WALKTHROUGH: OSPF Traffic Engineering Database

So you're stuck or don't trust your work. Here is the cheat/check page. Note that this is all done from the perspective of J2300-1. Adapt to other routers as needed.

  1. Turn on support for traffic engineering for your routers.
    2. admin@J2300-1> edit 
Entering configuration mode

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admin@J2300-1# set protocols ospf traffic-engineering 

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admin@J2300-1# commit 
commit complete

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admin@J2300-1#
  2. How many Opaque LSAs with area flooding scope exist?
    3. admin@J2300-1> show ospf database opaque-area summary 
Area 0.0.0.0:
   6 OpaqArea LSAs
Area 0.0.0.1:
   2 OpaqArea LSAs
Area 30.30.30.30:
   6 OpaqArea LSAs
Area 101.101.101.101:
   6 OpaqArea LSAs
Area 102.102.102.102:
   6 OpaqArea LSAs

admin@J2300-1> 
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  3. What kind of TLV is being carried by the Opaque LSAs your router is originating?
    4. admin@J2300-1> show ospf database advertising-router 10.0.0.1 opaque-area detail area 0                 

    OSPF database, Area 0.0.0.0
 Type       ID               Adv Rtr           Seq      Age  Opt  Cksum  Len 
OpaqArea*1.0.0.1          10.0.0.1         0x80000006   424  0x22 0x1202  28
  Area-opaque TE LSA
  RtrAddr (1), length 4: 10.0.0.1

admin@J2300-1>
  4. Activate MPLS and RSVP on your backbone area links.
    5. admin@J2300-1> edit 
Entering configuration mode

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admin@J2300-1# set protocols mpls interface fe-0/0/1.12 

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admin@J2300-1# set protocols mpls interface fe-0/0/1.13    

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admin@J2300-1# set protocols rsvp interface fe-0/0/1.13    

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admin@J2300-1# set protocols rsvp interface fe-0/0/1.12    

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admin@J2300-1# set interfaces fe-0/0/1.12 family mpls 

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admin@J2300-1# set interfaces fe-0/0/1.13 family mpls    

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admin@J2300-1# commit 
commit complete

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admin@J2300-1# run show mpls interface 
Interface        State       Administrative groups (x: extended)
fe-0/0/1.12      Up         
fe-0/0/1.13      Up         

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admin@J2300-1# run show rsvp interface 
RSVP interface: 2 active
                  Active Subscr- Static      Available   Reserved    Highwater
Interface   State resv   iption  BW          BW          BW          mark
fe-0/0/1.12 Up         0   100%  10Gbps      10Gbps      0bps        0bps       
fe-0/0/1.13 Up         0   100%  10Mbps      10Mbps      0bps        0bps       

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admin@J2300-1#
  5. How many Opaque LSAs with area flooding scope exist?
    6. admin@J2300-1> show ospf database opaque-area summary 
Area 0.0.0.0:
   18 OpaqArea LSAs
Area 0.0.0.1:
   4 OpaqArea LSAs
Area 30.30.30.30:
   6 OpaqArea LSAs
Area 101.101.101.101:
   6 OpaqArea LSAs
Area 102.102.102.102:
   6 OpaqArea LSAs

admin@J2300-1>
  6. Examine one of the new LSAs that your router is originating and determine the TLV type.
    7. admin@J2300-1>  show ospf database opaque-area advertising-router 10.0.0.1 lsa-id 1.0.0.3 detail area 0          

    OSPF database, Area 0.0.0.0
 Type       ID               Adv Rtr           Seq      Age  Opt  Cksum  Len 
OpaqArea*1.0.0.3          10.0.0.1         0x80000001   899  0x22 0xed98 136
  Area-opaque TE LSA
  Link (2), length 112:
    Linktype (1), length 1:
      1
    LinkID (2), length 4:
      10.0.0.2
    LocIfAdr (3), length 4:
      10.0.12.1
    RemIfAdr (4), length 4:
      10.0.12.2
    TEMetric (5), length 4:
      5
    MaxBW (6), length 4:
      10Gbps
    MaxRsvBW (7), length 4:
      10Gbps
    UnRsvBW (8), length 32:
        Priority 0, 10Gbps
        Priority 1, 10Gbps
        Priority 2, 10Gbps              
        Priority 3, 10Gbps
        Priority 4, 10Gbps
        Priority 5, 10Gbps
        Priority 6, 10Gbps
        Priority 7, 10Gbps
    LinkLocalRemoteIdentifier (11), length 8:
      Local 68, Remote 0
    Color (9), length 4:
      0

admin@J2300-1>

    TLV type is 2, a Link TLV.

  7. Examine the TED on your router.
    8. admin@J2300-1> show ted database                                              
TED database: 0 ISIS nodes 15 INET nodes
ID                            Type Age(s) LnkIn LnkOut Protocol
10.0.0.1                      Rtr    1010     5      2 OSPF(0.0.0.0)
    To: 10.0.0.2, Local: 10.0.12.1, Remote: 10.0.12.2
      Local interface index: 68, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.0.0.3, Local: 10.0.13.1, Remote: 10.0.13.3
      Local interface index: 69, Remote interface index: 0
ID                            Type Age(s) LnkIn LnkOut Protocol
                                                       OSPF(0.0.0.1)
    To: 10.0.0.3, Local: 10.0.13.1, Remote: 10.0.13.3
      Local interface index: 69, Remote interface index: 0
ID                            Type Age(s) LnkIn LnkOut Protocol
                                                       OSPF(30.30.30.30)
                                                       OSPF(101.101.101.101)
10.1.0.1                      ---   35954     1      0 OSPF(102.102.102.102)
10.0.0.2                      Rtr   35949     5      0 OSPF(0.0.0.0)
                                                       OSPF(30.30.30.30)
                                                       OSPF(101.101.101.101)
10.1.0.2                      ---   35954     1      0 OSPF(102.102.102.102)
10.0.0.3                      Rtr     612     7      3 OSPF(0.0.0.0)
    To: 10.0.0.1, Local: 10.0.13.3, Remote: 10.0.13.1
      Local interface index: 67, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.0.0.4, Local: 10.0.34.3, Remote: 10.0.34.4
      Local interface index: 68, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.0.0.5, Local: 10.0.35.3, Remote: 10.0.35.5
      Local interface index: 69, Remote interface index: 0
ID                            Type Age(s) LnkIn LnkOut Protocol
                                                       OSPF(0.0.0.1)
    To: 10.0.0.1, Local: 10.0.13.3, Remote: 10.0.13.1
      Local interface index: 67, Remote interface index: 0
ID                            Type Age(s) LnkIn LnkOut Protocol
                                                       OSPF(30.30.30.30)
                                                       OSPF(101.101.101.101)
10.0.0.4                      Rtr     227     5      3 OSPF(102.102.102.102)
                                                       OSPF(0.0.0.0)
    To: 10.0.0.2, Local: 10.0.24.4, Remote: 10.0.24.2
      Local interface index: 68, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.0.0.6, Local: 10.0.46.4, Remote: 10.0.46.6
      Local interface index: 70, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.0.0.3, Local: 10.0.34.4, Remote: 10.0.34.3
      Local interface index: 69, Remote interface index: 0
ID                            Type Age(s) LnkIn LnkOut Protocol
                                                       OSPF(30.30.30.30)
                                                       OSPF(101.101.101.101)
10.0.0.5                      Rtr     227     5      2 OSPF(102.102.102.102)
                                                       OSPF(0.0.0.0)
    To: 10.0.0.6, Local: 10.0.56.5, Remote: 10.0.56.6
      Local interface index: 68, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.0.0.3, Local: 10.0.35.5, Remote: 10.0.35.3
      Local interface index: 67, Remote interface index: 0
ID                            Type Age(s) LnkIn LnkOut Protocol
                                                       OSPF(30.30.30.30)
                                                       OSPF(101.101.101.101)
10.0.0.6                      Rtr     225     5      2 OSPF(102.102.102.102)
                                                       OSPF(0.0.0.0)
    To: 10.0.0.4, Local: 10.0.46.6, Remote: 10.0.46.4
      Local interface index: 67, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.0.0.5, Local: 10.0.56.6, Remote: 10.0.56.5
      Local interface index: 69, Remote interface index: 0
ID                            Type Age(s) LnkIn LnkOut Protocol
                                                       OSPF(30.30.30.30)
                                                       OSPF(101.101.101.101)
10.101.0.10-1                 Net     222     0      7 OSPF(102.102.102.102)
                                                       OSPF(101.101.101.101)
    To: 10.0.0.1, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.0.0.2, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.0.0.4, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.0.0.5, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.0.0.6, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.0.0.3, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.10.10.10, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
ID                            Type Age(s) LnkIn LnkOut Protocol
10.102.0.10-1                 Net     227     0      7 OSPF(102.102.102.102)
    To: 10.0.0.1, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.0.0.2, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.0.0.4, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.0.0.5, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.0.0.6, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.0.0.3, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.10.10.10, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
ID                            Type Age(s) LnkIn LnkOut Protocol
10.10.10.10                   ---   35965     2      0
10.30.30.30-1                 Net     218     0      7 OSPF(30.30.30.30)
    To: 10.0.0.1, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.0.0.2, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.0.0.4, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.0.0.5, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.0.0.6, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.0.0.3, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 99.99.99.99, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
ID                            Type Age(s) LnkIn LnkOut Protocol
99.99.99.99                   ---   35960     1      0
10.1.111.101-1                Net   35954     0      2 OSPF(0.0.0.1)
    To: 10.0.0.1, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.1.0.1, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
ID                            Type Age(s) LnkIn LnkOut Protocol
10.1.123.102-1                Net   35954     0      2 OSPF(0.0.0.1)
    To: 10.0.0.3, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0
    To: 10.1.0.2, Local: 0.0.0.0, Remote: 0.0.0.0
      Local interface index: 0, Remote interface index: 0

admin@J2300-1>
  8. Set the TE-Metric on your backbone interfaces to 10,000.
    9. admin@J2300-1> edit 
Entering configuration mode

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admin@J2300-1# edit protocols ospf area 0 

[edit protocols ospf area 0.0.0.0]
admin@J2300-1# set interface fe-0/0/1.12 te-metric 10000 

[edit protocols ospf area 0.0.0.0]
admin@J2300-1# set interface fe-0/0/1.13 te-metric 10000    

[edit protocols ospf area 0.0.0.0]
admin@J2300-1# commit 
commit complete

[edit protocols ospf area 0.0.0.0]
admin@J2300-1# 
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  9. Examine the LSA you viewed in detail previously and compare the TE-metric subTLV.
    10. admin@J2300-1> show ospf database opaque-area advertising-router 10.0.0.1 lsa-id 1.0.0.3 detail area 0    

    OSPF database, Area 0.0.0.0
 Type       ID               Adv Rtr           Seq      Age  Opt  Cksum  Len 
OpaqArea*1.0.0.3          10.0.0.1         0x80000002    39  0x22 0xc989 136
  Area-opaque TE LSA
  Link (2), length 112:
    Linktype (1), length 1:
      1
    LinkID (2), length 4:
      10.0.0.2
    LocIfAdr (3), length 4:
      10.0.12.1
    RemIfAdr (4), length 4:
      10.0.12.2
    TEMetric (5), length 4:
      10000
    MaxBW (6), length 4:
      10Gbps
    MaxRsvBW (7), length 4:
      10Gbps
    UnRsvBW (8), length 32:
        Priority 0, 10Gbps
        Priority 1, 10Gbps
        Priority 2, 10Gbps              
        Priority 3, 10Gbps
        Priority 4, 10Gbps
        Priority 5, 10Gbps
        Priority 6, 10Gbps
        Priority 7, 10Gbps
    LinkLocalRemoteIdentifier (11), length 8:
      Local 68, Remote 0
    Color (9), length 4:
      0

admin@J2300-1>

    Metric was 5 previously (OSPF cost of the link), but is now 10000.