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IS-IS

IS-IS is a link-state interior gateway routing protocol which is described in ISO10589, RFC 1195, RFC 5308. Like OSPF, IS-IS runs the Dijkstra shortest-path first (SPF) algorithm to create a database of the network’s topology and, from that database, to determine the best (that is, shortest) path to a destination. The routers exchange topology information with their nearest neighbors. IS-IS runs directly on the data link layer (Layer 2). IS-IS addresses are called NETs and can be 8 to 20 bytes long, but are generally 10 bytes long.

General

Configuration

Mandatory Settings

set protocols isis net <network-entity-title>

This commad also sets network entity title (NET) provided in ISO format.

For example NET

49.0001.1921.6800.1002.00

The IS-IS address consists of the following parts:

  • AFI - 49 The AFI value 49 is what IS-IS uses for private addressing.

  • Area identifier: 0001 IS-IS area number (Area1)

  • System identifier: 1921.6800.1002 - for system idetifiers we recommend to use IP address or MAC address of the router itself.

  • NET selector: 00 Must always be 00, to indicate “this system”.

set protocols isis interface <interface>

This command activates ISIS adjacency on this interface. Note that the name of ISIS instance must be the same as the one used to configure the ISIS process.

set protocols isis dynamic-hostname

This command enables support for dynamic hostname. Dynamic hostname mapping determined as described in RFC 2763, Dynamic Hostname Exchange Mechanism for IS-IS.

set protocols isis level <level-1|level-1-2|level-2>

This command defines the ISIS router behavior:

level-1 Act as a station router only. level-1-2 Act as both a station router and an area router. level-2-only Act as an area router only.

set protocols isis lsp-mtu <size>

This command configures the maximum size of generated LSPs, in bytes. The size range is 128 to 4352.

set protocols isis metric-style <narrow|transition|wide>

This command sets old-style (ISO 10589) or new-style packet formats:

narrow Use old style of TLVs with narrow metric. transition Send and accept both styles of TLVs during transition. wide Use new style of TLVs to carry wider metric.

set protocols isis purge-originator

This command enables RFC 6232 purge originator identification. Enable purge originator identification (POI) by adding the type, length and value (TLV) with the Intermediate System (IS) identification to the LSPs that do not contain POI information. If an IS generates a purge, VyOS adds this TLV with the system ID of the IS to the purge.

set protocols isis set-attached-bit

This command sets ATT bit to 1 in Level1 LSPs. It is described in RFC 3787.

set protocols isis set-overload-bit

This command sets overload bit to avoid any transit traffic through this router. It is described in RFC 3787.

set protocols isis name default-information originate <ipv4|ipv6> level-1

This command will generate a default-route in L1 database.

set protocols isis name default-information originate <ipv4|ipv6> level-2

This command will generate a default-route in L2 database.

Interface Configuration

set protocols isis interface <interface> circuit-type <level-1|level-1-2|level-2-only>

This command specifies circuit type for interface:

  • level-1 Level-1 only adjacencies are formed.

  • level-1-2 Level-1-2 adjacencies are formed

  • level-2-only Level-2 only adjacencies are formed

set protocols isis interface <interface> hello-interval <seconds>

This command sets hello interval in seconds on a given interface. The range is 1 to 600.

set protocols isis interface <interface> hello-multiplier <seconds>

This command sets multiplier for hello holding time on a given interface. The range is 2 to 100.

set protocols isis interface <interface> hello-padding

This command configures padding on hello packets to accommodate asymmetrical maximum transfer units (MTUs) from different hosts as described in RFC 3719. This helps to prevent a premature adjacency Up state when one routing devices MTU does not meet the requirements to establish the adjacency.

set protocols isis interface <interface> metric <metric>

This command set default metric for circuit.

The metric range is 1 to 16777215 (Max value depend if metric support narrow or wide value).

set protocols isis interface <interface> network point-to-point

This command specifies network type to Point-to-Point. The default network type is broadcast.

set protocols isis interface <interface> passive

This command configures the passive mode for this interface.

set protocols isis interface <interface> password plaintext-password <text>

This command configures the authentication password for the interface.

set protocols isis interface <interface> priority <number>

This command sets priority for the interface for DIS election. The priority range is 0 to 127.

set protocols isis interface <interface> psnp-interval <number>

This command sets PSNP interval in seconds. The interval range is 0 to 127.

set protocols isis interface <interface> no-three-way-handshake

This command disables Three-Way Handshake for P2P adjacencies which described in RFC 5303. Three-Way Handshake is enabled by default.

Route Redistribution

set protocols isis redistribute ipv4 <route source> level-1

This command redistributes routing information from the given route source into the ISIS database as Level-1. There are six modes available for route source: bgp, connected, kernel, ospf, rip, static.

set protocols isis redistribute ipv4 <route source> level-2

This command redistributes routing information from the given route source into the ISIS database as Level-2. There are six modes available for route source: bgp, connected, kernel, ospf, rip, static.

set protocols isis redistribute ipv4 <route source> <level-1|level-2> metric <number>

This command specifies metric for redistributed routes from the given route source. There are six modes available for route source: bgp, connected, kernel, ospf, rip, static. The metric range is 1 to 16777215.

set protocols isis redistribute ipv4 <route source> <level-1|level-2> route-map <name>

This command allows to use route map to filter redistributed routes from the given route source. There are six modes available for route source: bgp, connected, kernel, ospf, rip, static.

Timers

set protocols isis lsp-gen-interval <seconds>

This command sets minimum interval in seconds between regenerating same LSP. The interval range is 1 to 120.

set protocols isis lsp-refresh-interval <seconds>

This command sets LSP refresh interval in seconds. IS-IS generates LSPs when the state of a link changes. However, to ensure that routing databases on all routers remain converged, LSPs in stable networks are generated on a regular basis even though there has been no change to the state of the links. The interval range is 1 to 65235. The default value is 900 seconds.

set protocols isis max-lsp-lifetime <seconds>

This command sets LSP maximum LSP lifetime in seconds. The interval range is 350 to 65535. LSPs remain in a database for 1200 seconds by default. If they are not refreshed by that time, they are deleted. You can change the LSP refresh interval or the LSP lifetime. The LSP refresh interval should be less than the LSP lifetime or else LSPs will time out before they are refreshed.

set protocols isis spf-interval <seconds>

This command sets minimum interval between consecutive SPF calculations in seconds.The interval range is 1 to 120.

set protocols isis spf-delay-ietf holddown <milliseconds>
set protocols isis spf-delay-ietf init-delay <milliseconds>
set protocols isis spf-delay-ietf long-delay <milliseconds>
set protocols isis spf-delay-ietf short-delay <milliseconds>
set protocols isis spf-delay-ietf time-to-learn <milliseconds>

This commands specifies the Finite State Machine (FSM) intended to control the timing of the execution of SPF calculations in response to IGP events. The process described in RFC 8405.

Example

Simple IS-IS configuration using 2 nodes and redistributing connected interfaces.

Node 1:

set interfaces dummy dum0 address '203.0.113.1/24'
set interfaces ethernet eth1 address '192.0.2.1/24'

set policy prefix-list EXPORT-ISIS rule 10 action 'permit'
set policy prefix-list EXPORT-ISIS rule 10 prefix '203.0.113.0/24'
set policy route-map EXPORT-ISIS rule 10 action 'permit'
set policy route-map EXPORT-ISIS rule 10 match ip address prefix-list 'EXPORT-ISIS'

set protocols isis interface eth1
set protocols isis net '49.0001.1921.6800.1002.00'
set protocols isis redistribute ipv4 connected level-2 route-map 'EXPORT-ISIS'

Node 2:

set interfaces ethernet eth1 address '192.0.2.2/24'

set protocols isis interface eth1
set protocols isis net '49.0001.1921.6800.2002.00'

Show ip routes on Node2:

[email protected]:~$ show ip route isis
Codes: K - kernel route, C - connected, S - static, R - RIP,
       O - OSPF, I - IS-IS, B - BGP, E - EIGRP, N - NHRP,
       T - Table, v - VNC, V - VNC-Direct, A - Babel, D - SHARP,
       F - PBR, f - OpenFabric,
       > - selected route, * - FIB route, q - queued route, r - rejected route

I   203.0.113.0/24 [115/10] via 192.0.2.1, eth1, 00:03:42