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Configuring Tag Switching

Configuring Tag Switching

This chapter describes how to configure tag switching, and includes the following sections:

Note For more information about tag switching, refer to the Catalyst 8540 MSR Software Configuration Guide. Refer to the Catalyst 8540 MSR Command Reference for command syntax.

Software Restrictions

The software restrictions for tag switching follow:

Configuring Tag Switching on an ATM Switch Router

This section describes how to configure tag switching on an ATM switch router, and includes the following procedures:

Enabling Tag Switching on the ATM Interface

Note Configure all parallel interfaces between switches for either IP unnumbered or with a specific IP address. Unnumbering some parallel interfaces and assigning specific IP addresses to others might cause Tag Distribution Protocol (TDP) sessions to restart on some parallel interfaces when another parallel interface is shut down. Therefore, we highly recommend that you unnumber all parallel interfaces to loopback.

Take these steps:
Step Command Task
1

Switch(config)# interface atm card/subcard/port

Switch(config-if)#

Enter interface configuration mode on the specified ATM interface.

2

Switch(config-if)# ip unnumbered type number

Enable IP unnumbered on the ATM interface and assign the unnumbered interface to an interface that has an IP address. We recommend enabling IP unnumbered because it allows you to conserve IP addresses and reduces the number of TVCs1 terminating on the switch.

or

or

Switch(config-if)# ip address ip-address mask

Assign an IP address and subnet mask to the ATM interface.

3

Switch(config-if)# tag-switching ip

Enable tag switching of IP packets on the interface.

4

Switch(config-if)# exit

Switch(config)#

Return to global configuration mode.

1TVCs = tag virtual channels.

Examples
Switch(config-if)# interface atm 1/0/1
Switch(config-if)# ip unnumbered loopback 0
Switch(config-if)# tag-switching ip
Switch(config-if)# exit
Switch(config)#
 
Switch(config)# interface atm 0/0/3
Switch(config-if)# ip address 1.3.11.3 255.255.0.0
Switch(config-if)# tag-switching ip
Switch(config-if)# exit
Switch(config)#
Verify
Switch# show tag-switching interfaces
Interface              IP    Tunnel   Operational
ATM0/0/3               Yes   No       No          (ATM tagging)
ATM1/0/1               Yes   No       No          (ATM tagging)
Switch#

Configuring the Routing Protocol

Enable the routing protocol (OSPF) on the ATM switch router so that it can create routing tables, which identify routes through the network. Then add the addresses and associated routing areas to the routing process so that it can propagate the addresses to other ATM switches and routers.

Take these steps:
Step Command Task
1

Switch(config)# router ospf process_number

Enable the routing protocol and assign it a process number. The process number is any positive integer.

2

Switch(config-router)# network address wildcard-mask area area-id

Define the network prefix, a wildcard subnet mask, and the associated area number on which to run the routing protocol. An area number is an identification number for an address range.

Repeat this command for each additional area you want to add to the routing process.

Caution  Ethernet interface 0 on the multiservice route processor (CPU card) is used for system management only (for example, downloading system images or configuration files from a TFTP1 server). Do not add this interface to the routing process.

3

Switch(config-router)# exit

Switch(config)#

Return to global configuration mode.

1TFTP = Trivial File Transfer Protocol.

Example
Note An IP address of 1.1.1.1 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 is entered as an IP network prefix of 1.1.1.0 with a subnet mask of 0.0.0.255. Likewise, an IP address of 1.2.1.1 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 is entered as an IP network prefix of 1.2.1.0 with a subnet mask of 0.0.0.255. 
Switch(config)# router ospf 10000
Switch(config-router)# network 1.1.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
Switch(config-router)# network 1.2.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
Switch(config-router)# network 1.3.0.0 0.0.255.255 area 0
Switch(config-router)# network 200.2.2.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
Switch(config-router)# network 1.0.1.0 0.0.0.255 area 0
Switch(config-router)# network 1.18.0.0 0.0.255.255 area 0
Switch(config-router)# exit
Switch(config)#
Verify
Switch# show ip ospf
 Routing Process "ospf 10000" with ID 1.0.1.11
 Supports only single TOS(TOS0) routes
 SPF schedule delay 5 secs, Hold time between two SPFs 10 secs
 Number of DCbitless external LSA 0
 Number of DoNotAge external LSA 0
 Number of areas in this router is 1. 1 normal 0 stub 0 nssa
    Area BACKBONE(0) (Inactive)
        Number of interfaces in this area is 4
        Area has no authentication
        SPF algorithm executed 2 times
        Area ranges are
        Link State Update Interval is 00:30:00 and due in 00:14:42
        Link State Age Interval is 00:20:00 and due in 00:14:10
        Number of DCbitless LSA 0
        Number of indication LSA 0
        Number of DoNotAge LSA 0
 
Switch#

Configuring Tag Switching on a Router

This section describes how to configure tag switching between a router and an ATM switch router.

Take these steps:
Step Command Task
1

Router# configure terminal

Router(config)#

Enter global configuration mode.

2

Router(config)# interface type port[/slot][.subinterface]

Router(config-subif)#

Select the subinterface to configure.

3

Router(config-subif)# ip address address subnet

Enter the IP address and subnet mask for the interface.

4

Router(config-subif)# tag-switching ip

Enable tag switching of IP packets on an interface.

5

Router(config-subif)# no shutdown

Enable the interface.

6

Router(config-subif)# exit

Router(config)#

Return to global configuration mode.

7

Router(config)# interface type port[/slot]

Router(config-if)#

Enter interface configuration on the main interface you selected in Step 2.

8

Router(config-if)# no shutdown

Enable the interface.

Example
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# interface atm 2/0.1
Router(config-subif)# ip address 189.26.11.15 255.255.0.0
Router(config-subif)# tag-switching ip
Router(config-subif)# no shutdown
Router(config-subif)# exit
Router(config)# interface atm 2.0
Router(config-if)# no shutdown
Verify
Router# show tag-switching interface
Interface              IP    Tunnel   Operational
ATM2/0.1               Yes   No       Yes (ATM tagging)

Tag Switching Configuration Example

Figure 5-1 shows an example tag switching network.


Figure 5-1: Example Network for Tag Switching


Router 5-1 Configuration

The configuration of router R5-1, interface e0/1, follows:

router_R5-1# configure terminal
router_R5-2(config)# ip cef switch
router_R5-1(config)# tag-switching advertise-tags
router_R5-1(config)# interface e0/1
router_R5-1(config-if)# tag-switching ip
router_R5-1(config-if)# exit
router_R5-1#(config)#
Router 5-2 Configuration

The configuration between router R5-1, interface e0/1, and R5-2, interface e0/1, follows:

router_R5-2# configure terminal
router_R5-2(config)# ip cef switch
router_R5-2(config)# tag-switching advertise-tags
router_R5-2(config)# interface e0/1
router_R5-2(config-if)# tag-switching ip
router_R5-2(config-if)# exit
router_R5-2#(config)#

The configuration between router R5-2, interface e0/2, and R5-3, interface e0/2, follows:

route_R5-2(config)# interface e0/2
route_R5-2(config-if)# tag-switching ip
route_R5-2(config-if)# exit

The configuration of router R5-2, interface a2/0.1, follows:

router_R5-2(config-if)# interface a2/0.1 
router_R5-2(config-subif)# ip address 189.26.11.15 255.255.0.0
router_R5-2(config-subif)# tag-switching ip
router_R5-2(config-subif)# no shutdown
router_R5-2(config-subif)# exit
router_R5-2(config)# interface a2/0
router_R5-2(config)# no shutdown
Router 5-3 Configuration

The configuration of router R5-3, interface e0/2, follows:

router_R5-3# configure terminal
router_R5-3(config)# ip cef switch
router_R5-3(config)# tag-switching advertise-tags
router_R5-3(config)# interface e0/2
router_R5-3(config-if)# tag-switching ip
router_R5-3(config-if)# exit

The configuration of router R5-3, interface e0/5 follows:

router_R5-3(config)# interface e0/5
router_R5-3(config-if)# tag-switching ip
router_R5-3(config-if)# exit

The configuration of router R5-3, interface a2/0.1, follows:

router_R5-3# configure terminal
router_R5-3(config)# interface a2/0.1 
router_R5-3(config-if)# ip address 189.25.12.13 255.255.0.0
router_R5-3(config-if)# tag-switching ip
router_R5-3(config-if)# no shutdown
router_R5-3(config-if)# exit
router_R5-3(config-if)# interface a2/0
router_R5-3(config)# no shutdown
ATM Switch Router A5-4 Configuration

The configuration of ATM switch router A5-4, interfaces a0/1/1 and 0/0/3, follows:

atm_A5-4# configure terminal
atm_A5-4(config)# interface a0/1/1
atm_A5-4(config-if)# no shutdown
atm_A5-4(config-if)# ip address 189.24.15.12 255.255.0.0
atm_A5-4(config-if)# tag-switching ip
atm_A5-4(config-if)# exit
atm_A5-4(config)# tag-switching ip
atm_A5-4(config)# interface a0/0/3
atm_A5-4(config-if)# no shutdown
atm_A5-4(config-if)# ip address 189.25.15.11 255.255.0.0
atm_A5-4(config-if)# tag-switching ip
atm_A5-4(config-if)# exit
atm_A5-4(config)# tag-switching ip
Router 5-5 Configuration

The configuration of router R5-5, interface e0/2, follows:

router_R5-5# configure terminal
router_R5-5(config)# ip cef switch
router_R5-5(config)# tag-switching advertise-tags
router_R5-5(config)# interface e0/2
router_R5-5(config-if)# tag-switching ip
router_R5-5(config-if)# exit
ATM Switch Router A6-4 Configuration

The configuration of ATM switch router A6-4, interface a0/1/1, follows:

atm_A6-4# configure terminal
atm_A6-4(config)# interface a0/1/1
atm_A6-4(config-if)# no shutdown
atm_A6-4(config-if)# ip address 189.24.14.12 255.255.0.0
atm_A6-4(config-if)# tag-switching ip
atm_A6-4(config-if)# exit

The configuration of ATM switch router A6-4, interface a0/0/3, follows:

atm_A6-4# configure terminal
atm_A6-4(config)# interface a0/0/3
atm_A6-4(config-if)# no shutdown
atm_A6-4(config-if)# ip address 189.26.14.11 255.255.0.0
atm_A6-4(config-if)# tag-switching ip
atm_A6-4(config-if)# exit


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