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OMP

Terms

OMP — Overlay Management Protocol

OMP routes

  • AKA, vRoutes
  • AKA, Site prefixes 10.0.0.0/24

TLOC — Transport Locator

  • A tunnel endpoint. A tunnel endpoint is a 3-tuple (System IP, Color, Encapsulation)

Full Mesh

  • Each TLOC will attempt a full-mesh connection with every other TLOC.

  • n*(n-1)/2

  • Service routes: Firewalls, IPS, and VPN labels.

TLOC Route Attributes

  • Private Address
  • Public Address (the NAT translated address)
  • Carrier (public or private)
  • Color
  • Encapsulation of tunnel (GRE or IPSec)
  • Preference (to choose between TLOCs)
  • Site ID (which site owns the TLOC)
  • Tag
  • Weight (higher is better)

OMP Route Attributes

OMP routes require OMP peering.

All OMP routes have TLOC associated.

show sdwan omp peers

These require a TLOC.

  • TLOC -System IP of the speaker who Originates the route
    • Color
    • Encapsulation of Tunnel
  • System IP
  • Origin
    • BGP
    • OSPF
    • Static
    • Connected
  • Originator
  • Preference (Higher is more preferred)
  • Tag
  • VRF

OMP Preference

  1. Can it resolve?
  2. Route Preference (Intra region > core region. Prefer TR-sourced or ECMP.)
  3. TLOC Preference.
  4. Origin Type (Connected > Static > eBGP > EIGRP Internal > OSPF Intra > OSPF Inter > OSPF External > EIGRP External> iBGP)
  5. Origin Metric (lowest)
  6. Route Source (prefer route from vEdge, over vSmart)
  7. Lowest System IP
  8. Highest Private TLOC IP from the same site-id.

Example Network

  • Prefer the biz-internet connections.

sd-wan-route-types

TLOC

TLOC (System IP)ColorEncapSite IDPreferenceOriginator
10.0.0.1mplsGRE100010.0.0.1
10.0.0.1biz-internetIPsec10010010.0.0.1
10.0.0.2mplsGRE100010.0.0.2
10.0.0.2biz-internetIPsec10010010.0.0.2
10.0.0.10mplsGRE200010.0.0.10
10.0.0.10biz-internetIPsec20010010.0.0.10
10.0.0.11mplsGRE200010.0.0.11
10.0.0.11biz-internetIPsec20010010.0.0.11

OMP Routes

VPNPrefixOriginatorTLOC (System IP, Color, Encap)OriginMetricSite ID
1172.16.0.0/1610.0.0.110.0.0.1, mpls, GREconnected0100
1172.16.0.0/1610.0.0.110.0.0.1, biz-internet, IPsecconnected0100
1172.16.0.0/1610.0.0.210.0.0.2, mpls, GREconnected0100
1172.16.0.0/1610.0.0.210.0.0.2, biz-internet, IPsecconnected0100
1172.17.0.0/1610.0.0.1010.0.0.10, mpls, GREconnected0200
1172.17.0.0/1610.0.0.1010.0.0.10, biz-internet, IPsecconnected0200
1172.17.0.0/1610.0.0.1110.0.0.11, mpls, GREconnected0200
1172.17.0.0/1610.0.0.1110.0.0.11, biz-internet, IPsecconnected0200

References

LAB 1 - Hub-and-Spoke - Restricting spoke-to-spoke tunnels | NetworkAcademy.IO

OMP route advertisements | Overlay Management Protocol | Routing Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE Catalyst SD-WAN Release 17.x - Cisco

Advanced SD-WAN Troubleshooting - Cisco Live

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