lsp-lifetime
Syntax
lsp-lifetime seconds;
Hierarchy Level
[edit logical-systems logical-system-name protocols isis], [edit logical-systems logical-system-name routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols isis], [edit protocols isis], [edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols isis]
Description
Specify how long a link-state PDU originating from the routing device should persist in the network. The routing device sends link-state PDUs often enough so that the link-state PDU lifetime never expires.
Because link-state PDUs have a maximum lifetime, they need to be refreshed. Refreshing means that a routing device needs to re-originate its link-state PDUs periodically. The re-origination interval must be less than the link-state PDU’s lifetime. For example, if the link-state PDU is valid for 1200 seconds, the routing device needs to refresh the link-state PDU in less than 1200 seconds to avoid removal of the link-state PDU from the link-state database by other routing devices. The recommended maximum link-state PDU origination interval is the lifetime minus 300 seconds. So, in a default environment this would be 900 seconds. In Junos OS, the refresh interval is derived from the lifetime and is equal to the lifetime minus 317 seconds. You can change the lifetime to a higher value to reduce the number of refreshes in the network. (You would rarely want to increase the number of refreshes.) Often theses periodic link-state PDU refreshes are referred to as refresh noise, and network administrators want to reduce this noise as much as possible.
The show isis overview command displays the link-state PDU lifetime.
Default
By default, link-state PDUs are maintained in network databases for 1200 seconds (20 minutes) before being considered invalid. This length of time, called the LSP lifetime, normally is sufficient to guarantee that link-state PDUs never expire.
Options
seconds—link-state PDU lifetime, in seconds.
Range: 350 through 65,535 seconds
Default: 1200 seconds
Required Privilege Level
routing—To view this statement in the configuration.
routing-control—To add this statement to the configuration.
Release Information
Statement introduced before Junos OS Release 7.4.