
JunosE 12.1.x Service Availability Configuration
Guide
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Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
About the Documentation
Chapters
Service Availability
Managing Module Redundancy
Line Module Redundancy Overview
Line Module Redundancy Requirements
Understanding Automatic Switchover
Understanding Reversion After Switchover
Configuring Line Module Redundancy
Managing Line Module Redundancy
Example: Forcing the Router to Switch from Primary Line Module
to Spare Line Module
Interoperation of Redundancy and Stateful Switchover for Line
Modules
Understanding SRP Module Redundancy
Understanding Configuration of SRP Modules for Redundancy
Installing a Redundant SRP Module
Managing SRP Module Redundancy
Switching to the Redundant SRP Module
Determination of Redundancy Status for Line Modules and SRP
Modules Using Status LEDs
Monitoring Redundancy in Installed Hardware
Monitoring Redundancy in Line Module and SRP Modules
Monitoring Redundancy Status on E320 Router
Managing Stateful SRP Switchover
Stateful SRP Switchover Overview
Stateful SRP Switchover Platform Considerations
Stateful SRP Switchover Redundancy Modes
Stateful SRP Switchover States
Application Support for Stateful SRP Switchover
Guidelines for Activating High Availability
Activating High Availability
Guidelines for Deactivating High Availability
Deactivating High Availability
Guidelines for Setting the IP Interface Priority
Setting the IP Interface Priority
Guidelines for Upgrading Software
Monitoring the Redundancy Status
Monitoring the Redundancy Status of Applications
Monitoring the Redundancy History
Monitoring the Redundancy Status of Line Modules
Monitoring the Redundancy Status of SRP Modules
Monitoring the Redundancy Switchover History
Clearing the Redundancy History
Managing Stateful Line Module Switchover
Stateful Line Module Switchover Overview
Benefits of Stateful Line Module Switchover
Stateful Line Module Switchover Platform Considerations
Guidelines for Configuring Stateful Line Module Switchover
System Operations When Stateful Line Module Switchover Is Enabled
Stateful Line Module Configuration Scenarios
High Availability Configured and Enabled on the Line Module
High Availability Configured and Disabled on the Line Module
High Availability Configured and the Switchover State Is Active
or Disabled
Rebooting of the System When Line Module High Availability
Is Configured
Stateful SRP Switchover
Line Module Redundancy
Unified ISSU
Simultaneous Stateful Line Module Switchover and Stateful SRP
Switchover
Replacement of Line Modules When Stateful Line Module Switchover
Is Enabled
Reloading the Primary Line Module in Response to Failures
Reloading the Secondary Line Module in Response to Failures
Disabling the Primary and Secondary Line Module Slots
Replacing Line modules Without Erasing the Slot Configuration
Reloading the Router When Line Modules Enabled for HA Are Installed
Removing IOAs Without Powering Down from Line Modules
Cold and Warm Switchovers of Line Modules In a High Availability
Pair
Application Support for Stateful Line Module Switchover
Stateful Line Module Switchover Modes
Stateful Line Module Switchover States
Guidelines for Activating High Availability
Activating High Availability
Guidelines for Deactivating High Availability
Deactivating High Availability
Switching Over from a Primary Line Module to Secondary Line
Module
Log Messages Generated for Stateful LM Switchover
Log Messages Displayed During the Transition from Disabled
State to Active State
Log Messages Displayed During the Transition from Active State
to Pending or Disabled State
Log Messages Displayed During the Transition from Pending or
Disabled State to Active State
Log Messages Displayed During the Transition from Active or
Pending State to Disabled State
Log Messages Displayed for Stateful SRP and Line Module Switchover
When HA Is Enabled
Log Messages Displayed for Stateful SRP and Line Module Switchover
When HA Is Disabled
Preservation of Statistics During Stateful Line Module Switchover
Performance Impact and Scalability Considerations
Use of Status LEDs to Monitor the High Availability States
of Line Modules
Monitoring the Redundancy Status of Line Modules in a Specific
Slot
Monitoring the Redundancy History of Line Modules in a Specific
Slot 
Configuring a Unified In-Service Software Upgrade 
Unified ISSU Overview
Unified ISSU Platform Considerations
Hardware and Software Requirements Before Beginning a Unified
ISSU
Unified ISSU Terms
Unified ISSU References
Unified ISSU Phases Overview
Unified ISSU Initialization Phase Overview
Unified ISSU Upgrade Phase Overview
Unified ISSU Service Restoration Phase Overview
IPv6 Behavior During Unified ISSU
Application Support for Unified ISSU
Unexpected AAA Authentication and Authorization Behavior During
Unified ISSU
Unexpected ATM Behavior During Unified ISSU
Unexpected DHCP Behavior During Unified ISSU
Unexpected Denial-of-Service Protection Behavior During Unified
ISSU
Unexpected Ethernet Behavior During Unified ISSU
Unexpected File Transfer Protocol Server Behavior During Unified
ISSU
IS-IS Effects on Graceful Restart and Network Stability During
Unified ISSU
Unexpected L2TP Failover of Established Tunnels During Unified
ISSU
OSPF Effects on Graceful Restart and Network Stability During
Unified ISSU
Unexpected Suspension of PIM During Unified ISSU
Unexpected Suspension of Subscriber Login and Logouts During
Unified ISSU
Unexpected SONET and SDH Behavior During Unified ISSU
Unexpected T3 Behavior During Unified ISSU
Unavailability of TACACS+ Services During Unified ISSU
Interruption in Traffic Forwarding for Layer 3 Routing Protocols
During Unified ISSU
Recommended Settings for Routing Protocol Timers During Unified
ISSU
Upgrading Router Software with Unified ISSU
Halt of Unified ISSU During Initialization Phase Overview
Halting Unified ISSU During Initialization Phase
Halt of Unified ISSU During Upgrade Phase Overview
Halting Unified ISSU During Upgrade Phase
Monitoring the Status of the Router During Unified ISSU
Configuring VRRP
VRRP Overview
VRRP Platform Considerations
VRRP Terms
VRRP References
VRRP Implementation in E Series Routers
VRRP Router Election Rules
Example: Basic VRRP Configuration
Example: Commonly Used VRRP Configuration
Example: VRRP Configuration Without the Real Address Owner
Before You Configure VRRP
Configuring VRRP
Changing the Object Priority
Monitoring the Configuration of VRIDs
Monitoring the Configuration of VRRP Neighbors
Monitoring the Statistics of VRRP Routers
Monitoring the Configuration of VRRP Tracked Objects
Managing Interchassis Redundancy
ICR Overview
ICR Platform Considerations
ICR Terms
ICR References
ICR Scaling Considerations
Interaction with RADIUS for ICR
Configuring an ICR Partition
Configuring the Interface on Which the ICR Partition Resides
Configuring VRRP Instances to Match ICR Requirements
Naming ICR Partitions
Grouping ICR Subscribers Based on S-VLAN IDs
Grouping ICR Subscribers Based on VLAN IDs
Example: Configuring ICR Partitions That Group Subscribers
by S-VLAN ID
Using RADIUS to Manage Subscribers Logging In to ICR Partitions
Monitoring the Configuration of an ICR Partition Attached to
an Interface
Monitoring the Configuration of ICR Partitions
IndexA
- access modules
- ES2 4G LMs as
- access modules in the LNS
- receipt of event from an application
- Access-Request messages
- Acct-Start messages
- Acct-Stop messages
- activating guidelines
- active
- active, line module high availability state
- change in previously matching criterion
- mirroring of information
- synchronization of data
- unsupported application configured
- when a switchover occurs
- application support
- Automatic Reversion
- automatic switchover
- Automatic Switchover
B
C
- call setup rate
- data synchronization
- under peak load conditions
- clear redundancy commands
- cold boot
- of secondary line module
- commands for configuring
- stateful SRP switchover
- connection manager
- usage of stream ID
- conventions
- customer support
D
- data synchronization
- call setup rate impact
- deactivating
- deactivating guidelines
- high availability, line modules
- redundancy mode of line modules
- destination address (DA), VRRP
- direct memory access (DMA)
- receipt of packets for forwarding controller
- receipt of packets for system controller
- disable-switch-on-error command
- disabled
- disabled, line module high availability state
- cold-restart of the router
- retention in the same state
- disabled,, line module high availability state
- documentation set
- double fault window
- scenarios that occur
- simultaneous switchovers of
- system behavior during
- downlink modules
- ES2 4G LMs as
- drop events
- on egress queues
- drop rates
- on egress queues
E
- egress queues
- drop events on
- drop rates on
- forwarding events on
- forwarding rates on
- ES2 4G line modules
- as access modules
- as downlink modules
- ES2 4G LMs
- installed with Service IOA
F
- failover. See switchover
- file system synchronization mode
- forwarding controller
- receives packets from interface controller
- tables that point to failed modules
- transfer of packets from the interface controller
- transfer of packets to the system controller
- usage of stream ID
- forwarding controller database
- forwarding events
- on egress queues
- forwarding rates
- on egress queues
H
- hardware
- high availability
- high availability mode
- high availability mode, line modules
- brief pause in data forwarding
- initial bulk transfer of data
- no impact on existing user sessions
- synchronization of state and dynamic configuration
- transaction-based mirroring subsequently
- high availability pair
- high availability, line module See stateful line module switchover
- high availability, line modules
I
- icr cluster
- ICR commands
- icr interface
- ICR Options
- ICR Partition
- ICR partition accounting
- and dependence on Acct-Stop messages
- configuring
- disabling and enabling messages
- overview
- processing in different scenarios
- ICR Partition commands
- ICR partition ID VSA
- ICR Partition ID VSA
- transmitting to the virtual router
- ICR Partition Options
- ICR Partitions
- configuration example
- ICR RADIUS commands
- icr-partition
- in-service software upgrade. See unified ISSU
- initializing
- initializing, line module high availability state
- completion of operation
- crtieria not met or previously matching criteria not complied
- events that occur
- presence of unsupported application
- when a switchover occurs
- Interchassis Redundancy
- interface controller
- forwards packets to system controller
- operational image that runs on
- receives packets destined for forwarding controller
- receives packets destined for system controller
- Interim-Acct messages
- IOA slots
- and SRP module combination
- IP addresses
- ip commands See also vrrp commands
- ip address
- ip vrrp
- ip vrrp accept-data
- ip vrrp advertise-interval
- ip vrrp authentication-key
- ip vrrp authentication-type
- ip vrrp enable 1, 2
- ip vrrp preempt
- ip vrrp priority 1, 2
- ip vrrp track
- ip vrrp virtual-address 1, 2
- ip pim commands
- ISSU. See unified ISSU
L
- L2TP
- after switchover to the secondary module occurs
- configuration and operation data
- on the SRP module
- restoration of configuration to the new primary
- L2TP tunnels
- data packets received on
- LEDs
- line module high availability See stateful line module switchover
- line module high availability states
- line module redundancy
- configuring
- managing
- modules enabled for
- overview
- requirements
- line modules
- applications that support
- behavior of system functions
- cold switchover of
- on E120 and E320 routers, components
- replacing
- stateful switchover of
- warm switchover of
- with downlink interface to the LAC, reloading
- LNS devices
- ES2 4G LMs as access modules
- ES2 4G LMs as downlink modules
- LNS sessions
- stateful switchover of
- log messages
- generated for stateful line module switchover
- stateful line module switchover
- transition between switchover states 1, 2
- transition from active to disabled state
- transition from disabled to active state
- when HA is enabled
- stateful SRP switchover
- transition from pending to active state
- when HA is enabled 1, 2, 3
M
- manuals
- master router
- Module Redundancy
- switching example
- modules
N
P
- pending
- performance impact
- maximum tunneled PPP sessions
- platform considerations
- policy application
- downloading policy attachments
- in the line module
- transmission of policy attachments from SRP to LM
- policy attachments
- transfer in a bulk operation
- policy manager
- stateful line module switchover safe
- policy statistics
- PPP accounting statistics
- preserved across line module switchover
- Acct-Input-Octets RADIUS attribute
- Acct-Input-Packets RADIUS attribute
- Acct-Output-Octets RADIUS attribute
- Acct-Output-Packets RADIUS attribute
- IPv6-Acct-Input-Octets RADIUS attribute
- IPv6-Acct-Input-Packets RADIUS attribute
- IPv6-Acct-Output-Octets RADIUS attribute
- IPv6-Acct-Output-Packets RADIUS attribute
- PPP application
- after stateful line module switchover
- components on the line module
- echo requests for sessions on ES2 4G LM
- echo requests for sessions on failed module
- expiry of keepalives
- mirrored storage data
- sessions alternating between up and down states
- time for standby module to become active
- PPP echo reply messages
- sent from access modules in LNS
- PPP echo requests
- handling by access module in LNS
- stoppage of handling by access module in LNS
- PPP subscriber sessions
- on an LNS device in L2TP tunnels
- primary line module
- actions that trigger stateful switchover
- collection of statistics from
- disabling the slot
- disabling the slot of
- erasing the slot of
- failure of
- performance impact, stateful switchover
- reloading the slot of
- software fault occurs on
- timeout value
Q
- QoS
- agent clients bind and register
- configuration stored in line modules
- settings mirrored to standby module
- stateful line module switchover support
- queue manager
- agent running on line modules
- agents reside on line modules
- initiation of requests to the connection manager
- resides on the SRP
- usage of queue ID
R
- RADIUS
- rebooting of the router
- stateful line module switchover configured
- recovery of routers
- from double failures
- redundancy
- line module. See line module redundancy
- SRP module. See SRP module redundancy
- redundancy commands
- redundancy force-switchover 1, 2, 3
- redundancy lockout
- redundancy revert
- redundancy revertive
- srp switch
- redundancy modes
- redundancy modes, line modules
- removal of IOAs
- without powering down
- replacement of line modules
- stateful line module switchover enabled, action taken for failures
- cold and warm switchovers of LMs in a HA pair
- disabling the slots in which the LMs in a HA pair reside
- reloading slot in which LMs in a HA pair reside
- reloading the primary line module
- reloading the secondary line module
- removing IOAs from LMs in a HA pair without powering down
- without erasing the interface settings
- resetting of subscriber sessions
- with stateful line module switchover disabled, dependency on
S
- secondary line module
- disabling the slot
- disabling the slot of
- erasing the slot of
- mirroring of
- performance impact, stateful switchover
- preservation of active sessions
- reloading the slot of
- software fault occurs on
- taking over as
- taking over as primary, timeout exceeded for primary
- taking over as the primary
- sequence number checking
- for packets on L2TP tunnels
- Service Availability
- show icr commands
- show ip commands
- show issu commands
- show redundancy commands
- show environment 1, 2
- show hardware 1, 2
- show redundancy
- show redundancy clients
- show redundancy clients all
- show redundancy detail
- show redundancy history
- show redundancy history detail
- show redundancy history line-card slot
- show redundancy history line-card slot detail
- show redundancy line-card
- show redundancy line-card slot
- show redundancy srp
- show redundancy srp detail
- show redundancy switchover-history
- simultaneous switchover of
- SRP and line modules
- SRP module redundancy
- SRP modules
- installing a redundant module
- paired with IOAs
- reset button
- simultaneous switchover with line modules
- stateful line module switchover
- 1:1 redundancy model
- access modules in an LNS device
- actions that trigger
- activating
- activating guidelines
- active module, primary
- advantages of functionality
- and line module redundancy
- and stateful SRP switchover
- applications that do no support
- applications that support
- available on the operational image
- behavior of system functions
- benefits of
- deactivating
- deactivating guidelines
- differences in keywords of commands
- disabled
- downlink modules in an LNS device
- enabled on the router
- for LNS sessions
- forwarding controller tables
- guidelines for configuring
- historical record of, not preserving
- hot-swap of the IOA
- improving router availability
- independent of stateful SRP switchover
- interworking with unified ISSU
- log messages
- log messages generated during
- maximum pairs that can be configured
- modules enabled for
- mutually exclusive of
- non-support of
- not preserving packets flowing
- overview
- performance impact
- primary line module
- scenarios of configuration
- secondary line module
- sequence number checking
- similarity in cnonfiguration commands
- spare or standby module, secondary
- supported line module, IOA combination
- supported LM and IOA combinations
- system operations when enabled on the router
- unavailable for setting up
- using status LEDs for monitoring
- viewing
- stateful line module switchover commands
- stateful line module switchover, scenarios
- not supported in software releases
- setting disabled on the router
- stateful SRP switchover
- configuration independent of
- differences in keywords of commands
- disruption of connection between ICs
- does not prevent root cause of reload or restart
- log messages
- similarity in configuration commands
- simultaneously performed with
- stateful SRP switchover., See also high availability
- stateless switchover mode, line modules
- states
- statistics
- for policy manager
- for PPP applications
- last collected value used as baseline
- status LEDs
- monitoring redundancy state of SRP and line modules
- status LEDs, monitoring
- subscriber sessions
- preservation of active
- support, technical See technical support
- switchover
T
- technical support
- text and syntax conventions
- transmission of packets
- between forwarding and interface controllers
- between forwarding and system controllers
U
- unified ISSU
- disabled on the secondary module
- support on primary module
- unified ISSU (in-service software upgrade)
- AAA support
- application support
- ATM support
- DHCP support
- DHCP support:relay and relay proxy
- DoS protection support
- Ethernet support
- FTP support
- halting during initialization
- halting during upgrade
- initialization phase
- interoperation with
- IPv6
- IS-IS support
- L2TP support
- layer 3 protocol traffic forwarding
- OSPF support
- overview
- phases
- PIM support
- platform
- procedure for upgrade
- references
- requirements
- restoring original router state 1, 2
- router behavior
- service restoration phase 1, 2
- SONET/SDH support
- subscriber support
- support, application
- T3 support
- TACACS+ support
- terms
- timer settings for routing protocol timers
- upgrade phase
- upgrade procedure
- unified ISSU (in-service software upgrade):DHCP support
- upgrading software
V
- virtual MAC address
- virtual router ID (VRID). See VRID
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP). See VRRP
- VRID (virtual router ID)
- configuration
- creating 1, 2
- router election rules 1, 2
- vrrp
- VRRP
- VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol)
- advertisement interval
- advertisement messages
- authentication key
- authentication type
- backup router 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- configuration examples 1, 2, 3
- configuring
- how it works
- implementation 1, 2
- MAC address
- master router
- monitoring 1, 2, 3, 4
- overview
- preemption 1, 2
- router election rules 1, 2
- router priority
- VLAN support
- VRRP router defined
- vrrp commands
- VRRP commands
W
- warm restart
- warm restart, line modules