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Monitoring MPLS Forwarding for Layer 2 Services over MPLS

Purpose

Display configuration and statistics for all label-switched paths (LSPs) or for specific LSPs configured on the label-switching router (LSR). The brief keyword displays only the the action taken for each in label.

Action

To display LSP configuration and statistics from the MPLS forwarding table:

host1:two#show mpls forwarding
serial4/1:1/1/1/1/1.1 to   222.9.1.3
  In  label 20
    0 pkts, 0 hcPkts, 0 octets
    0 hcOctets, 0 errors, 0 discardPkts
  Out label 45 on tun mpls:1 nbr 222.9.1.3
    0 pkts, 0 hcPkts, 0 octets
    0 hcOctets, 0 errors, 0 discardPkts

To display summary information from the MPLS forwarding table:

host:two# show mpls forwarding brief
Platform label space
In Label  Owner              Action
-------- -------- ---------------------------------------------------------
16       ldp      lookup on inner header/label
17       ldp      swap to 29 on ATM5/0.1, nbr 10.10.11.5
18       ldp      swap to 30 on ATM5/0.1, nbr 10.10.11.5
19       ldp      swap to 32 on ATM5/0.1, nbr 10.10.11.5
20       ldp      swap to 34 on ATM5/0.1, nbr 10.10.11.5
21       ldp      lookup on inner header/label
22       ldp      swap to 38 on ATM5/0.1, nbr 10.10.11.5
23       ldp      swap to 40 on ATM5/0.1, nbr 10.10.11.5
24       ldp      swap to 42 on ATM5/0.1, nbr 10.10.11.5
25       ldp      lookup on inner header/label
26       ldp      swap to 46 on ATM5/0.1, nbr 10.10.11.5
27       ldp      swap to 48 on ATM5/0.1, nbr 10.10.11.5
52       ldp      l2transport to FastEthernet2/0.2                  
53       ldp      l2transport to FastEthernet2/0.1 
L2transport
     Interface        Owner                 Action
-------------------- -------- -------------------------------------------
FastEthernet2/0.1    ldp      swap to 55, push 42 on ATM5/0.1, nbr 10.10.11.5
FastEthernet2/0.2    ldp      swap to 54, push 42 on ATM5/0.1, nbr 10.10.11.5

The “ swap to” labels 55 and 54 under the L2transport heading in the summary example are VC labels received from the other router. The label that is pushed in this case, 42, is for the base tunnel.

Meaning

Table 70 lists the show mpls forwarding command output fields

Table 70: show mpls forwarding Output Fields

Field Name	Field Description
name/id	Interface specifier
destination	Destination IP address
In label	Label sent to upstream neighbor for route
Out label	Label received from downstream neighbor for route
pkts	Number of packets sent across tunnel
hcPkts	Number of high-capacity (64-bit) packets sent across tunnel
octets	Number of octets sent across tunnel
hcOctets	Number of high-capacity (64-bit) octets sent across tunnel
errors	Number of packets dropped for some reason before being sent
discardPkts	Number of packets discarded due to lack of buffer space before being sent

Monitoring MPLS Forwarding for Layer 2 Services over MPLS

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