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NLSP Enhancement

Description

Platforms

Configuration Task

Configuration Examples

Command Reference

What to Do Next

NLSP Enhancement

Description

An enhancement has been made to NLSP that allows the router to interpret the maximum lifetime field in a Level 1 link-state packet (LSP) in hours or seconds. Previously, the field was interpreted in seconds only.

Benefits

By being able to interpret the maximum lifetime field in hours, the router will be able to keep LSP packets for a much longer time which will reduce overhead on slower-speed serial links and keep ISDN links from becoming active unnecessarily.

Platforms

This feature is supported on these platforms:

Configuration Task

To set the maximum time that LSPs persist without being refreshed, perform the following task in router configuration mode:

Task Command
Set the maximum time LSPs persist. max-lsp-lifetime [hours] value

Configuration Examples

The following example sets the maximum time that the LSP persists to 11,000 seconds (more than 3 hours):

max-lsp-lifetime 11000

The following example sets the maximum time that the LSP persists to 15 hours:

max-lsp-lifetime hours 15

Command Reference

This section documents the following modified commands:

All other commands used with this feature are documented in the Cisco IOS Release 11.2 command references.

max-lsp-lifetime

To set the maximum time that link-state packets (LSPs) persist without being refreshed, use the max-lsp-lifetime router configuration command. To restore the default time, use the no form of this command.

max-lsp-lifetime [hours] value
no max-lsp-lifetime
Syntax Description
hours (Optional) If specified, the lifetime of the LSP is set in hours. If not specified, the lifetime is set in seconds.
value Lifetime of LSP in hours or seconds. It can be a number in the range 1 to 32767. The default is 7500 seconds.
Default

7500 seconds (2 hours, 5 minutes)

Command Mode

Router configuration

Usage Guidelines

This command first appeared in Cisco IOS Release 11.2 F.

You might need to adjust the maximum LSP lifetime if you change the LSP refresh interval with the lsp-refresh-interval router configuration command. The maximum LSP lifetime must be greater than the LSP refresh interval.

Examples

The following example sets the maximum time that the LSP persists to 11,000 seconds (more than 3 hours):

max-lsp-lifetime 11000

The following example sets the maximum time that the LSP persists to 15 hours:

max-lsp-lifetime hours 15
Related Commands

ipx router nlsp
lsp-refresh-interval

show ipx nlsp database

To display the entries in the link-state packet (LSP) database, use the show ipx nlsp database EXEC command.

show ipx nlsp [tag] database [lspid] [detail]
Syntax Description
tag (Optional) Names the NLSP process. The tag can be any combination of printable characters.
lspid (Optional) Link-state protocol ID (LSPID). You must specify this in the format xxxx.xxxx.xxxx.yy-zz. The components of this argument have the following meaning:

· xxxx.xxxx.xxxx is the system identifier.

· yy is the pseudo identifier.

· zz is the LSP number.

detail (Optional) Displays the contents of the LSP database entries. If you omit this keyword, only a summary display is shown.
Command Mode

EXEC

Usage Guidelines

This command first appeared in Cisco IOS Release 11.2 F.

When you specify an NLSP tag, the router displays the link-state packet (LSP) database entries for that NLSP process. An NLSP process is a router's databases working together to manage route information about an area. NLSP version 1.0 routers are always in the same area. Each router has its own adjacencies, link-state, and forwarding databases. These databases operate collectively as a single process to discover, select, and maintain route information about the area. NLSP version 1.1 routers that exist within a single area also use a single process.

NLSP version 1.1 routers that interconnect multiple areas use multiple processes to discover, select, and maintain route information about the areas they interconnect. These routers manage an adjacencies, link-state, and area address database for each area to which they attach. Collectively, these databases are still referred to as a process. The forwarding database is shared among processes within a router. The sharing of entries in the forwarding database is automatic when all processes interconnect NLSP version 1.1 areas.

Configure multiple NLSP processes when a router interconnects multiple NLSP areas.


Note NLSP version 1.1 routers refer to routers that support the route aggregation feature, while NLSP version 1.0 routers refer to routers that do not.

If you omit all options, a summary display is shown.

Sample Displays

The following is sample output from the show ipx nlsp database command:

Router# show ipx nlsp database detail
LSPID                 LSP Seq Num  LSP Checksum  LSP Holdtime  ATT/P/OL
0000.0C00.3097.00-00* 0x00000042   0xC512        699           0/0/0
0000.0C00.3097.06-00* 0x00000027   0x0C27        698           0/0/0
0000.0C02.7471.00-00  0x0000003A   0x4A0F        702           0/0/0
0000.0C02.7471.08-00  0x00000027   0x0AF0        702           0/0/0
0000.0C02.7471.0A-00  0x00000027   0xC589        702           0/0/0
0000.0C02.747D.00-00  0x0000002E   0xC489        715           0/0/0
0000.0C02.747D.06-00  0x00000027   0xEEFE        716           0/0/0
0000.0C02.747D.0A-00  0x00000027   0xFE38        716           0/0/0
0000.0C02.74AB.00-00  0x00000035   0xE4AF        1059          0/0/0
0000.0C02.74AB.0A-00  0x00000027   0x34A4        705           0/0/0
0000.0C06.FBEE.00-00  0x00000038   0x3838        1056          0/0/0
0000.0C06.FBEE.0D-00  0x0000002C   0xD248        1056          0/0/0
0000.0C06.FBEE.0E-00  0x0000002D   0x7DD2        99h 3576s     0/0/0
0000.0C06.FBEE.17-00  0x00000029   0x32FB        99h 3576s     0/0/0
0000.0C00.AECC.00-00* 0x000000B6   0x62A8        7497          0/0/0
  IPX Area Address: 00000000 00000000
  IPX Mgmt Info 87.0000.0000.0001  Ver 1  Name oscar
  Metric: 45 Lnk 0000.0C00.AECC.06  MTU 1500  Dly 8000  Thru 64K  PPP
  Metric: 20 Lnk 0000.0C00.AECC.02  MTU 1500  Dly 1000  Thru 10000K  802.3 Raw
  Metric: 20 Lnk 0000.0C01.EF90.0C  MTU 1500  Dly 1000  Thru 10000K  802.3 Raw
0000.0C00.AECC.02-00* 0x00000002   0xDA74        3118          0/0/0
  IPX Mgmt Info E0.0000.0c00.aecc  Ver 1  Name Ethernet0
  Metric: 0  Lnk 0000.0C00.AECC.00  MTU 0  Dly 0  Thru 0K  802.3 Raw
0000.0C00.AECC.06-00* 0x00000002   0x5DB9        7494          0/0/0
  IPX Mgmt Info 0.0000.0000.0000  Ver 1  Name Serial0
  Metric: 0  Lnk 0000.0C00.AECC.00  MTU 0  Dly 0  Thru 0K  PPP
  Metric: 1  IPX Ext D001  Ticks 0
  Metric: 1  IPX SVC Second-floor-printer  D001.0000.0000.0001  Sock 1  Type 4

Table 12 explains the fields in the display.


Table 12: Show IPX NLSP Database Field Descriptions
Field Description
LSPID System ID (network number), pseudonode circuit identifier, and fragment number.
LSP Seq Num Sequence number of this LSP.
LSP Checksum Checksum of this LSP.
LSP Holdtime Time until this LSP expires, in hours or seconds.
ATT/P/OL Indicates which of three bits are set. A "1" means the bit is set, and a "0" means it is not set.

ATT is the L2-attached bit.

P is the partition repair bit. This bit is not used in NLSP.

OL is the overload bit.

IPX Area Address: Area address of the router advertising the LSP.
IPX Mgmt Info Management information. For nonpseudonode LSPs, the internal network number is advertised in this field. For pseudonode LSPs, the network number of the associated interface is advertised.
Ver NLSP version running on the advertising router.
Name For nonpseudonode LSPs, the name of the router. For pseudonode LSPs, the name (or description, if configured) of the associated interface.
Link Information
Metric: NLSP metric (cost) for the link. Links from a pseudonode to real nodes have a cost of 0 so that this link cost is not counted twice.
Lnk System ID of the adjacent node.
MTU MTU of the link in bytes. For pseudonode LSPs, the value in this field is always 0.
Dly Delay of the link in microseconds. For pseudonode LSPs, the value in this field is always 0.
Thru Throughput of the link in bits per second. For pseudonode LSPs, the value in this field is always 0.
802.3 Raw, Generic LAN Link media type.
External (RIP) Networks
Metric: Received RIP hop count.
IPX Ext IPX network number.
Ticks Received RIP tick count.
SAP Services
Metric: Received SAP hop count.
IPX SVC Name of the IPX service.
D001.0000.0000.0001 IPX address of the server advertising this service.
Sock Socket number of the service.
Type Type of service.

What to Do Next

For more information on modifying LSP parameters, see the Cisco IOS Release 11.2 Network Protocols Configuration Guide, Part 2.

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