Description

The customer received the router with 24.2R2.16-EVO and configured it to bring up all protocol adjacencies, including OSPFv3. Since 24.2R2.16-EVO was not their certified code, they downgraded the Junos version to 21.4R3-S5.9-EVO. After the downgrade, they observed that OSPFv3 adjacencies were not getting established.


The issue is consistently observed when a reboot is performed or when the RPD process is restarted using the “restart routing immediately” command on a device running 21.4R3-S5.9-EVO.


Model: ptx10001-36mr

Junos: 21.4R3-S5.9-EVO

Yocto: 2.2.1

Linux Kernel: 4.8.28-WR2.2.1_standard-gea7287e

JUNOS-EVO OS 64-bit [junos-evo-install-ptx-fixed-x86-64-21.4R3-S5.9-EVO]


#Configs

set protocols ospf3 area 0.0.0.0 interface lo0.0 passive

set protocols ospf3 area 0.0.0.0 interface ae10.10 interface-type p2p

set protocols ospf3 area 0.0.0.0 interface ae10.10 metric 100

set protocols ospf3 area 0.0.0.0 interface ae10.10 hello-interval 4

set protocols ospf3 area 0.0.0.0 interface ae10.10 ipsec-sa SAXXX


set protocols ospf3 area 0.0.3.32 interface ae10.11 interface-type p2p

set protocols ospf3 area 0.0.3.32 interface ae10.11 metric 100

set protocols ospf3 area 0.0.3.32 interface ae10.11 hello-interval 4

set protocols ospf3 area 0.0.3.32 interface ae10.11 ipsec-sa SAXXX


...


Symptoms

#No active OSPFv3 neighbors listed

labroot@labrouter> show ospf3 interface  


Warning: License key missing; requires 'OSPF' license


Interface      State  Area      DR ID      BDR ID     Nbrs


ae10.10       PtToPt 0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0      0

et-0/0/2:0.0    PtToPt 0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0      0

et-0/0/3:0.0    PtToPt 0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0      0

lo0.0        DRother 0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0      0

ae10.11       PtToPt 0.0.3.32    0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0      0

ae10.12       PtToPt 0.0.3.33    0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0      0


labroot@labrouter> show ospf3 neighbor


Warning: License key missing; requires 'ospf' license




#OSPFv3 statistics confirmed packets received but none sent.

labroot@labrouter> show ospf3 statistics


Warning: License key missing; requires 'ospf' license


Packet type       Total         Last 5 seconds

          Sent   Received    Sent   Received

  Hello       0      131      0       0



#OSPFv3 traces reported incoming traffic but no outgoing packets.

labroot@labrouter> show log ospf3_log | last


Aug 22 06:18:26.862030 OSPF rcvd Hello fe80::ae78:d1ff:XXXX:XXXX -> ff02::5 (et-0/0/2:0.0 IFL 1032 area 0.0.0.0)

Aug 22 06:18:26.862045 Version 3, length 36, ID 165.237.XX.XXX, area 0.0.0.0

Aug 22 06:18:26.862049 checksum 0x0, instance-id 0

Aug 22 06:18:26.862056 intf_id 0.0.0.16, prio 128, opts 0x13, hello_ivl 1

Aug 22 06:18:26.862061 dead_ivl 4, DR 0.0.0.0, BDR 0.0.0.0


Aug 22 06:18:27.288406 OSPF rcvd Hello fe80::ae78:d1ff:XXXX:XXXX -> ff02::5 (et-0/0/3:0.0 IFL 1033 area 0.0.0.0)

Aug 22 06:18:27.288425 Version 3, length 36, ID 165.237.XX.XXX, area 0.0.0.0

Aug 22 06:18:27.288429 checksum 0x0, instance-id 0

Aug 22 06:18:27.288433 intf_id 0.0.0.16, prio 128, opts 0x13, hello_ivl 1

Aug 22 06:18:27.288437 dead_ivl 4, DR 0.0.0.0, BDR 0.0.0.0


Aug 22 06:18:27.619305 OSPF rcvd Hello fe80::7aba:f9ff:XXXX:XXXX -> ff02::5 (ae10.11 IFL 1004 area 0.0.3.32)

Aug 22 06:18:27.619325 Version 3, length 36, ID 165.237.XXX.XX, area 0.0.3.32

Aug 22 06:18:27.619330 checksum 0x0, instance-id 0

Aug 22 06:18:27.619334 intf_id 0.0.0.107, prio 1, opts 0x13, hello_ivl 4

Aug 22 06:18:27.619338 dead_ivl 16, DR 0.0.0.0, BDR 0.0.0.0


Aug 22 06:18:27.701331 OSPF rcvd Hello fe80::ae78:d1ff:XXXX:XXXX -> ff02::5 (et-0/0/2:0.0 IFL 1032 area 0.0.0.0)

Aug 22 06:18:27.701347 Version 3, length 36, ID 165.237.XX.XXX, area 0.0.0.0

Aug 22 06:18:27.701351 checksum 0x0, instance-id 0

Aug 22 06:18:27.701355 intf_id 0.0.0.16, prio 128, opts 0x13, hello_ivl 1

Aug 22 06:18:27.701359 dead_ivl 4, DR 0.0.0.0, BDR 0.0.0.0



#Monitored IPv6 traffic on interface et-0/0/2:0.0 showed OSPFv3 Hello packets received from the remote peer, but no packets were sent from the local device.

labroot@labrouter> monitor traffic interface et-0/0/2:0.0 matching ip6 no-resolve layer2-headers count 1 extensive


NOTE: MAC Addresses 00:00:00:00:00:00 are used when L2 header information in not available. For such packets, L2 headers are added by PFE when transmit and removed before being punted to RE


reading from file -, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet)


06:10:46.458810 00:00:00:00:00:00 > 00:00:00:00:00:00, ethertype IPv6 (0x86dd), length 184: (class 0xc0, hlim 1, next-header AH (51) payload length: 60) fe80::ae78:d1ff:XXXX:XXXX > ff02::5: AH(spi=0x000003e7,sumlen=16,seq=0x5754fdd): OSPFv3, Hello, length 36


   Router-ID 165.237.XX.XXX, Backbone Area

   Options [V6, External, Router]

    Hello Timer 1s, Dead Timer 4s, Interface-ID 0.0.0.16, Priority 128

    Neighbor List:

    

Solution

Bouncing OSPFv3 (deactivate/activate), helped in recovering or bring up the OSPFv3 adjacency.


labroot@labrouter> show system rollback compare 2 1   

[edit protocols]

!  inactive: ospf3 { ... }



labroot@labrouter> show system rollback compare 1 0  

[edit protocols]

!  active: ospf3 { ... }


 


labroot@labrouter> show ospf3 interface  


Warning: License key missing; requires 'ospf' license


Interface      State  Area      DR ID      BDR ID     Nbrs

ae10.10       PtToPt 0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0      1

et-0/0/2:0.0    PtToPt 0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0      1

et-0/0/3:0.0    PtToPt 0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0      1

lo0.0        DRother 0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0      0

ae10.11       PtToPt 0.0.3.32    0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0      1

ae10.12       PtToPt 0.0.3.33    0.0.0.0     0.0.0.0      1



labroot@labrouter> show ospf3 neighbor  


Warning: License key missing; requires 'ospf' license


ID        Interface       State   Pri  Dead

165.237.XXX.XX  ae10.10        Full   128   15

 Neighbor-address fe80::8271:1f00:XXX:XXXX


165.237.XXX.XX  et-0/0/2:0.0      Full   128   3

 Neighbor-address fe80::8271:1fff:XXXX:XXXX


165.237.XXX.XX  et-0/0/3:0.0      Full   128   3

 Neighbor-address fe80::8271:1fff:XXXX:XXXX


165.237.XXX.XX  ae10.11        Full   128   13

 Neighbor-address fe80::8271:1f00:XXX:XXXX


165.237.XXX.XX  ae10.12        Full   128   13

 Neighbor-address fe80::8271:1f00:XXX:XXXX

Modification History

2025-10-15 : Article Created