The Cisco MPLS switch must be configured to synchronize Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) and LDP to minimize packet loss when an IGP adjacency is established prior to LDP peers completing label exchange.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-221114	CISC-RT-000600	SV-221114r622190_rule		Low

Description

Packet loss can occur when an IGP adjacency is established and the switch begins forwarding packets using the new adjacency before the LDP label exchange completes between the peers on that link. Packet loss can also occur if an LDP session closes and the switch continues to forward traffic using the link associated with the LDP peer rather than an alternate pathway with a fully synchronized LDP session. The MPLS LDP-IGP Synchronization feature provides a means to synchronize LDP with OSPF or IS-IS to minimize MPLS packet loss. When an IGP adjacency is established on a link but LDP-IGP synchronization is not yet achieved or is lost, the IGP will advertise the max-metric on that link.

STIG	Date
Cisco NX-OS Switch RTR Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-03-29

Details

Check Text ( C-22829r409831_chk )
Review the switch OSPF or IS-IS configuration and verify that LDP will synchronize with the link-state routing protocol as shown in the example below: OSPF Example router ospf 1 mpls ldp sync IS-IS Example router isis mpls ldp sync If the switch is not configured to synchronize IGP and LDP, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-22818r409832_fix)
Configure the MPLS switch to synchronize IGP and LDP, minimizing packet loss when an IGP adjacency is established prior to LDP peers completing label exchange. OSPF Example SW1(config)# router ospf 1 SW1(config-switch)# mpls ldp sync IS-IS Example SW1(config)# router isis SW1(config-switch)# mpls ldp sync