LISP Network Deployment and Troubleshooting: The Complete Guide to LISP Implementation on IOS-XE, IOS-XR, and NX-OS

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  • ISBN-10: 0-13-478317-4
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Implement flexible, efficient LISP-based overlays for cloud, data center, and enterprise


The LISP overlay network helps organizations provide seamless connectivity to devices and workloads wherever they move, enabling open and highly scalable networks with unprecedented flexibility and agility.


LISP Network Deployment and Troubleshooting is the definitive resource for all network engineers who want to understand, configure, and troubleshoot LISP on Cisco IOS-XE, IOS-XR and NX-OS platforms. It brings together comprehensive coverage of how LISP works, how it integrates with leading Cisco platforms, how to configure it for maximum efficiency, and how to address key issues such as scalability and convergence.


Focusing on design and deployment in real production environments, three leading Cisco LISP engineers present authoritative coverage of deploying LISP, verifying its operation, and optimizing its performance in widely diverse environments. Drawing on their unsurpassed experience supporting LISP deployments, they share detailed configuration examples, templates, and best practices designed to help you succeed with LISP no matter how you intend to use it.


This book is the Cisco authoritative guide to LISP protocol and is intended for network architects, engineers, and consultants responsible for implementing and troubleshooting LISP network infrastructures. It includes extensive configuration examples with troubleshooting tips for network engineers who want to improve optimization, performance, reliability, and scalability.


This book covers all applications of LISP across various environments including DC, Enterprise, and SP.



  • Review the problems LISP solves, its current use cases, and powerful emerging applications
  • Gain in-depth knowledge of LISP’s core architecture and components, including xTRs, PxTRs, MR/MS, ALT, and control plane message exchange
  • Understand LISP software architecture on Cisco platforms
  • Master LISP IPv4 unicast routing, LISP IPv6 routing, and the fundamentals of LISP multicast routing
  • Implement LISP mobility in traditional data center fabrics, and LISP IP mobility in modern data center fabrics
  • Plan for and deliver LISP network virtualization and support multitenancy
  • Explore LISP in the Enterprise multihome Internet/WAN edge solutions
  • Systematically secure LISP environments
  • Troubleshoot LISP performance, reliability, and scalability

Table of Contents

    Introduction xvii
Chapter 1 LISP Introduction 1
    LISP and the Internet 1
    Use Cases for LISP 6
    Standards of LISP 9
    Summary 10
    References 10
Chapter 2 LISP Architecture 13
    LISP Architecture 13
    LISP Canonical Address Format (LCAF) 20
    LISP Packet Headers 24
    LISP Control Plane Messages 27
    LISP Database Architecture: LISP-DDT 32
    LISP Architecture on Cisco Platforms 36
    Summary 40
    References 40
Chapter 3 LISP IPv4 Unicast Routing 41
    LISP IPv4 Unicast Routing Concepts 41
    LISP IPv4 Unicast Routing Configuration 51
    LISP IPv4 Unicast Routing Control Plane Verification 66
    LISP IPv4 Unicast Routing Data Plane Verification 80
    Internetworking LISP and Non-LISP Sites 91
    Summary 123
    References 124
Chapter 4 LISP IPv6 Unicast Routing 125
    Address Family Versatility 125
    IPv6 Transition Methods 130
    Configuring LISP IPv6 Unicast Routing 135
    LISP IPv6 Unicast Routing Control Plane Verification 152
    LISP IPv6 Unicast Routing Data Plane Verification 174
    Summary 181
    References 182
Chapter 5 LISP Multicast Routing Fundamentals 183
    LISP Multicast Routing Concepts 183
    Summary 239
    References 239
Chapter 6 LISP IP Mobility in Traditional Data Center Network 241
    Design Considerations Related to Interconnecting Data Centers 242
    Network Extension Solutions for Interconnecting Data Centers 245
    Interconnecting Traditional Data Center Networks 248
    Deployment Considerations for Legacy Layer 2 DCI Solutions 253
    Interconnecting Multiple VXLAN EVPN Fabrics: A Chronological Evolution 258
    Interconnecting ACI Fabrics 266
    Workload Mobility Types 276
    Traditional IP Mobility Solutions 283
    LISP IP Mobility 285
    Traditional IPv4 and IPv6 Address Schemas 285
    LISP IP Mobility Overview 286
    LISP Feature Support by Operating System 337
    IP Mobility Using LISP IGP Assist 338
    Summary 358
    References 359
Chapter 7 LISP IP Mobility in Modern Data Center Fabrics 361
    LISP IP Mobility Deployment with Modern Fabrics 361
    VXLAN EVPN Multi-Site with LISP IP Mobility 362
    ACI Multi-Pod with LISP IP Mobility 380
    Summary 431
    References 433
Chapter 8 LISP Network Virtualization/Multi-Tenancy 435
    Multi-tenancy in the Network 435
    LISP Instance ID 438
    LISP Virtualization Models 440
    LISP Shared Model Virtualization Configuration 444
    LISP Parallel Model Virtualization Configuration 455
    LISP Virtualization Troubleshooting 482
    Summary 494
    References 494
Chapter 9 LISP in the Enterprise Multihome Internet/WAN Edge 495
    LISP at the Enterprise Edge 495
    Configuring LISP at the Enterprise Edge 499
    Troubleshooting LISP at the Enterprise Edge 506
    LISP Disjoint RLOC Domains 518
    Summary 520
    References 520
Chapter 10 LISP Security 521
    Securing the LISP Control Plane Using LISP-SEC 521
    Securing the LISP Data Plane 530
    Summary 559
    References 559
TOC, 9781587145063, 10/3/19