote sites, J Series routers serve as the gateway routers and an aggregation point for the EX Series switches. Additionally, an acquired company has been connected to the core M7i routers in a method similar to that used for the remote ofces. This site has a slightly different architecture. This design provides both redundancy (at the chassis level) and allows for scaling as the modular design and chassis selections allow for increased bandwidth and additional edge aggregation devices without the need for expensive hardware replacement within the core.
Logical Design
Like the physical design, the logical design was built to provide redundancy while allowing for fast convergence and an easy path for future deployments such as MPLS, multicast, and IPv6.
Satellite Sites
You may have also noticed that the remote ofces are connected not only by traditional WAN circuit technologies, but also by logical connections providing pseudo-wires using IPSec and Layer 2 VPN technologies. From the perspective of the rest of the network, these connections are the same as any other physical media, but since these are logical connections, there is an impact on monitoring and troubleshooting.
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The main IGP in this design will be OSPF. OSPF runs in a single area (area 0) on the MX and M series routers. The J Series routers in the remote ofces also run OSPF, but the two OSPF domains are separate and the acquired site has historically run RIP. OSPF is used because of its relative ease of conguration, its convergence characteristics, its support of MPLS and its familiarity for our operations teams. IS-IS would work equally well. The decision to choose OSPF or IS-IS often comes down to comfort level and experience with the protocol. When all other factors are equal, familiarity is a perfectly valid basis for choosing a protocol.
BGP
BGP supports various functions in this network. As the network is multi-homed to the Internet, external BGP (eBGP) is run with the service providers. For this case, AS-path prepending and local-preference are used to inuence routing decisions such that the Chicago Internet connection is preferred over the Boston connection. Internally, all M, MX, and J Series routers run internal BGP (iBGP) in a full-mesh. The remote ofces and the acquired company redistribute their local IGP routes into BGP and BGP into their local IGPs. eBGP is also used with a third service provider which provides an MPLS IP VPN service for redundant connectivity to the Iceland site.
Summary
The goal of creating a monitoring and troubleshooting process is to give you an idea of what to look for before ever typing a show command. It should give you a head start not only in where to look, but in what to look for. It also allows you to preemptively contact additional personnel and, if necessary, event management groups to begin any triage and notication protocols. The additional personnel should speed resolution of the problem. TIP Front-line support can better handle issues when they are aware of them before the phone rings, and their feedback to operations and engineering can assist in isolating and resolving the problem.
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Throughout this book, the approach to identify the root causes of a variety of problems remains the same. This book describes an approach to isolating a problem as it relates to these questions and includes the instrumentation used to assist in root cause identication. Finally, management and monitoring techniques are reviewed to pro-actively look for issues before they impact your customers, and how to use these techniques during an outage. All monitoring and troubleshooting techniques described in this book are based on Junos OS Release 10.1.
Chapter 2
Putting the Fix Test to Work
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Once you have identied the root cause of a problem (Chapter 1), the next step is to resolve it. Two types of xes are discussed in this chapter: short-term xes and long-term xes. These are intentionally generic terms, but it will be demonstrated that short-term xes, and yes, at times, even hacks are acceptable resolutions as long as they meet our books key Fix Test criteria: n The x does not cause other problems. n The x survives a reboot. n The x is well communicated. n The x is operationally understandable. n And, the x is replaced with a long-term x in a reasonable amount of time. Assuming these requirements are met, a short-term x is completely acceptable. The main goal of any x (short-term or long-term) should always be the quick restoration of services.
Trafc Engineering and Overutilization Troubleshooting

A great example of our Fix Test approach is trafc-engineering in the short-term and capacity upgrades in the long-term. Take our network, for example, as shown in Figure 1-2. The full Internet routing table is received through BGP from both of the service-providers and we use local-preference to select Chicago as our primary exit point, with the Boston peering point serving as a backup. AS path pre-pending is used to ensure that return trafc also takes the Chicago connection, but during peak hours, users complain that their Internet access is slow. As the problem exists for all users and all external destinations, one can only guess that the problem is not specic to any one user and that the problem is likely at some aggregation point (like an exit point!). One can also guess that the problem is trafc level related, because it is sporadic. Using either the network management (Figure 2-1) suite or by checking trafc levels on the CLI (following Figure 2-1) you can see that the network is over-utilizing the gigabit Ethernet link outbound to the primary service-provider in Chicago. A network operator would be presented with a graph similar to the one shown in Figure 2-1.
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Figure 2-1 Chicago-edge-1-as-44 Utilization Graph If the network operator were to check the interface statistics using the Junos CLI, it would also show the problem, specically the input and output rates.
ps@chicago-edge-1> show interfaces ge-0/0/9 Physical interface: ge-0/0/9, Enabled, Physical link is Up Interface index: 137, SNMP ifIndex: 118 Description: Connection to isp-1 Link-level type: Ethernet, MTU: 1514, Speed: 1000mbps, MAC-REWRITE Error: None, Loopback: Disabled, Source filtering: Disabled, Flow control: Enabled, Auto-negotiation: Enabled, Remote fault: Online Device flags : Present Running Interface flags: SNMP-Traps Internal: 0x4000 Link flags : None CoS queues : 8 supported, 8 maximum usable queues Current address: 00:19:e2:25:b0:09, Hardware address: 00:19:e2:25:b0:09 Last flapped : 2009-10-13 13:51:19 PDT (2d 20:44 ago) Input rate : 3217455289 bps (13928377 pps) Output rate : 9843638222 bps (37520944 pps) Active alarms : None Active defects : None
Looking at the bolded output above, you can see that the outbound connection to the provider is near line rate. The CLI output is a snapshot, so running this command several times is recommended to get a better understanding of the true trafc situation. And if you use your network management system to look at Boston, you would see something akin to Figure 2-2.
Figure 2-2 Boston-edge-1-as-107 Utilization Graph
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Using the Junos CLI, the show interfaces command will display the input and output rates for the Boston connection. While a network management system is the right tool to actively monitor the network and alert on errors, nothing can replace the CLI for immediate, specic information gathering. The combination of these two tool-sets provides for the quickest isolation and remediation of network issues.
ps@boston-edge-1> show interfaces so-3/3/2 Physical interface: so-3/3/2, Enabled, Physical link is Up Interface index: 167, SNMP ifIndex: 151 Description: Connection to isp-2 Link-level type: PPP, MTU: 4474, Clocking: Internal, SONET mode, Speed: OC12, Loopback: None, FCS: 16, Payload scrambler: Enabled Device flags : Present Running Interface flags: Point-To-Point SNMP-Traps Internal: 0x4000 Link flags : Keepalives Keepalive settings: Interval 10 seconds, Up-count 1, Down-count 3 Keepalive: Input: 0 (never), Output: 0 (never) LCP state: Down NCP state: inet: Not-configured, inet6: Not-configured, iso: Not-configured, mpls: Not-configured CHAP state: Closed PAP state: Closed CoS queues : 8 supported, 4 maximum usable queues Last flapped : 2009-10-14 07:03:58 PDT (2d 03:37 ago) Input rate : 1207 bps (6 pps) Output rate : 2943 bps (17 pps) SONET alarms : None SONET defects : None
Looking at the same bit rates inbound and outbound (bolded above) on the Boston provider circuit, you see that it is nearly empty. You could (and should) request an upgrade of your peering capacity with your primary provider, but that can take weeks. You need a short-term solution to this overutilization problem. Since there is another egress point in Boston to our secondary service-provider, you could change your routing policy, forcing some outbound trafc to use the backup link, alleviating the over-utilization of the Chicago circuit. Use the show bgp summary command on your Boston edge router to see that you are not currently selecting any routes from your Boston service-provider.
ps@boston-edge-1> show bgp summary Groups: 2 Peers: 3 Down peers: 0 Table Tot Paths Act Paths Suppressed History Damp State Pending inet.0 13986 6993 0 0 0 0 Peer AS InPkt OutPkt OutQ Flaps Last Up/Dwn State|#Active/ Received/Damped...
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The output of show bgp summary shows that AS 107 is sending 6993 routes, but none of these routes are active on boston-edge-1. This is shown in the eld that is currently displaying 0/6993/0. The rst value is active routes, the second is received routes and the last shows the number of dampened routes. To review the policy applied to this BGP session, use the show configuration protocols bgp group [group-name] command:
ps@boston-edge-1> show configuration protocols bgp group ebgp-as-107 type external; import as-107-in-secondary; export aggregate-out; peer-as 107; neighbor 18.32.16.102; ps@boston-edge-1> show configuration policy-options policy-statement as-107-insecondary term localpref-50 { then { local-preference 50; } }
When you review your peer conguration and applied import policy, you can see why youre having problems. The local-preference on all routes from our Boston service provider is set to 50, causing the Chicago service provider to act as the preferred egress point for all trafc destined for the Internet. Local-preference is the most signicant criteria in the BGP route selection process. The higher the value, the more preferred the route is. The default value is 100, so a setting of 50 would make any route learned from this BGP peer less preferred than the same route learned from the primary provider, whose routes are getting the default local-preference. Lets conrm. Using the show tion for Boston:
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ps@boston-edge-1> show route 8.32.80.0/23 inet.0: 7013 destinations, 14007 routes (7013 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden) + = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both 8.32.80.0/23 *[BGP/170] 00:10:13, localpref 100, from 10.25.30.1 AS path: 44 107 46355 8081 52274 22469 5890 9532 8078 I > to 192.168.14.1 via ge-1/0/0.0 [BGP/170] 00:05:03, localpref 50
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AS path: 107 44 46355 8081 52274 22469 5890 9532 8078 I > to 18.32.16.102 via so-3/3/2.0
This output conrms our hypothesis. The asterisk in the output indicates the selected route, and you can see that the selected route is the route learned through our Chicago peering point, which can be quickly identied because the rst hop in the AS-Path is 44, the service-provider in Chicago. Its selected because of the value congured for the localpreference. To allow some trafc to prefer the Boston egress point, you need to update your policy to match on some routes and set them to a higher local-preference than Chicago. There are no per-prex trafc statistics, so you should modify your policy, check your interface statistics, and then repeat the cycle and tweak it until you are happy with the trafc levels. Aim for reducing the egress utilization in Chicago to 70%, which should mean a drop of 300 to 400 megabits/second. An easy way to begin is to congure a local-preference for the Boston service provider for routes that originate from their AS or from their customers. First, you know your provider sets a BGP community of 107:100 on all customer routes as they document this in their peering policies, which are posted on their website, a common method for network operators to distribute this information; so use this information to develop the policy. Next, lets add a new term which matches on this community, and set the local-preference to 120. That should force the Boston peering point to become preferred for those routes. Lets use 8.32.80.0/23 as an example to see if your change had the desired effect:
ps@boston-edge-1> show route 8.32.80.0/23 detail inet.0: 7013 destinations, 14004 routes (7013 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden) 8.32.80.0/23 (2 entries, 1 announced) *BGP Preference: 170/-101 Next hop type: Indirect Next-hop reference count: 20970 Source: 10.25.30.1 Next hop type: Router, Next hop index: 488 Next hop: 192.168.14.1 via ge-0/01.0, selected Protocol next hop: 10.25.30.1 Indirect next hop: 8e04000 131070 State: <Active Int Ext> Local AS: 10 Peer AS: 10 Age: 1 Metric2: 1 Task: BGP_10.10.25.30.1+179 Announcement bits (2): 0-KRT 4-Resolve tree 1 AS path: 44 107 I Communities: 107:100 Localpref: 100
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Router ID: 10.25.30.1 Preference: 170/-51 Next hop type: Router, Next hop index: 486 Next-hop reference count: 6999 Source: 18.32.16.102 Next hop: 18.32.16.102 via so-3/3/2.0, selected State: <Ext> Inactive reason: Local Preference Local AS: 10 Peer AS: 107 Age: 3:57 Task: BGP_107.18.32.16.102+59002 AS path: 107 I Communities: 107:100 Localpref: 50 Router ID: 172.17.0.3
Before the change, we prefer the Chicago exit point and we see that this is due to local-preference. To make the change, create a community named as-107-customers, which includes 107:100, and use that community in a newly inserted term. Our nal conguration appears as follows:
ps@boston-edge-1> show configuration policy-options policy-statement as-107-in-secondary { term localpref-50 { then { local-preference 50; } } term localpref-120 { from community as-107-customers; then { local-preference 120; } } } community as-107-customers members 107:100;
To conrm the change has had the desired effect, once again issue a show route command on the example prex, 8.32.80.0/23:
ps@boston-edge-1> show route 8.32.80.0/23 detail inet.0: 7013 destinations, 13008 routes (7013 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden) 8.32.80.0/23 (1 entry, 1 announced) *BGP Preference: 170/-121 Next hop type: Router, Next hop index: 486 Next-hop reference count: 8991 Source: 18.32.16.102 Next hop: 18.32.16.102 via so-3/3/2.0, selected State: <Active Ext>
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Local AS: 10 Peer AS: 107 Age: 35:27 Task: BGP_107.18.32.16.102+59002 Announcement bits (3): 0-KRT 3-BGP RT Background 4-Resolve tree 1 AS path: 107 I Communities: 107:100 Localpref: 120 Router ID: 172.17.0.3
You can also issue the show bgp summary command to verify that the Boston router is now selecting AS 107 for some prexes. Before, this command showed 0/6993/0, but now you see that 1256 routes are active from this peer (and 1256 less routes are active from the Chicago peer).
ps@boston-edge-1> show bgp summary Groups: 2 Peers: 3 Down peers: 0 Table Tot Paths Act Paths Suppressed History Damp State Pending inet.0 13986 6993 0 0 0 0 Peer AS InPkt OutPkt OutQ Flaps Last Up/Dwn State|#Active/ Received/Damped... 10.25.30.1 10 7013 7112 0 0 13:07 5737/6993/0 0/0/0 10.25.30.3 10 28 7111 0 0 12:41 0/0/0 0/0/0 18.32.16.102 107 7006 6277 0 0 8:10 1256/6993/0 0/0/0
Perfect! Now routes with the community 107:100 are transiting through the Boston SONET link (see the bolded line above). You can also conrm that routes not matching this community continue to prefer the Chicago link, and use ISP-1s aggregate route 178.0.0.0/8 to validate this preference, by looking at the route on the Boston router:
ps@boston-edge-1> show route 178.63.18.22 detail inet.0: 7013 destinations, 13008 routes (7013 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden) 178.0.0.0/8 (2 entries, 1 announced) *BGP Preference: 170/-101 Next hop type: Indirect Next-hop reference count: 17982 Source: 10.25.30.1 Next hop type: Router, Next hop index: 488 Next hop: 192.168.14.1 via ge-0/0/0.0, selected Protocol next hop: 10.25.30.1 Indirect next hop: 8e04000 131070 State: <Active Int Ext> Local AS: 10 Peer AS: 10 Age: 1:23:37 Metric2: 1 Task: BGP_10.10.25.30.1+179 Announcement bits (2): 0-KRT 4-Resolve tree 1 AS path: 44 I
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Localpref: 100 Router ID: 10.25.30.1 Preference: 170/-51 Next hop type: Router, Next hop index: 486 Next-hop reference count: 8991 Source: 18.32.16.102 Next hop: 18.32.16.102 via so-3/3/2.0, selected State: <Ext> Inactive reason: Local Preference Local AS: 10 Peer AS: 107 Age: 1:20:22 Task: BGP_107.18.32.16.102+59002 AS path: 107 44 I Localpref: 50 Router ID: 172.17.0.3
The conguration is working as expected. Boston prefers the Gigabit Ethernet connection to the Chicago site for this destination. For the real test, you have to now check trafc levels to see how much trafc has been moved to the alternate route by checking the bit rates on the interfaces:
ps@boston-edge-1> show interfaces so-3/3/2 Physical interface: so-3/3/2, Enabled, Physical link is Up Interface index: 167, SNMP ifIndex: 151 Description: Connection to isp-2 Link-level type: PPP, MTU: 4474, Clocking: Internal, SONET mode, Speed: OC12, Loopback: None, FCS: 16, Payload scrambler: Enabled Device flags : Present Running Interface flags: Point-To-Point SNMP-Traps Internal: 0x4000 Link flags : Keepalives Keepalive settings: Interval 10 seconds, Up-count 1, Down-count 3 Keepalive: Input: 0 (never), Output: 0 (never) LCP state: Down NCP state: inet: Not-configured, inet6: Not-configured, iso: Not-configured, mpls: Not-configured CHAP state: Closed PAP state: Closed CoS queues : 8 supported, 4 maximum usable queues Last flapped : 2009-10-14 07:03:58 PDT (2d 03:37 ago) Input rate : 1724 bps (9 pps) Output rate : 3063137642 bps (10599092 pps) SONET alarms : None SONET defects : None
If you open a second CLI session to the router, you could use the monitor interface so-3/2/2 command to monitor real-time trafc on bostonedge-1:
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Interface: so-3/2/2, Enabled, Link is Up Encapsulation: PPP, Keepalives, Speed: OC12 Traffic statistics: Current delta Input bytes: 35514 (1973 bps) [184] Output bytes: 55136476428 (3063137579 bps) [30631491127] Input packets: 162 (9 pps) [10] Output packets: 190782746 (10599092 pps) [10435138] Error statistics: Input errors: 0 [0] Input drops: 0 [0] Input framing errors: 0 [0] Input runts: 0 [0] Input giants: 0 [0] Policed discards: 0 [0] L3 incompletes: 0 [0] L2 channel errors: 0 [0] L2 mismatch timeouts: 0 [0] Carrier transitions: 1 [0] Output errors: 0 [0] Output drops: 0 [0] Aged packets: 0 [0] Next=n, Quit=q or ESC, Freeze=f, Thaw=t, Clear=c, Interface=i
These commands show that the Boston edge router is now sending approximately 300 megabits over its SONET link to the service provider. Running a similar command on the Chicago edge router, you can see the drop in trafc. Lets check on the Gigabit Ethernet again one last time.
ps@chicago-edge-1> show interfaces ge-0/0/9 Physical interface: ge-0/0/9, Enabled, Physical link is Up Interface index: 137, SNMP ifIndex: 118 Description: Connection to isp-1 Link-level type: Ethernet, MTU: 1514, Speed: 1000mbps, MAC-REWRITE Error: None, Loopback: Disabled, Source filtering: Disabled, Flow control: Enabled, Auto-negotiation: Enabled, Remote fault: Online Device flags : Present Running Interface flags: SNMP-Traps Internal: 0x4000 Link flags : None CoS queues : 8 supported, 8 maximum usable queues Current address: 00:19:e2:25:b0:09, Hardware address: 00:19:e2:25:b0:09 Last flapped : 2009-10-13 13:51:19 PDT (2d 20:44 ago) Input rate : 3172844311 bps (10682977 pps) Output rate : 6739379368 bps (23159379 pps Active alarms : None Active defects : None
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The bolded line shows that the output trafc levels on the Chicago provider connection have dropped to ~670 megabits, which meets the goal of reducing outbound trafc to 70% utilization.
The Fix Test

You successfully engineered your network trafc to resolve the loss users were experiencing. Since this is a short-term x, you need to give it the short-term x test to make sure it is acceptable:
Does the Fix Cause Other Problems?
None that are apparent. Using your NMS system, you should monitor the Boston circuit daily to ensure it does not get over-utilized at peak trafc times.
Does the Fix Survive a Reboot?
Yes.
Is the Fix Well Communicated?
That is up to you. Under normal circumstances, you would update tickets tracking this issue and send an email to operational personnel providing details on the x, what to monitor, and when to escalate any related issues.
Is the Fix Operationally Understandable?
The x is understandable. You are using a service-provider supplied community to engineer some trafc to prefer your Boston peering point.
Will the Fix be Replaced with a Long-Term Fix in a Reasonable Amount of Time?
Unfortunately, this may not really be up to you. Your service provider must coordinate the upgrade and the local loop provider may need to install a new circuit. While this may or may not be completed in a reasonable amount of time, you were in an outage scenario and trafc engineering was the most appropriate short-term x.
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Summary
While your specic trafc engineering problems and issues will always be different than this chapters example, the purpose was to illustrate a network outage and show how to apply The Fix Test to it. Trafc engineering is always a good example to showcase because when it goes sour everyone knows. A simple set of rules will help in your approach to and effectiveness with troubleshooting. Listen to your network users, but factor in their emotions. Minor or localized network problems may appear worse to some users, depending on the impact. Apply a set formula for examining a problem. A consistent approach yields consistent results. An example of such a formula is: What is the scope of the problem? How many distinct source networks are affected? What destinations are involved? Who reported the problem rst? What type(s) of trafc is affected? Is the problem constant or sporadic? Test your theories and always conrm from another source. A combination of instrumentation and practical tests should prove that your x worked. Short-term xes lead to long-term resolutions. Your primary objective is to restore service in an operationally supportable way and often this involves short-term xes. Allow yourself to improve your formula as you go. If you consistently use an evolving formula, your results should always improve.
Chapter 3
CLI Instrumentation
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To keep your network stable and maintain a consistently high uptime, you are going to need to be able to troubleshoot problems as they arise. The most essential skill when it comes to troubleshooting Junos devices is your ability to understand and operate the Junos CLI. Lets begin by examining some of the helpful system instrumentation commands that allow you to verify that the system is functioning properly and to help you to begin troubleshooting when things are not working.
Environmental Commands
Most of the environmental instrumentation commands can be found at the chassis hierarchy level:
ps@dunkel-re0> show chassis ? Possible completions: alarms Show alarm status craft-interface Show craft interface status environment Show component status and temperature, cooling system speeds ethernet-switch Show Ethernet switch information fabric Show internal fabric management state firmware Show firmware and operating system version for components fpc Show Flexible PIC Concentrator status hardware Show installed hardware components location Show physical location of chassis mac-addresses Show media access control addresses pic Show Physical Interface Card state, type, and uptime routing-engine Show Routing Engine status sibs Show Switch Interface Board status synchronization Show clock synchronization information temperature-thresholds Show chassis temperature threshold settings
A quick way to assess the status of the chassis is to issue the show chassis alarms command:
ps@dunkel-re0> show chassis alarms 1 alarms currently active Alarm time Class Description 2010-01-19 11:47:35 PST Major PEM 3 Not OK
Here our chassis seems be having a problem with power entry module (PEM) number 3. This usually indicates a power source problem. Either the cable is unplugged or there is a problem with the circuit breaker. To better understand the problem, issue the show chassis environment pem command:
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ps@dunkel-re0> show chassis environment pem PEM 0 status: State Online Temperature OK DC Output: OK PEM 1 status: State Online Temperature OK DC Output: OK PEM 2 status: State Online Temperature OK DC Output: OK PEM 3 status: State Present
PEM 3 is displayed as Present, leading us to believe that the power input is the source of the problem. And here you should implement the decision tree in Figure 1-1, maybe starting with having an onsite technician conrm that the cable and circuit breaker are functioning properly. Lets check with the show chassis environment command to display all the current environmental data for the device:
ps@dunkel-re0> show chassis environment Class Item Status Measurement Temp PEM 0 OK PEM 1 OK PEM 2 OK PEM 3 Check Routing Engine 0 OK 45 degrees C / 113 degrees F Routing Engine 1 OK 43 degrees C / 109 degrees F CB 0 OK 41 degrees C / 105 degrees F CB 1 OK 39 degrees C / 102 degrees F SIB 0 OK 41 degrees C / 105 degrees F SIB 1 OK 41 degrees C / 105 degrees F SIB 2 OK 41 degrees C / 105 degrees F SIB 3 OK 44 degrees C / 111 degrees F FPC 0 Intake OK 31 degrees C / 87 degrees F FPC 0 Exhaust OK 42 degrees C / 107 degrees F FPC 1 Intake OK 31 degrees C / 87 degrees F FPC 1 Exhaust OK 41 degrees C / 105 degrees F FPC 2 Intake OK 30 degrees C / 86 degrees F FPC 2 Exhaust OK 41 degrees C / 105 degrees F FPC 3 Intake OK 32 degrees C / 89 degrees F FPC 3 Exhaust OK 43 degrees C / 109 degrees F FPC 4 Intake OK 31 degrees C / 87 degrees F FPC 4 Exhaust OK 42 degrees C / 107 degrees F FPM GBUS OK 33 degrees C / 91 degrees F
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Fans Top Left Front fan OK Top Right Rear fan OK Top Right Front fan OK Top Left Rear fan OK Bottom Left Front fan OK Bottom Right Rear fan OK Bottom Right Front fan OK Bottom Left Rear fan OK Rear Fan 1 (TOP) OK Rear Fan 2 OK Rear Fan 3 OK Rear Fan 4 OK Rear Fan 5 OK Rear Fan 6 OK Rear Fan 7 (Bottom) OK Misc CIP OK
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You can see how the show chassis environment command provides information on the status of the power entry modules, temperatures, and fan operation. Temperature alarms are also displayed here (and can also be displayed with the show chassis alarms command) and are often launched by site problems such as cooling system failures, incorrect rack and system layouts, or fan failures (which would also be shown in the output of the show chassis environment and show chassis alarms commands).
TIP Fan failures and PEM failures that are not caused by bad cables or
circuit breaker problems generally require a Juniper Networks RMA (Return Material Authorization) and should have a ticket opened with the Juniper Technical Assistance Center (JTAC).
Chassis Commands
The other main chassis level concerns include the status of the routingengine(s), FPCs (Flexible PIC Concentrator), and PICs (Physical Inter-face Card). The show chassis routing-engine, show chassis fpc, and show chassis fpc pic-status commands can display this information: Heres a sample of the output from the show chassis routing-engine command when issued on a router with a single routing engine:
ps@doppelbock> show chassis routing-engine Routing Engine status: Temperature 32 degrees C / 89 degrees F CPU temperature 32 degrees C / 89 degrees F
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DRAM Memory utilization CPU utilization: User Background Kernel Interrupt Idle Model Serial ID Start time Uptime Load averages:
512 MB 36 percent 2 percent 0 percent 4 percent 0 percent 94 percent RE-2.0 c40000078cf97701 2010-01-12 05:56:58 EST 7 days, 21 hours, 4 seconds 1 minute 5 minute 15 minute 0.08 0.02 0.01
You can see valuable information in this output. The operating temperature, CPU utilization, and uptime are all important. Network management suites and the routers themselves alarm for threshold breaches of some of these values (temperature, for example) and events related to others, but understanding this output on the CLI is also valuable when troubleshooting and diagnosing the overall health of a device. And heres the show chassis routing-engine command when issued on a router with a dual routing engines. Note that the current state of slot 0 is master and slot 1 is backup, these are the default mastership priorities.
ps@dunkel-re0> show chassis routing-engine Routing Engine status: Slot 0: Current state Master Election priority Master Temperature 45 degrees C / 113 degrees F CPU temperature 51 degrees C / 123 degrees F DRAM 3584 MB Memory utilization 9 percent CPU utilization: User 0 percent Background 0 percent Kernel 3 percent Interrupt 0 percent Idle 97 percent Model RE-A-2000 Serial ID 1000702757 Start time 2010-01-19 11:42:50 PST Uptime 23 hours, 26 minutes, 46 seconds Load averages: 1 minute 5 minute 15 minute 0.00 0.04 0.05
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Routing Engine status: Slot 1: Current state Election priority Temperature CPU temperature DRAM Memory utilization CPU utilization: User Background Kernel Interrupt Idle Model Serial ID Start time Uptime
Backup Backup 43 degrees C / 109 degrees F 47 degrees C / 116 degrees F 3584 MB 8 percent 0 percent 0 percent 0 percent 0 percent 100 percent RE-A-2000 1000699981 2010-01-19 11:28:08 PST 23 hours, 41 minutes, 28 seconds
The output shown here for a dual routing engine equipped router is what you would expect when it is operating normally. If the Current state for the routing engine is displayed as present (as shown below), you might need to investigate it further:
ps@dunkel-re0> show chassis routing-engine Routing Engine status: Slot 0: Current state Master Election priority Master Temperature 45 degrees C / 113 degrees F CPU temperature 52 degrees C / 125 degrees F DRAM 3584 MB Memory utilization 9 percent CPU utilization: User 0 percent Background 0 percent Kernel 3 percent Interrupt 1 percent Idle 97 percent Model RE-A-2000 Serial ID 1000702757 Start time 2010-01-19 11:42:50 PST Uptime 1 day, 39 minutes, 22 seconds Load averages: 1 minute 5 minute 15 minute 0.01 0.01 0.02 Routing Engine status: Slot 1: Current state Present
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A routing engine in the Present state indicates that the routing-engine is installed in the router, but is not functioning properly. It might be because the other routing engine is performing a normal boot-up. However, if this state persists, or the routing engine does not show up at all, troubleshooting is likely necessary. If possible, attempt to connect to the device on the console port. If the console port is not responding, have the onsite technician remove and reseat the routing engine while you monitor the console port. If there is still no output on the screen, or if there is output but the routing engine fails to boot, open a case with JTAC for further troubleshooting or to set up an RMA. The show chassis fpc and show chassis fpc pic-status commands provide information on the current states of the installed FPCs and PICs:
ps@dunkel-re0> show chassis fpc Temp CPU Utilization (%) Memory Utilization (%) Slot State (C) Total Interrupt DRAM (MB) Heap Buffer 0 Online 42 2 0 1024 2 49 1 Online 40 1 0 1024 2 49 2 Online 41 1 0 1024 2 49 3 Online 43 1 0 1024 2 50 4 Online 42 1 0 1024 2 49 5 Empty 6 Empty 7 Empty ps@dunkel-re0> show chassis fpc pic-status Slot 0 Online M320 E2-FPC Type 3 PIC 0 Online 10x 1GE(LAN), 1000 BASE PIC 1 Online 10x 1GE(LAN), 1000 BASE Slot 1 Online M320 E2-FPC Type 3 PIC 0 Online 4x OC-48 SONET PIC 1 Online 8x 1GE(TYPE3), IQ2 Slot 2 Online M320 E2-FPC Type 2 PIC 0 Online 4x OC-12 SONET, SMIR PIC 1 Online 2x OC-12 ATM-II IQ, MM Slot 3 Online M320 E2-FPC Type 1 PIC 0 Online 1x OC-12 SONET, SMIR PIC 1 Online 1x OC-12 ATM-II IQ, MM PIC 2 Online 4x OC-3 SONET, SMIR PIC 3 Online 4x OC-3 SONET, MM Slot 4 Online M320 E2-FPC Type 1 PIC 0 Online 4x CHDS3 IQ PIC 2 Online 1x CHOC12 IQ SONET, SMIR PIC 3 Online 4x OC-3 SONET, SMIR
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For normal FPCs and PICs, all components should be displayed as Online. Any other status might require further investigation. Like routing-engines, FPCs and PICs do need to boot up, so states other than Online are acceptable shortly after a reboot of the router, FPC, or PIC. However, if the non-normal state persists, the rst troubleshooting step is to attempt to reboot the PIC or FPC. To reboot an FPC, issue the request chassis fpc slot [slot-number] restart command:
ps@dunkel-re0> request chassis fpc slot 4 restart Restart initiated, use show chassis fpc to verify
Repeatedly running the show chassis fpc command allows you to follow the progress of the restarting FPC:
ps@dunkel-re0> show chassis fpc Temp CPU Utilization (%) Memory Utilization (%) Slot State (C) Total Interrupt DRAM (MB) Heap Buffer 0 Online 42 4 0 1024 2 49 1 Online 40 1 0 1024 2 49 2 Online 41 1 0 1024 2 49 3 Online 43 1 0 1024 2 50 4 Offline ---Restarted by cli command--5 Empty 6 Empty 7 Empty ps@dunkel-re0> show chassis fpc Temp CPU Utilization (%) Memory Utilization (%) Slot State (C) Total Interrupt DRAM (MB) Heap Buffer 0 Online 42 4 0 1024 2 49 1 Online 40 1 0 1024 2 49 2 Online 41 1 0 1024 2 49 3 Online 43 1 0 1024 2 50 4 Present 42 5 Empty 6 Empty 7 Empty ps@dunkel-re0> show chassis fpc Temp CPU Utilization (%) Memory Utilization (%) Slot State (C) Total Interrupt DRAM (MB) Heap Buffer 0 Online 42 4 0 1024 2 49 1 Online 40 1 0 1024 2 49 2 Online 41 1 0 1024 2 49 3 Online 43 1 0 1024 2 50 4 Online 40 1 0 1024 2 49 5 Empty 6 Empty 7 Empty
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chassis pic fpc-slot [slotnumber] pic-slot [pic-slot number] offline command. Check that the PIC is ofine by issuing the show chassis pic fpc-slot [slot-number] pic-slot [pic-slot number] command. And then bring the PIC
To reboot a PIC, rst issue the request
back online by issuing the request chassis pic fpc-slot [slot-number] pic-slot [pic-slot number] online command:
ps@dunkel-re0> request chassis pic fpc-slot 4 pic-slot 0 offline fpc 4 pic 0 offline initiated, use show chassis fpc pic-status 4 to verify ps@dunkel-re0> show chassis pic fpc-slot 4 pic-slot 0 FPC slot 4, PIC slot 0 information: State Offline ps@dunkel-re0> request chassis pic fpc-slot 4 pic-slot 0 online fpc 4 pic 0 online initiated, use show chassis fpc pic-status 4 to verify ps@dunkel-re0> show chassis pic fpc-slot 4 pic-slot 0 FPC slot 4, PIC slot 0 information: Type 4x CHDS3 IQ State Online PIC version 2.7 Uptime 1 second
If the problem persists, you might try reseating the FPC or PIC as discussed in the routing engine troubleshooting section. If that does not resolve the problem, open a case with JTAC. If you need to open a case for a routing engine, FPC, or PIC problem, be sure to include the output from the request support information command and a copy of the messages and chassisd log les (stored in the /var/log directory) in the new JTAC case.
Request Support Information

The request support information command is a batch command that automatically runs a number of different CLI commands. These commands are extremely useful for Junipers support organizations when troubleshooting any issue. The output of this command can either be saved in a buffer within the telnet or SSH client, or the output can be saved locally on the router and transferred using FTP, SCP, or SFTP. The following is an example of how to save and gather the output of the
request support information command using SFTP.
Issue the request support information command and redirect the output to a le:
ps@dunkel-re0> request support information | save rsi-dunkel-01202010.log Wrote 7679 lines of output to rsi-dunkel-01202010.log
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Use SFTP to download the saved le:

server-1>sftp ps@dunkel Connecting to dunkel... ps@dunkels password: sftp> get rsi-dunkel-01202010.log Fetching /var/home/ps/rsi-dunkel-01202010.log to rsi-dunkel-01202010.log /var/home/ps/rsi-dunkel-01202010.log 100% 381KB 381.2KB/s
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Log Files
It is also quite useful for JTAC to have a copy of the messages and chassisd log les, which exist in the /var/log directory on the router. While an SFTP session is open with the router, you can copy those les as well:
sftp> cd /var/log sftp> get messages Fetching /var/log/messages to messages /var/log/messages sftp> get chassisd Fetching /var/log/chassisd to chassisd /var/log/chassisd
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You now have all of the information you need to open a JTAC case. Junipers support teams can help you with the remaining troubleshooting and, if necessary, create an order for replacement hardware.
Summary
Network management suites provide an excellent method for actively monitoring a network, polling for specic values, and to some degree isolating problems, but nothing can replace the ability to efciently navigate the CLI. Most real time troubleshooting, diagnosis, and resolution steps involve using the CLI, which makes a solid understanding of the CLI all the more important. There are entire books about the Junos CLI and its potential to monitor and troubleshoot specic issues. This chapter introduced a few key commands and the rest of this booklet will explore the CLIs ability to examine a devices inner workings.
MORE? Need more on Junos? See the other booklets in this Day One series,
Junos Fundamentals, at http://www.juniper.net/dayone.
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System Monitoring and Troubleshooting
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Before this booklet gets you looking at connectivity and protocols, you must rst ensure your system is functioning properly. This chapter walks you through some of the basic syslog, SNMP polling, SNMP traps, and CLI instrumentation so you can assess the operation of your system. This chapter also acts as the basis for later monitoring and troubleshooting discussions.
Syslog
Administrators should collect system logs, change-logs, and interactive-commands because it allows them to use such syslog les to troubleshoot and monitor. At the same time, they help to corroborate network events with conguration changes. A syslog le can also provide the syslog server with enough information to appropriately alarm, notify, and identify the root cause of problems where and when possible. Juniper offers both local logging, which writes messages to les in the / var/log directory located either on the hard disk drive or the compact ash disk, depending on the platform, and remote logging, where syslog messages are sent to a remote syslog server.
BEST PRACTICE To limit the amount of writing done to the local hard drive or compact
ash disk, its recommended that local system logging be congured conservatively the logging levels can be increased and additional tracing can be enabled whenever troubleshooting is necessary. Remote system logging can be congured more liberally, but it should be measured by the usefulness of the information being gathered. Too many routine log messages can make it more difcult to nd the syslog messages relevant to the actual outage, extending an outage rather than allowing you to quickly resolve the issue. Also, which syslog messages are gathered should be dependent on whether the system or personnel are responsible for monitoring the logs. If people are responsible for monitoring the logs, it is best to keep the messages le short and log only important messages. The technicians should be alerted when warranted by the situation so they can investigate further. If the syslog messages are tracked by a network monitoring system, it can be helpful to track more in-depth messages to allow for granular impact identication and accurate root-cause isolation.
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Syslog messages are tagged with a severity syslog . The severity hierarchy, from least important to most important, is as follows: Debug Info Notice Warning Error Critical Alert Emergency
NOTE Junos supports all syslog severities but debug.
Lets show a default conguration that performs the following three functions:
1. Enables the logging of any messages of level emergency or higher
to the user (messages are displayed to the console or terminal);

2. Any messages of type authorization with a level of info or higher,
or any message of type notice or higher, are sent to a le called messages, which is stored in /var/log;
3. And, any interactive-commands issued by users are sent to a le
called interactive-commands, which is also kept in /var/log:

ps@dunkel-re0> show configuration system syslog user * { any emergency; } file messages { any notice; authorization info; } file interactive-commands { interactive-commands any; }
The default conguration is a good start, but youll need to tailor it to meet your needs. Since both technicians and an NMS system use your syslog servers, lets attempt to provide a useful volume of information without ooding the logs. Lets congure a facility for messages sent to this server a facility is another tag attached to the system logs that allows the syslog server to lter certain messages. The syslog server administrator can use this
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Day One: Applying Junos Event Automation
facility to lter messages to a le. Below, the router is congured for additional local logging and to send system logs to a syslog server at 172.19.110.10:
ps@dunkel-re0> configure Entering configuration mode [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# set system syslog host [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# set system syslog host [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# set system syslog host [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# set system syslog host [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# show system syslog user * { any emergency; } host 172.19.110.10 { any notice; change-log any; interactive-commands any; facility-override local3; } file messages { any notice; authorization info; } file interactive-commands { interactive-commands any; } [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# show | compare [edit system syslog] + host 172.19.110.10 { + any notice; + change-log any; + interactive-commands any; + facility-override local3; + } [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# commit commit complete
172.19.110.10 any notice 172.19.110.10 interactive-commands any 172.19.110.10 change-log any 172.19.110.10 facility-override local3
The syslog server now receives notice level logs, change-logs, and interactive commands, and they are sent with a facility override of local3.
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The syslog server should be receiving all the syslog information you could need to troubleshoot most issues, including Layer 1 problems. But remember our commitment to conrm all troubleshooting steps with a second network opinion? Lets run a Fix Test by triggering a link transition and then monitor our syslog servers to see if they receive notice. Disabling the SONET link on so-3/3/2:
ps@dunkel-re0> configure Entering configuration mode [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# set interfaces so-3/3/2 disable [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# commit commit complete Resulting syslog message: Jan 19 15:48:41 172.19.110.171 mib2d[4549]: SNMP_TRAP_LINK_DOWN: ifIndex 151, ifAdminStatus down(2), ifOperStatus down(2), ifName so-3/3/2
The syslog message is bolded. And it is indeed working. Now you have a working, default syslog model. Go ahead and modify this in the future for short-term troubleshooting, but for now, lets save this as our syslog template to enlist other aids.
SNMP Polling
Now that syslog is congured, lets move on to the simple network management protocol (SNMP). SNMP can be used either to passively respond to queries or to actively send SNMP messages, called traps.
NOTE SNMP is disabled by default on Juniper Networks routers.
First lets congure the router to allow SNMP polling from a certain address, and an SNMP community of tr4pp15t (an SNMP community is a simple password to authenticate the entity making the query):
ps@dunkel-re0> configure Entering configuration mode [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# set snmp community tr4pp15t authorization read-only [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# set snmp community tr4pp15t clients 172.19.110.10/32 [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# show snmp
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community tr4pp15t { authorization read-only; clients { 172.19.110.10/32; } } [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# show | compare [edit snmp] + community tr4pp15t { + authorization read-only; + clients { + 172.19.110.10/32; + } + } [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# commit commit complete
This conguration allows read-only SNMP access from an SNMP server located at 172.19.110.10. The SNMP server needs to use the tr4pp15t community to conduct the SNMP poll of our router and you can test this by sending an SNMP query of system.sysDescr.0 to the router from 172.19.110.10 (nms-1).
NOTE The system.sysDescr.0 string is an object identier (OID) that instructs
the router on what value to respond with. In this case, query the system.sysDescr.0 OID, which provides system information from the Junos device. Junos provides the vendor, platform, kernel, and build information when queried with this string:
nms-1> snmpget -v2c -c tr4pp15t dunkel system.sysDescr.0 SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: Juniper Networks, Inc. m320 internet router, kernel Junos 10.1R1.8 #0: 2010-02-12 17:15:05 UTC [email protected]:/volume/build/ Junos/10.1/release/10.1R1.8/obj-i386/bsd/sys/compile/JUNIPER Build date: 2010-02-12 16:37:34 UTC Copyright (c) 1996
To conrm our conguration, attempt another SNMP poll of the router from a different server:
server-1> snmpget -v2c -c tr4pp15t dunkel system.sysDescr.0 Timeout: No Response from dunkel.
The query timed-out, which means our router is only listening to SNMP queries from 172.19.110.10.
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There are numerous SNMP objects that can be queried for information. Many of these objects are dependent on what services, protocols, and congurations are enabled.
BEST PRACTICE Juniper recommends that you congure the following base objects to
monitor system operation: n Hardware inventory n Routing engine CPU utilization n Routing engine memory utilization n Routing engine temperature The following sections describe these SNMP objects in greater detail.
Hardware Inventory
To poll the device for its hardware inventory, you can use the snmpwalk utility, which walks the SNMP tree starting at the value provided: The hardware inventory OID is .1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.3.1.13.1.5
nms-1> snmpwalk -v2c -c tr4pp15t dunkel .1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.3.1.13.1.5 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.1.1.0.0 = STRING: midplane SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.2.1.0.0 = STRING: PEM 0 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.2.2.0.0 = STRING: PEM 1 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.2.3.0.0 = STRING: PEM 2 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.2.4.0.0 = STRING: PEM 3 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.4.1.1.0 = STRING: Top Left Front fan SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.4.1.2.0 = STRING: Top Right Rear fan SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.4.1.3.0 = STRING: Top Right Front fan SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.4.1.4.0 = STRING: Top Left Rear fan SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.4.2.1.0 = STRING: Bottom Left Front fan SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.4.2.2.0 = STRING: Bottom Right Rear fan SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.4.2.3.0 = STRING: Bottom Right Front fan SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.4.2.4.0 = STRING: Bottom Left Rear fan SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.4.3.1.0 = STRING: Rear Fan 1 (TOP) SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.4.3.2.0 = STRING: Rear Fan 2 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.4.3.3.0 = STRING: Rear Fan 3 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.4.3.4.0 = STRING: Rear Fan 4 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.4.3.5.0 = STRING: Rear Fan 5 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.4.3.6.0 = STRING: Rear Fan 6 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.4.3.7.0 = STRING: Rear Fan 7 (Bottom) SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.7.1.0.0 = STRING: FPC: M320 E2-FPC Type 3 @ 0/*/* SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.7.2.0.0 = STRING: FPC: M320 E2-FPC Type 3 @ 1/*/* SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.7.3.0.0 = STRING: FPC: M320 E2-FPC Type 2 @
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2/*/* SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.7.4.0.0 = STRING: FPC: M320 E2-FPC Type 1 @ 3/*/* SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.7.5.0.0 = STRING: FPC: M320 E2-FPC Type 1 @ 4/*/* SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.8.1.1.0 = STRING: PIC: 10x 1GE(LAN), 1000 BASE @ 0/0/* SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.8.1.2.0 = STRING: PIC: 10x 1GE(LAN), 1000 BASE @ 0/1/* SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.8.2.1.0 = STRING: PIC: 4x OC-48 SONET @ 1/0/* SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.8.2.2.0 = STRING: PIC: 8x 1GE(TYPE3), IQ2 @ 1/1/* SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.8.3.1.0 = STRING: PIC: 4x OC-12 SONET, SMIR @ 2/0/* SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.8.3.2.0 = STRING: PIC: 2x OC-12 ATM-II IQ, MM @ 2/1/* SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.8.4.1.0 = STRING: PIC: 1x OC-12 SONET, SMIR @ 3/0/* SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.8.4.2.0 = STRING: PIC: 1x OC-12 ATM-II IQ, MM @ 3/1/* SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.8.4.3.0 = STRING: PIC: 4x OC-3 SONET, SMIR @ 3/2/* SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.8.4.4.0 = STRING: PIC: 4x OC-3 SONET, MM @ 3/3/* SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.8.5.1.0 = STRING: PIC: 4x CHDS3 IQ @ 4/0/* SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.8.5.3.0 = STRING: PIC: 1x CHOC12 IQ SONET, SMIR @ 4/2/* SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.8.5.4.0 = STRING: PIC: 4x OC-3 SONET, SMIR @ 4/3/* SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.9.1.0.0 = STRING: Routing Engine 0 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.9.2.0.0 = STRING: Routing Engine 1 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.10.1.1.0 = STRING: FPM GBUS SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.10.1.2.0 = STRING: FPM Display SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.12.1.0.0 = STRING: CB 0 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.12.2.0.0 = STRING: CB 1 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.15.1.0.0 = STRING: SIB 0 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.15.2.0.0 = STRING: SIB 1 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.15.3.0.0 = STRING: SIB 2 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.5.15.4.0.0 = STRING: SIB 3
To nd environmental-related values, the operator must take the last four octets of the hardware entry for a given component, and concatenate that onto the objects in the next sections. (The nal four octets for the routing-engine are boldfaced.)
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Routing Engine CPU Utilization

Take the information youve learned from your inventory query to construct a new query to obtain the CPU utilization of the two routing engines installed in the chassis. To accomplish this, add 9.1.0.0 and 9.2.0.0 to your CPU utilization OID:
CPU Utilization OID: .1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.3.1.13.1.8.x.x.x.x
Examples:
nms-1> snmpwalk -v2c -c tr4pp15t dunkel .1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.3.1.13.1.8.9.1.0.0 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.8.9.1.0.0 = Gauge32: 3 nms-1> snmpwalk -v2c -c tr4pp15t dunkel .1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.3.1.13.1.8.9.2.0.0 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.8.9.2.0.0 = Gauge32: 0
This shows that the CPU utilization is 3% on routing engine 0 and 0% on routing-engine 1, which makes sense since routing-engine 0 is the primary RE and routing-engine 1 is the backup. Since we always try to conrm these values from another source, lets issue the show chassis routing-engine command on the router:
ps@dunkel-re0> show chassis routing-engine Routing Engine status: Slot 0: Current state Master Election priority Master Temperature 45 degrees C / 113 degrees F CPU temperature 52 degrees C / 125 degrees F DRAM 3584 MB Memory utilization 9 percent CPU utilization: User 0 percent Background 0 percent Kernel 3 percent Interrupt 0 percent Idle 97 percent Model RE-A-2000 Serial ID 1000702757 Start time 2010-01-19 11:42:50 PST Uptime 21 hours, 50 minutes, 15 seconds Load averages: 1 minute 5 minute 15 minute 0.00 0.03 0.02 Routing Engine status: Slot 1: Current state Backup Election priority Backup Temperature 43 degrees C / 109 degrees F CPU temperature 47 degrees C / 116 degrees F
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DRAM Memory utilization CPU utilization: User Background Kernel Interrupt Idle Model Serial ID Start time Uptime
3584 MB 8 percent 0 percent 0 percent 0 percent 0 percent 100 percent RE-A-2000 1000699981 2010-01-19 11:28:08 PST 22 hours, 4 minutes, 52 seconds
As shown, the idle values match the utilization values. Note that the utilization value and idle value should correlate, adding up to 100%: Routing-engine 0 - 3% + 97% = 100% Routing-engine 1 - 0% + 100% = 100%
Routing Engine Memory Utilization

You can also use SNMP to monitor memory utilization, using the same process of combining the memory utilization OID with the hardware index found in the inventory query executed previously:
Memory Utilization OID: .1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.3.1.13.1.11.x.x.x.x Warning level: 70%
Examples:
nms1> snmpwalk -v2c -c tr4pp15t dunkel .1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.3.1.13.1.11.9.1.0.0 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.11.9.1.0.0 = Gauge32: 9 nms-1> snmpwalk -v2c -c tr4pp15t dunkel .1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.3.1.13.1.11.9.2.0.0 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.11.9.2.0.0 = Gauge32: 8
This indicates that routing-engine 0 is running at 9% memory utilization while routing-engine 1 is running at 8% memory utilization. Again, we always conrm, so lets run the show chassis routing-engine command on the router:
ps@dunkel-re0> show chassis routing-engine Routing Engine status: Slot 0: Current state Master Election priority Master Temperature 45 degrees C / 113 degrees F CPU temperature 52 degrees C / 125 degrees F DRAM 3584 MB
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Memory utilization CPU utilization: User Background Kernel Interrupt Idle Model Serial ID Start time Uptime Load averages: Routing Engine status: Slot 1: Current state Election priority Temperature CPU temperature DRAM Memory utilization CPU utilization: User Background Kernel Interrupt Idle Model Serial ID Start time Uptime
9 percent 0 percent 0 percent 3 percent 0 percent 97 percent RE-A-2000 1000702757 2010-01-19 11:42:50 PST 21 hours, 50 minutes, 15 seconds 1 minute 5 minute 15 minute 0.00 0.03 0.02
And our conrm test shows the correct memory utilization.
Routing Engine Temperature

The next SNMP object that can be queried for information is routing engine temperature. Juniper Networks routers power off automatically to protect themselves if a high-level red temperature alarm has been declared, but it is also valuable to poll the router for this information to identify problems before they cause impact. Different platforms and components have different thresholds. The show chassis temperaturethresholds command displays these thresholds for these different components.
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Here is sample output from the show chassis temperature-thresholds command showing a dual routing-engine chassis with several FPCs and FEBs (Forwarding Engine Boards) installed:
ps@dunkel-re0> show chassis temperature-thresholds Fan speed Yellow alarm Item Normal High Normal Bad fan Chassis default 48 54 65 55 Routing Engine 0 70 80 95 95 Routing Engine 1 70 80 95 95 FPC 0 55 60 75 65 FPC 1 55 60 75 65 FPC 2 48 54 70 60 FPC 3 48 54 70 60 FPC 4 48 54 70 60 FPC 5 48 54 70 60 FEB 0 48 54 70 60 FEB 1 48 54 70 60 FEB 2 48 54 70 60 FEB 3 48 54 70 60 FEB 4 48 54 70 60 FEB 5 48 54 70 60 Red alarm Normal Bad fan 75 65 110 110 110 110 90 80 90 80 80 70 80 70 80 70 80 70 80 72 80 72 80 72 80 72 80 72 80
The SNMP object used to query for component temperatures is: .1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.3.1.13.1.7.x.x.x.x and this uses the same concatenation process shown before. And here are a few examples, starting on routing-engine 0 (9.1.0.0):
nms1 > snmpwalk -v2c -c tr4pp15t dunkel .1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.3.1.13.1.7.9.1.0.0 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.7.9.1.0.0 = Gauge32: 45
Now on routing-engine 1 (9.2.0.0):

nms-1> snmpwalk -v2c -c tr4pp15t dunkel .1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.3.1.13.1.7.9.2.0.0 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.1.13.1.7.9.2.0.0 = Gauge32: 43
And lets conrm our SNMP values using the show

engine command: ps@dunkel-re0> show chassis routing-engine Routing Engine status: Slot 0: Current state Master Election priority Master Temperature 45 degrees C / 113 degrees F CPU temperature 52 degrees C / 125 degrees F DRAM 3584 MB Memory utilization 9 percent CPU utilization:
chassis routing-
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User Background Kernel Interrupt Idle Model Serial ID Start time Uptime Load averages: Routing Engine status: Slot 1: Current state Election priority Temperature CPU temperature DRAM Memory utilization CPU utilization: User Background Kernel Interrupt Idle Model Serial ID Start time Uptime
0 percent 0 percent 2 percent 0 percent 97 percent RE-A-2000 1000702757 2010-01-19 22 hours, 2 1 minute 0.00
11:42:50 PST minutes, 35 seconds 5 minute 15 minute 0.00 0.00
The temperature values returned from the SNMP query shown here matches our CLI output.
SNMP traps
In addition to polling, SNMP can also actively send traps under certain circumstances. This is extremely important to any NMS system, as it allows the network devices to proactively tell a monitoring system that there is an issue or that an event has occurred. Properly congured SNMP trapping, in conjunction with syslog messages, should provide an NMS system with all that it needs to effectively monitor a network. An SNMP trap conguration is similar to the SNMP polling conguration implemented in the previous step, except that an additional SNMP community must be congured and an SNMP server must also be
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added. Lets begin with an SNMP trap to 172.19.110.10 with a community of tr4pp15t; you may use the same community for polling as well as traps. You must also specify the types of traps you wish to receive, so heres how to congure SNMP with these additional settings:
ps@dunkel-re0> configure Entering configuration mode [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# set snmp trap-group tr4pp15t targets 172.19.110.10 [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# set snmp trap-group tr4pp15t categories ? Possible completions: + apply-groups Groups from which to inherit configuration data + apply-groups-except Dont inherit configuration data from these groups authentication Authentication failures chassis Chassis or environment notifications configuration Configuration notifications link Link up-down transitions remote-operations Remote operations rmon-alarm RMON rising and falling alarms routing Routing protocol notifications services Services notifications > sonet-alarms SONET alarm trap subcategories startup System warm and cold starts vrrp-events VRRP notifications
Okay, lets congure traps for the authentication, chassis, conguration, link, routing, sonet-alarms, and startup categories:
[edit] ps@dunkel-re0# [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# set snmp trap-group tr4pp15t categories authentication set snmp trap-group tr4pp15t categories chassis set snmp trap-group tr4pp15t categories configuration set snmp trap-group tr4pp15t categories link set snmp trap-group tr4pp15t categories routing set snmp trap-group tr4pp15t categories sonet-alarms set snmp trap-group tr4pp15t categories startup
Issue the show snmp command (in conguration mode) to display the SNMP conguration with the added changes:
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[edit] ps@dunkel-re0# show snmp community tr4pp15t { authorization read-only; clients { 172.19.110.10/32; } } trap-group tr4pp15t { categories { authentication; chassis; link; routing; startup; configuration; sonet-alarms; } targets { 172.19.110.10; } }
As shown, the SNMP conguration contains the allowed poller, 172.19.110.10, which is granted read-only access and must use the tr4pp15t community to poll and a trap-group for SNMP traps, sending SNMP traps of several different categories to 172.10.110.10, also using the tr4pp15t community. Issue the show | compare command to display the changes you have made to the conguration (in this case to the SNMP conguration). The - indicates deletions and the + indicates additions:
[edit] ps@dunkel-re0# show | compare [edit snmp] + trap-group tr4pp15t { + categories { + authentication; + chassis; + link; + routing; + startup; + configuration; + sonet-alarms; + } + targets { + 172.19.110.10; + } + }
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And commit the conguration:

[edit] ps@dunkel-re0# commit commit complete
Its time to validate and conrm our conguration by causing a link transition. This time, disable the SONET link on so-3/3/2 to see what happens:
ps@dunkel-re0> configure Entering configuration mode [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# set interfaces so-3/3/2 disable [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# commit commit complete Resulting SNMP trap: 172.19.110.171: Link Down Trap (0) Uptime: 22:24:50.09, IF-MIB::ifIndex.154 = INTEGER: 154, IF-MIB::ifAdminStatus.154 = INTEGER: down(2), IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.154 = INTEGER: down(2), IF-MIB::ifName.154 = STRING: so-3/3/2
This triggers the SNMP trap as expected.
Summary
Half of running a well operated network is implementing a network management system and providing that NMS system with the logs and traps it needs to effectively identify and report problems. This is the proactive portion of monitoring and troubleshooting and is an invaluable asset for any well-run network. The complement to an NMS, as you will see in the following chapters, is active troubleshooting (and monitoring) through the Junos CLI.
Chapter 5
Layer 1 and Layer 2 Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Important Interface Commands .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Layer 1 Monitoring and Troubleshooting .. . . . . . . . . 56 SONET Alarms and Defects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Layer 2 Monitoring and Troubleshooting.. . . . . . . . . 65 Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
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Using the paradigm of the OSI model is instrumental in monitoring and troubleshooting a network because the root-causes of so many network problems are found at Layer 1 and Layer 2, and frankly, too often after spending unnecessary time troubleshooting the higher layers. So put into practice a system that does not ignore rst troubleshooting network problems at Layer 1 and Layer 2. As you investigate Layer 1 and Layer 2, monitoring and troubleshooting here and elsewhere, you might notice a couple of repeating tenets work with what the technology gives you and understand the role your routers and switches play at these layers.
ALERT! For the remainder of the book, any monitoring and troubleshooting
refers to syslogs and SNMP traps (as discussed in Chapters 3 and 4) and it is assumed that your conguration approximates the syslog and SNMP congurations. Juniper Networks routers support many Layer 1 and Layer 2 technologies including SONET, ISDN, Ethernet, and PPP. Junos offers many system logging, SNMP, and instrumentation features to monitor the operation of these protocols. Syslog and SNMP provide useful, high-level information on Layer 1 and Layer 2 issues such as linkdown and link-up. Additional monitoring requires tracing conguration and the use of some of the command line instrumentation.
Important Interface Commands

The most important CLI commands you can use when monitoring an interface are show interface extensive and monitor interface. The show interface extensive command contains all the information for both the physical (Layers 1 and 2) interface and any congured logical (Layers 2 and 3) interfaces.
Layer 1 Monitoring and Troubleshooting

Layer 1 is a foundational layer in the OSI model that denes the methods in which network elements send and receive raw data over a medium. SONET/SDH and Ethernet are examples of well-known Layer 1 protocols. SONET is used in the following examples, but the methods shown are applicable to any Layer 1 technology.
Chapter 5: Layer 1 and Layer 2 Monitoring and Troubleshooting
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The following is sample output from the show interface extensive command issued for a SONET interface. The sections of interest are in bold and explained following the output:
ps@dunkel-re0> show interfaces so-2/0/0 extensive Physical interface: so-2/0/0, Enabled, Physical link is Up Interface index: 162, SNMP ifIndex: 154, Generation: 163 Link-level type: PPP, MTU: 4474, Clocking: Internal, SONET mode, Speed: OC12, Loopback: None, FCS: 16, Payload scrambler: Enabled Device flags : Present Running Interface flags: Point-To-Point SNMP-Traps Internal: 0x4000 Link flags : Keepalives Hold-times : Up 0 ms, Down 0 ms Keepalive settings: Interval 10 seconds, Up-count 1, Down-count 3 Keepalive statistics: Input : 0 (last seen: never) Output: 0 (last sent: never) LCP state: Opened NCP state: inet: Opened, inet6: Not-configured, iso: Not-configured, mpls: Not-configured CHAP state: Closed PAP state: Closed CoS queues : 8 supported, 8 maximum usable queues Last flapped : 2010-01-19 11:49:06 PST (1d 02:43 ago) Statistics last cleared: 2010-01-20 14:32:52 PST (00:00:02 ago) Traffic statistics: Input bytes : 192 760 bps Output bytes : 89 808 bps Input packets: 4 1 pps Output packets: 1 1 pps IPv6 transit statistics: Input bytes : 0 Output bytes : 0 Input packets: 0 Output packets: 0 Input errors: Errors: 0, Drops: 0, Framing errors: 0, Runts: 0, Giants: 0, Bucket drops: 0, Policed discards: 0, L3 incompletes: 0, L2 channel errors: 0, L2 mismatch timeouts: 0, HS link CRC errors: 0, HS link FIFO overflows: 0 Output errors: Carrier transitions: 0, Errors: 0, Drops: 0, Aged packets: 0, HS link FIFO underflows: 0, MTU errors: 0 Egress queues: 8 supported, 4 in use Queue counters: Queued packets Transmitted packets Dropped packets 0 best-effort 2 2 0 1 expedited-fo 0 0 0 2 assured-forw 0 0 0 3 network-cont 2 2 0 SONET alarms : None SONET defects : None
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SONET PHY: Seconds Count State PLL Lock 0 0 OK PHY Light 0 0 OK SONET section: BIP-B1 0 0 SEF 0 0 OK LOS 0 0 OK LOF 0 0 OK ES-S 0 SES-S 0 SEFS-S 0 SONET line: BIP-B2 0 0 REI-L 0 0 RDI-L 0 0 OK AIS-L 0 0 OK BERR-SF 0 0 OK BERR-SD 0 0 OK ES-L 0 SES-L 0 UAS-L 0 ES-LFE 0 SES-LFE 0 UAS-LFE 0 SONET path: BIP-B3 0 0 REI-P 0 0 LOP-P 0 0 OK AIS-P 0 0 OK RDI-P 0 0 OK UNEQ-P 0 0 OK PLM-P 0 0 OK ES-P 0 SES-P 0 UAS-P 0 ES-PFE 0 SES-PFE 0 UAS-PFE 0 Received SONET overhead: F1 : 0x00, J0 : 0x00, K1 : 0x00, K2 : 0x00 S1 : 0x00, C2 : 0xcf, C2(cmp) : 0xcf, F2 : 0x00 Z3 : 0x00, Z4 : 0x00, S1(cmp) : 0x00 Transmitted SONET overhead: F1 : 0x00, J0 : 0x01, K1 : 0x00, K2 : 0x00 S1 : 0x00, C2 : 0xcf, F2 : 0x00, Z3 : 0x00 Z4 : 0x00 Received path trace: pilsener-re0 so-2/2/0 70 69 6c 73 65 6e 65 72 2d 72 65 30 20 73 6f 2d pilsener-re0 so32 2f 32 2f 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2/2/0........... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0d 00 ................
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Transmitted path trace: dunkel-re0 so-2/0/0 64 75 6e 6b 65 6c 2d 72 65 30 20 73 6f 2d 32 2f 30 2f 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 HDLC configuration: Policing bucket: Disabled Shaping bucket : Disabled Giant threshold: 4484, Runt threshold: 3 Packet Forwarding Engine configuration: Destination slot: 2, PLP byte: 1 (0x00) Direction : Output CoS transmit queue Bandwidth % bps % 0 best-effort 95 590976000 95 3 network-control 5 31104000 5
dunkel-re0 so-2/ 0/0............. ................ ................
Buffer Priority Limit usec 0 low none 0 low none
Logical interface so-2/0/0.0 (Index 66) (SNMP ifIndex 179) (Generation 134) Flags: Point-To-Point SNMP-Traps 0x4000 Encapsulation: PPP Protocol inet, MTU: 4470, Generation: 141, Route table: 0 Addresses, Flags: Is-Preferred Is-Primary Destination: 18.32.74.0/30, Local: 18.32.74.1, Broadcast: 18.32.74.3, Generation: 144
Lets examine this output in depth, layer by layer, so youll know what to look for in your own show interface extensive or monitor interface command. Major elements of monitoring and troubleshooting Layer 1 and Layer 2 technologies include an understanding of how the protocol monitors, how errors can impact the operation of the connection, and how those errors are displayed to the operator.
SONET Mode
Juniper Networks SONET PICs can operate in either SONET or SDH mode. SONET (Synchronous Optical Networking) and SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) were developed as part of Telcordia Technologies Generic Requirements document GR-253-CORE. They detail two different methods for multiplexing bit streams over a ber optic cable. SONET and SDH are very similar protocols. SDH was developed later and can be viewed as a super-set of SONET, but because of the global ubiquity of SDH and limited use of SONET within North America, SDH is considered the standard.
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The actual functioning of the protocol is very complex and is outside the scope of this book. All you need to know is that the encapsulation and interleaving performed by the SONET/SDH layer allow for extremely low latency. The SONET/SDH conguration is done at the chassis hierarchy level and applied to all ports on the PIC. SONET and SDH mismatches can cause Loss of Frame SONET errors (described later).
FCS
The FCS, or frame checksum, is used for packet validation. Junipers default behavior is to use a 16-bit frame checksum, but can also be congured with a 32-bit checksum that improves reliability, but might not be supported on all network elements. The quickest way to identify a checksum error is to monitor for framing errors by repeatedly running the show interface [interface name] extensive command or using the monitor interface [interface name] command. Rapidly increasing framing errors are generally indicative of a checksum error.
Payload Scrambling
Payload scrambling, bolded in the show command output, is a common culprit in a malfunctioning a SONET connection. Like many SONET parameters, payload-scrambling must agree between the two ends of a circuit, and a conict between the two sides causes SONET errors. Certain transport standards, such as the ITU-T GR-253 standard, require a certain density of ones (as opposed to zeroes) in the digital stream. The main purpose of this requirement is for timing recovery. The percent of ones needed for a T1, for example, is 12.5 percent, or one bit in every byte. To meet this requirement, payload-scrambling is used as an encoding algorithm to ensure that this requirement is met and is enabled by default on the SONET interfaces of Juniper Networks routers. Troubleshooting a payload-scrambling mismatch can be tricky. A payloadscrambling mismatch does not cause SONET layer issues (such as defects) on either side of the connection, but the side with payloadscrambling enabled logs input errors which a Juniper Networks router presents as input giants. The side of the connection without payloadscrambling congured will display framing errors.
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BEST PRACTICE As with FCS, it is advisable to simply check that both sides are cong-
ured with the same payload-scrambling setting, and best practice recommends that you enable payload-scrambling on both sides.
Input Errors
Many different SONET errors can trigger input errors and while their causes vary, they are indicative of a problem and their cause should be examined and corrected. Framing errors, runts, and giants are typically due to misconguration. Framing errors can be caused by an FCS mismatch (16 on one side and 32 on the other, for example) or payload-scrambling mismatches. Runts occur when a received packet is smaller than the minimum frame size (64 bytes on SONET). These are the exception as they are often caused by cabling or connection problems. Giants are the result of a received packet being larger than the maximum frame size (16KB). These can be caused by payload-scrambling mismatches as described above, but can also be caused by other conditions. If input giants continue and conguration mismatches have been ruled out, the provider of the circuit should be contacted to assist in resolving the problem.
SONET Alarms and Defects

SONET is the most complex Layer 1 technology commonly used on Juniper Networks devices, so lets use it as an example of troubleshooting at Layer 1. To troubleshoot SONET links, it is important to understand the hierarchical nature of SONET. The SONET/SDH hierarchy is made up of three layers: section, line, and path layers as illustrated in Figure 5-1. Section is the lowest level of the hierarchy and is dened as a single ber connection that can be terminated by any network element such as a router, signal regenerator, or add-drop multiplexor (ADM). Devices in this role are often called Section Terminating Equipment (STE). The line layer is responsible for the synchronization and multiplexing of information with SONET/SDH frames. Examples of Line Terminating Elements (LTEs) include routers and ADMs.
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Finally, at the path layer, Path Terminating Elements (PTEs, such as a router) connect non-SONET/SDH networks to the SONET/SDH network. This hierarchy allows you to quickly isolate problems at a specic layer.
Figure 5-1 Sample SONET Network
Using Figure 5-1 as a reference, the following sections list the most common SONET errors, their possible causes, and some recommendations on where to start troubleshooting.
Loss of Signal (LOS)
A loss of signal (LOS) alarm indicates that there is a physical link problem with the connection to the router receive port from the neighboring SONET equipment transmit port. To locate the LOS alarm, check the connection between the router port and the rst SONET network element. Show command extensive output in a LOS situation may include the following: n Active alarms: LOL, PLL, LOS n Active defects: LOL, PLL, LOF, LOS, SEF, AIS-L, AIS-P, PLM-P
Loss of Frame (LOF)
SONET uses the A1 and A2 bytes in the section overhead to align frames using specic bit patterns. If an element detects errors in this pattern for three consecutive milliseconds, an LOF error is issued. If you receive an LOF error, check the connection between the router and the rst SONET network element and ensure that there is no framing mismatch (for example, SONET or SDH) between network elements.
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Alarm Indication Signal (AIS)
An AIS signal is sent downstream to signal an error condition. These are the two types of AIS alarms: n Alarm indication signal line (AIS-L): Sent by an STE to a downstream LTE when an LOS or LOF is detected on an upstream SONET section. n Alarm indication signal path (AIS-P): Sent by an LTE to a downstream PTE when an LOS or LOF is detected on an upstream SONET section.
Remote Defect Indication (RDI)
The RDI is the complement to the AIS and is sent upstream when an error is detected. Like AIS, there are path and line versions of this signal. n Remote defect indication line (RDI-L): Sent upstream to a peer LTE when an AIS-L or low-level defects are detected. n Remote defect indication path (RDI-P): Sent upstream to a peer PTE when a defect in the signal, typically an AIS-P, is detected.
Remote Error Indication (REI)
A remote error indication signal is sent upstream to signal an error condition. There are two types of REI alarms: n Remote error indication line (REI-L): Sent to the upstream LTE when errors are detected in the B2 byte. n Remote error indication path (REI-P): Sent to the upstream PTE when errors are detected in the B3 byte.
Bit Error Rate (BER)
Bit error rate alarms are declared when the number of BIP-B2 errors hits a certain threshold. These error counters are shown in the output of the show interface extensive command as previously shown. Depending on the threshold, there are two types of BER alarms. In both cases, the interface is taken down. Bit error rate-signal degrade (BERR-SD) is declared when a bit error rate of 10^-6 is reached.
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Bit error rate-signal failure (BERR-SF) is declared when a bit error rate of 10^-3 is reached. Bit errors can be caused by any of the following: n Degrading optical ber n Optical transmitter or receiver problems n Dirty ber-optic connector n Clocking issues n Too much attenuation in the optical signal n BIP-B1 and BIP-B3 are not used in the BER alarm calculations
Payload Label Mismatch (PLM)
The C2 byte is used as a way to identify the type of payload the SONET header is carrying, like the Ethertype eld in an Ethernet header. The default for this value is CF, which indicates IP within PPP without payload scrambling. The most common alternative setting for this byte is 16, which indicates IP within PPP with payload scrambling. A difference in the C2 values between network elements results in the circuit being down and defects of RDI-P (Remote Defect Indicator [Path]) and PLM-P (Path Label Mismatch [Path]). The extensive output of the show interfaces command displays these types of errors as well as the current C2 byte setting. A C2 setting of 0x00 triggers an unequipped payload (UNEQ-P) alarm and indicates a provisioning problem.
Loss of Pointer Path (LOP-P)
An LOP-P alarm indicates a possible provisioning problem and occurs when the Juniper Networks router cannot determine whether or not a payload pointer is valid. The router monitors the H1 and H2 bytes, located in the line overhead. This alarm is usually discovered upon initial provisioning of SONET circuits, and is not generally seen after the circuit has been installed in the network.
Phase Lock Loop (PLL)
The PLL alarm occurs when the PLL cannot lock on to a timing device, and indicates a possible hardware or network timing problem. The
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cause of the problem differs depending on the type of system board on the router. For example: On the M20 and M40 Internet routers with the OC48-SM-IR PIC and the M160 Internet router with the OC192 board, the problem might be caused by the following: n An out-of-tolerance clock on the transmitting device, if clocking external is congured. n An out-of-tolerance clock on the transmitting device or a problem with the board being unable to lock on to its internal clock to derive the transmit clock, if clocking internal is congured. To further diagnose the problem, try the following: n Congure clocking to external. If the alarm disappears, the board might not have locked to the internal clock used to derive the outgoing clock. n Congure clocking to internal and make sure that a loopback ber is plugged in. If the PLL alarm persists, it is most likely a hardware problem. However, you may not be able to determine if the direction is on the inbound or outbound side of the board.
Layer 2 Monitoring and Troubleshooting

The next layer up in the OSI model, Layer 2, manages the transmission of logical data frames between adjacent network nodes on the same network segment. Examples of Layer 2 protocols are Ethernet (yes, it operates at both Layer 1 and Layer 2), frame-relay, and HDLC. This section discusses the monitoring and troubleshooting of PPP (point-to-point protocol), a popular Layer 2 protocol used in connecting routers over WAN links and also the default protocol for serial connections on Juniper Networks routers. Like Layer 1 troubleshooting, most of what you need to examine regarding Layer 2 can be found in the output of the show interface command. The following example output originated from the same SONET interface shown previously, but this time focuses on Layer 2 (PPP) information:
[edit] ps@dunkel-re0> show interfaces so-1/2/3 Physical interface: so-1/2/3, Enabled, Physical link is Up Interface index: 148, SNMP ifIndex: 133
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Description: Connection to kenny so-1/2/3 Link-level type: PPP, MTU: 4474, Clocking: Internal, SONET mode, Speed: OC3, Loopback: None, FCS: 16, Payload scrambler: Enabled Device flags : Present Running Interface flags: Point-To-Point SNMP-Traps Internal: 0x4000 Link flags : Keepalives Keepalive settings: Interval 10 seconds, Up-count 1, Down-count 3 Keepalive: Input: 275076 (02:44:12 ago), Output: 275032 (02:44:09 ago) LCP state: Opened NCP state: inet: Opened, inet6: Not-configured, iso: Not-configured, mpls: Not-configured CHAP state: Closed PAP state: Closed CoS queues : 4 supported, 4 maximum usable queues Last flapped : 2010-04-09 14:38:52 PDT (2d 23:50 ago) Input rate : 656 bps (0 pps) Output rate : 696 bps (0 pps) SONET alarms : None SONET defects : None Logical interface so-1/2/3.0 (Index 69) (SNMP ifIndex 142) Flags: Point-To-Point SNMP-Traps 0x4000 Encapsulation: PPP Protocol inet, MTU: 4470 Flags: None Addresses, Flags: Is-Preferred Is-Primary Destination: 10.33.18.4/30, Local: 10.33.18.6, Broadcast: 10.33.18.7
The PPP related information is bolded above and shows the important aspects of its operation. LCP (Link Control Protocol) and NCP (Network Control Protocol) are protocols within the PPP suite that manage the parameters and operation of the link and network functions of PPP. LCP is responsible for negotiating link parameters (packet transmission size) and validates that the link is acceptable (based on a set of criteria). PPP cannot continue unless LCP has moved to an open state. After LCP negotiates, NCP utilizes Layer 3 protocol modules to negotiate parameters for a multitude of Layer 3 protocols. In this way, PPP does not need to be modied to support new Layer 3 protocols. The NCP module that concerns us in this case is IPCP, the Internet Protocol Control Protocol. IPCP negotiates IP layer parameters such as the compression mechanism, IP addressing (for example, in dynamic subscriber environments) and other values. IPCP must also be open for a given Layer 3 protocol before any packet of that type can be transmitted.
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NOTE Other examples of NCP modules are IPv6CP for IP version 6, IPxCP
for Internet Packet Exchange (IPX) and ATCP (AppleTalk Control Protocol). The default values for all of these parameters should work well in most cases, but as with Layer 1, some may require that both sides agree and these are a good place to start looking in the event that LCP or NCP do not proceed to an open state. The CHAP and PAP protocols cause many PPP problems (in non-dynamic address environments). CHAP and PAP are used to authenticate the identity of the peer and typically operate after NCP completes its negotiation. CHAP or PAP failures close NCP and LCP and the process restarts. CHAP and PAP both use passwords to authenticate the neighbor, but use different mechanisms to do so. PAP is insecure in that it sends the password in plain text, while CHAP relies on an MD5 hash to avoid this vulnerability. Neither protocol is commonly used on large serial links. They are typically limited to validating the identity of a client in a subscriber environment. If CHAP or PAP is used, it is recommended that the type of authentication and password be conrmed on both sides. Below is a sample conguration showing PAP authentication with a miscongured password. As an example, traceoptions are used to isolate the problem. In this case, you have found you cannot pass trafc over a PPP link and that LCP is not opened.
ps@dunkel-re0> ping 10.33.18.5 count 5 PING 10.33.18.5 (10.33.18.5): 56 data bytes --- 10.33.18.5 ping statistics --5 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss ps@dunkel-re0> show interfaces so-1/2/3 Physical interface: so-1/2/3, Enabled, Physical link is Up Interface index: 148, SNMP ifIndex: 133 Description: Connection to maibock Link-level type: PPP, MTU: 4474, Clocking: Internal, SONET mode, Speed: OC3, Loopback: None, FCS: 16, Payload scrambler: Enabled Device flags : Present Running Interface flags: Point-To-Point SNMP-Traps Internal: 0x4000 Keepalive settings: Interval 10 seconds, Up-count 1, Down-count 3 Keepalive: Input: 0 (never), Output: 0 (never) LCP state: Down NCP state: inet: Not-configured, inet6: Not-configured, iso: Not-configured, mpls: Not-configured
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CHAP state: Closed PAP state: Closed CoS queues : 4 supported, 4 maximum usable queues Last flapped : 2010-04-09 14:38:52 PDT (3d 00:34 ago) Input rate : 80 bps (0 pps) Output rate : 88 bps (0 pps) SONET alarms : None SONET defects : None Logical interface so-1/2/3.0 (Index 73) (SNMP ifIndex 521) Flags: Hardware-Down Point-To-Point SNMP-Traps 0x4000 Encapsulation: PPP Protocol inet, MTU: 4470 Flags: Protocol-Down Addresses, Flags: Dest-route-down Is-Preferred Is-Primary Destination: 10.33.18.4/30, Local: 10.33.18.6, Broadcast: 10.33.18.7
The ping attempt and interface output show that LCP is down, which explains why trafc is not passing over this link. The conguration shows that CHAP authentication is used, so this is a good place to start troubleshooting.
ps@dunkel-re0> show configuration interfaces so-1/2/3 description Connection to maibock; unit 0 { ppp-options { chap { default-chap-secret $9$PfF/9A0OIcF3hreKx7ik.539BIcM87cyvL; ## SECRET-DATA } } family inet { address 10.33.18.6/30; } }
The fastest way to conrm that the problem is not CHAP related is to reenter the password (ppp-password in our case) on both sides of the connection. However, to show the debugging capabilities of Junos, traceoptions are used to diagnose the problem. Junos traceoptions serve to provide debugging information for a given protocol or function. Generally, protocol traceoptions are congured at the hierarchy level corresponding to that protocol. In the case of PPP, traceoptions are congured at the [edit protocols ppp] hierarchy. There are two main conguration parameters for traceoptions, the le, to which the system logs the debugging messages, and ags, which specify the types of information to be logged. For this example, the le is called ppp-log.txt. The following shows the conguration options for PPP traceoptions:
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[edit] ps@dunkel-re0# set protocols ppp traceoptions flag ? Possible completions: access Trace access code address-pool Trace address pool code all Trace all areas of code auth Trace authentication code chap Trace CHAP code ci Trace ci code config Trace configuration code ifdb Trace interface database code lcp Trace LCP state machine code memory Trace memory management code message Trace message processing code mlppp Trace MLPPP code ncp Trace NCP state machine code pap Trace PAP code ppp Trace PPP protocol processing code radius Trace RADIUS processing code redundancy Trace redundancy code rtsock Trace routing socket code session Trace session management code signal Trace signal handling code timer Trace timer code ui Trace user interface code
There are many traceoptions ags for PPP, but if you suspect CHAP to be the problem, thats the best place to start. PPP traceoptions also offer a level parameter, which allows you to limit the output to a certain severity. For this example, you use a level of all to start with, leaving the traceoptions conguration as follows:
ps@dunkel-re0> show configuration protocols ppp traceoptions { file ppp-log.txt; level all; flag chap; }
After committing this conguration, the next step in diagnosing the problem is monitoring the traceoptions le. To do so, you issue the monitor start [lename] command:
ps@dunkel-re0> monitor start ppp-log.txt
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This command performs the equivalent of the tail command in UNIX environments and allows the user to monitor additions to a le. After a short period of time, you see the following displayed to the screen:
ps@dunkel-re0> *** ppp-log.txt Apr 12 16:12:20 Apr 12 16:12:20 Apr 12 16:12:20 *** so-1/2/3.0: CHAP - Stopping protocol timer so-1/2/3.0: CHAP - Starting authentication so-1/2/3.0: CHAP - End authen(0x8231004): FAILURE
The important line in the log is the failure error. This shows that authentication is failing and that the password should be reset on both sides. Junos also has several CLI commands to monitor the status of PPP. The most useful of commands are show ppp interface [interface name] extensive and show ppp summary. Below are example outputs of these commands in the current down state:
ps@dunkel-re0> show ppp interface so-1/2/3 extensive Sessions for interface so-1/2/3 Session so-1/2/3.0, Type: PPP, Phase: Establish LCP State: Creq-sent Last started: 2010-04-12 16:16:16 PDT Last completed: 2010-04-12 16:16:14 PDT Negotiated options: Authentication protocol: CHAP, Authentication algorithm: MD5, Magic number: 2543706641, MRU: 4470 Authentication: CHAP State: Closed Last started: 2010-04-12 16:16:14 PDT Last completed: 2010-04-12 16:13:26 PDT IPCP State: Closed Last started: 2010-04-12 16:13:26 PDT Last completed: 2010-04-12 16:13:26 PDT Negotiated options: Local address: 10.33.18.6, Remote address: 10.33.18.4, Primary DNS: 0.0.0.0, Secondary DNS: 0.0.0.0 ps@dunkel-re0> show ppp summary Interface Session type Session phase so-1/2/3.0 PPP Authenticate
Session flags
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In an operational setting, LCP and IPCP (and any other congured Layer 3 protocols) should be in an Opened state in the output of show ppp interface extensive and show ppp summary should list the session phase as Network. When the passwords are reset on both sides, the following logs are displayed (youre still monitoring, right?):
Apr Apr Apr Apr 12 12 12 12 16:13:26 16:13:26 16:13:26 16:13:26 so-1/2/3.0: so-1/2/3.0: so-1/2/3.0: so-1/2/3.0: CHAP CHAP CHAP CHAP Starting protocol timer (2 sec, 0 nsec) Stopping protocol timer Starting authentication End authen(0x8231004): SUCCESS
Note the SUCCESS message. Following this, you can once again ping over the circuit, and the CLI instrumentation validates that PPP is now functioning properly.
ps@dunkel-re0> show ppp interface so-1/2/3 extensive Sessions for interface so-1/2/3 Session so-1/2/3.0, Type: PPP, Phase: Network LCP State: Opened Last started: 2010-04-12 16:19:41 PDT Last completed: 2010-04-12 16:19:41 PDT Negotiated options: Authentication protocol: CHAP, Authentication algorithm: MD5, Magic number: 2544040945, MRU: 4470 Authentication: CHAP State: Success Last started: 2010-04-12 16:19:41 PDT Last completed: 2010-04-12 16:19:41 PDT IPCP State: Opened Last started: 2010-04-12 16:19:41 PDT Last completed: 2010-04-12 16:19:41 PDT Negotiated options: Local address: 10.33.18.6, Remote address: 10.33.18.5, Primary DNS: 0.0.0.0, Secondary DNS: 0.0.0.0 ps@dunkel-re0> show ppp summary Interface Session type Session phase so-1/2/3.0 PPP Network
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BEST PRACTICE Note that the states for LCP and IPCP are now Opened and show
ppp summary shows the session phase as Network. Before you end your monitoring session, you should remove the traceoptions conguration used for PPP debugging. While traceoptions do not impact the router, it does create unnecessary traceoptions conguration and les. To do so, issue the delete conguration mode:
ps@dunkel-re0> configure Entering configuration mode [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# delete protocols ppp traceoptions [edit] ps@dunkel-re0# commit and-quit re0: configuration check succeeds re1: commit complete re0: commit complete Exiting configuration mode protocols ppp traceoptions
command in
You can stop monitoring of the ppp-log.txt le using the monitor stop command. Note that monitoring is bound to your terminal and stops automatically when you log out:
ps@dunkel-re0> monitor stop
Summary
This chapter used SONET and PPP to summarize how to monitor and troubleshoot Layer 1 and 2 alarms and errors. SONET was used because it is the most complex Layer 1 technology commonly used on Juniper Networks devices, and PPP was used because of its popularity and interoperability. However, the same approach can be used for any other Layer 1 or 2 technology, including Ethernet. That approach, be it for SONET or Ethernet or any other Layer 1 or 2 technology, is:
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n Use the instrumentation and information afforded by the protocol. n This information is contained within the output of the show interface extensive command. n While output from show interface extensive provides a snapshot; the monitor interface command provides information in real time, updating its display of an interfaces most important statistics, warnings, errors, and attributes. The following is an example of what the monitor command can display on a UNIX terminal:
dunkel-re0 Seconds: 36 Time: 10:32:10 Delay: 0/0/19
Interface: so-2/0/0, Enabled, Link is Up Encapsulation: PPP, Keepalives, Speed: OC12 Traffic statistics: Current delta Input bytes: 408874 (0 bps) [0] Output bytes: 444937 (0 bps) [0] Input packets: 31104 (0 pps) [0] Output packets: 31361 (0 pps) [0] Encapsulation statistics: Input keepalives: 15527 [0] Output keepalives: 15537 [0] LCP state: Down Error statistics: Input errors: 0 [0] Input drops: 0 [0] Input framing errors: 255 [0] Input runts: 0 [0] Input giants: 0 [0] Policed discards: 0 [0] L3 incompletes: 255 [0] L2 channel errors: 0 [0] L2 mismatch timeouts: 0 Carrier transitiZ [0] Interface warnings: o Received keepalive count is zero o INET NCP is not Opened o LCP state is not Opened Next=n, Quit=q or ESC, Freeze=f, Thaw=t, Clear=c, Interface=i
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BEST PRACTICE Ensure that Layer 1 settings such as FCS, payload-scrambling (both
SONET and SDH), speed, ow-control, and duplex-mode (all Ethernet) and Layer 3 settings such as authentication agree. Also, understand the role your device plays in the network (this is more important in SONET networks than Ethernet networks).
Chapter 6
Layer 3 Monitoring
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So far, this Day One booklet has discussed the monitoring and troubleshooting of Layer 1 and Layer 2 protocols. Layer 1 and Layer 2 issues are typically isolated to contained systems whose conguration is only signicant locally. For Layer 3 monitoring and troubleshooting, it is important to understand that an IP network is an interconnected, mutually dependent system in which outages and changes can have a global impact. This chapter discusses how to effectively monitor a Layer 3 IP network. Much like Layer 1 and Layer 2 monitoring, most operators rely on syslog, SNMP, and monitoring systems to identify problems. Layer 3 network monitoring is much more complicated than it is at Layer 1 and Layer 2. This is because there is more data to process and so there are more possible points of failure. The interconnected nature of an IP network also makes it more difcult to quickly identify root-causes. On a Layer 3 IP network, monitoring includes: n Logging congurations associated with commonly used protocols to ensure that the NMS systems are receiving the appropriate logs. n Logs and SNMP traps and some of the important, protocol related SNMP objects. n Useful operational mode commands for commonly deployed IP protocols, including RIP, IS-IS, OSPF, and BGP. n The routing protocol process (RPD), which, among other things, is responsible for logging and SNMP traps for route protocolrelated events.
NOTE Each protocol has its own set of logs and traps that are created for
events specic to the protocol. Some of these logs and traps are automatic and some require conguration. For example, BGP will not log neighbor state changes without conguring the log-updown statement.
RIP
Since RIP is a distance-vector protocol, it does not form adjacencies like a link-state protocol such as OSPF or IS-IS. RIP advertisements are simply multicast on the network and any interested router can process the updates. Because of this passive learning, there is no neighbor state, and as such no RIP related logs when RIP routers on a network segment come up or go down.
Chapter 6: Layer 3 Monitoring
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RIP Operational Mode Commands

To monitor RIP operation, begin by checking the standard instrumentation available on your device. Somewhat confusingly named, the show rip neighbor command displays the interfaces congured for RIP, rather than displaying any information about RIP neighbors (which, as discussed previously, doesnt exist):
ps@dunkel-re0> show rip neighbor Source Neighbor State Address ------------ ------so-2/0/0.0 Up 18.32.74.1 Destination Send Receive In Address Mode Mode Met -------------- ------- --224.0.0.9 mcast both 1
For this example, the router is congured to send and receive RIP updates on interface so-2/0/0, which can be conrmed in the conguration (dont forget to always get a second opinion):
ps@dunkel-re0> show configuration protocols rip group core-interfaces { neighbor so-2/0/0.0; }
The conguration tells us that the router is doing what it was asked to do. It would be useful to see if the router is sending and receiving RIP updates to get a better understanding of its operation, and it just so happens that there is a command for that, show rip statistics:
ps@dunkel-re0> show rip statistics RIPv2 info: port 520; holddown 120s. rts learned rts held down rqsts dropped resps dropped 0 0 0 0 so-2/0/0.0: 1 routes learned; 0 routes advertised; timeout 180s; update interval 30s Counter Total Last 5 min Last minute ----------------- ----------- ----------Updates Sent 0 0 0 Triggered Updates Sent 0 0 0 Responses Sent 0 0 0 Bad Messages 0 0 0 RIPv1 Updates Received 0 0 0 RIPv1 Bad Route Entries 0 0 0 RIPv1 Updates Ignored 0 0 0 RIPv2 Updates Received 7 7 3 RIPv2 Bad Route Entries 0 0 0 RIPv2 Updates Ignored 0 0 0 Authentication Failures 0 0 0 RIP Requests Received 0 0 0 RIP Requests Ignored 0 0 0
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As you can see, RIP is receiving RIPv2 update messages, which is a good sign. The lack of any output updates is acceptable since in Junos by default RIP does not advertise any routing information. You would have to congure RIP to export routing information to see any updates in this table. For this network, the router on the other side of this SONET link is advertising routing information (hence the RIPv2 Updates Received and the 1 routes learned counter shown in the output in bold). The show route protocol rip command can conrm that the device is receiving and processing a RIP update:
ps@dunkel-re0> show route protocol rip inet.0: 10 destinations, 12 routes (10 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden) + = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both 10.200.7.2/32 224.0.0.9/32 *[RIP/100] 00:00:02, metric 2, tag 0 > to 18.32.74.2 via so-2/0/0.0 *[RIP/100] 00:15:13, metric 1 MultiRecv
__juniper_private1__.inet.0: 5 destinations, 6 routes (5 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden) __juniper_private2__.inet.0: 1 destinations, 1 routes (0 active, 0 holddown, 1 hidden) __juniper_private1__.inet6.0: 5 destinations, 7 routes (5 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden)
IS-IS
Since IS-IS is a link-state protocol, it has a richer set of monitoring tools. This section discusses the logging, SNMP traps, and instrumentation tools that can be used on the router to monitor its IS-IS operation.
Logging
IS-IS logs information based on the nite state machine of the adjacency process. These logs are important to monitoring the network for IP problems because your IGP is either directly related to network reachability (if all of your routes are kept within your IGP), or indirectly related to connectivity by providing next-hop reachability for BGP and as the underlying protocol for MPLS. Additionally, IGP down events may (and likely do) trigger reconvergence within your network, which may lead to the overutilization of other links or a suboptimal route. In any event, it is important to know
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when your topology changes, both to resolve the outage of a particular adjacency and to mitigate for any unexpected consequences. The basic IS-IS logs for adjacency changes are adjacency up and adjacency down. Our adjacency is congured as a Level-2 circuit and is an otherwise ordinary conguration as shown here:
ps@dunkel-re0> show configuration protocols isis level 1 disable; interface so-2/0/0.0;
When the adjacency rst comes up, the router logs an ADJUP syslog message:
Jan 22 15:15:50 172.19.110.171 rpd[4550]: RPD_ISIS_ADJUP: IS-IS new L2 adjacency to pilsener-re0 on so-2/0/0.0
A link-down situation triggers the following log:

Jan 22 15:28:21 172.19.110.171 rpd[4550]: RPD_ISIS_ADJDOWN: IS-IS lost L2 adjacency to pilsener-re0 on so-2/0/0.0, reason: Interface Down
If the router on the other side of the connection suffers a soft failure in which the routing-engine goes down but the link stays up (causing a loss of keepalives) the following message is logged:
Jan 22 15:31:25 172.19.110.171 rpd[4550]: RPD_ISIS_ADJDOWN: IS-IS lost L2 adjacency to pilsener-re0 on so-2/0/0.0, reason: Aged Out
And nally, in the event that there is a level mismatch in the conguration, you see the following message:
Jan 22 15:32:33 172.19.110.171 rpd[4550]: RPD_ISIS_ADJDOWN: IS-IS lost L2 adjacency to pilsener-re0 on so-2/0/0.0, reason: Level Mismatch
SNMP Traps
Junos can also be congured to send SNMP traps when an IS-IS state change occurs. By default, Junos does not send a trap when this happens, so you need to congure an event-option to ensure that traps are sent. Event-options allow you to specify an action to take when a particular local log event occurs, as shown in the following eventoptions conguration:
ps@dunkel-re0> show configuration event-options policy isisNbrStateChange { events [ rpd_isis_adjdown rpd_isis_adjup ]; then { raise-trap; } }
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This event-option conguration causes the router to send an SNMP trap when either rpd_isis_adjdown or rpd_isis_adjup appears in the logs le. In the following example, examine the same set of adjacency changes and review the resulting SNMP traps. IS-IS adjacency up:
dunkel-re0.juniper.net [UDP: [172.19.110.171]:62313]: Trap , DISMAN-EVENTMIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (27422739) 3 days, 4:10:27.39, SNMPv2-MIB::snmpTrapOID.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.4.12.0.1, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.2.2 = STRING: RPD_ISIS_ADJUP, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.3.2 = Hex-STRING: 07 DA 01 16 17 39 33 00 2B 00 00 , SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.4.2 = INTEGER: 7, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.5.2 = INTEGER: 4, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.6.2 = Gauge32: 4550, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.7.2 = STRING: rpd, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.8.2 = STRING: dunkel-re0, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.9.2 = STRING: RPD_ISIS_ADJUP: IS-IS new L2 adjacency to pilsener-re0 on so-2/0/0.0, SNMPv2-MIB::snmpTrapEnterprise.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.1.1.1.2.9
IS-IS link down:

dunkel-re0.juniper.net [UDP: [172.19.110.171]:62313]: Trap , DISMAN-EVENTMIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (27426926) 3 days, 4:11:09.26, SNMPv2-MIB::snmpTrapOID.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.4.12.0.1, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.2.3 = STRING: RPD_ISIS_ADJDOWN, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.3.3 = Hex-STRING: 07 DA 01 16 17 3A 20 00 2B 00 00 , SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.4.3 = INTEGER: 6, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.5.3 = INTEGER: 4, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.6.3 = Gauge32: 4550, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.7.3 = STRING: rpd, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.8.3 = STRING: dunkel-re0, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.9.3 = STRING: RPD_ISIS_ADJDOWN: IS-IS lost L2 adjacency to pilsener-re0 on so-2/0/0.0, reason: Interface Down, SNMPv2-MIB::snmpTrapEnterprise.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.1.1.1.2.9 Soft failure on the remote side: dunkel-fxp0.pslab.juniper.net [UDP: [172.19.110.171]:62313]: Trap , DISMAN-EVENTMIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (27434764) 3 days, 4:12:27.64, SNMPv2-MIB::snmpTrapOID.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.4.12.0.1, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.2.5 = STRING: RPD_ISIS_ADJDOWN, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.3.5 = Hex-STRING: 07 DA 01 16 17 3B 33 00 2B 00 00 , SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.4.5 = INTEGER: 6, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.5.5 = INTEGER: 4, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.6.5 = Gauge32: 4550, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.7.5 = STRING: rpd, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.8.5 = STRING: dunkel-re0, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.9.5 = STRING: RPD_ISIS_ADJDOWN: IS-IS lost L2 adjacency to pilsener-re0 on so-2/0/0.0, reason: Aged Out, SNMPv2-MIB::snmpTrapEnterprise.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.1.1.1.2.9
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Level mismatch:
dunkel-fxp0.pslab.juniper.net [UDP: [172.19.110.171]:62313]: Trap , DISMAN-EVENTMIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (27438490) 3 days, 4:13:04.90, SNMPv2-MIB::snmpTrapOID.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.4.12.0.1, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.2.7 = STRING: RPD_ISIS_ADJDOWN, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.3.7 = Hex-STRING: 07 DA 01 17 00 00 1C 00 2B 00 00 , SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.4.7 = INTEGER: 6, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.5.7 = INTEGER: 4, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.6.7 = Gauge32: 4550, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.7.7 = STRING: rpd, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.8.7 = STRING: dunkel-re0, SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.3.35.1.1.1.9.7 = STRING: RPD_ISIS_ADJDOWN: IS-IS lost L2 adjacency to pilsener-re0 on so-2/0/0.0, reason: Level Mismatch, SNMPv2-MIB::snmpTrapEnterprise.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.1.1.1.2.9
IS-IS Operational Mode Commands

There are numerous IS-IS protocol operational commands. These commands can display information regarding IS-IS adjacencies, protocol status, and routing information. The rst and most commonly used is the show isis adjacency command. This command displays the current IS-IS neighbors and their status. The status reects the neighborships progress through the nite state machine (FSM). For this discussion, lets generalize the IS-IS FSM to the simple statement that up is good. An IS-IS adjacency should cycle through the new and initializing stages and evolve into an up state:
ps@dunkel-re0> show isis adjacency Interface System L State so-2/0/0.0 pilsener-re0 2 New Hold (secs) SNPA 23
ps@dunkel-re0> show isis adjacency Interface System L State Hold (secs) SNPA so-2/0/0.0 pilsener-re0 2 Initializing 26 ps@dunkel-re0> show isis adjacency Interface System L State so-2/0/0.0 pilsener-re0 2 Up
Hold (secs) SNPA 26
There are many reasons why an adjacency may not form but some of the common causes include: n Interface not congured for family ISO n Missing or duplicate NSAP address (in Junos, the NSAP address is congured as the family iso address on the lo0.0 interface)
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n Level mismatch n Area mismatch n Authentication type or key failure In each of these cases, conrm that the conguration matches on both sides of the link. Now that there is an adjacency, there should be some useful information in our IS-IS database. IS-IS maintains one database for Level 1 information and another for Level 2 information. As Level 1 has been disabled, you should only see the Level 2 database. View the IS-IS database by using the detail output option of the show isis database command:
ps@dunkel-re0> show isis database detail IS-IS level 1 link-state database: IS-IS level 2 link-state database: pilsener-re0.00-00 Sequence: 0x7, Checksum: 0xd28e, Lifetime: 1155 secs IS neighbor: dunkel-re0.00 Metric: 10 IP prefix: 10.200.7.2/32 Metric: 0 Internal Up IP prefix: 18.32.74.0/30 Metric: 10 Internal Up dunkel-re0.00-00 Sequence: 0x1e5, Checksum: 0x75f2, Lifetime: 1163 secs IS neighbor: pilsener-re0.00 Metric: 10 IP prefix: 10.200.7.1/32 Metric: 0 Internal Up IP prefix: 18.32.74.0/30 Metric: 10 Internal Up
As one would expect, only IS-IS information shows in our Level 2 database. The database shows the routers local loopback address, the /30 network connects to our neighbor (pilsener-re0) and Pilseners loopback address. Since the information is in our IS-IS database, our router should be able to derive routing information based on IS-IS. Check this by issuing the show route protocol isis command:
ps@dunkel-re0> show route protocol isis inet.0: 8 destinations, 9 routes (8 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden) + = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both 10.200.7.2/32 *[IS-IS/18] 00:00:41, metric 10 > to 18.32.74.2 via so-2/0/0.0
Excellent! Based on the information in IS-IS database, the router selected a route to Pilseners loopback address.
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It might also be useful to monitor IS-IS for its overall operation. The show isis overview and show isis statistics commands are useful for IS-IS protocol monitoring. Much of the show isis overview output is based on the conguration:
ps@dunkel-re0> show isis overview Instance: master Router ID: 10.200.7.1 Adjacency holddown: enabled Maximum Areas: 3 LSP life time: 1200 Attached bit evaluation: enabled SPF delay: 200 msec, SPF holddown: 5000 msec, SPF rapid runs: 3 IPv4 is enabled, IPv6 is enabled Traffic engineering: enabled Restart: Enabled Restart duration: 210 sec Helper mode: Enabled Level 1 Internal route preference: 15 External route preference: 160 Wide metrics are enabled, Narrow metrics are enabled Level 2 Internal route preference: 18 External route preference: 165 Wide metrics are enabled, Narrow metrics are enabled
This output shows the IP router-id, which can be congured under the [edit routing-options] hierarchy level and defaults to the IP address of the lo0.0 interface or, if a lo0.0 interface does not exist, the lowest numbered IP interface. Since the lo0.0 interface has been congured with IP address 10.200.7.1, the router has selected this address as our router ID. You also see some default values for the LSP lifetime, attached bit evaluation, SPF options, MPLS trafc-engineering support, graceful-restart parameters, as well as level specic congurations including route preferences and metric styles. These are all congurable parameters.
ALERT! Understand what the default values should be in your network. Unless
you have a specic reason to adjust these congurable parameters, its best to leave them alone. The show isis statistics command displays the statistical information regarding IS-IS operation, both in its communication with neighbors and protocol processing:
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ps@dunkel-re0> show isis statistics IS-IS statistics for dunkel-re0: PDU type Received Processed LSP 2 2 IIH 7 7 CSNP 45 45 PSNP 12 12 Unknown0 0 0 Totals 66 66 Total packets received: 66 Sent: 104 SNP queue length: 0 Drops: 0 LSP queue length: 0 Drops: 0 SPF runs: 8 Fragments rebuilt: 13 LSP regenerations: 0 Purges initiated: 0
Drops 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sent 13 7 90 1 0 111
Rexmit 0 0 0 0 0
The rst section summarizes how many packets were received, processed, dropped, sent, and retransmitted based on the IS-IS message type. Rapidly increasing drops and/or retransmits are generally indicative of a problem and you should start with Layer 1 and troubleshoot this connection. The second section, starting with Total packets received, displays the processing information. For our case, there are no SNP (Sequence Number PDUs) or LSP (Link-State PDU) packets in the queue. If these values are consistently non-zero or the drops counters are incrementing, or both, there may be a problem. SPF runs are the number of times the shortest path rst algorithm has been run. If this number is increasing quickly, this usually means that a network link is apping or another problem is causing redistributed routes (into IS-IS) to be added and withdrawn. The show isis spf command can provide more information on SPF-specic information, such as how frequently SPF is running and what is triggering the SPF runs:
ps@dunkel-re0> show isis spf log IS-IS level 1 SPF log: IS-IS level 2 SPF log: Start time Elapsed (secs) Count Reason Fri Jan 29 11:36:31 0.000015 2 Reconfig Fri Jan 29 11:36:41 0.000032 3 New adjacency pilsener-re0 on so-2/0/0.0
This output shows that there have been 3 SPF runs, with the most recent due to a new adjacency. As SPF is not constantly running, it appears the IS-IS network is stable.
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OSPF
From an operation perspective, OSPF and IS-IS are very similar. Both form relationships with neighbors using a series of hello messages and a nite state machine (FSM). Both create and synchronize link-state databases and both derive routing-information from these databases.
Logging
Just as logging is important to IS-IS it is also important when running OSPF. The following shows some of the OSPF logging available. Neighbor up:
Jan 28 09:52:34 172.19.110.171 rpd[4550]: RPD_OSPF_NBRUP: OSPF neighbor 18.32.74.2 (so-2/0/0.0) state changed from Init to ExStart due to 2WayRcvd (event reason: neighbor detected this router) Jan 28 09:52:34 172.19.110.171 rpd[4550]: RPD_OSPF_NBRUP: OSPF neighbor 18.32.74.2 (so-2/0/0.0) state changed from Exchange to Full due to ExchangeDone (event reason: DBD exchange of slave completed)
Link-down:
Jan 28 09:54:38 172.19.110.171 rpd[4550]: RPD_OSPF_NBRDOWN: OSPF neighbor 18.32.74.2 (so-2/0/0.0) state changed from Full to Down due to KillNbr (event reason: interface went down)
Soft-failure of remote side:

Jan 28 09:55:56 172.19.110.171 rpd[4550]: RPD_OSPF_NBRDOWN: OSPF neighbor 18.32.74.2 (so-2/0/0.0) state changed from Full to Down due to InActiveTimer (event reason: neighbor was inactive and declared dead)
SNMP Traps
Unlike IS-IS, Junos by default sends SNMP traps when there is an adjacency change for OSPF. As with IS-IS, lets show these different traps. Neighbor up:
dunkel-re0.juniper.net [UDP: [172.19.110.171]:62313]: Trap , DISMAN-EVENTMIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (77178300) 8 days, 22:23:03.00, SNMPv2-MIB::snmpTrapOID.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.14.16.2.2, SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.14.1.1.0 = IpAddress: 10.200.7.1,
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SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.14.10.1.1.18.32.74.2.0 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.14.10.1.2.18.32.74.2.0 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.14.10.1.3.18.32.74.2.0 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.14.10.1.6.18.32.74.2.0 SNMPv2-MIB::snmpTrapEnterprise.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.1.1.1.2.9
= = = =
IpAddress: 18.32.74.2, INTEGER: 0, IpAddress: 10.200.7.2, INTEGER: 8,
SNMP traps are admittedly cryptic (and there are open source tools such as snmptt to help decrypt them). Nonetheless, the information you need is in there. In the above trap, the important portion of the trap is in bold. The object 2.14.10.1.6.[neighbor address].0 is in the ospfNbrState MIB. Each potential value means: 1 - down 2 - attempt 3 - init 4 - twoWay 5 - exchangeStart 6 - exchange 7 - loading 8 - full Based on the information from this SNMP trap, the OSPF neighbor is in state 8 (full). Link-down:
dunkel-re0.juniper.net [UDP: [172.19.110.171]:62313]: Trap , DISMAN-EVENTMIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (77303649) 8 days, 22:43:56.49, SNMPv2-MIB::snmpTrapOID.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.14.16.2.2, SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.14.1.1.0 = IpAddress: 10.200.7.1, SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.14.10.1.1.18.32.74.2.0 = IpAddress: 18.32.74.2, SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.14.10.1.2.18.32.74.2.0 = INTEGER: 0, SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.14.10.1.3.18.32.74.2.0 = IpAddress: 10.200.7.2, SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.14.10.1.6.18.32.74.2.0 = INTEGER: 1, SNMPv2-MIB::snmpTrapEnterprise.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.1.1.1.2.9
For this example, the trap indicates that neighbor 18.32.74.2 transitioned to state 1 (down). Received at the same time was a link-down trap that helped us to understand the reason for the OSPF down trap:
10.200.7.1: Link Down Trap (0) Uptime: 8 days, 22:43:56.49, IF-MIB::ifIndex.179 = INTEGER: 179, IF-MIB::ifAdminStatus.179 = INTEGER: up(1), IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.179 = INTEGER: down(2), IF-MIB::ifName.179 = STRING: so-2/0/0.0
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SNMP Polling
All OSPF object identiers (OIDs) fall under the OSPF management information base (MIB), which has an OID of 1.3.6.1.2.1.14. While there are many OSPF objects, the most commonly monitored MIB is the OSPF neighbor state (ospfNbrState). This OID uses the format 1.3.6.1.2.1.14.10.1.6.[neighbor address]. Note that this is the neighbor address and not the neighbors router-id, as you could have multiple OSPF adjacencies to the same neighbor.
nms-1> snmpwalk -v2c -c tr4pp15t cartman 1.3.6.1.2.1.14.10.1.6 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.14.10.1.6.18.32.74.2.0 = INTEGER: 8
The value of this object follows the same mapping as discussed previously with 8 being mapped as full. So the adjacency with the neighbor at 18.32.74.2 is in a full state.
OSPF Operational Commands

Due to the similarities between the two protocols, OSPFs operational mode commands are very similar to those of IS-IS. There are OSPF commands for checking neighbor and database state, process overview, and OSPF learned routes. Lets start by monitoring the neighborship process. Like IS-IS, OSPF neighborship follows a nite-state-machine that ultimately progresses to full state. On point-to-point links, the neighbors progress to full very quickly:
ps@dunkel-re0> show ospf neighbor Address Interface 18.32.74.2 so-2/0/0.0 State Full ID 10.200.7.2 Pri Dead 128 39
On a multi-access network such as an Ethernet LAN, this takes longer since the routers must elect a designated router (DR) and a backup designated router (BDR). The neighborship will start in an init state as shown below and progress into the 2-way state, which is the stage in which the DR and BDR are elected. Once that step is completed, the routers will continue on to database synchronization and, nally, graduate to full synchronization. The following outputs show this progression.
ps@dunkel-re0> show ospf neighbor Address Interface 172.19.110.187 fe-0/0/0.0 State Init ID 10.200.7.2 Pri Dead 128 34
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ps@dunkel-re0> show ospf neighbor Address Interface 172.19.110.187 fe-0/0/0.0 ps@dunkel-re0> show ospf neighbor Address Interface 172.19.110.187 fe-0/0/0.0
State 2Way
ID 10.200.7.2
Pri Dead 128 37
State Full
ID 10.200.7.2
Pri Dead 128 35
You may see an OSPF neighborship in the following states: n Init: received hello from a router without its own router-id in the neighbor list. n 2-way: received hello from a router with its own router-id in the neighbor list, DR, and BDR election stage. Note that this is as far as two non-DR routers will evolve on a multi-access network. n ExStart: master/slave relationship and sequence numbers established n Exchange: database descriptor packets are exchanged, missing LSAs requested n Loading: requested LSAs are added to the database Again, as with IS-IS, there are a multitude of reasons why an adjacency does not form. The common causes include: n Area mismatch n Authentication type or key failure n Timer mismatch n Subnet mismatch n MTU mismatch (the adjacency will be stuck in EXSTART, remember this one, it will happen to you!) For all of these cases, conrm that the conguration matches on both sides on the link. Now that there is an OSPF neighborship in full state, there is some useful information in the OSPF database. Like the IS-IS protocols database separation (based on levels), OSPF creates separate databases for each area the router is connected to. For this example, the router is only connected to area 0, so theres only information in the area 0 database as the following shows:
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ps@dunkel-re0> show ospf database detail OSPF link state database, Area 0.0.0.0 Type ID Adv Rtr Seq Age Opt Cksum Len Router *10.200.7.1 10.200.7.1 0x80000006 290 0x22 0x307a 60 bits 0x0, link count 3 id 10.200.7.1, data 255.255.255.255, Type Stub (3) TOS count 0, TOS 0 metric 0 id 10.200.7.2, data 18.32.74.1, Type PointToPoint (1) TOS count 0, TOS 0 metric 1 id 18.32.74.0, data 255.255.255.252, Type Stub (3) TOS count 0, TOS 0 metric 1 Router 10.200.7.2 10.200.7.2 0x80000005 303 0x22 0x3078 60 bits 0x0, link count 3 id 10.200.7.2, data 255.255.255.255, Type Stub (3) TOS count 0, TOS 0 metric 0 id 10.200.7.1, data 18.32.74.2, Type PointToPoint (1) TOS count 0, TOS 0 metric 1 id 18.32.74.0, data 255.255.255.252, Type Stub (3) TOS count 0, TOS 0 metric 1
Here, routers Dunkel and Pilsener are both advertising type 1 (router) LSAs, which include information on the connections of each router. Since both routers only have 1 OSPF connection (to each other), their router LSAs look similar. Both include their own router-ids as well as the connection between them. With information in the databases, the routers can derive routing information. Dunkel has learned 10.200.7.2 (Pilseners loopback) through OSPF and has installed a route over the OSPF connection to that destination. You can identify installed routes by those denoted with a plus sign or an asterisk, as displayed in the output of the show route protocol ospf command:
ps@dunkel-re0> show route protocol ospf inet.0: 14 destinations, 17 routes (14 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden) + = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both 10.200.7.2/32 18.32.74.0/30 224.0.0.5/32 *[OSPF/10] 00:10:15, metric 1 > via so-2/0/0.0 [OSPF/10] 00:10:20, metric 1 > via so-2/0/0.0 *[OSPF/10] 00:10:47, metric 1 MultiRecv
You can also see that there is an OSPF route to 18.32.74.0/30, which is the network connecting Dunkel to Pilsener. The reason this route is not installed is that Dunkel is a directly connected (read: better) route to this network. Lets show its route:
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ps@dunkel-re0> show route 18.32.74.0/30 inet.0: 14 destinations, 17 routes (14 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden) + = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both 18.32.74.0/30 *[Direct/0] 00:15:06 > via so-2/0/0.0 [OSPF/10] 00:15:05, metric 1 > via so-2/0/0.0
Finally, as soon as OSPF is enabled, an OSPF route for 224.0.0.5 is created. This multicast group is used by OSPF, and all OSPF routers are required to listen to it. OSPF also uses the multicast group 224.0.0.6, to which all DRs and BDRs are required to listen. The status of the OSPF process can be examined using the show overview and the show ospf statistics commands:
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ps@dunkel-re0> show ospf overview Instance: master Router ID: 10.200.7.1 Route table index: 0 Full SPF runs: 6, SPF delay: 0.200000 sec, SPF holddown: 5 sec, SPF rapid runs: 3 LSA refresh time: 50 minutes Area: 0.0.0.0 Stub type: Not Stub Authentication Type: None Area border routers: 0, AS boundary routers: 0 Neighbors Up (in full state): 1
This command shows the values of some congurable parameters such as the SPF-delay (time to wait after a topology change to run SPF) and the SPF holddown (time to wait between SPF runs). Additionally, this command provides valuable information about the network such as the areas to which this router is connected, the types of areas it is connected to (Not Stub/Stub/Stub NSSA), any authentication used for neighbors in those areas, and the number of ABRs, ASBRs and neighbors in those areas. The show ospf statistics command, like the show isis statistics command, displays the user with information on the types and numbers of packets sent and received, as well as additional information regarding the transmission, retransmission, and processing of OSPF LSAs. This command also provides information on the LSA queue and received errors, both of which should remain at or near 0:
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ps@dunkel-re0> show ospf statistics Packet type Hello DbD LSReq LSUpdate LSAck DBDs LSAs LSAs LSAs LSAs LSAs LSAs Sent 7 3 0 4 2 Total Received 5 2 0 3 3 Last 5 seconds Sent Received 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0, last 5 seconds : 2, last 5 seconds : 0, last 5 seconds : 2, last 5 seconds : 0, last 5 seconds : 0, last 5 seconds : 2, last 5 seconds : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
retransmitted : flooded : flooded high-prio : retransmitted : transmitted to nbr : requested : acknowledged :
Flood queue depth : Total rexmit entries : db summaries : lsreq entries : Receive errors: None
BGP
BGP behaves like a distance-vector protocol, but it also forms neighbor relationships with peers. There is a wealth of syslogging, SNMP polling and trapping, and instrumentation options to monitor the state and operation of BGP. Lets rst review some of the syslog messages associated with BGP.
Logging
BGP syslog messages most commonly pertain to the state of a BGP session. On Juniper Networks routers, you must congure BGP to log session state changes by issuing the set protocols bgp log-updown command. This command can also be used at the BGP group or neighbor level, but is most useful at the protocol level. Here, a simple internal BGP session which establishes peering between Dunkel and Pilsener is shown. Also shown are the resulting syslog messages of the session going up and going down:
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ps@dunkel-re0> show configuration protocols bgp log-updown; group ibgp { type internal; local-address 10.200.7.1; peer-as 1; neighbor 10.200.7.2; }
Neighbor up:
Jan 29 11:47:44 172.19.110.171 rpd[4550]: RPD_BGP_NEIGHBOR_STATE_CHANGED: BGP peer 10.200.7.2 (Internal AS 1) changed state from OpenConfirm to Established (event RecvKeepAlive)
Neighbor down due to peer reset:

Jan 29 11:48:25 172.19.110.171 rpd[4550]: bgp_read_v4_message: NOTIFICATION received from 10.200.7.2 (Internal AS 1): code 6 (Cease) subcode 4 (Administratively Reset) Jan 29 11:48:25 172.19.110.171 rpd[4550]: RPD_BGP_NEIGHBOR_STATE_CHANGED: BGP peer 10.200.7.2 (Internal AS 1) changed state from Established to Idle (event RecvNotify)
Neighbor down due to peer not being congured on the remote side:
Jan 29 11:50:38 172.19.110.171 rpd[4550]: bgp_read_v4_message: NOTIFICATION received from 10.200.7.2 (Internal AS 1): code 6 (Cease) subcode 3 (Peer Unconfigured) Jan 29 11:50:38 172.19.110.171 rpd[4550]: RPD_BGP_NEIGHBOR_STATE_CHANGED: BGP peer 10.200.7.2 (Internal AS 1) changed state from Established to Idle (event RecvNotify)
Neighbor down due peer timeout:

Jan 29 11:54:28 172.19.110.171 rpd[4550]: bgp_hold_timeout: NOTIFICATION sent to 10.200.7.2 (Internal AS 1): code 4 (Hold Timer Expired Error), Reason: holdtime expired for 10.200.7.2 (Internal AS 1), socket buffer sndcc: 57 rcvcc: 0 TCP state: 4, snd_una: 2737938411 snd_nxt: 2737938468 snd_wnd: 16417 rcv_nxt: 3889039076 rcv_adv: 3889055460, hold timer 0 Jan 29 11:54:28 172.19.110.171 rpd[4550]: RPD_BGP_NEIGHBOR_STATE_CHANGED: BGP peer 10.200.7.2 (Internal AS 1) changed state from Established to Idle (event HoldTime)
SNMP Traps
BGP creates SNMP traps for neighbor state changes and these are contained in the mib-2.15.3.1.2.[neighbor address] object. The state is communicated using an integer with the following mappings: 1 - idle 2 - connect 3 - active
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4 - opensent 5 - openconrm 6 - established The following shows some examples of BGP traps based on neighbor state change, focusing on our BGP peer at 10.200.7.2. Neighbor up:
cartman-fxp0.pslab.juniper.net [UDP: [172.19.110.171]:62313]: Trap , DISMANEVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (87163316) 10 days, 2:07:13.16, SNMPv2-MIB::snmpTrapOID.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.15.7.1, SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.15.3.1.14.10.200.7.2 = Hex-STRING: 04 00 , SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.15.3.1.2.10.200.7.2 = INTEGER: 6, SNMPv2-MIB::snmpTrapEnterprise.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.1.1.1.2.9
Neighbor down:
cartman-re0.juniper.net [UDP: [172.19.110.171]:62313]: Trap , DISMAN-EVENTMIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (87321153) 10 days, 2:33:31.53, SNMPv2-MIB::snmpTrapOID.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.15.7.2, SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.15.3.1.14.10.200.7.2 = Hex-STRING: 06 07 , SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.15.3.1.2.10.200.7.2 = INTEGER: 1, SNMPv2-MIB::snmpTrapEnterprise.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.1.1.1.2.9
SNMP Polling for BGP

Junos supports a wide array of SNMP objects which can be polled to monitor the operation of BGP, many more than could possibly be covered in this book, so a few commonly used OIDs, including peerstate and prex counters, are reviewed. All Juniper BGP information is contained with the jnxBgpM2 MIB, which has an OID of 1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1. Peer-states are contained within the jnxBgpM2PeerState MIB (1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.1.1.1.2. The same state mapping described before apply here as well, so a value of 6 indicates that the peer is established:
nms-1> snmpwalk -v2c -c tr4pp15t dunkel .1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.1.1.1.2 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.5.1.1.2.1.1.1.2.0.1.10.200.7.1.1.10.200.7.2 = INTEGER: 6
To gain useful information on each peer, you must rst get the peers SNMP index. The router creates a BGP peer index table, and this
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information is accessible through the jnxBgpM2PeerIndex MIB (1.3.6.1 .4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.1.1.1.14). The format of the returned string is SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.5.1.1.2.1.1.1.14.0.1.[local address]. [peer address] = index:
nms-1> snmpwalk -v2c -c tr4pp15t cartman 1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.1.1.1.14 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.5.1.1.2.1.1.1.14.0.1.10.200.7.1.1.10.200.7.2 = Gauge32: 0
Based on this information, the BGP session from 10.200.7.1 (local) to 10.200.7.2 (peer) has an index of 0 which can be used when doing peer specic queries. The jnxBgpM2PrexInPrexes, jnxBgpM2PrexInPrexesAccepted and jnxBgpM2PrexInPrexesRejected are commonly used, and they provide information on the total number prexes received, total number of prexes accepted, and total number of prexes rejected. Their OIDs are 1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.6.2.1.7, 1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.6.2.1.8 and 1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.6.2.1.9, and use the following format: 1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.6.2.1.7.[index]. Total prexes received:
nms-1> snmpwalk -v2c -c tr4pp15t cartman 1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.6.2.1.7.0 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.5.1.1.2.6.2.1.7.0.1.1 = Gauge32: 7
Total prexes accepted:

nms-1> snmpwalk -v2c -c tr4pp15t cartman 1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.6.2.1.8.0 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.5.1.1.2.6.2.1.8.0.1.1 = Gauge32: 1
Total prexes rejected:

> snmpwalk -v2c -c tr4pp15t cartman 1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.5.1.1.2.6.2.1.9.0 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2636.5.1.1.2.6.2.1.9.0.1.1 = Gauge32: 6
Through SNMP, you can see that seven total routes are received, one of which is accepted and six of which have been rejected, from the peer with index 0 (10.200.7.2). Use the show bgp summary command to conrm:
ps@dunkel-re0> show bgp summary Groups: 1 Peers: 1 Down peers: 0 Table Tot Paths Act Paths Suppressed History Damp State Pending inet.0 7 1 0 0 0 0 Peer AS InPkt OutPkt OutQ Flaps Last Up/Dwn State|#Active/ Received/Damped... 10.200.7.2 1 130 123 0 11 53:55 1/7/0 0/0/0
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BGP Operational Mode Commands

Most BGP operational mode commands display information about neighbors and the prexes received, accepted, and rejected from those peers. The most frequently used is the show bgp summary command. It displays information about all BGP neighbors, their states, and the prexes learned from their peers as shown here:
ps@dunkel-re0> show bgp summary Groups: 1 Peers: 1 Down peers: 0 Table Tot Paths Act Paths Suppressed History Damp State Pending inet.0 4 1 0 0 0 0 Peer AS InPkt OutPkt OutQ Flaps Last Up/Dwn State|#Active/ Received/Damped... 10.200.7.2 1 220 211 0 11 1:33:38 1/7/0 0/0/0 10.200.7.3 1 0 0 0 0 1:52 Active
Here, seven routes are learned from 10.200.7.2 and one has been accepted. If the session was not established, its state would be displayed in place of the number of prexes active/received/dampened, as shown with our session to 10.200.7.3. Also shown is that both peers are in AS 1 and that the session to 10.200.7.2 has been up for 1:33:38 and the session to 10.200.7.3 has been down for nearly two minutes. Understanding the length of time a session has been up or down can help correlate the state change to network events or congurations. The show bgp neighbor command provides additional information for each BGP peer. A particular peer can be specied with this command (for example, show bgp neighbor 10.200.7.2) to display information specic to that peer, omitting this option displays information for all peers:
ps@dunkel-re0> show bgp neighbor 10.200.7.2 Peer: 10.200.7.2+53667 AS 1 Local: 10.200.7.1+179 AS 1 Type: Internal State: Established Flags: <Sync> Last State: OpenConfirm Last Event: RecvKeepAlive Last Error: Cease Options: <Preference LocalAddress LogUpDown PeerAS Refresh> Local Address: 10.200.7.1 Holdtime: 90 Preference: 170 Number of flaps: 11 Last flap event: RecvNotify Error: Hold Timer Expired Error Sent: 1 Recv: 0 Error: Cease Sent: 1 Recv: 10 Peer ID: 10.200.7.2 Local ID: 10.200.7.1 Active Holdtime: 90 Keepalive Interval: 30 Peer index: 0 BFD: disabled, down
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NLRI advertised by peer: inet-unicast NLRI for this session: inet-unicast Peer supports Refresh capability (2) Table inet.0 Bit: 10000 RIB State: BGP restart is complete Send state: in sync Active prefixes: 1 Received prefixes: 7 Suppressed due to damping: 0 Advertised prefixes: 5 Last traffic (seconds): Received 18 Sent 3 Checked 59 Input messages: Total 287 Updates 11 Refreshes 0 Output messages: Total 278 Updates 0 Refreshes 0 Output Queue[0]: 0
Octets 5730 Octets 5308
This output obviously contains a lot of information. Some of the information is related to the conguration, while other information is related to the state. The rst few lines reect the current and recent states of the session, and that the current state is Established, the last state was OpenConfirm (the preceding step to Established in the BGP nite state machine), and that the sessions last error message was Cease. You can also see a session of type Internal, which means it is an internal BGP (iBGP) session. The local-address is congured as 10.200.7.1 (which is the lo0.0 address, a common convention for iBGP), the hold timer is set to 90, and the keepalive is set to 30 (the default values). Also, the peer index (the same one used when discussing SNMP) and the capabilities supported by this session are inet-unicast (other options include inet-multicast or inet-vpn). Towards the end, the output from show bgp neighbor includes prex related information and that seven prexes have been received and that one is being used. There are no suppressed routes and ve routes are advertised to our peer. Following that information, are the BGP control trafc statistics. Other valuable BGP operational commands include show route protocol bgp which displays all routes learned through BGP, show route advertising-protocol bgp [neighbor] which displays routes advertised to a peer, and show route receive-protocol bgp [neighbor] which displays the routes received from a given peer. The following is output from the show route protocol bgp command:
ps@dunkel-re0> show route protocol bgp inet.0: 16 destinations, 22 routes (16 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden) + = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both
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[BGP/170] 02:04:22, localpref 100, from 10.200.7.2 AS path: I > via so-2/0/0.0 18.32.74.0/30 [BGP/170] 01:44:10, localpref 100, from 10.200.7.2 AS path: I > via so-2/0/0.0 112.74.9.0/30 *[BGP/170] 02:04:22, localpref 100, from 10.200.7.2 AS path: I > via so-2/0/0.0 172.19.110.0/23 [BGP/170] 02:04:22, localpref 100, from 10.200.7.2 AS path: I > via so-2/0/0.0 181.21.0.0/22 [BGP/170] 02:04:22, localpref 100, from 10.200.7.2 AS path: I > via so-2/0/0.0 192.168.0.0/16 [BGP/170] 02:04:22, localpref 100, from 10.200.7.2 AS path: I > via so-2/0/0.0 199.0.65.0/24 [BGP/170] 02:04:22, localpref 100, from 10.200.7.2 AS path: I > via so-2/0/0.0
Here again, the + or * character indicates that the route is being used. This information correlates with the output of show bgp neighbor, where seven routes were being received and using one (112.74.9.0/30). Lets see what is being advertised to our peer:
ps@dunkel-re0> show route advertising-protocol bgp 10.200.7.2 inet.0: 16 destinations, 22 routes (16 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden) Prefix Nexthop MED Lclpref AS path * 4.18.99.0/24 Self 100 I * 10.200.7.1/32 Self 100 I * 10.200.7.3/32 Self 100 I * 18.32.74.0/30 Self 100 I * 172.19.110.0/23 Self 100 I
This output is consistent with the show bgp neighbor command in that ve routes are being advertised to our peer at 10.200.7.2. It also shows that the routes have a local preference of 100 (the default) and that the AS path is I, meaning Internal, which means that the local AS is originating the route. The show route receive-protocol bgp [neighbor] command displays the routes being received from our neighbor. You would expect to see seven routes based on the previous output of show bgp neighbor:
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ps@dunkel-re0> show route receive-protocol bgp 10.200.7.2 inet.0: 16 destinations, 22 routes (16 active, 0 holddown, Prefix Nexthop MED Lclpref 10.200.7.2/32 10.200.7.2 100 18.32.74.0/30 10.200.7.2 100 * 112.74.9.0/30 10.200.7.2 100 172.19.110.0/23 10.200.7.2 100 181.21.0.0/22 10.200.7.2 100 192.168.0.0/16 10.200.7.2 100 199.0.65.0/24 10.200.7.2 100 0 hidden) AS path I I I I I I I
This makes sense and aligns not only with expectations based on the output from show bgp neighbor, but also based on the output from show route protocol bgp: received seven routes and using one (the route to 112.74.9.0/30).
Summary
Each protocol has its own set of logs and traps that are created for events specic to the protocol. Some of these logs and traps require conguration. Whenever you monitor at Layer 3, it is extremely important to remember that an IP network is an interconnected system and that it is dependent on lower layers in the OSI model. Collecting system logs and SNMP traps is instrumental in allowing both technicians and NMS systems to quickly identify the root cause of problems. Problems experienced at Layer 3 can easily be caused by problems at Layers 1 and 2. This reinforces the message that developing a troubleshooting strategy which begins by narrowing down the likely causes before you even issue a single command, following the OSI model, and effectively utilizing protocol instrumentation is key to quickly isolating and resolving network issues.
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Layer 3 Troubleshooting
Outage Types .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Troubleshooting Packet Loss .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Troubleshooting Routing Loops.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Troubleshooting Circuit Overutilization.. . . . . . . . . 106 Troubleshooting Route Oscillation .. . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Troubleshooting Latency .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
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This chapter on Layer 3 troubleshooting attempts to convey a methodology and philosophy for troubleshooting an IP network, and thus returns to guidelines presented in Chapter 1, if only to establish a process that you can apply over and over again. It is nearly impossible to describe every IP problem you may encounter, so instead, this chapter presents effective ways of approaching network problems that can lead to quick problem isolation and resolution.
Outage Types
Lets begin by categorizing the different types of IP outages: n Packet Loss: Packet loss is the failure to deliver a packet to a destination and can be caused by many different problems. The most common culprits are a down circuit, lack of (correct) routing information, routing loops, and over-utilized circuits (with or without class-of-service). Security devices also frequently cause (intentional) dropped packets, but rewalls are outside the scope of this book. n Latency: Latency is a delay in the delivery of packets, which can be caused by suboptimal routing or class-of-service queuing. Jitter, a related problem, is a variance in latency and can be problematic in voice and video over IP environments. Jitter is often caused by class-of-service (or lack thereof).
NOTE One important point is that nothing is more important when trouble-
shooting an IP network than a solid understanding of the protocols being used and how those protocols interact. There are not enough pages in this book to deep dive into RIP, IS-IS, OSPF and BGP, so the assumption here is that you are procient in the protocols run on your network and how they interact.
Troubleshooting Packet Loss

Packet loss is often one of the easier network problems to address as it is nearly always caused by one of the following: n Circuit and hardware failures (complete outage) n Routing loop (complete outage) n Circuit overutilization (partial outage) n Route oscillation (partial outage)
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To troubleshoot these types of outages lets walk through the steps to quickly identify the router, or routers, involved, identify the rootcause, and, wherever possible, resolve the problem.
Circuit Outages
A complete outage is sometimes the simplest type of outage to resolve. When troubleshooting a complete outage, isolation is the most important aspect, since the resolution likely involves a conguration change, hardware restart or swap, or a call to the Telco vendor. The most useful tool for troubleshooting this type of outage is traceroute. Traceroute sends a series of packets towards a destination with an incrementing time-to-live (TTL) value starting at 1. When a router receives an IP packet, it is required to decrement the TTL. When the TTL reaches zero, the router must send an ICMP time-exceeded message. This ICMP message provides the sending router with the IP address of that particular hop. Since this process is repeated by every hop in the path, the sending router learns the IP address of every hop in the path. This information can be invaluable to an operator attempting to identify the root cause of an outage.
NOTE A common misconception is that the last responding hop in a tracer-
oute is the cause of the problem. If it responds, it means that your host has reachability to that router and that router has reachability back to your host. The problem generally lies between the last responsive hop and the rst non-responsive hop or on the rst non-responsive hop. The main point is that using this single command, you can immediately discover where you need to focus your effort. Consider the network shown in Figure 7-1:
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This network is comprised of two routers within the site, one (dunkel, our old friend) aggregating our corporate LAN and one (pilsener, a favorite beverage) connecting to the service provider. Pilsener has a static default route with a next-hop to the service provider and is distributing this route into our sites IGP, OSPF. This provides dunkel with a default route with pilsener as the next-hop. The servers and hosts on the LAN have static default routes with dunkel as the next-hop. Lets begin by viewing a traceroute to a destination on the Internet when all systems are working as expected:
server% traceroute 4.2.2.1 traceroute to 4.2.2.1 (4.2.2.1), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 18.32.75.1 (18.32.75.1) 2.617 ms 1.690 ms 2.851 ms Dunkel 2 18.32.74.6 (18.32.74.6) 3.386 ms 3.370 ms 5.570 ms Pilsener 3 4.10.33.2 (4.10.33.2) 13.513 ms 3.905 ms 5.060 ms Service provider hop 1 4 4.1.18.21 (4.1.18.21) 3.778 ms 5.237 ms 5.413 ms Service provider hop 2 5 4.2.2.1 (4.2.2.1) 10.876 ms 12.568 ms 5.991 ms Destination
The most common point of failure in this network is the link to the service provider as shown in Figure 7-2. Lets simulate this outage and repeat our traceroute.

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Figure 7-2 Service Provider Link Outage
The scenario shown in Figure 7-2 would yield the traceroute that follows:
ps@dunkel> show route 4.2.2.1 ps@dunkel>
Because pilseners static default route to the service provider disappears when the link goes down, it no longer distributes this route into OSPF, which means dunkel no longer has a route to 4.2.2.1. So dunkel responds with a destination host unreachable error message, which is indicated by the !H characters in the nal line of our traceroute:
server% traceroute 4.2.2.1 traceroute to 4.2.2.1 (4.2.2.1), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 18.32.75.1 (18.32.75.1) 1.983 ms 2.440 ms 2.414 ms 2 18.32.75.1 (18.32.75.1) 2.883 ms !H 4.136 ms !H 3.799 ms !H
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Since dunkel is 18.32.75.1, its the logical place to start investigating. In this case, router instrumentation on dunkel, and later on pilsener, would tell us that our link to the service provider has gone down (perhaps syslog or SNMP has already alerted us). At this point, start conrming that the hardware on the local side of the connection is good by reseating, resetting, and/or swapping it out and if the problems continue, contact the service provider for additional assistance. There may also be situations, such as non-point-to-point Ethernet, in which the failure of the remote side of the connection may not bring the circuit down. Lets change the connection to the service provider to an Ethernet link that happens to go through a Layer 2 switch at our service provider before connecting to a router as shown in Figure 7-3 While Figure 7-4 illustrates a failure of the service provider router (or a failure of the connection from the service provider switch to the service provider router).

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Figures 7-3 & 7-4 Ethernet Link and Outage to the Service Provider
The following shows how the traceroute might appear given this type of failure:
server % traceroute 4.2.2.1 traceroute to 4.2.2.1 (4.2.2.1), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 18.32.75.1 (18.32.75.1) 2.891 ms 0.594 ms 1.595 ms 2 18.32.74.6 (18.32.74.6) 2.425 ms 2.544 ms 2.642 ms 3 * * *
The trace has made it to Pilsener. This is because our service provider Ethernet connection terminates on a switch (which is up) rather than the service provider router (which is not), the connection itself stays up. This means Pilseners static default route remains valid and it continues to distribute the default route into OSPF:
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ps@pilsener> show route 4.2.2.1 inet.0: 11 destinations, 12 routes (11 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden) + = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both 0.0.0.0/0 *[Static/5] 00:00:33 > to 192.168.14.10 via fe-0/0/1.0
Since the traceroute is starring out between Pilsener and the nexthop (the service provider), Pilsener is a good place to begin our investigation. The next steps would be to log into Pilsener to issue the show route command shown above and attempt to ping the remote side of the connection (192.168.14.10). And, when that fails, its time to contact the service provider. This failure may be harder for an NMS system to catch because there is no link-down event. The only way a monitoring system could catch this type of failure is if it were also performing some type of probing for performance management and connectivity assurance. Many NMS systems have the ability to ping monitor different destinations for this purpose, such as Nagios and WhatsUp Gold.
ps@router-3> ping 192.168.14.10 PING 192.168.14.10 (192.168.14.10): 56 data bytes ^C --- 192.168.14.10 ping statistics --5 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
Troubleshooting Routing Loops

Complete outages can be caused by routing loops. Routing loops occur when two routers (most frequently, directly connected routers) have selected each other as next-hops for a particular destination. This is most often seen in static route environments. A routing loop can also occur when there are route oscillations, but the loop may not be persistent in that situation. Route oscillations are discussed in this chapter. Consider the following addition to our topology shown in Figure 7-5. The enterprise has expanded and needs an additional LAN aggregation router, Altbier. Altbier is congured nearly identically to Dunkel. It is receiving a default route from OSPF by way of Pilsener. Pilsener has a static route
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for the 18.32.76.0/23 network with a next-hop to Altbier. Altbier has a static default route with a next-hop to Pilsener. A traceroute from a Dunkel connected host yields the following:
server% traceroute 18.32.76.7 traceroute to 18.32.76.7 (18.32.76.7), 30 hops 1 18.32.75.1 (18.32.75.1) 4.157 ms 3.735 ms 2 18.32.74.6 (18.32.74.6) 8.913 ms 5.878 ms 3 18.32.74.62 (18.32.74.62) 12.153 ms 7.266 4 18.32.76.7 (18.32.76.7) 6.013 ms 4.567 ms max, 40 byte packets 2.478 ms dunkel 5.518 ms pilsener ms 5.775 ms altbier 3.612 ms destination
One outage that can lead to a routing loop in this scenario is if Altbiers link to the 18.32.76.0/24 network fails. This causes a routing loop because Pilsener has no knowledge of the outage on Altbier and continues to use the static route for the 18.32.76.0/23 network. When the packet reaches Altbier, it does not have a route to the 18.32.76.0/24 network because its interface to that network is down. The next best route it has is the default route towards Pilsener, which then sends the packet right back to Altbier because of its static route.
server% traceroute 18.32.76.7 traceroute to 18.32.76.7 (18.32.76.7), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 18.32.75.1 (18.32.75.1) 6.156 ms 2.181 ms 1.534 ms dunkel 2 18.32.74.6 (18.32.74.6) 9.631 ms 10.610 ms 3.273 ms pilsener 3 18.32.74.62 (18.32.74.62) 3.315 ms 3.728 ms 6.280 ms altbier 4 18.32.74.61 (18.32.74.61) 4.833 ms 8.704 ms 6.481 ms pilsener 5 18.32.74.62 (18.32.74.62) 7.148 ms 7.928 ms 3.979 ms altbier 6 18.32.74.61 (18.32.74.61) 3.779 ms 4.372 ms 3.427 ms pilsener 7 18.32.74.62 (18.32.74.62) 4.701 ms 4.005 ms 9.300 ms altbier 8 18.32.74.61 (18.32.74.61) 7.323 ms 7.616 ms 2.357 ms pilsener 9 18.32.74.62 (18.32.74.62) 3.373 ms 3.322 ms 10.979 ms altbier 10 18.32.74.61 (18.32.74.61) 3.315 ms 10.498 ms 4.453 ms pilsener
As is shown in this traceroute, the trafc is looping between Pilsener and Altbier. It is immediately clear where the problem could be. In a routing loop, the problem is nearly always on one of the routers on which the trafc is looping. For this example, both routers play a part in the problem. Pilsener is sending trafc to Altbier, even though Altbiers connection to that network is down and Altbier has a down interface to that network. As a network operator, the rst step would be to repair Altbiers connection to the 18.32.76.0/24 network. Later, it would be good to transition the conguration to a more dynamic architecture, such as using OSPF on Altbier to advertise the route as long as the connection to that network is up. The nice part (if there is one) about complete outages is that they are complete. There is no ambiguity, inconsistency, or indeterminism. A traceroute alone should show you where the problem is and what device to log into to conrm it.
Troubleshooting Circuit Overutilization

Circuit overutilization can often cause packet loss, but with the annoyance that it is often intermittent. Depending on the types of trafc (consistent, bursty), volume of trafc (lightly overutilized or heavily overutilized), and class-of-service conguration, different packet ows may experience different levels of packet loss. The example outage in Chapter 2 provided an application of a consistent troubleshooting approach as well as the Fix Test in a circuit overutilization scenario.
Troubleshooting Route Oscillation

Route oscillation is one of the most difcult problems to identify and isolate quickly. Route oscillation can have different symptoms including complete outage, partial outage, and increased jitter. Route oscillation occurs when a route is repeatedly and quickly added and removed from the routing table. This can be caused by a rapidly transitioning circuit, mutual route redistribution, and a host of other reasons.
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The best way to identify a route oscillation problem is to observe it when it happens. This can be accomplished in one of two ways. First, you can run a number of traceroutes, which should show the different paths used as the route oscillates. You can then issue the show route command on the router experiencing the oscillation. This should show a combination of different next-hops and/or that the route was learned from different protocols. The previously described scenario where Altbier lost its connection to the 18.32.76.0/24 network could easily be extended to create a route oscillation problem. When the link is up, trafc ows as expected. However, when the link is down, trafc loops between Pilsener and Altbier. If this link were to rapidly transition, the user and operator would get inconsistent results between working and looping. In this case, there would be both a route oscillation and a routing loop. Mutual route redistribution can also cause route oscillation. Mutual redistribution occurs when two protocols are both redistributed into one another. Unless done strictly and carefully, this type of architecture can cause network outages and make troubleshooting difcult. This technique is most often used during transitional periods (such as moving from EIGRP to OSPF). However, some networks rely on this method to solve other problems and for longer periods of time. Lets use the transition example to show how mutual redistribution can cause route oscillation. Take the example of our current network, but change the relationship with the service provider to be a BGP peering relationship (rather than using a static route) as shown in Figure 7-6.
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Over this session between Pilsener and our service provider, lets announce an aggregate route for the sites network (18.32.72.0/21) and receive the full Internet routing table, as such:
ps@pilsener-re0> show bgp summary Groups: 1 Peers: 1 Down peers: 0 Table Tot Paths Act Paths Suppressed inet.0 10007 10007 0 Peer AS InPkt OutPkt Received/Accepted/Damped... 4.10.33.2 3356 10019 29 10007/10007/10007/0 0/0/0/0
History Damp State Pending 0 0 0 OutQ Flaps Last Up/Dwn State|#Active/ 0 0 11:14
You can reveal route-oscillation by testing to a destination on the Internet during a period of frequent route apping for a particular prex (4.0.0.0/8):
ps@pilsener-re0> ping 4.2.2.1 PING 4.2.2.1 (4.2.2.1): 56 data bytes ping: sendto: No route to host ping: sendto: No route to host ping: sendto: No route to host ping: sendto: No route to host 64 bytes from 4.2.2.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.524 ms 64 bytes from 4.2.2.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.697 ms 64 bytes from 4.2.2.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=0.558 ms 64 bytes from 4.2.2.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=0.579 ms 64 bytes from 4.2.2.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=0.625 ms 64 bytes from 4.2.2.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=0.582 ms 64 bytes from 4.2.2.1: icmp_seq=10 ttl=64 time=0.563 ms ping: sendto: No route to host ping: sendto: No route to host ping: sendto: No route to host ping: sendto: No route to host ping: sendto: No route to host ping: sendto: No route to host ping: sendto: No route to host 64 bytes from 4.2.2.1: icmp_seq=18 ttl=64 time=0.613 ms 64 bytes from 4.2.2.1: icmp_seq=19 ttl=64 time=0.585 ms 64 bytes from 4.2.2.1: icmp_seq=20 ttl=64 time=0.642 ms 64 bytes from 4.2.2.1: icmp_seq=21 ttl=64 time=0.605 ms 64 bytes from 4.2.2.1: icmp_seq=22 ttl=64 time=0.562 ms 64 bytes from 4.2.2.1: icmp_seq=23 ttl=64 time=0.589 ms 64 bytes from 4.2.2.1: icmp_seq=24 ttl=64 time=0.607 ms
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During this time, ping and traceroute instrumentation shows a gaining and losing of the BGP route to 4.0.0.0/8 and, as a result, experiences intermittent packet loss to anything in this network. As per this books second opinion rule, use the show route command on the destination, 4.2.2.1 to observe the oscillation.
ps@pilsener-re0> show route 4.2.2.1 inet.0: 10017 destinations, 10017 routes (10017 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden) + = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both 4.0.0.0/8 *[BGP/170] 00:00:07, localpref 100 AS path: 3356 I > to 4.10.33.2 via so-2/2/0.0
ps@pilsener-re0> show route 4.2.2.1 ps@pilsener-re0> show route 4.2.2.1 inet.0: 10017 destinations, 10017 routes (10017 active, 0 holddown, 0 hidden) + = Active Route, - = Last Active, * = Both 4.0.0.0/8 *[BGP/170] 00:00:02, localpref 100 AS path: 3356 I > to 4.10.33.2 via so-2/2/0.0
ps@pilsener-re0> traceroute 4.2.2.1 traceroute to 4.2.2.1 (4.2.2.1), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 4.10.33.2 (4.10.33.2) 0.231 ms 0.411 ms 0.376 ms 2 4.1.18.21 (4.1.18.21) 0.193 ms 0.469 ms 0.288 ms 3 4.2.2.1 (4.2.2.1) 0.587 ms 0.612 ms 0.517 ms ps@pilsener-re0> traceroute 4.2.2.1 traceroute to 4.2.2.1 (4.2.2.1), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets traceroute: sendto: No route to host 1 traceroute: wrote 4.2.2.1 40 chars, ret=-1
In this case, it would be advisable to contact the service provider and inquire as to why the route is repeatedly being advertised and withdrawn. Inconsistent packet loss can be difcult to quickly identify and resolve. However, its usually caused by circuit overutilization, route oscillation, or a rapidly transitioning circuit, or some combination of all of these conditions.
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Troubleshooting Latency
Latency is the amount of time it takes for a packet to get from a sender to the receiver. The root cause and isolation of a latency problem can be hard to identify. This is because latency can be inconsistent, can be limited to certain types of trafc, and may not be easily reproducible. An understanding of the topology of your network, the protocols used, the current state of your network, and any features enabled (such as class-of-service) can help you to resolve a latency problem (and loss, as discussed later). Latency problems tend to cause the most trouble for real-time trafc applications, especially voice and video. Users that are reporting a problem may not even know that latency is the cause. The problem report may simply state that there are gaps in calls or artifacts in video. With normal trafc, such as HTTP, a latent packet isnt a big deal as the receiver simply waits until it receives the next packet and this is usually imperceptible to the user. However, a packet that is too latent in a voice or video stream means that packet is lost as far as the receiver is concerned. The rst step in troubleshooting a latency problem is to identify whether or not the trafc is taking the optimal path. This obviously requires an in-depth knowledge of the network as well as any current outages that would cause sub-optimal routing. For the example network, traceroute shows that the trafc is taking the optimal path through our network, Dunkel, Pilsener, and then our service provider. The next step then is to try to identify the network hop that is inducing the latency. The following traceroute shows that the hop between routers 2 and 3 is causing signicant latency:
server% traceroute 4.2.2.1 traceroute to 4.2.2.1 (4.2.2.1), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 18.32.75.1 (18.32.75.1) 4.435 ms 3.117 ms 3.413 ms Dunkel 2 18.32.74.6 (18.32.74.6) 4.935 ms 12.434 ms 2.826 ms Pilsner 3 4.10.33.2 (4.10.33.2) 13.513 ms 3.905 ms 5.060 ms Service provider hop 1 4 4.1.18.21 (4.1.18.21) 3.778 ms 5.237 ms 5.413 ms Service provider hop 2 5 4.2.2.1 (4.2.2.1) 128.269 ms 137.346 ms 133.977 ms
The latency jumps from about 5 to 10 milliseconds of latency to well over a hundred at the hop from routers 2 to 3.
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Now you know where to further investigate. At this point, the problem could either be ingress or egress queuing on router 2 or router 3. So the rst thing needed is to check the link from router 2 to router 3, as it appears that there is signicant packet queuing. There should be high utilization on this link, since without high-utilization, packet queuing could not be happening, so check the interface on router 2 handling trafc to router 3 by issuing a show interfaces command:
ps@pilsener> show interfaces fe-0/0/1 Physical interface: fe-0/0/1, Enabled, Physical link is Up Interface index: 128, SNMP ifIndex: 61 Link-level type: Ethernet, MTU: 1518, Speed: 100mbps, Loopback: Disabled, Source filtering: Disabled, Flow control: Enabled Device flags : Present Running Interface flags: SNMP-Traps Internal: 0x4000 CoS queues : 4 supported, 4 maximum usable queues Current address: 00:90:69:6b:14:00, Hardware address: 00:90:69:6b:14:00 Last flapped : 2010-01-12 06:00:14 EST (2w5d 22:24 ago) Input rate : 71441794 bps (46877 pps) Output rate : 96542771 bps (63598 pps) Active alarms : None Active defects : None Logical interface fe-0/0/1.0 (Index 67) (SNMP ifIndex 56) Description: Connection to service provider 1 Flags: SNMP-Traps 0x4000 VLAN-Tag [ 0x8100.5 ] Encapsulation: ENET2 Input packets : 0 Output packets: 0 Protocol inet, MTU: 1500 Flags: None Addresses, Flags: Is-Preferred Is-Primary Destination: 4.10.33.0/30, Local: 4.10.33.1/30, Broadcast: 4.10.33.2 Logical interface fe-0/0/1.32767 (Index 68) (SNMP ifIndex 58) Flags: SNMP-Traps 0x4000 VLAN-Tag [ 0x0000.0 ] Encapsulation: ENET2 Input packets : 0 Output packets: 0
It appears that this link is probably overutilized. Verify this by checking the queue statistics. By default, Juniper Networks routers enable two queues. One is a network-control queue, which services the routing protocol and other control plane trafc. It is allocated 5% of the bandwidth and 5% of the buffer space. The other queue is a best-effort queue for all other trafc, which uses the remaining 95% of the bandwidth and 95% of the buffer space.
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To determine whether or not there is signicant queuing on this link, you need to use the show interface queue command. Because you know this trafc is in the best-effort queue, you can limit your command to this forwarding-class:
ps@pilsener> show interfaces queue fe-0/0/1 forwarding-class best-effort Physical interface: fe-0/0/1, Enabled, Physical link is Up Interface index: 137, SNMP ifIndex: 32 Forwarding classes: 8 supported, 8 in use Egress queues: 8 supported, 8 in use Queue: 0, Forwarding classes: best-effort Queued: Packets : 12196904 3179 pps Bytes : 643712025753 9004563 bps Transmitted: Packets : 12196904 3179 pps Bytes : 643712025753 9004563 bps Tail-dropped packets : 0 0 pps RED-dropped packets : 0 0 pps Low : 0 0 pps Medium-low : 0 0 pps Medium-high : 0 0 pps High : 0 0 pps RED-dropped bytes : 0 0 bps Low : 0 0 bps Medium-low : 0 0 bps Medium-high : 0 0 bps High : 0 0 bps
There is queuing going on this interface. About nine megabits of trafc is being queued, which may explain our latency. There are three possible solutions to this type of queuing problem: n Classify the voice, video, and other real-time trafc into an expedited forwarding (EF) queue with a higher priority than the best-effort queue. n Investigate whether or not all of the egress trafc is valid. n Upgrade the speed of the connection to your service provider.
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Summary
While Layer 3 monitoring and troubleshooting is fundamentally different from Layer 1 and Layer 2, the same methodology and approach can be used to isolate and resolve Layer 3 problems. Using a consistent, logical approach and applying the Fix Test described in this book should allow you to quickly diagnose and implement supportable short-term xes. Whenever troubleshooting at Layer 3, remember that it is an interconnected system and that some routers in your network act based the actions of another router. Route-tagging and class-of-service markings are great examples of this. Nothing can replace experience with your network, the protocols used on it, and the way in which it operates under normal conditions. However, managing your approach to operating your network in conjunction with a sound understanding of the way in which protocols function and how Junos features and instrumentation can assist you make the task signicantly easier.
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