Table Of Contents
Configuring the RSVP FLR Wait Time
Configuring the RSVP FLR Repair Rate
Configuring the RSVP FLR Notifications
Verifying the RSVP FLR Configuration
Configuration Examples for RSVP FLR
Verifying the RSVP FLR Configuration: Example
clear ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair statistics
ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair notifications
ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair rate
ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair wait-time
show ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair
Feature Information for RSVP FLR
RSVP Fast Local Repair
First Published: February 19, 2007Last Updated: February 19, 2007The RSVP Fast Local Repair feature provides quick adaptation to routing changes without the overhead of the refresh period to guarantee the quality of service (QoS) for data flows. With fast local repair (FLR), Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) speeds up its response to routing changes from 30 seconds to a few seconds.
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Contents
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Configuration Examples for RSVP FLR
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show ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair
Prerequisites for RSVP FLR
You must configure RSVP on one or more interfaces on at least two neighboring routers that share a link within the network.
Restrictions for RSVP FLR
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RSVP FLR applies only when RSVP is used to set up resource reservations for IPv4 unicast flows; IPv4 multicast flows are not supported.
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RSVP FLR does not apply to traffic engineering (TE) tunnels and, therefore, does not affect TE sessions.
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RSVP FLR does not support message bundling.
Information About RSVP FLR
To use the RSVP FLR feature, you should understand the following concepts:
Feature Overview of RSVP FLR
RSVP FLR provides for dynamic adaptation when routing changes occur. When a route changes, the next PATH and RESV message refreshes establish path and reservation states along the new route. Depending on the configured refresh interval, this reroute happens in tens of seconds. However, during this time, the QoS of flows is not guaranteed because congestion may occur while data packets travel over links where reservations are not yet in place.
In order to provide faster adaptation to routing changes, without the overhead of a refresh period, RSVP registers with the routing information base (RIB) and receives notifications when routes change, thereby triggering state refreshes for the affected destinations. These triggered refreshes use the new route information and, as a result, install reservations over the new path.
When routes change, RSVP has to reroute all affected paths and reservations. Without FLR, the reroute happens when refresh timers expire for the path states. With real time applications such as VoIP and VoD, the requirement changes and the reroute must happen quickly, within three seconds from the triggering event such as link down or link up.
Figure 1 illustrates the FLR process.
Figure 1 Overview of RSVP FLR
Initial RSVP states are installed for an IPv4 unicast flow over Routers A, B, C, D, and E. Router A is the source or headend, while Router E is the destination or tailend. The data packets are destined to an address of Router E. Assume that a route change occurs, and the new path taken by the data packets is from Router A to Router B to Router F to Router D to Router E; therefore, the old and new paths differ on the segments between Routers B and D. The Router B to Router C to Router D segment is the old segment, while the Router B to Router F to Router D segment is the new segment.
A route may change because of a link or node failure, or if a better path becomes available.
RSVP at Router B detects that the route change affects the RSVP flow and initiates the FLR procedure. The node that initiates an FLR repair procedure, Router B in Figure 1, is the point of local repair (PLR). The node where the new and old segments meet, Router D in Figure 1, is the merge point (MP). The interfaces at the PLR and the MP that are part of the old segment are the old interfaces, while the interfaces that are part of the new segment are the new interfaces.
If a route has changed because of a failure, the PLR may not be the node that detects the failure. For example, it is possible that the link from Router C to Router D fails, and although Router C detects the failure, the route change at Router B is the trigger for the FLR procedure. Router C, in this case, is also referred to as the node that detects the failure.
Benefits of RSVP FLR
Faster Response Time to Routing Changes
FLR reduces the time that it takes for RSVP to determine that a physical link has gone down and that the data packets have been rerouted. Without FLR, RSVP may not recognize the link failure for 30 seconds when all of the sessions are impacted by having too much traffic for the available bandwidth. With FLR, this time can be significantly reduced to a few seconds.
After detecting the failure, RSVP recomputes the admission control across the new link. If the rerouted traffic fits on the new link, RSVP reserves the bandwidth and guarantees the QoS of the new traffic.
If admission control fails on the new route, RSVP does not explictly tear down the flow, but instead sends a RESVERROR message towards the receiver. If a proxy receiver is running, then RSVP sends a PATHERROR message towards the headend, in response to the RESVERROR message, indicating the admission failure. In both cases, with and without a proxy receiver, the application tears down the failed session either at the headend or at the final destination.
Until this happens, the data packets belonging to this session still flow over the rerouted segment although admission has failed and QoS is affected.
How to Configure RSVP FLR
You can configure the RSVP FLR parameters in any order that you want.
This section contains the following procedures:
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Configuring the RSVP FLR Wait Time (required)
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Configuring the RSVP FLR Repair Rate (required)
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Configuring the RSVP FLR Notifications (required)
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Verifying the RSVP FLR Configuration (optional)
Configuring the RSVP FLR Wait Time
Perform this task to configure the RSVP FLR wait time.
SUMMARY STEPS
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enable
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configure terminal
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interface type number
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ip rsvp bandwidth [interface-kbps] [single-flow-kbps]
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ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair wait-time interval
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end
DETAILED STEPS
Configuring the RSVP FLR Repair Rate
Perform this task to configure the RSVP FLR repair rate.
SUMMARY STEPS
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enable
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configure terminal
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ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair rate rate
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exit
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action PurposeStep 1
enable
Example:Router> enable
Enables privileged EXEC mode.
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Enter your password if prompted.
Step 2
configure terminal
Example:Router# configure terminal
Enters global configuration mode.
Step 3
ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair rate rate
Example:Router(config)# ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair rate 100Configures the repair rate that RSVP uses for an FLR procedure.
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Values for the rate argument are 1 to 2500 messages per second; the default is 400.
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See the ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair rate command for more information.
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exit
Example:Router(config)# exit(Optional) Returns to privileged EXEC mode.
Configuring the RSVP FLR Notifications
Perform this task to configure the number of RSVP FLR notifications.
SUMMARY STEPS
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enable
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configure terminal
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ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair notifications number
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exit
DETAILED STEPS
Verifying the RSVP FLR Configuration
Perform this task to verify the configuration.
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You can use the following show commands in user EXEC or privileged EXEC mode.
SUMMARY STEPS
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enable
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show ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair [statistics [detail]]
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show ip rsvp interface [detail] [interface-type interface-number]
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show ip rsvp [atm-peak-rate-limit | counters | host | installed | interface | listeners | neighbor | policy | precedence | request | reservation | sbm | sender | signalling | tos]
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show ip rsvp sender [detail] [filter [destination ip-addr | hostname] [source ip-addr | hostname] [dst-port port] [src-port port]]
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exit
DETAILED STEPS
Configuration Examples for RSVP FLR
This section provides configuration examples for the RSVP FLR feature.
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Configuring RSVP FLR: Example
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Verifying the RSVP FLR Configuration: Example
Configuring RSVP FLR: Example
The configuration options for RSVP FLR are the following:
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Wait time
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Number of notifications
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Repair rate
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You can configure these options in any order.
Configuring the Wait Time
The following example configures Ethernet interface 1/0 with a bandwidth of 200 kbps and a wait time of 1000 msec:
Router# configure terminalEnter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.Router(config)# interface ethernet1/0Router(config-if)# ip rsvp bandwidth 200Router(config-if)# ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair wait-time 1000Router(config-if)# end
Configuring the Number of Notifications
The following example configures the number of flows that are repaired before suspending to 100:
Router# configure terminalEnter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.Router(config)# ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair notifications 100Router(config)# end
Configuring the Repair Rate
The following example configures a repair rate of 100 messages per second:
Router# configure terminalEnter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.Router(config)# ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair rate 100Router(config)# end
Verifying the RSVP FLR Configuration: Example
This section contains the following examples:
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Verifying the Details for FLR Procedures
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Verifying Configuration Details for a Specific Interface
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Verifying Configuration Details Before, During, and After an FLR Procedure
Verifying the Details for FLR Procedures
The following example displays detailed information about FLR procedures:
Router# show ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair statistics detailFast Local Repair: enabledMax repair rate (paths/sec): 1000Max processed (paths/run): 1000FLR Statistics:FLR 1: DONEStart Time: 15:16:32 MET Wed Oct 25 2006Number of PSBs repaired: 2496Used Repair Rate (msgs/sec): 1000RIB notification processing time: 91(ms)Time of last PSB refresh: 3111(ms)Time of last Resv received: 4355(ms)Time of last Perr received: 0(us)Suspend count: 2Run Number Started DurationID of ntf. (time from Start)2 498 81(ms) 10(ms)1 998 49(ms) 21(ms)0 1000 0(us) 22(ms)FLR Pacing Unit: 1 msecAffected neighbors:Nbr Address Relative Delay Values (msec)10.1.0.70 [500 ,..., 2995 ]Verifying Configuration Details for a Specific Interface
The following example from the show ip rsvp interface detail command displays detailed information, including FLR, for the Ethernet 1/0 interface:
Router# show ip rsvp interface detail ethernet1/0Et1/0:RSVP: EnabledInterface State: UpBandwidth:Curr allocated: 9K bits/secMax. allowed (total): 300K bits/secMax. allowed (per flow): 300K bits/secMax. allowed for LSP tunnels using sub-pools (pool 1): 0 bits/secSet aside by policy (total): 0 bits/secTraffic Control:RSVP Data Packet Classification is ON via CEF callbacksSignalling:DSCP value used in RSVP msgs: 0x30Number of refresh intervals to enforce blockade state: 4FLR Wait Time (IPv4 flows):Repair is delayed by 1000 msec.Authentication: disabledKey chain: <none>Type: md5Window size: 1Challenge: disabledHello Extension:State: DisabledVerifying Configuration Details Before, During, and After an FLR Procedure
The following is sample output from the show ip rsvp sender detail command before an FLR procedure has occurred:
Router# show ip rsvp sender detailPATH:Destination 192.168.101.21, Protocol_Id 17, Don't Police , DstPort 1Sender address: 10.10.10.10, port: 1Path refreshes:arriving: from PHOP 172.3.31.34 on Et0/0 every 30000 msecsTraffic params - Rate: 9K bits/sec, Max. burst: 9K bytesMin Policed Unit: 0 bytes, Max Pkt Size 2147483647 bytesPath ID handle: 01000401.Incoming policy: Accepted. Policy source(s): DefaultStatus:Output on Ethernet1/0. Policy status: Forwarding. Handle: 02000400Policy source(s): DefaultPath FLR: Never repairedThe following is sample output from the show ip rsvp sender detail command at the PLR during an FLR procedure:
Router# show ip rsvp sender detailPATH:Destination 192.168.101.21, Protocol_Id 17, Don't Police , DstPort 1Sender address: 10.10.10.10, port: 1Path refreshes:arriving: from PHOP 172.16.31.34 on Et0/0 every 30000 msecsTraffic params - Rate: 9K bits/sec, Max. burst: 9K bytesMin Policed Unit: 0 bytes, Max Pkt Size 2147483647 bytesPath ID handle: 01000401.Incoming policy: Accepted. Policy source(s): DefaultStatus:Path FLR: PSB is currently being repaired...try laterPLR - Old Segments: 1Output on Ethernet1/0, nhop 172.5.36.34Time before expiry: 2 refreshesPolicy status: Forwarding. Handle: 02000400Policy source(s): DefaultThe following is sample output from the show ip rsvp sender detail command at the MP during an FLR procedure:
Router# show ip rsvp sender detailPATH:Destination 192.168.101.21, Protocol_Id 17, Don't Police , DstPort 1Sender address: 10.10.10.10, port: 1Path refreshes:arriving: from PHOP 172.16.37.35 on Et1/0 every 30000 msecsTraffic params - Rate: 9K bits/sec, Max. burst: 9K bytesMin Policed Unit: 0 bytes, Max Pkt Size 2147483647 bytesPath ID handle: 09000406.Incoming policy: Accepted. Policy source(s): DefaultStatus: Proxy-terminatedPath FLR: Never repairedMP - Old Segments: 1Input on Serial2/0, phop 172.16.36.35Time before expiry: 9 refreshesThe following is sample output from the show ip rsvp sender detail command at the PLR after an FLR procedure:
Router# show ip rsvp sender detailPATH:Destination 192.168.101.21, Protocol_Id 17, Don't Police , DstPort 1Sender address: 10.10.10.10, port: 1Path refreshes:arriving: from PHOP 172.16.31.34 on Et0/0 every 30000 msecsTraffic params - Rate: 9K bits/sec, Max. burst: 9K bytesMin Policed Unit: 0 bytes, Max Pkt Size 2147483647 bytesPath ID handle: 05000401.Incoming policy: Accepted. Policy source(s): DefaultStatus:Output on Serial3/0. Policy status: Forwarding. Handle: 3B000406Policy source(s): DefaultPath FLR: Started 12:56:16 EST Thu Nov 16 2006, PSB repaired 532(ms) after.Resv/Perr: Received 992(ms) after.
Additional References
The following sections provide references related to the RSVP FLR feature.
Related Documents
Related Topic Document TitleRSVP commands: complete command syntax, command mode, defaults, usage guidelines, and examples
Cisco IOS Quality of Service Solutions Command Reference, Release 12.2SR
QoS features including signaling, classification, and congestion management
Cisco IOS Quality of Service Solutions Configuration Guide, Release 12.4
Standards
Standard TitleNo new or modified standards are supported by this feature, and support for existing standards has not been modified by this feature.
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MIBs
RFCs
RFC TitleRFC 2205
Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP)—Version 1 Functional Specification
RFC 2209
Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP)—Version 1 Messaging Processing Rules
Technical Assistance
Command Reference
This section documents only commands that are new or modified.
New Commands
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clear ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair statistics
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ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair notifications
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ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair rate
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ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair wait-time
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show ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair
Modified Commands
clear ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair statistics
To clear (set to zero) the Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) fast local repair (FLR) counters, use the clear ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair statistics command in user EXEC or privileged EXEC mode.
clear ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair statistics
Syntax Description
This command has no keywords or arguments.
Command Default
The default is to clear all the RSVP FLR counters.
Command Modes
User EXEC
Privileged EXECCommand History
Usage Guidelines
Use the clear ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair statistics command to set all the RSVP FLR counters to zero. The statistics include information about FLR procedures such as the current state, the start time, and the repair rate.
Examples
The following example clears all the RSVP FLR counters being maintained in the database:
Router# clear ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair statisticsRelated Commands
ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair notifications
To configure the number of per flow notifications that Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) processes during a fast local repair (FLR) procedure before suspending, use the ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair notifications command in global configuration mode. To set the number of notifications to its default, use the no form of this command.
ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair notifications number
no ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair notifications
Syntax Description
Command Default
There are always notifications sent by the routing information base (RIB) and processed by RSVP. If this command is not configured, RSVP processes 1000 notifications, suspends, then resumes processing of another 1000 notifications, and so on.
Command Modes
Global configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
Upon a route change, RIB builds a list of notifications, one per affected flow, and notifies RSVP by sending an event including these notifications. Therefore, these events can contain thousands of elements depending on the number of path state blocks (PSBs) affected.
RSVP processes, by default, 1000 notifications at a time and then suspends if required, to prevent the CPU from being overwhelmed. However, you can configure this number using the ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair notifications command.
Examples
The following example configures the number of flows that are repaired before RSVP suspends to 100:
Router(config)# ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair notifications 100Related Commands
ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair rate
To configure the repair rate that Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) uses for a fast local repair (FLR) procedure, use the ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair rate command in global configuration mode. To set the repair rate to its default, use the no form of this command.
ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair rate rate
no ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair rate
Syntax Description
rate
FLR rate for PATH state refresh and repair, in messages per second (msg/sec). The range is 0 to 5000. The default is 400.
Command Default
If this command is not configured, the RSVP message pacing rate is used.
Note
The RSVP message pacing rate is enabled by default in Cisco IOS Release 12.2 and later.
Command Modes
Global configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
The default repair rate is based on the RSVP message pacing rate.
If you configure the FLR rate by using the ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair rate command, and RSVP message pacing is enabled, the minimum between the FLR rate and the RSVP message pacing rate takes effect. If you disable the RSVP rate limit by using the no ip rsvp signalling rate-limit command, then the FLR rate is used. However, if you disable the RSVP rate limit and do not configure an FLR rate, then RSVP performs no message pacing and messages are sent back-to-back. This action is not recommended because the point of local repair (PLR) may flood the downstream node with PATH messages causing some of them to be dropped.
The repair rate is determined at notification time, and this same rate is used during the time of the repair even if you change either the RSVP message pacing rate or the FLR rate during this time.
Examples
The following example configures a repair rate of 100 messages per second:
Router(config)# ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair rate 100Related Commands
ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair wait-time
To configure the delay that Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) uses before starting a fast local repair (FLR) procedure, use the ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair wait-time command in interface configuration mode. To set the delay to its default, use the no form of this command.
ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair wait-time interval
no ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair wait-time
Syntax Description
interval
Amount of time before an FLR procedure begins, in milliseconds (ms). The range is 0 to 5000 ms. The default is 0.
Command Default
This command is disabled by default; therefore, no delay is configured.
Command Modes
Interface configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
Use the ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair wait-time command to configure the delay desired in starting an FLR procedure. If you do not configure a delay, then path refreshes are triggered immediately after RSVP receives a route change notification from the routing information base (RIB).
Examples
The following example configures a delay of 100 ms:
Router(config-if)# ip rsvp signalling fast-local-repair wait-time 100Related Commands
show ip rsvp
To display specific information for Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) categories, use the show ip rsvp command in user EXEC or privileged EXEC mode.
show ip rsvp [atm-peak-rate-limit | counters | host | installed | interface | listeners | neighbor | policy | precedence | request | reservation | sbm | sender | signalling | tos]
Syntax Description
Command Modes
User EXEC
Privileged EXECCommand History
Examples
The following example includes FLR information:
Router# show ip rsvpRSVP: enabled (on 4 interface(s))Signalling:Refresh interval (msec): 30000Refresh misses: 4Rate Limiting: enabledBurst: 8Limit: 37Maxsize: 2000Period (msec): 20Max rate (msgs/sec): 400Refresh Reduction: disabledACK delay (msec): 250Initial retransmit delay (msec): 1000Local epoch: 0x7C11BEMessage IDs: in use 0, total allocated 0, total freed 0Neighbors: 2Raw IP encap: 2 UDP encap: 0 Raw IP, UDP encap: 0Hello:Fast-Reroute/Reroute: DisabledStatistics: DisabledGraceful Restart: DisabledGraceful Restart: DisabledRefresh interval: 10000 msecsRefresh misses: 4DSCP: 0x30Advertised restart time: 5 msecsAdvertised recovery time: 0 msecsMaximum wait for recovery: 3600000 msecsFast-Reroute:PSBs w/ Local protection desiredYes: 0No: 0Fast Local Repair: enabledMax repair rate (paths/sec): 400Max processed (paths/run): 1000Local policy:COPS:Generic policy settings:Default policy: Accept allPreemption: DisabledTable 1 describes the significant fields shown in the display.
Related Commands
show ip rsvp interface
To display Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)-related information, use the show ip rsvp interface command in user EXEC or privileged EXEC mode.
show ip rsvp interface [interface-type interface-number] [detail]
Syntax Description
interface-type
(Optional) Type of the interface.
interface-number
(Optional) Number of the interface.
detail
(Optional) Displays additional information about interfaces.
Command Modes
User EXEC
Privileged EXECCommand History
Usage Guidelines
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