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Example: Using Routing Policy in an ISP Network

This example is a case study in how routing policies might be used in a typical Internet service provider (ISP) network.

Requirements

No special configuration beyond device initialization is required before configuring this example.

Overview

In this network example, the ISP’s AS number is 64510. The ISP has two transit peers (AS 64514 and AS 64515) to which it connects at an exchange point. The ISP is also connected to two private peers (AS 64513 and AS 64516) with which it exchanges specific customer routes. The ISP has two customers (AS 64511 and AS 64512).

The ISP policies are configured in an outbound direction. That is, the example focuses on the routes that the ISP announces to its peers and customers, and includes the following:

  1. The ISP has been assigned AS 64510 and the routing space of 172.16.32.0/21. With the exception of the two customer networks, all other customer routes are simulated with static routes.

  2. The exchange peers are used for transit service to other portions of the Internet. This means that the ISP is accepting all routes (the full Internet routing table) from those BGP peers. To help maintain an optimized Internet routing table, the ISP is configured to advertise only two aggregate routes to the transit peers.

  3. The ISP administrators want all data to the private peers to use the direct links. As a result, all the customer routes from the ISP are advertised to those private peers. These peers then advertise all their customer routes to the ISP.

  4. Finally, each customer has a different set of requirements. Customer-1 requires a singe default route. Customer-2 requires specific routes.

Topology

Figure 1 shows the sample network.

Figure 1: ISP Network ExampleISP Network Example

Set Commands for All Devices in the Topology

CLI Quick Configuration

To quickly configure this example, copy the following commands, paste them into a text file, remove any line breaks, change any details necessary to match your network configuration, and then copy and paste the commands into the CLI at the [edit] hierarchy level.

Device Customer-1

Device Customer-2

Device ISP-1

Device ISP-2

Device ISP-3

Device Exchange-1

Device Exchange-2

Device Private-Peer-1

Device Private-Peer-2

Configuring Device Customer-1

Procedure

Step-by-Step Procedure

The following example requires that you navigate various levels in the configuration hierarchy. For information about navigating the CLI, see Use the CLI Editor in Configuration Mode in the Junos OS CLI User Guide.

Device Customer-1 has multiple static routes configured to simulate customer routes. These routes are sent to the ISP.

To configure Device Customer-1:

  1. Configure the device interfaces.

  2. Configure the static routes.

  3. Configure the policy to send static routes.

  4. Configure the external BGP (EBGP) connection to the ISP.

  5. Configure the autonomous system (AS) number.

Results

From configuration mode, confirm your configuration by entering the show interfaces, show protocols, show policy-options, and show routing-options commands. If the output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the instructions in this example to correct the configuration.

If you are done configuring the device, enter commit from configuration mode.

Configuring Device Customer-2

Procedure

Step-by-Step Procedure

The following example requires that you navigate various levels in the configuration hierarchy. For information about navigating the CLI, see Use the CLI Editor in Configuration Mode in the Junos OS CLI User Guide.

Device Customer-2 has two static routes configured to simulate customer routes. These routes are sent to the ISP. Customer-2 has a link to the ISP, as well as a link to AS 8000. This customer has requested specific customer routes from the ISP, as well as from AS 64516. Customer-2 wants to use the ISP for transit service to the Internet, and has requested a default route from the ISP.

To configure Device Customer-2:

  1. Configure the device interfaces.

  2. Configure the static routes.

  3. Configure the import routing policy.

    The route with the highest local preference value is preferred. Routes from the ISP are preferred over the same routes from Device Private-Peer-2

  4. Configure the export routing policy.

  5. Configure the external BGP (EBGP) connection to the ISP and to Device Private-Peer-2.

  6. Configure the autonomous system (AS) number.

Results

From configuration mode, confirm your configuration by entering the show interfaces, show protocols, show policy-options, and show routing-options commands. If the output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the instructions in this example to correct the configuration.

If you are done configuring the device, enter commit from configuration mode.

Configuring Devices ISP-1 and ISP-2

Procedure

Step-by-Step Procedure

The following example requires that you navigate various levels in the configuration hierarchy. For information about navigating the CLI, see Use the CLI Editor in Configuration Mode in the Junos OS CLI User Guide.

Device ISP-1 and Device ISP-2 each have two policies configured: The private-peer policy and the exchange-peer policy. Because of their similar configurations, this example shows the step-by-step configuration only for Device ISP-2.

On Device ISP-2, the private-peer policy sends the ISP customer routes to Device Private-Peer-2. The policy accepts all local static routes (local Device ISP-2 customers) and all BGP routes in the 172.16.32.0/21 range (advertised by other ISP routers). These two policy terms represent the ISP customer routes. The final policy term rejects all other routes, which includes the entire Internet routing table sent by the exchange peers. These routes do not need to be sent to Device Private-Peer-2 for two reasons:

  • The peer already maintains a connection to Device Exchange-2 in our example, so the routes are redundant.

  • The private peer wants customer routes only. The private-peer policy accomplishes this goal. The exchange-peer policy sends routes to Device Exchange-2.

In the example, only two routes need to be sent to Device Exchange-2:

  • The aggregate route that represents the AS 64510 routing space of 172.16.32.0/21. This route is configured as an aggregate route locally and is advertised by the exchange-peer policy.

  • The address space assigned to Customer-2, 172.16.44.0/23. This smaller aggregate route needs to be sent to Device Exchange-2 because the customer is also attached to the AS 64516 peer (Device Private-Peer-2).

Sending these two routes to Device Exchange-2 allows other networks in the Internet to reach the customer through either the ISP or the private peer. If just the private peer were to advertise the /23 network while the ISP maintained only its /21 aggregate, all traffic destined for the customer would transit AS 64516 only. Because the customer also wants routes from the ISP, the 172.16.44.0/23 route is announced by Device ISP-2. Like the larger aggregate route, the 172.16.44.0/23 route is configured locally and is advertised by the exchange-peer policy. The final term in that policy rejects all routes, including the specific customer networks of the ISP, the customer routes from Device Private-Peer-1, the customer routes from Device Private-Peer-2, and the routing table from Device Exchange-1. In essence, this final term prevents the ISP from performing transit services for the Internet at large.

To configure Device ISP-2:

  1. Configure the device interfaces.

  2. Configure the interior gateway protocol (IGP).

  3. Configure the static and aggregate routes.

  4. Configure the routing policies for the exchange peers.

  5. Configure the routing policies for the internal peers.

  6. Configure the routing policies for the private peer.

  7. Configure the internal BGP (IBGP) connections to the other ISP devices.

  8. Configure the EBGP connections to the exchange peer and the private peer.

  9. Configure the autonomous system (AS) number and the router ID.

Results

From configuration mode, confirm your configuration by entering the show interfaces, show protocols, show policy-options, and show routing-options commands. If the output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the instructions in this example to correct the configuration.

If you are done configuring the device, enter commit from configuration mode.

Configuring Device ISP-3

Procedure

Step-by-Step Procedure

The following example requires that you navigate various levels in the configuration hierarchy. For information about navigating the CLI, see Use the CLI Editor in Configuration Mode in the Junos OS CLI User Guide.

On Device ISP-3, a separate policy is in place for each customer. The default route for Customer-1 is being sent by the customer-1-peer policy. This policy finds the 0.0.0.0/0 default route in inet.0 and accepts it. The policy also rejects all other routes, thereby not sending all BGP routes on the ISP router. The customer-2-peer policy is for Customer-2 and contains the same policy terms, which also send the default route and no other transit BGP routes. The additional terms in the customer-2-peer policy send the ISP customer routes to Customer-2. Because there are local static routes on Device ISP-3 that represent local customers, these routes are sent as well as all other internal routes announced to the local router by the other ISP routers.

If the upstream route from Device Exchange-1 (172.16.8.0/21) is present, Device ISP-3 generates a default route.

To configure Device ISP-3:

  1. Configure the device interfaces.

  2. Configure the interior gateway protocol (IGP).

  3. Configure the static routes.

  4. Configure a routing policy that generates a default static route only if a certain upstream route exists.

  5. Configure the routing policy for Customer-1.

  6. Configure the routing policy for Customer-2.

  7. Configure the routing policies for the internal peers.

  8. Configure the internal BGP (IBGP) connections to the other ISP devices.

  9. Configure the EBGP connections to the customer peers.

  10. Configure the autonomous system (AS) number and the router ID.

Results

From configuration mode, confirm your configuration by entering the show interfaces, show protocols, show policy-options, and show routing-options commands. If the output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the instructions in this example to correct the configuration.

If you are done configuring the device, enter commit from configuration mode.

Configuring Device Exchange-2

Procedure

Step-by-Step Procedure

The following example requires that you navigate various levels in the configuration hierarchy. For information about navigating the CLI, see Use the CLI Editor in Configuration Mode in the Junos OS CLI User Guide.

Device Exchange-2 exchanges all BGP routes with all BGP peers. The outbound-routes policy for Device Exchange-2 advertises locally defined static routes using BGP. The exclusion of a final then reject term causes the default BGP export policy to take effect, which is to send all BGP routes to all external BGP peers.

To configure Device Exchange-2:

  1. Configure the device interfaces.

  2. Configure the static routes.

  3. Configure a routing policy that generates a default static route only if certain internal routes exist.

  4. Configure the EBGP connections to the customer peers.

  5. Configure the autonomous system (AS) number.

Results

From configuration mode, confirm your configuration by entering the show interfaces, show protocols, show policy-options, and show routing-options commands. If the output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the instructions in this example to correct the configuration.

If you are done configuring the device, enter commit from configuration mode.

Configuring Device Private-Peer-2

Procedure

Step-by-Step Procedure

The following example requires that you navigate various levels in the configuration hierarchy. For information about navigating the CLI, see Use the CLI Editor in Configuration Mode in the Junos OS CLI User Guide.

Device Private-Peer-2 performs two main functions:

  • Advertises routes local to AS 64516 to both the exchange peers and the ISP routers. The outbound-routes policy advertises the local static routes (that is, customers) on the router, and also advertises all routes learned by BGP that originated in either AS 64516 or AS 64512. These routes include other AS 64516 customer routes in addition to the AS 64512 customer. The AS routes are identified by an AS path regular expression match criteria in the policy.

  • Advertises the 0.0.0.0/0 default route to the AS 64512 customer router. To accomplish this, the private peer creates a generated route for 0.0.0.0/0 locally on the router. This generated route is further assigned a policy called if-upstream-routes-exist, which allows only certain routes to contribute to the generated route, making it an active route in the routing table. Once the route is active, it can be sent to the AS 64512 router using BGP and the configured policies. The if-upstream-routes-exist policy accepts only the 172.16.32.0/21 route from Device Exchange-2, and rejects all other routes. If the 172.16.32.0/21 route is withdrawn by the exchange peer, the private peer loses the 0.0.0.0/0 default route and withdraws the default route from the AS 64512 customer router.

To configure Device Private-Peer-2:

  1. Configure the device interfaces.

  2. Configure the static routes.

  3. Configure a routing policy that generates a default static route only if certain internal routes exist.

  4. Configure the routing policy that advertises local static routes and the default route.

  5. Configure the routing policy that advertises local customer routes.

  6. Configure the EBGP connection to Customer-2.

  7. Configure the EBGP connection to Device Exchange-2.

  8. Configure the EBGP connections to the ISP.

  9. Configure the autonomous system (AS) number.

Results

From configuration mode, confirm your configuration by entering the show interfaces, show protocols, show policy-options, and show routing-options commands. If the output does not display the intended configuration, repeat the instructions in this example to correct the configuration.

If you are done configuring the device, enter commit from configuration mode.

Verification

Confirm that the configuration is working properly.

Verifying the Routes on Device Customer-1

Purpose

On Device Customer-1, check the routes in the routing table.

Action

Meaning

Device Customer-1 has its four static routes, and it has learned the default route through BGP.

Verifying the Routes on Device Customer-2

Purpose

On Device Customer-2, check the routes in the routing table.

Action

Meaning

Device Customer-2 has learned the default route through its session with the ISP and also through its session with the private peer. The route learned from the ISP is preferred because it has a higher local preference.

Verifying the Routes on Device ISP-1

Purpose

On Device ISP-1, check the routes in the routing table.

Action

Verifying the Routes on Device ISP-2

Purpose

On Device ISP-2, check the routes in the routing table.

Action

Verifying the Routes on Device ISP-3

Purpose

On Device ISP-3, check the routes in the routing table.

Action

Verifying the Routes on Device Exchange-1

Purpose

On Device Exchange-1, check the routes in the routing table.

Action

Verifying the Routes on Device Exchange-2

Purpose

On Device Exchange-2, check the routes in the routing table.

Action

Meaning

On Device Exchange-2, the default route 0/0 is hidden because the next hop for the route is its own interface to Device Private-Peer-2, from which the route was received. The route is hidden to avoid a loop.

Verifying the Routes on Device Private-Peer-1

Purpose

On Device Private-Peer-1, check the routes in the routing table.

Action

Verifying the Routes on Device Private-Peer-2

Purpose

On Device Private-Peer-2, check the routes in the routing table.

Action