From: Packet Man (ccie2b@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Mar 04 2004 - 10:27:02 GMT-3
Thanks Marko, for clarifying that. So, back to the original question:
In the lab, are you recommending using that it's better to first do soft
resets (b/c it's very fast and reliable enough) but then, if things aren't
as expected do a hard reset?
Thanks again. pm
>From: "Marko Berend" <marko.berend@storm.hr>
>Reply-To: "Marko Berend" <marko.berend@storm.hr>
>To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>Subject: RE: BGP session resets: Hard versus Soft
>Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 14:14:13 +0100
>
>PM,
>
>You missunderstood me. Hard reset takes the same amount of time in the
>lab routers, as it is reseting TCP connections between peers. Soft takes
>virtualy no time at all.
>You don't have to worry about "neighbor xxxx soft inbound" as long as
>you can soft reset outbound on the opposing peer.
>
>Most policy related things work after soft reset. You should use it
>first. If you are sure about your config and it still won't work, then
>hard reset it.
>After you're done with BGP hard reset it to see if everything holds...
>Can't be too careful.
>
>M
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Packet Man [mailto:ccie2b@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 1:03 PM
>To: Marko Berend; ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: RE: BGP session resets: Hard versus Soft
>
>
>Thanks for getting back to me.
>
>I'm surprised with your response, though, because I know that with my
>2500
>series routers, there's a big difference in how long a soft and hard
>reset
>take. So, I figured, in the lab, there would also be a difference in
>time,
>but maybe it's not that great.
>
>As far as when a reset is needed, it's my undersatnding that whenever
>any
>change in BGP policy takes place that affects what routes are allowed in
>or
>out, a reset (either hard or soft) is needed. Don't you agree?
>
>PM
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Marko Berend" <marko.berend@storm.hr>
> >Reply-To: "Marko Berend" <marko.berend@storm.hr>
> >To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> >Subject: RE: BGP session resets: Hard versus Soft
> >Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 11:34:35 +0100
> >
> >It is the same amount of time, it has little to do with processing
> >power I think.
> >
> >Soft reset is IMHO reliable enough for the feats that it's available
> >for.
> >
> >I always try a soft reset first (on both sides to be sure), if I don't
> >see any result then I do a hard reset. You can save a lot of time with
> >soft resets if you do a lot of experimenting. There is actualy a list
> >of things which can use the soft reset, don't know it by heart, do a
> >little research.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Packet Man [mailto:ccie2b@hotmail.com]
> >Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 7:42 PM
> >To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> >Subject: BGP session resets: Hard versus Soft
> >
> >
> >Hi gang,
> >
> >On a 2500 series router, doing a hard reset of a BGP session takes
> >about 1 to 2 minutes. In the lab, since they use higher end routers,
> >I'm wondering
> >how long that takes?
> >
> >Also, I've herad that soft resets aren't 100% reliable and therefore I
> >should just do a hard reset. So, bottom line, do people think it's
> >better to do hard or soft BGP session resets in the real lab.
> >
> >Thanks in advance, PM
> >
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