Thursday, January 24, 2019

Extreme Networks - Configure BGP



Router 1
configure snmp sysName exo-1
create vlan 100
configure vlan 100 add port 1 tagged
configure vlan 100 ipaddress 10.10.10.1/30
enable ipforwarding vlan 100

configure bgp AS-number 100
configure bgp routerid 1.1.1.1
configure bgp maximum-paths 8   - optional
create bgp neighbor 10.10.10.2 remote-AS-number 200
enable bgp neighbor 10.10.10.2
enable bgp export direct address-family ipv4-unicast
enable bgp export ospf-extern1 address-family ipv4-unicast export-policy bgpallow
 -- Above line is if you have an BGP policy for certain networks.
enable bgp


configure vlan Default delete ports 1-6

// routed vlan interface must have a active link or it will not come through in the BGP table.

create vlan 11
configure vlan 11 add port 6 tagged
configure vlan 11 ipaddress 11.11.11.1/24
enable ipforwarding vlan 11

Router 2
configure snmp sysName exo-2
create vlan 100
configure vlan 100 add port 1 tagged
configure vlan 100 ipaddress 10.10.10.2/30
enable ipforwarding vlan 100

configure bgp AS-number 200
configure bgp routerid 2.2.2.2
create bgp neighbor 10.10.10.1 remote-AS-number 100
enable bgp neighbor 10.10.10.1
enable bgp export direct address-family ipv4-unicast
enable bgp

create vlan 22
configure vlan 22 add port 2 tagged
configure vlan 22 ipaddress 22.22.22.1/24
enable ipforwarding vlan 22

Network Switch boot times - Enterasys/Extreme/Cisco

So for a while I have been wondering what the boot time for different models of switches.  People always say that Cisco's switches are slow on bootups.  There are some differences with code versions which might make the switch boot faster but I was not worrying about those details as much.  I was looking for a general idea of how long a switch would take to boot up.

Here is the rules that I have when doing my testing.

- Fresh config
- Single switch (not stacked or VSS)
- Config only a vlan that is reachable out on the network
- Clock starts when switch is rebooted (as close as possible)
- Clock stops when the first ping reply is received

As I test more equipment I will post them here and hopefully have a link to the video.


Extreme X450       Time: 01:06.59  - Youtube Video
Enterasys B5         Time: 01:44.95  - Youtube Video
Cisco 2960            Time: 05:27.81  - Youtube Video