Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Implementing SR-ISIS in Nokia SROS: Configuration & Validation

Enabling segment routeing in IGP like ISIS or OSPF is to replace the traditional LDP protocol in the access rings in the service provider environment, especially with the mobility transport core network. There are a lot of advantages in enabling SR-ISIS, as it has features like TI-LFA that is more robust in finding the alternate path when the actual path is down; no need to overload routers with enabling the MPLS protocol on top of IGP.


Let's explore how to enable segment routeing in the Nokia 7750 SR. I followed the Nokia documentation to enable the SR. Topology  

   

Segment routing SR-ISIS configuration and verification in Nokia SROS

As part of the configuration, Area 10 is configured on PE1, PE2, PE5, PE6, ASBR1 and ASBR2.

1.      Enabling ISIS with segment routeing.

Configure the MPLS label space for the SR to use and configure the index for each router or the label based on design.

    router Base

        mpls-labels                  

            sr-labels start 20000 end 20099

        exit

 

we have 2 options to configure the index in Nokia SROS, i configured in global so that i can use it for future case when using different areas in the topology. we have also option to configure under ISIS context.


        segment-routing

            sr-mpls

                prefix-sids "system"

                    ipv4-sid index 11

                exit

            exit

        exit

 

ISIS Configuration:

 

#--------------------------------------------------

echo "ISIS (Inst: 1) Configuration"

#--------------------------------------------------

        isis 1

            level-capability level-2

            area-id 49.0001

            traffic-engineering

            traffic-engineering-options

                advertise-delay

                application-link-attributes

                exit                 

            exit

            advertise-router-capability as

            level 2

                wide-metrics-only

            exit

            segment-routing

                prefix-sid-range global

                no shutdown

            exit

 

Verification:

 

 

 

MPLS SRGB Block and Index  advertisement in ISIS advertisement

 Verifying the SR-ISIS prefix advertisement

 

Verifying the mpls table 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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