ISIS Configuration on Juniper

How to Configure ISIS on Juniper Routers?

IS-IS Protocol is a very good Routing Protocol especially for ISPs (Internet Service Providers). But it is rarely used nowadays. Instead of ISIS Protocol, OSPF is generally used as Routing Protocol. By the way, there are still some common Service Providers are using ISIS. So, it is a very good talent to know ISIS Protocol. In this Juniper IS-IS Configuration lesson, you will learn How to Configure ISIS on Juniper Routers.

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For Our Juniper IS-IS Configuration example we will use the below IS-IS Topology.

ISIS Configuration Steps

We will configure IS-IS step by step in this configuration example. Basically, we will have seven configuration steps. Below you can find the steps of Juniper IS-IS Configuration:

Now, let’s see the ISIS Configuration steps one by one.

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Enabling ISIS on the Router

Firstly, we will enable ISIS on all router to start our IS-IS Neighborship establishment process.

Juniper-RouterA@Kosem> configure

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Juniper-RouterA@Kosem# security forwarding-options family iso

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Juniper-RouterA@Kosem# set mode packet-based

IP Address Configuration

We will use the below IP subnets for our Juniper ISIS Configuration example.

Segment IP Subnet

RouterA-RouterB	10.10.10.0/24
RouterA-RouterC	10.10.20.0/24
RouterB-RouterC	10.10.30.0/24
RouterC-RouterD	10.10.40.0/24

Juniper-RouterA@Kosem# set interfaces ge-2/1/1 unit 0 family inet address 10.10.10.2/24
Juniper-RouterA@Kosem# set interfaces ge-2/1/2 unit 0 family inet address 10.10.20.1/24

Juniper-RouterB@Kosem# set interfaces ge-2/1/1 unit 0 family inet address 10.10.30.2/24
Juniper-RouterB@Kosem# set interfaces ge-2/1/2 unit 0 family inet address 10.10.10.2/24

Juniper-RouterC@Kosem# set interfaces ge-2/1/1 unit 0 family inet address 10.10.20.1/24
Juniper-RouterC@Kosem# set interfaces ge-2/1/2 unit 0 family inet address 10.10.30.1/24
Juniper-RouterC@Kosem# set interfaces ge-2/1/3 unit 0 family inet address 10.10.40.1/24

Juniper-RouterD@Kosem# set interfaces ge-2/1/1 unit 0 family inet address 10.10.40.2/24

Enabling ISIS on the Router

By default Juniper routers accept IP packets but not other packets. To enable to get ISIS packets, we need to enable the interfaces.

Juniper-RouterA@Kosem# set interfaces ge-2/1/1 unit 0 family iso
Juniper-RouterA@Kosem# set interfaces ge-2/1/2 unit 0 family iso

Juniper-RouterB@Kosem# set interfaces ge-2/1/1 unit 0 family iso
Juniper-RouterB@Kosem# set interfaces ge-2/1/2 unit 0 family iso

Juniper-RouterC@Kosem# set interfaces ge-2/1/1 unit 0 family iso
Juniper-RouterC@Kosem# set interfaces ge-2/1/2 unit 0 family iso
Juniper-RouterC@Kosem# set interfaces ge-2/1/3 unit 0 family iso

Juniper-RouterD@Kosem# set interfaces ge-2/1/1 unit 0 family iso

Creating Loopback IPs and ISIS NET addresses

We will use the below IP and NET addresses for Loopbacks.

Router		Lo0 IP		Area ID			Lo0 NET	
Router A	1.1.1.1		49.0001		49.0001.1111.1111.1111.00
Router B	2.2.2.2		49.0002		49.0002.2222.2222.2222.00
Router C	3.3.3.3		49.0003		49.0003.3333.3333.3333.00
Router D	4.4.4.4		49.0003		49.0003.3030.3030.3030.00

As we diccussed in ISIS lessons, ISIS needs one NET address per router. We will give this address to the Loopback Interface.

This NET address consist of some parts. These parts and the corresponding areas are given below :

• AFI (Area Family ID):49
• Area ID:0001
• System ID:1111.1111.1111
• NSEL (NET Selector):00

Now, let’s configure these addresses for Loopback 0 on each router.

Juniper-RouterA@Kosem# set interfaces lo0 unit 0 family inet address 1.1.1.1/32
Juniper-RouterA@Kosem# set interfaces lo0 unit 0 family iso address 49.0001.1111.1111.1111.00

Juniper-RouterB@Kosem# set interfaces lo0 unit 0 family inet address 2.2.2.2/32
Juniper-RouterB@Kosem# set interfaces lo0 unit 0 family iso address 49.0002.2222.2222.2222.00

Juniper-RouterC@Kosem# set interfaces lo0 unit 0 family inet address 3.3.3.3/32
Juniper-RouterC@Kosem# set interfaces lo0 unit 0 family iso address 49.0003.3333.3333.3333.00

Juniper-RouterD@Kosem# set interfaces lo0 unit 0 family inet address 4.4.4.4/32
Juniper-RouterD@Kosem# set interfaces lo0 unit 0 family iso address 49.0003.3030.3030.3030.00

Router Roles

There are three roles of ISIS Router. These are :

Here, we will give the roles of each ISIS Router.

By default all the routers are L1/L2 Router. If we would like to give an Interface only one Role (For example Layer 1 Router), we will disable the other role (Level 2 Router) on the interface.

Juniper-RouterA@Kosem# set protocols isisi interfaces ge-2/1/1 level 1 disable
Juniper-RouterA@Kosem# set protocols isisi interfaces ge-2/1/2 level 1 disable

Juniper-RouterB@Kosem# set protocols isisi interfaces ge-2/1/1 level 1 disable
Juniper-RouterB@Kosem# set protocols isisi interfaces ge-2/1/2 level 1 disable

Juniper-RouterC@Kosem# set protocols isisi interfaces ge-2/1/1 level 1 disable
Juniper-RouterC@Kosem# set protocols isisi interfaces ge-2/1/2 level 1 disable
Juniper-RouterC@Kosem# set protocols isisi interfaces ge-2/1/3 level 2 disable

Juniper-RouterD@Kosem# set protocols isisi interfaces ge-2/1/1 level 2 disable

By doing this, we provide the Layer 2 ISIS connection betweeen Router A, RouterB and Router C. Beside, the connection between RouterC and RouterD is Level 1.

Assigning Interfaces under ISIS

This is the step that we add the interfaces under ISIS protocol in each router.

Juniper-RouterA@Kosem# set protocols isisi interfaces ge-2/1/1
Juniper-RouterA@Kosem# set protocols isisi interfaces ge-2/1/2
Juniper-RouterA@Kosem# set protocols isisi interfaces lo0

Juniper-RouterB@Kosem# set protocols isisi interfaces ge-2/1/1
Juniper-RouterB@Kosem# set protocols isisi interfaces ge-2/1/2
Juniper-RouterB@Kosem# set protocols isisi interfaces lo0

Juniper-RouterC@Kosem# set protocols isisi interfaces ge-2/1/1
Juniper-RouterC@Kosem# set protocols isisi interfaces ge-2/1/2
Juniper-RouterC@Kosem# set protocols isisi interfaces ge-2/1/3
Juniper-RouterC@Kosem# set protocols isisi interfaces lo0

Juniper-RouterD@Kosem# set protocols isisi interfaces ge-2/1/1

Verifying ISIS on the Juniper Routers

To verify the ISIS connection, we can use the below show commands in Juniper routers.

Juniper-RouterA@Kosem> show isis adjacency
Interface             System         L State        Hold (secs) SNPA
ge-2/1/1.0            RouterB             2 Up                   17
ge-2/1/2.0            RouterC             2 Up                   18

Juniper-RouterA@Kosem> show isis interface 
IS-IS interface database:
Interface             L CirID Level 1 DR        Level 2 DR        L1/L2 Metric
lo0.0                 0   0x1 Passive           Passive                 0/0
ge-2/1/1.0            2   0x1 Disabled          Point to Point         10/10
ge-2/1/2.0            2   0x1 Disabled          Point to Point         10/10

FAQ on Juniper IS-IS Configuration

What are the roles of IS-IS Router in an IS-IS Network?

There are three IS-IS Router roles in IS-IS network. These are: Level 1 router, Level 2 router and Level1/2 router

What is the default role of IS-IS Router on Juniper?

An IS-IS router is L1/L2 Router by default.

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