Hi,

I am starting my CCIE studies and would like to maybe share sone notes, questions etc with someone (GMT). Anyone intereseted, please let me know.

Hi All,

Some of you may know me from CLN.  I don't usually post here.  Anyway, I have a question on Shaping class-default and then nesting a policy map under the shaping with LLQ...

I remember reading something one time that LLQ is not really being shaped behind the scenes, but is actually queued outside of the shaping policy.  I, however, cannot find this information again.  Can anyone help me with this, point me to some material that states this?  Actually shaping an LLQ would be a disaster under congestion.

Thanks for your help!

Hi All,

Not a frequent poster on here but thought it would be a good place to share my story with everyone currently on the path to their CCIE.  I am proud to announce that I passed the v5 lab exam at RTP yesterday, July 28th, on my first attempt!

I studied primarily with INE's rack rentals and workbook, devoting virtually all of my personal time to this goal.  I started out watching all of the ATC videos, with Volume 1 workbook practice in between.  By the end, I went through all of (v4) Volumes 1 and 2, about half of Volume 3, and about 90% of Volume 4.  I think I developed the most from the Volume 2 full-scale labs, always spending as much time as necessary to fully understand every topic being tested, supplementing the solution guides with information from Volume 1 and blog posts.  I believe INE has a great package of training products that, if you are motivated and eager to learn, will teach you everything you need to know for the exam and a lot more.  From what I've seen so far, this is even further true for the upcoming v5 workbooks.

Towards the end of my studies, I sat for the R&S bootcamp in Bellevue, WA with Dave Smith.  I consider this class crucial to my development of more than just the knowledge of how to configure IOS equipment, but truly understanding the underlying concepts and technologies involved.  Dave was an excellent teacher who could answer virtually any question I or my classmates had, and if he didn't know the answer, he could immediately come up with a test scenario to demonstrate for the class.  Cristian Matei was also present for the class and was eager to help us all learn not only during class, but afterwards and on breaks as well.  Equally as important are the wonderful contacts and friends I made in the class.  Having others to talk to about my study habits and progress was vital to my motivation and focus.  If you have the means and the opportunity, I highly recommend this class for anyone serious about obtaining their CCIE certification.

One thing I've seen a lot of differing opinions on is when you should take the bootcamp.  You should feel almost ready to sit your exam before you attend this class.  The bootcamp, true to its name, is extremely fast-paced and intensive, and if you don't already have a strong foundation of understanding, you will quickly get lost.  If you are prepared, this class will give you the knowledge and confidence you need to succeed.  Personally, 4-8 weeks before your exam date would be my suggestion.  Of course, INE's generous reseat policy means you can always go back for more.

As others have said, the v5 R&S exam is quite a bit different than what I’ve come to expect from v4 training material.  The virtualized environment gives Cisco the flexibility to design virtually any kind of network, and they certainly make it big.  This is a big step in making the CCIE more relevant to real-life, modern networks, and less of an obscure puzzle that it used to be.

We all know the structure of the exam, so I won’t bother anybody with those details, but I will mention a bit about my strategy.  I tried my hardest not to use the extra 30 minutes in TS, and ended up leaving one ticket unresolved.  I believe I finished TS somewhere around 2 hours and 2 minutes in, so I had almost the full 5 ½ for config, and I certainly needed it.  The diag section is certainly a different animal, but I believe is a good addition to the exam to test the skills that actually matter in our jobs where we’re not building exciting new networks every day.

As for config, you better be a fast typist and able to wrap your head around a massive network without a lot of time to understand it in.  I’m not sure if this is the best advice, but I did not redraw the network diagram.  There was a lot of scrolling around on the diagrams provided, and I admit I didn’t entirely understand every individual router’s behavior, but configuring the devices based on the tasks provided got me where I needed to be.  As they said at Cisco Live, “The questions are inter-dependent by nature.” I bounced around between tasks quite a bit, something I really never did in my practice exams, so I had to quickly scrawl out a task list on paper.  I imagine this interdependency will be one of the big changes to upcoming material and full-scale labs from all the training providers, and something that definitely takes some getting used to.

Finally, the best piece of advice I can give is to stay motivated and be confident in your knowledge and skills for this exam, and this extends to the day of the lab itself.  With only an hour and a half left of test time, I thought for sure I would fail; verifications weren’t succeeding, and I felt overwhelmed by everything.  I already started thinking of future attempts, weeks and weeks of lab workbooks, and whether I’d ever be able to pass this test.  I took a quick break to the bathroom, thought about all the people confident in me to pass, and came back to work on a different task.  An hour later, the empty boxes on my task list are almost all checked off, and all my verifications check out.  Seeing all those check marks felt like a huge weight off my shoulders.  When time was called, I left my desk with a smile, a big change from just 90 minutes earlier.  Basically, we all know the exam is very demanding, but don’t let the stress take over, and keep going until the end.

I had my results exactly 1 hour after the test was over.  The email doesn’t tell you directly—you have to log into the CCIE portal to see the results, but just seeing the message that quickly started my celebration.

I’m still getting used to the fact that I will no longer be studying 6-12 hours every night, but I have to say it is an amazing feeling so far.  All the sacrifices in my personal life were worth it, and now I can go back to living, with a CCIE number to show for it.  I hope my story can keep you all motivated to keep studying hard and working towards this goal we all strive to achieve.  I wish you all good luck and productive study time.  Remember, it can be done! 

Matt Gottlieb
CCIE #44400

Well... where to begin ? I got it.. The number I was trying to get since 4 years.

What an adventure...
After lots of work, patience, training and coffee, I finally reach the goal. Is it really the end ? In fact I think it's only the beginning.
This long way to get the certification push you to want more and more knowledge. I like it and I won't stop here.

I started to prepare the R&S track v3 in 2007, and then came the v4.  I prepared it for 18 months, hardly. I was dreaming about Cisco Console Windows every night. There was no day without starting devices and getting a warm room... (I spared cost for heating...)
After one bootcamp with INE, I had to stop studying because of private problem. But... I couldn't let it go out of my mind.
I had to go back on the track... I started one year ago. 3 weeks after, Cisco announced the v5 ! I thought, ok I have to hurry, because I worked so much on v4 (I like Frame-relay !!!) I started to work hard, jumped to a INE bootcamp, and work without break.

I went for the first attempt in May, for the v4. One of the last place available. I was soooo stressed that I couldn't even type during the TS section. I made mistakes but I thought it will be ok. I failed for 2 miserable points the TS section and passed the Config... What a deception... I needed 2 weeks to rebuild me. Then with all the support from my family and friends, I decided to prepare for the v5. During 4 Months I worked on the new topics to reach an expert level, and then I knew that I could do it, I booked the lab only 2 weeks before. What a different feeling by going there. I was much more relax, and after finishing the lab  nearly 1:30 hours before, I called my wife and told her: "if i don't pass today, I won't go back ! 100% working, I cannot do better!"

After 12 hours and a very short night, I got the result today at 6AM... Status: Certified. OMG I thought I was dreaming. Such a hapiness !

All of this was not possible without the understanding and support of people around me. I would like to write here a special thank to:

- my wife !! Thanks for supporting me even during bad moment where the motivation was failing. I know it was not easy for you, and I know what you had to go through. I love you !

- my children and family: Now I have time again during weekends !! I don't need to turn on every day these ugly black windows on my screen !

- my friends and colleagues: Thanks for your great support during this looong way

- All people on this forum ! great source of knowledge and great people !

- INE !!!!!!! if you are reading this post, it means you have choosen the right company to study with ! What an awesome amount of materials ! I would like to thanks Dave Smith, the bootcamp in March was great !!! Really helped me to get motivation and get expert in corner cases. Thanks to Brian McGahan (I still have your voice in my head !!!!) for the great videos. It's for me the best point to start studying a topic, with sooo much details that I had to watch them several times !!! What to say about the workbooks... simply great stuffs ! I would say... much more complicate then the real lab, but what you learn inside these workbook makes you feeling much more confortable for the exam.

To all of you who are studying hard to get it, I have just one advice... if this is your dream, DON'T EVER let it go. Take your time and work hard. You will get it too.

I wish you all the best in your studies, and maybe I will meet some of you in another CCIE track study group ? :)

Best Regards,

Olivier J.

CCIE #44658

It feels great to be posting up something on this forum.

I sat for the CCIE R&S practical exam in RTP Sunday, and happy to say I passed this time (my second attempt, both v5). CCIE # 44695! I feel I was very close on my first attempt a month ago and thrilled that I could pull it together for a passing grade this time around.

Here are some thoughts on the exam and preparation, I hope it helps someone else out.

Exam: 

I did a report a month ago on the other INE forum about exam format and what-not so I won’t be redundant. No surprises, same format as what has been advertised.

The proctor at RTP offers Sunday test dates from time to time, and it was definitely more convenient for me. It was quieter, less traffic getting to the testing facility, and the place they normally cater food it was closed - so he ordered in real food from somewhere else :)

You CAN zoom out of the diagrams if you feel they are too big. To do this you have to enable the IE status bar and in the lower right corner you can change the zoom level. 75% worked better for me and I could see more of the topologies at once. Any further out and the text was not readable though.

The following strategies worked for me this time around. I’m sure there are plenty of ways to tackle the config component and certainly not claiming my approach is all that good.

My strategy was “by the book” I supposed for the tshoot section - INE’s excellent troubleshooting videos where great preparation. 

For diagnostic section - once again it can be a lot of information to process in 30 minutes and regurgitate answers. The questions themselves aren’t too tough in and of themselves. This really seems like it has the potential to be a heck of a wild card for people, don’t take it lightly. It’s not worth a lot of points, but you MUST pass it.

Config section:

On my failed attempt previously, I focused on diagraming everything to the nth degree and working through the lab top down more or less in the order they presented it. BAD idea for me. I spent way too much time on drawing and didn’t finish the actual work. 

This time around, I just sketched down the physical connectivity diagram verbatim from the on screen picture, and used it to sort out L2 ports etc. I did not feel the need to diagram out anything else over and above the provided documentation. I did keep a log of each question, point value, general topic, and notations, which helped me.

I started out, read through the lab, and studied the overall topology diagram. I knocked out the L2 connectivity first, but after that, I did not go top down in order. I identified (1) the VPN areas, and then (2) the “centralized” portion of the network from a routing point of view, and I worked outward from those. Things came together much nicer for me, although I was hopping back and forth a lot. Keeping a log was super handy. My reasoning for hitting VPNs early was that they are sort of like L2.5 and can stitch together parts of the network that are otherwise in the same routing domain. YMMV, I believe you need to think tactically here and possibly adjust your plan based on what they throw at you.

I ended up only using 2 hours on TShoot, so I had the extra 30 on the config section. I finished most of my work with a little over an hour to spare, which allowed me to go back through and catch some errors/omissions.

One thing you must be is efficient on the config section. Notepad, IOS shortcuts, and copy/paste are your friends, particularly if you are typing skills tend towards the chaotic side like mine. My best advice is to watch the INE ATC videos and pay attention to how Brian works configuring his examples, especially when something breaks and he has to re-work configurations to fix it.

I will caution, I ran into some topics on my exam this time that I have not seen treated in any training materials (INE or otherwise), especially in the areas of how different technologies interact. See my comment below about filling in the gaps.

 My preparation was a very blended approach:

-  I had an absolutely kick butt study partner. This was so valuable to have someone to bounce ideas and questions off of on a regular basis, and just someone that knows exactly what you are working toward and going through. We were constantly throwing problems at each other to solve and even built a few practice labs of our own, I can’t say enough how much this helped me.

- Real experience: I took every opportunity I could at work to follow interesting issues and resolutions with our network operations team; my “day” job is a voice engineer so my normal operational view of things is different.

- INE’s R&S Bootcamp was terrific. Dave Smith was our instructor and he did an outstanding job at challenging us and getting us to think about the technology and how someone writing the exam might present problems. He has a lot of real-world experience to share, the quality of the course was top notch. I also got to meet some great engineers also working on their cert and learn from them as well!

- INE’s ATC videos and practice materials were a great resource, especially the latest v5 videos. 

- Blogs, Books, articles. You still have to fill in the gaps. My go-to sites are INE’s blog, ipspace.net , packetlife.net

I hope this was useful, good luck everyone!

I passed the CCIE Collaboration the 26th of septemberJ

In short, my training:

I will give you some tips (I will not tell about the tasks in the lab but about tips that helped me a lot, and actually all tips is from the one and only Mark Snow and his bootcamp, so nothing new).

And I will tell my story of a nightmare week up to the lab and actually in the lab itself (just without details of the lab:-)

Great thanks to you Mark. You talked and talked and talkedJ, but luckily somewhere in between I apparently listen to you.

TIPS

-          I focused on IOS commands up to the lab, doing it over and over again, so I could put down in notepad within 1 hour the following:

o   CME to sip and sccp phone with varies features

o   Dial-peers for intersite calls, E1/T1 calls, for potential voicemail on CUE

o   Translation patterns for the dial peers

o   DSP ressources for conf and transcoder

o   CUE commands (Yes I actually practice this as well to remember what we learned in bootcamp)

-          Tried a few more times globalization, so I knew exactly how I would do this, pretty much as in bootcamp

-          During the lab: If I ran into problems with a task, I kept moving on and worried about that later.

-          Focused on configuring the phones only once: Catch all the specifics in lab while reading it lightly through, and while actually configuring the phones I searched for the specifics, so the phones was all done afterwards for every task.

-          The same goes for the end users config.

-          Before lab and potentially in the lab when configuring trunks and gateways, I did all in at the same time.

-          And for the above, remember the basics, so they are ready.

My story:

I went home from bootcamp Saturday, but my flight was delay, so I missed my flight in Amsterdam to Copenhagen. That introduced another 10 hours to the journey home. I was home Sunday evening, been awake for 24 hours and only slept 1,5 hours.

Monday to Wednesday was primary focus on speed up IOS commands. Now I did not get much sleep Monday to Tuesday and neither from Tuesday to Wednesday since my 1,5 year old soon had to be sick just this week, lovely.

Thursday I flew to Brussels and trained the IOS config again. I booked INE’s lab for 3 hours but my save router config of the basic vlan/dhcp was somehow save incorrect so router 2 was saved twice as R2 and as R1. It toke me 1,5 hour figuring this error out at what point I gave up and was very hungry and went for dinner.

Friday in the lab:

1.      My first thing to do. Open notepads for the routers to do the IOS config. Apparently I have not listen to Mark, because it was not possible to save the notepads on the candidate desk, and the proctor told me the same. So the first couple of hours I was really afraid for if the pc e.g. should lose power or anything like that. If that work was lost I would not have passed.

2.      I made a config error which through me off track: All config in place between sites and I made a call, it rang but when picked up I got reorder tone. Panic!!!! This was easy config and it should just work, so I moved on with other tasks. But later on I needed to fix this or else I would fail for sureJ Solution codec mis-config from my side.

3.      I did some easy config between 2 clusters, and guess what it did not work/sync. At this point I was thinking: “, ***, ***, come on!!!!”. I moved on to finish all other task and then came back to this one. Solution, remove it all and configure it again and boom, it all worked.

4.      When finishing the rest of the tasks I came to a task where I was thinking “Yes baby, this is just easy”. Straight on boom, boom, boom config and reload something;-) Waited, doing other stuff, came back and tested. Nothing was working. “What the f…….”. Now I was ready to cry. After a few minuts, maybe 5 I came to think about something I saw just a bit before. Found the thing/things to kick start… waited a minute and tried again. This time “yes thank god” or Iron Man whoever, it worked.

All in all I missed 2 tasks for sure, 7 points. So I did not believe that I had passed since:

-          I never had the change to read all task carefully, many of them, but not all.

-          And I never got to test every bit down to every details. Sporadic test and if it was a copy for somewhere else, I did not test the other one (did not have the time).

Now, you may be thinking “how did he pass??”, You and me both. Structure and structured plan for attacking the lab, I guess.

Stick to:

-          The templates you have learned and decides to use

-          Make IOS config at first, after lightly reading the lab tasks

-          If you have a problem and cannot fix it within maybe 5 minutes, move on and return later when all other works.

Thank you Mark Snow. As I told in the end of the bootcamp. I was around 80% ready and after getting the speed on IOS config, I guess I was around maybe 93% ready;-) for the lab, but sometimes this can be enough. I do not recommend this, but it was enough.

Thanks to all you guys at the bootcamp, I kind of miss the whole: You, bootcamp, small bag of chips, soda with corn sirup (what….?), the sun shining and birds singing somewhere out there when walking to the class. It was really fun.

Hi,

Does INE have announced new workbooks and videos for CCNA 200-120?

I don;t think i should prepare with the old one. Please help guys.

My config for this solution is below, which seems to achieve the same result as the "permit" in the prefix-list, and deny in the route-map. Just double checking to make sure this is a valid solution for this task...I'm pretty sure it's fine, just want to be 100%.

R5(config-router)#do sh run | s eigrp

 no ip split-horizon eigrp 100

router eigrp 100

 network 150.1.0.0

 network 155.1.0.0

 eigrp stub connected summary leak-map RMAP_DENY_R8_LOOPBACK

R5(config-router)#do show route-map RMAP_DENY_R8_LOOPBACK

route-map RMAP_DENY_R8_LOOPBACK, permit, sequence 10

  Match clauses:

    ip address prefix-lists: PRFX_DENY_R8_LOOPBACK 

  Set clauses:

  Policy routing matches: 0 packets, 0 bytes

R5(config-router)#do sh ip pref PRFX_DENY_R8_LOOPBACK

ip prefix-list PRFX_DENY_R8_LOOPBACK: 2 entries

   seq 5 deny 150.1.8.8/32

   seq 10 permit 0.0.0.0/0 le 32

INE's CCIE RSv5 Expanded Blueprint is meant to be used as a checklist that you can use as you go through your preparation.

Click here to see INE's CCIE RSv5 Expanded Blueprint.

Use this thread for discussion on building INE's CCIE RSv5 topology using the Cloud Services Router 1000v (CSR1000v).

Details of INE's RSv5 topology can be found here.

Details on CSR1000v can be found here.

Check the CSR1000v Data Sheets for specific platform requirements.

This thread is a continuation of the original RSv5 build thread that can be found here.

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All,

Does anyone know how you would go about tagging summarized routes on the AS edge using the summary address command on the interface?

Thanks,

-Warjack

Hi,

LSA 4 is generated by ABR to advertise ASBR in the AREA, but my quetion is how does ABR come to know the existence of ASBR.

Could someone please explain me with an example.

Hi,

I have been using the GNS3 for long time but this issue is driving me crazy, i cant get connection throu the cloud it dosent show any interfaces, I have try many thing uninstall the program reinstall run it with admin privilege with no luck, and the classic version is work fine i am only facing this problem with v1.0 any idea what is causing this ?

Hi all,

Not sure if anyone is having this issue but I cannot ping default gateway "172.27.192.254" or any of the servers from R15 VRF server1. HSRP is setup correctly and I can see the MAC address and IP in the arp table of R15. I can also ping R19 and R20 interfaces on that shared interface but not the HSRP VIP. The VIP MAC and IP is in the arp table.

R20#sh run int g1.192
Building configuration...

Current configuration : 306 bytes
!

interface GigabitEthernet1.192
 encapsulation dot1Q 192
 ip address 172.27.192.20 255.255.255.0
 standby 123 ip 172.27.192.254
 standby 123 priority 150
 standby 123 preempt
 standby 123 authentication md5 key-string SERVER_VIP
 standby 123 track 1 decrement 60
 ipv6 address 2001:172:27:192::20/64

R20#sh standby
GigabitEthernet1.192 - Group 123
  State is Active
    5 state changes, last state change 01:53:17
  Virtual IP address is 172.27.192.254
  Active virtual MAC address is 0000.0c07.ac7b (MAC In Use)
    Local virtual MAC address is 0000.0c07.ac7b (v1 default)
  Hello time 3 sec, hold time 10 sec
    Next hello sent in 0.800 secs
  Authentication MD5, key-string
  Preemption enabled
  Active router is local
  Standby router is 172.27.192.19, priority 100 (expires in 10.320 sec)
  Priority 150 (configured 150)
    Track object 1 state Up decrement 60
  Group name is "hsrp-Gi1.192-123" (default)

R15%server1#sh ip route

Routing Table: server1
Codes: L - local, C - connected, S - static, R - RIP, M - mobile, B - BGP
       D - EIGRP, EX - EIGRP external, O - OSPF, IA - OSPF inter area
       N1 - OSPF NSSA external type 1, N2 - OSPF NSSA external type 2
       E1 - OSPF external type 1, E2 - OSPF external type 2
       i - IS-IS, su - IS-IS summary, L1 - IS-IS level-1, L2 - IS-IS level-2
       ia - IS-IS inter area, * - candidate default, U - per-user static route
       o - ODR, P - periodic downloaded static route, H - NHRP, l - LISP
       a - application route
       + - replicated route, % - next hop override

Gateway of last resort is 172.27.192.254 to network 0.0.0.0

S*    0.0.0.0/0 [1/0] via 172.27.192.254, GigabitEthernet1.192
      172.27.0.0/16 is variably subnetted, 2 subnets, 2 masks
C        172.27.192.0/24 is directly connected, GigabitEthernet1.192
L        172.27.192.100/32 is directly connected, GigabitEthernet1.192
R15%server1#

R20#sh ip arp
Protocol  Address          Age (min)  Hardware Addr   Type   Interface
Internet  172.27.182.18         104   0050.56b5.21e9  ARPA   GigabitEthernet1.182
Internet  172.27.182.20           -   0050.56b5.1481  ARPA   GigabitEthernet1.182
Internet  172.27.192.19         103   0050.56b5.12b1  ARPA   GigabitEthernet1.192
Internet  172.27.192.20           -   0050.56b5.1481  ARPA   GigabitEthernet1.192
Internet  172.27.192.100          2   0050.56b5.287e  ARPA   GigabitEthernet1.192
Internet  172.27.192.254          -   0000.0c07.ac7b  ARPA   GigabitEthernet1.192

R15%server1#ping 172.27.192.254
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 172.27.192.254, timeout is 2 seconds:
.....
Success rate is 0 percent (0/5)
R15%server1#ping 172.27.192.19
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 172.27.192.19, timeout is 2 seconds:
.!!!!
Success rate is 80 percent (4/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/1/1 ms
R15%server1#ping 172.27.192.20
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 172.27.192.20, timeout is 2 seconds:
.!!!!
Success rate is 80 percent (4/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/1/1 ms
R15%server1#

Hello,

I am trying to implement BGP conditional advertisement with the following logic:

Advertise default (or maybe some prefix Z) only if prefix X AND Y are present in the RT.

I found the AND part quite tricky, as AND logic in route maps is broken: starting from some version IOS is merging the same match conditions into one (even if you enter them separatrely) twisting the statement logic from AND to OR.

Does anyone know some sane method of accomplishing this task?

Regards,

Michael

P.S. The only idea I've got is to define one prefix via prefix-list and the other via ACL. This will produce the different types of match conditions and will work. But this looks like ugly hack and will not work in case of 3 or more prefixes in condition.

Hi all,

I understand from a high level that GR helps with routing engine switch overs, for example a failover of 6500 supervisors, by suspending the control plane while maintaing the forwarding plane.

The bit that confuses me and unfortunately I don't have the kit to test is what happens if a supervisor just dies? For example if I ripped out the active supervisor?

This would not be very "graceful" and there would be no chance for the device to signal that it needs to switch over.

So my question is simple: Does GR help with sudden, catastrophic failures in dual supervisor systems?

Many thanks!

Hi all,

I am trying to improve convergence and failover times on our network. The IGP is IS-IS and we use VRRP with route tracking on a resilient pair of PE routers facing the customer (we are using static PE-CE here).

On the primary PE we track the loopback of the directly connected P router.

Edge:

track 1 ip route 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.255 reachability

interface GigabitEthernet2

 vrf forwarding XXXXX

 ip address 192.168.10.7 255.255.255.0

 vrrp 1 ip 192.168.10.1

 vrrp 1 priority 105

 vrrp 1 track 1

On the core facing link we have BFD with 50ms/150ms hello/dead timers.

Prior to tweaking IS-IS we seen failovers in the order 10 seconds. I can explain 5.5 seconds of this in the default SPF initial interval.

I have therefore used the best practice in this template:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/iproute_isis/configuration/12-4/irs-12-4-book/irs-fscbp.html

router isis

 spf-interval 5 1 50

 prc-interval 5 1 50

 lsp-gen-interval 5 1 50

This is removed the IS-IS initial delay but we are still seeing a delay of around 5 seconds.

Debugging the routing table, track and VRRP I can see there is delay between the route going and VRRP failing over.

*Oct  5 16:25:49.481: RT: del 1.1.1.1 via 192.168.17.1, isis metric [115/10]

*Oct  5 16:25:49.481: RT: delete subnet route to 1.1.1.1/32

*Oct  5 16:25:51.455: %TRACK-6-STATE: 1 ip route 1.1.1.1/32 reachability Up -> Down

*Oct  5 16:25:54.847: %VRRP-6-STATECHANGE: Gi2 Grp 1 state Master -> Backup

It seems to take the track 2 seconds to realise the route is gone and a further 3 seconds for VRRP to failover. I don’t understand why this part of the failover is taken so long?

Is this all I can expect from the track and VRRP features?

Hi,

I have a 1921 Router with two gig interfaces but only one of them seems to work.

Both of them are connected to a 3750 switch with the same config on both ports.
I have tried different cables but no difference. I had a look on the command show controllers for the interfaces and found this

lon-er01#show controllers gig0/0 | i Port
Port Stopped: Y
lon-er01#show controllers gig0/1 | i Port
Port Stopped: N

The configuration
interface GigabitEthernet0/0
 description mgmt
 ip address 172.24.55.9 255.255.255.0
 duplex auto
 speed auto
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
 ip address 10.150.0.1 255.255.255.0
 duplex auto
 speed auto
end

lon-er01#show ip inter brief
Interface                  IP-Address      OK? Method Status                Protocol  
GigabitEthernet0/0         172.24.55.9     YES NVRAM  down                  down   
GigabitEthernet0/1         10.150.0.1      YES NVRAM  up                    up

Any idea why it says "Port Stopped: Y"?

Thanks for your help

Use this thread for discussion on building INE's CCIE RSv5 topology using GNS3 with IOU or IOL.

Details of INE's RSv5 topology can be found here.

Details on GNS3 can be found here.

This thread is a continuation of the original RSv5 build thread that can be found here.

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