Management tag, Lsp fragment extension – H3C Technologies H3C S12500 Series Switches User Manual

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When creating the Constraint-based Routed LSP (CR LSP), MPLS must get the traffic attribute information

of all links in the local area. The TE information of links is obtained from IS-IS. For detailed configuration
of the IS-IS TE, see MPLS Configuration Guide.

Management tag

Management tag simplifies routing information management by carrying the management information

of the IP address prefixes (to control route redistribution from other routing protocols) and BGP community

and extended community attributes.

LSP fragment extension

IS-IS advertises link state information by flooding LSPs. One LSP carries a limited amount of link state

information; therefore, IS-IS fragments LSPs. Each LSP fragment is uniquely identified by a combination of

the System ID, Pseudonode ID (0 for a common LSP or a non-zero value for a Pseudonode LSP), and LSP

Number (LSP fragment number) of the node or pseudo node that generated the LSP. The 1-byte LSP
Number field, allowing a maximum of only 256 fragments to be generated by an IS-IS router, limits the

amount of link information the IS-IS router can advertise.
The LSP fragment extension feature allows an IS-IS router to generate more LSP fragments. Up to 50

additional virtual systems can be configured on the router, and each virtual system is capable of
generating 256 LSP fragments to enable the IS-IS router to generate up to 13056 LSP fragments.

Terms

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Originating system—The router actually running IS-IS. After LSP fragment extension is enabled,
additional virtual systems can be configured for the router. Originating system is the IS-IS

process that originally runs.

{

System ID—The system ID of the originating system.

{

Additional system ID—Additional virtual system IDs are configured for the IS-IS router after LSP
fragment extension is enabled. Each additional system ID can generate 256 LSP fragments.

Both the additional system ID and the system ID must be unique in the entire routing domain.

{

Virtual system—A virtual system is identified by an additional system ID and generates
extended LSP fragments.

{

Original LSP—The LSP generated by the originating system. The system ID in its LSP ID field is
the system ID of the originating system.

{

Extended LSP—Extended LSPs are generated by virtual systems. The system ID in its LSP ID field
is the virtual system ID. After additional system IDs are configured, an IS-IS router can advertise

more link state information in extended LSP fragments. Each virtual system can be considered a

virtual router. An extended LSP fragment is advertised by a virtual system identified by an

additional system ID.

Operation modes
The LSP fragment extension feature operates in the following modes:

{

Mode-1—Applicable to a network where some routers do not support LSP fragment extension.
In this mode, adjacencies are formed between the originating system and virtual systems, with
the link cost from the originating system to each virtual system as 0. Thus, each virtual system

acts as a router connected to the originating system in the network, but the virtual systems are

reachable through the originating system only. Therefore, the IS-IS routers not supporting LSP

fragment extension can operate correctly without modifying the extended LSP fragments
received, but some limitation is imposed on the link state information in the extended LSP

fragments advertised by the virtual systems.

{

Mode-2—Applicable to a network where all the routers support LSP fragment extension. In this
mode, all the IS-IS routers know which virtual system belongs to which originating system;

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