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Hi everyone,

Please consider the following example, both routers are MX5T

                     R1 gig1/0/1-199.199.199.1-----Layer2 Provider1 path----199.199.199.2 gig1/0/1 R2

                     R2  gig 1/0/1--200.200.200.1-----Layer2 Provider2 path---200.200.200.2 gig1/0/2

Assume subnet 10.10.10.0/24 lives behind R1 and R2..

Design goal;

R2 must use  Provider1 to reach 10.10.10.0/24.  Only if Provider1 is down, then R2 should use Provider2 to reach 10.10.10.0/24

Constraint : We can not use routing protocol .

I thought about using floating static routes on R2 , but the issue is traffic can be blackholed if something happens within Provider network , the link will stay up therefore static route will continue to be used blackholing the traffic.

Unfortunately, MX5T does not support IP monitoring otherwise which would help us detect failures and install the static routes accordingly.

Is there any way I can install static route and remove static route based on RPM probe failure ?

Thanks and have a good night!!

Hello,

I understand what you are trying to do. You can achieve this by configuring RPM probe to detect the reachability and then using that in event-options policy to configure/delete particular static route.

I have configured and verified this scenario in lab, please refer the attachment. please change the IPs to match your setup.

Please accept my response as solution if it solves your query!

Thanks

Vishal

Attachment(s)

static-route-via-event-policy-triggered-by-rpm-probe.txt   7 KB 1 version

Hello,

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@sarahr202 wrote:

 

Is there any way I can install static route and remove static route based on RPM probe failure ?

 

 

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Yes,with JUNOS 18.4 and newer

https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos/information-products/topic-collections/release-notes/18.4/topic-142594.html#jd0e5540

Support for activating or deactivating static routes on the basis of RPM test results (MX Series)—Starting in Junos OS 18.4R1, you can use RPM probes to detect link status, and change the preferred-route state on the basis of the probe results. Tracked routes can be IPv4 or IPv6, and support a single IPv4 or IPv6 next hop. For example, RPM probes can be sent to an IP address to determine if the link is up, and if so, take the action of installing a static route in the route table . RPM-tracked routes are installed with preference 1 and thus are preferred over any existing static routes for the same prefix.

https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos/topics/reference/configuration-statement/routing-options-rpm-tracking.html

No scripting is required.

HTH

Thx

Alex

Thanks for your responses.

I also found another way to do it using static route with BFD detection.

set routing-optons static route x/y next-hop 199.199.199.1 preference 1

set routing-option static route x/y bfd-detection

Then the back up with high pref:

set routing-option static route x/y next-hop 200.200.200.1pref 20

Only when link to x.x.x.x fails, back up route will be active, as soon as primary link comes up, traffic moves to primary.

Have a good weekend!!

just a thought ,I  think we can do this with generated route 

Generated route will install a static route when the provider 1 in reachable ,so that every time traffic goes over it when it is reachable and withdraws the route when the provider one becomes un-reachble so that traffic can go over provider 2 .

A sample config below ( i have not tested this) :- 

[edit policy-options prefix-list MyUpstream]
10.10.10.0/24;
[edit policy-options policy-statement IfMyUpstreamIsReachable]
term LookForUpstream {
from {
rib inet.0;
prefix-list MyUpstream;
}
then accept;
}
term NoOther {
then reject;
}
/* this conditionally generates the default to the routing table */
[edit routing-options]
rib inet.0 {
generate {
route 0/0 {
policy IfMyUpstreamIsReachable;
}
}
}

Thx

Anish