CCIE Security V4 Technology Labs Section 1:

System Hardening and Availability

IPv6 Selective Packet Discard

Last updated: May 10, 2013

Task
Configure R3 for SPD such that the following values exist:

R3#show ipv6 spd

Current mode: normal
Queue min/max thresholds: 80/100, Headroom: 100, Extended Headroom: 20
IPv6 queues normal/priority/resolution 0/0/0
IPv6 queues high water normal/priority/resolution 1/2/1
SPD special drop mode: aggressively drop bad packets
SPD drop events: none
R3#

Explanation and Verification

The SPD mechanism manages the process-level input queues on the RP. SPD provides priority to
routing protocol packets and other important traffic control Layer 2 keepalives during periods of
process-level queue congestion. You can configure SPD as follows on R3.

R3:

R3#conf t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
R3(config)#ipv6 spd mode aggressive
R3(config)#ipv6 spd queue min-threshold 80
R3(config)#ipv6 spd queue max-threshold 100
R3(config)#end
R3#
R3#
R3#
*Feb 1 18:37:41.214: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by console
R3#

Verify with the show command.

R3#
R3#show ipv6 spd
Current mode: normal
Queue min/max thresholds: 80/100, Headroom: 100, Extended Headroom: 20
IPv6 queues normal/priority/resolution 0/0/0
IPv6 queues high water normal/priority/resolution 1/2/2
SPD special drop mode: aggressively drop bad packets
SPD drop events: none
R3#

Recommended Reading
SPD for IPv6 on Cisco.com (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipv6/configuration/xe3s/ip6-spd.html)