Cisco IOS Software Releases 12.2 Mainline

Revised November 28, 2007

October 18, 2001

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Products Affected

Problem Description

MPLS VPN functionality for all supported platforms is compromised when a TE tunnel is configured between PEs with or without LDP. This issue is tracked with the following Defect tracking numbers:

DDTS ID:

CSCdv29315

CSCdv34997

MPLS VPN InterAS functionality for all supported platforms is compromised. This issue is tracked with the following Defect tracking numbers:

DDTS ID:

CSCdv32499

CSCdv57629

Background

The issues mentioned in this Notice were introduced in the interim build of Cisco IOS 12.2(3.4) and 12.2(3.4)T. See section Cisco IOS Version Affected below.

Problem Symptoms

The following outlines the symptoms per DDTS ID.

CSCdv29315 and CSCdv34997

The two MPLS VPN issues causes the traffic to NOT be routed across the TE tunnel at the PE routers. For a network diagram of the types of TE tunnels please refer to the diagram below:

CSCdv32499 and CSCdv57629

End to End connectivity is broken in MPLS VPN InterAS configurations on the ASBR. The MPLS forwarding table on an ASBR does not have the MPLS forwarding entry for its EBGP neighbor ASBR.

{vpn1}CE1----PE1----ASBR1----ASBR2-----PE2---CE2{vpn1}

Workaround/Solution

CSCdv29315 and CSCdv34997

Workaround:

There is no workaround other than not using TE tunnels between the PE routers.

Solution:

Cisco IOS release 12.2(6) and Cisco IOS release 12.2(4)T1 as well as Cisco interim build 12.2(5.8)T and above.

CSCdv32499 and CSCdv57629

Workaround:

There is no workaround

Solution:

Cisco IOS release 12.2(6) and Cisco IOS release 12.2(4)T1 as well as Cisco interim build 12.2(5.8)T and above.

DDTS

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Cisco IOS Versions Affected

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