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Clause of
Test Name Protocol Explanation TAN 1 PoC Guidelines Pre-requisite Conditions How to Test/Commands Expexted Output /parameters Probable Result
No. TAN 1
2.1 1.2 Router shall work on -48VDC nominal power supply. Router Should be working on 48V DC power and Remove one PSU card and observe for Router operation. Router should continue to work without any
should have 1+1 redundant, field replaceable DC power Positive termainl shound be grounded. Insert back and observe Router operation. interruption.
Power Supply ____ supply units. Remove one power supply unit/card, other Confinuous Ping status pic can be attached
power supply unit/card will take full load without any along pic of PSU removed
interruption.
2.2 1.5 The Router shall be equipped with the following interfaces - 2 x 10G all required cards and modules in working Physical verify and record the cards modle numbers and Serial numbers Attach pic showing all cards and modules.
(optical) , 4 x 1GbE (copper), 4 x 1GbE (Optical) and 16 x E1 G. 703, condition. with photos of setup Attach output of #show inventory command
interfaces in case of LER min configuration It should be possible to #Show inventory // this command will show all the cards/modules with its Attach Licnes proofs for all ports
add 2 X STM 1 channelised optical as LER max configuration -II or to model Nos and Serail Nos. CLI image showing SFP+ details to confirm power
Port have a total of 32 x E1 G.703 interfaces as LER max configuration - I #show controllers E1 brief // check for 16 E1 ports budget for 40km working.
Configuration
____
by way of adding / replacing suitable interface cards. All the optical CLI pic showing 16 E1 ports
interfaces shall be equipped with suitable optics to work on two Ask for proof of License(Perpetual) for all ports. STM working with Router should be attached.
single mode fibres up to 40 Kms Check line rate of each interfaces and ensure duak fibre SFP+ are used.
STM interfacing to be demonstrated.

2.3 1.7 The Router Shall have external alarm options Alarm to be configured as Critical/Severe 4 external alram Inputs as per data sheet Alarm Port and Pin outs pic to be attached
Alarm ____
#sh running-config | include alarm CLI pic showing alarm configuration status
2.4 1.8 Fan Tray, controller cards, interface card should be hot - swappable Router in Working conddition Remove Fan tray at field and observe Router working. attach FAN tray removed pic with Router in Fan Tray is Field raplacable & hot swappable.
and field replaceable unit (FRU) Insert Fan tray back and observe Router working. working status Conftroller Card is part of base chasis hence not Field
Remove Control Card at field without switching Off Router. Attach contoller removed pic with Router in replaceable & hot swappable.
Hot Swappable ____ Insert Control Card back and observe Router working. working status. Only E1 Card is is Field raplacable & hot swappable.
Communciation(Ethernet/SFP) interfaces are attached to
Remove all Interface cards at field without switching off Router. Remove all interface cards one by one with
the Controller card , hence not Field replaceable and hot
Insert all interface cards back and observe Router working. router in working condition.
swappable.
2.5 1.9 Must have out of band Management port Conigure MGMt port assinging IP, enabling SSH Acces Router using Mgmt port via SSH,Telnet etc uing Cat-6 ptch cord. attach Out of Mgmt port pic
Out of band Management
port
____ ,telnet etc CLI pic showing mgmt interface configuration
details .
2.6 1.10 Must have console port Access Router via console port able to configure through conole port
Console Port ____ ____ Attach Console port pic and CLI image accessing
router for configuration.
2.7 1.11 Router Shall have IP- MPLS interoperability with routers of other Connect other OEM Routers to these routers and Ping rach other. Attcach interoperabilty diagrma with Actual
multiple OEMs configure ISIS, MPLS,Segement Routing,BGP Other OEM routers should appear as IS-IS, MPLS, Segment Routing, BGP Setup.
Interoperability ____ neighbours. neighbours. Attach Pinging status Detail interoperabiltuy Test Continued in later test cases.
Attach CLI pic of IS-IS,MPLS,Segmanet
Routing,BGP neighbours.
3.1 1.2 Power Supply ____ Router shall have redundant DC power supply -48VDC nominal Same as LER Test Case Sl.No. 2.1
3.2 1.6 The Router shall be equipped with 8 x 10G optional ports. All the all required cards and modules in working Physical verify and record the cards modle numbers and Serial numbers Attach pic showing all cards and modules.
optical interfaces shall be equipped with suitable optics to work on condition. with photos of setup Attach output of #show inventory command
two single mode fibres up to 40 Kms Attach Licnes proofs for all ports
#Show inventory // this command will show all the cards/modules with its CLI pic
Port Configuration ____ model Nos and Serail Nos. CLI image showing all Ports with Line rate details.
#show controllers E1 brief // check for 16 E1 ports CLI image showing SFP+ details to confirm power
budget for 40km working.
Ask for proof of License(Perpetual) for all ports.
Check line rate of all interfaces.
Ensure Dual Fibre SFP+ are used.
3.3 1.8 Alarm ____ The Router Shall have external alarm options Same as LER Test Case 2.3
3.4 1.9 Fan Tray, controller cards, interface card should be hot - swappable Router in Working conddition and all configured Remove Fan tray at field and observe Router working. attach FAN tray removed pic with Router in
and field replaceable unit FRU circuit are in working condition. Insert Fan tray back and observe Router working. working status
Remove Control Card at field without switching Off Router. Attach contoller removed pic with Router in
Hot - swappable ____ Insert Control Card back and observe Router working. working status.
Remove all Interface cards at field without switching off Router. Remove all interface cards one by one with
Insert all interface cards back and observe Router working. router in working condition.

3.5 1.10 Control plane should be redundant and should be able to take full Router sshould be workinng with Two Control Remove Control Card at field without switching Off Router and observe Attach CLI image showing CPU and memory
Control plane redundancy ____ load even with failure of one controller card Cards in redudndacy mode for router performance and circuit performance.(put one curcuit for utilization when one controller is removed and May Psss
continuous monitoring using hrping) attach hrping status of circuit being observed )
3.6 1.11 Out of band Management Must have out of band Management port Same as LER Test case Sl.No.2.5
port
____
3.7 1.12 console port ____ Must have console port Same as LER Test Case Sl.No. 2.6
3.8 1.13 Router Shall have IP- MPLS interoperability with routers of other
Interoperability ____ Same as LER Test Case Sl.No. 2.7
multiple OEM’s.
BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) is the protocol used to Conigure BGP between two Autonomous System #show ip bgp summary // Attach diagram showing connectivity of routers
exchange routing information between different , establsih neighbourship and advertise routing #show ip bgp neighbors <neighbour ip addre> advertised-routes// with different AS nos.
networks on the internet or within large enterprise information. Observe for exchange of Routing routing info learnt from neighbor router will be shown here. Attach CLI output of Commands mentioned in
BGP networks. It is a path-vector protocol designed to information between tow differnet Autonomous #show ip bgp // ensure both IBGP and EBGP learned Routes previous cell.(Both IPv4 and IPv6)
handle routing between autonomous systems (ASs). system(EBGP and within the autonomous
systme(IBGP)(Both IPv4 and IPv6)

OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) Configure OSPF in routers ,establish #show ip ospf <procees ID no.> // configuration of ospf Attach CLI image showing OSPF configuration,
OSPF and OSPF v3 neighbourship and advertise network #show ip route ospf // ospf routing route neighbours and OSPF routes .(Both IPv4 and
addresses.(Both IPv4 and IPv6) IPv6)
IS-IS (Intermediate System to Intermediate System) Conifgure IS-IS in routers with IS-IS type L1 in #show isis neighbors Attach CLI image showing IS-IS configuration,
is a link-state routing protocol used primarily within LER router and type L1L2 in LSR Router. #Show ip route ISIS // ensure ipv6 routes also neighbours and ISIS routes .(Both IPv4 and IPv6)
IS-IS
an autonomous system (AS) for large-scale networks. It
is similar to OSPF Router should support unicast IPv4 & IPv6 routing protocols (BGP,
 Router should support unicast IPv4 & IPv6 routing protocols (BGP,
4.1 Segment Routing (SR) is a modern source-based #show segment-routing mpls state //status Attach the outputs of commands mentioned in
2.1 OSPF, IS-IS, OSPF v3, Segment Routing or similar protocol (For LER
routing technique that simplifies the network by using # Sh mpls forwarding-table// Incoming(Local) label and outgoing label the previous cell.
& LSR) and Circuit emulation (For LER only).
segments (i.e., paths) defined as a sequence of Once Routing happening on ISIS/OSPF, enable should be same for Segement routing.
Segment Routing instructions (SIDs - Segment Identifiers). Segement Routing MPLS and configure VPWS #Sh segment-routing mpls connected-prefix-sid-map ipv4 //
and VPLS #traceroute mpls ipv4 <destination ipv4_addr> // Label should not get
swapped while routing
#traceroute mpls ipv6 <destination ipv6_addr>Label should not get
swapped while routing
Circuit Emulation Services (CES) refer to a technology Install E1 card and configure in routers Demonstrate E1 Conncetivity between Routers. Also covered in the Services Testing through E1.
that allows packet-switched networks (like MPLS or IP Connect STM and establish E1 add/drop #show controllers E1 //shall display E1 configuration and errors Check E1 connectivity and observe for any
networks) to transport traditional Time Division function betweer STM and Router errors/logs
Circuit emulation (LER Multiplexing (TDM) circuits (such as E1/T1, DS3, or
only) SONET/SDH). Essentially, it enables legacy TDM-based
services to run over modern IP/MPLS networks without
changing the end devices.

4.2 2.2 FRR Router shall support LDP, MPLS-TE with FRR for sub 50 msec Covered in previous Sheet
Fast Reroute (FRR) is a network resiliency mechanism protection.
designed to provide near-instantaneous failover in
case of a link or node failure
4.3 2.3 Traffic Engineering MPLS Traffic Engineering (MPLS-TE) to manage and Router must support Traffic Engineering for node and link Configure MPLS ,MPLS-TE, RSVP and Tunnel #show mpls traffic-eng tunnels brief // to verfiy tunnels Attach the outputs of commands mentioned in
optimize traffic flows protection. with explicit path #show mpls traffic-eng topology the previous cell.
#traceroute <destin_ip_addr> source Tunnel1 // only end routers
appears.
Check for Protection switching
4.4 2.4 Aggregation of links. Link Aggregation (also known as EtherChannel on Router shall support aggregation of links. Minimum 8 links should Connect two routers using 8 Ethernet ports and #show lacp neighbor // Attach the outputs of commands mentioned in
Cisco devices, Port Channel, or LAG - Link be supported as part of single aggregation on a network side. perform link aggregation by configuring LACP #show lacp internal //info on specific port channel the previous cell.
Aggregation Group) is a technique used to combine #show interfaces status // to see list of interfaces which are part of
multiple physical network interfaces into a single aggregation.
logical interface. The main purpose is to increase Disconnec few links and check for load balancing
bandwidth, enhance redundancy, and improve
network reliability.
4.5 2.5 Multi Chassis LAG Router shall support multi-chassis LAG for aggregation of links Covered in previous Sheet
across two chassis.
4.6 2.6 Performance monitoring Router shall support performance monitoring for Layer-2 and layer- Covered in previous Sheet
3 services (Y.1731/Y.1564, TWAMP, SAA or equivalent).
4.7 2.7 Application protocol Router shall support IPV4 and IPV6, IGMP, MLD, and PIM-SM & SSM, Covered in previous Sheet
ECMP, NGMVPN.

6PE 6PE allows IPv6 prefixes to be transported over an Configure MPLS with ipv6 forwarding and assign #show bgp ipv6 unicast summary Attach the outputs of commands mentioned in
IPv4 MPLS network without needing to configure a ipv6 addresses to interfaces. # show mpls forwarding-table // check ipv6 addresses the previous cell.
4.8 separate IPv6 MPLS backbone.(Uses Dual Stack) Configure BGP with ipv6 unicast # ping ipv6 2001:db8:2::2 source 2001:db8:1::1

Router shall support 6PE and 6VPE mode for IPV6 transport over
2.8
6VPE 6VPE extends the concept of MPLS Layer 3 VPNs to IPV4. Configure mpls vrf with ipv6 ,assign ipv6 addr to #show bgp ipv6 vpnv6 summary Attach the outputs of commands mentioned in
IPv6, allowing the transport of IPv6 VPN traffic over interface and BGP with ipv6 family, # show vrf detail the previous cell.
an IPv4 MPLS core. # ping vrf Customer1 ipv6 2001:db8:100:2::2
#ping ipv6 2001:db8:2::2
#show bgp ipv6 vpnv6 summary
4.9 2.9 BGP Protocol BGP Prefix independent control (EDGE and Core). Covered in previous Sheet
4.10 2.10 BFD Detection BFD is a protocol used to detect link failures between Router shall support BFD with interval of 10ms or less Configuring BFD with a 10ms Interval # show bfd neighbors detail //shows holdtime(interval*multiplier) Attach the outputs of commands mentioned in
two directly connected devices Enable BFD for BGP Neighbors BFD should detect the failure within 30ms (10ms interval * 3 multiplier) the previous cell.
and trigger the routing protocol to converge.shutdown interface for testing
and run the following command
#show bfd neighbors counters //shows errors

4.11 2.11 BGP4 RFC 3107 introduces a new BGP attribute called the Router should support RFC 3107 of Carrying Label Information in #show ip bgp labels // shows MPLS labels learned via EBGP
"BGP label attribute". This attribute allows BGP to BGP-4. Confrim #send-label in the bgp configuration
carry MPLS labels associated with routes.
This means that BGP not only advertises the network
reachability information but also the label associated
with that route, which is essential for proper packet
forwarding in an MPLS network
4.12 2.12 Unicast and Multicast Router should support Point to Point and Point to Multipoint LSP for Make sure RSVP-TE is supported and enabled on # #show mpls ldp neighbor //
traffic. Unicast and Multicast traffic. your ASR router. #show ip mroute // shows the multicast routing
# ip multicast-routing table, including multicast groups
#ip rsvp signaling hello #show mpls multicast fwd-table

L3 MPLS VPN Router shall support layer3 and layer2 MPLS VPN, VPLS and EVPN. #show bgp vpnv4/6 unicast summary
#ping vrf Customer1 192.168.100.10
#traceroute vrf Customer1 192.168.100.10
L2 MPLS VPN
VPLS
EVPN EVPN (Ethernet Virtual Private Network) is a #show bgp l2vpn evpn summary // BGP EVPN neighbours Attach the outputs of commands mentioned in
modern, scalable technology,EVPN is designed to #show bgp l2vpn evpn (route-type 2/3) the previous cell.
4.13 2.13
enhance traditional Ethernet VPNs by leveraging BGP #show l2vpn evpn mac
(Border Gateway Protocol) for control-plane #show evpn ethernet-segment // Ethernet Segment used for Multi homing
signaling, making it more efficient, flexible, and Is EVPN multi homing is Supported ….?
scalable compared to older technologies like VPLS
(Virtual Private LAN Service).
EVPN uses BGP to advertise MAC addresses and
their associated IP addresses.
4.14 2.14 Internet Group IGMP is used by end hosts (like computers, set-top The router shall support Internet Group Management Protocol #show ip igmp interface //
Management Protocol boxes, etc.) on a network to communicate their interest (IGMP) v1, v2 and v3. #show ip igmp groups //multicast groups joined by hosts on specific
in receiving multicast traffic from a router. IGMPv1 is basic with no leave message, IGMPv2 adds explicit leave interfaces,
IGMPv1: Basic join/leave messages. messages and group-specific queries, and IGMPv3 supports source #show ip igmp membership //Multicast groups joined by hosts.
IGMPv2: Adds group-specific queries and a leave filtering and source-specific multicast (SSM). #show ip mroute
message to speed up group departures.
IGMPv3: Supports source filtering, allowing hosts to
specify that they want to receive traffic only from
specific sources.
End devices inform the local router of their interest in
joining a multicast group via IGMP
4.15 2.15 PIM PIM is a routing protocol used to build and manage The router shall support Protocol Independent Multicast – PIM-SM Covered in previous Sheet
multicast distribution trees. It operates and SSM
independently of the underlying Layer 3 unicast
routing protocol (hence "Protocol Independent")
Routers use PIM to set up the multicast distribution
tree and determine how to forward multicast traffic
through the network.
4.16 2.16 Troubleshooting Mtrace traces the multicast path from receiver to The switch/router shall support Multicast troubleshooting tools like #mtrace <source-ip> <destination-ip>
source. Mtrace and mfib ping (or equivalent troubleshooting mechanism- #ping mcast <multicast-group-ip>
MFIB Ping tests multicast forwarding paths to ensure For LSR only).
traffic reaches the correct destination.
4.17 2.17 Precision Timing Protocol IEEE 1588v2 Precision Timing Protocol (PTP) and Synchronous Covered in previous Sheet
Ethernet support for network synchronization.
5.1 4.2 Support Access Control Support Access Control List to filter traffic based on Source &
List Destination IP Subnet, Source & Destination Port, Protocol Type (IP,
UDP, TCP, ICMP etc) and Port Range etc. Should Support
SNMPv1/v2/V3.

SNMP V1/2/3 #show snmp // check for version 3

5.2 4.3 Black hole filtering Black Hole Filtering refers to the practice of dropping Black hole filtering: dropping of traffic destined for a specific prefix Check the routing table for routes pointing to Null0 or ::/0.
network traffic destined for a specific IP address or at wire speed. #ping
prefix, effectively making that destination #show logging //Look for any log entries indicating that traffic to a specific
unreachable. This process is done at "wire speed," destination was dropped.
which means that the filtering action occurs without
introducing significant delays or performance
degradation in the network
5.3 4.4 Ingress and egress packet Ingress and egress packet filtering based on L2-L4 criteria at wire
filtering the ability to filter network traffic at both the ingress speed. The possibility to log the actions on individual filter rules you could create a rule that filters packets
(incoming traffic) and egress (outgoing traffic) points shall be supported. where the source IP is a specific address (L3),
of a network device, such as a router or switch, based the destination port is 80 (HTTP, L4), and the
on Layer 2 (L2) to Layer 4 (L4) criteria. source MAC address is a certain value (L2).
5.4 4.5 Protection of local implementing security measures on a network device Protection of local services (http, small udp/tcp servers, dhcp,
services (such as a router, firewall, or switch) to protect local telnet, ssh) based on L2-L4 criteria.
network services from unauthorized access or
attacks.
5.5 Local Authenication AAA (Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting) Configure Local AAA
AAA support – Accounting, Authorization and Authentication of
TACACS+(Cisco is a framework used to manage user access and configure TACACS+ external
4.6 users and commands. Support of local authentication, TACACS+
proprietary protocol) control on network devices, providing a centralized
and Radius.
RADIUS mechanism for managing users, their permissions, Configure Radius server
5.6 4.7 Authentication of routing Authentication of routing protocol updates is crucial Authentication of routing protocol updates: IS-IS, OSPF, BGP. Configure ISIS with MD5 authentication in two Check for establishment ofneighbourship and exchange of routers if given
protocol for ensuring that only authorized routers can routers with same/differnet key. same key. Attach neighbour CLI output image.
exchange routing information, thus protecting the Configure OSPF with MD5 authentication in two Check by giving differnet key or not any authentication.
network from malicious or unauthorized route routers with same/differnet key.
advertisements. BGP uses TCP MD5 to secure the BGP
session.configure BGP with MD5 authentication

5.7 4.8 SSH support SSH support. Configure SSHv2 #show IP ssh
Access router via SSH, attch this pic
6.1 5.1 Non-blocking throughput Router shall support non-blocking throughput of 60 Gbps half
duplex / 30 Gbps full duplex for LER and or higher & 160 Gbps
switching speed half duplex and 80Gbps Full duplex for LSR or as
specified by the user
6.2 5.2 No. of Routes Router shall support 10K IPv4 & 5K Pv6 routes (LER) & Shall support
64K IPV4 & IPV6 Routes (LSR) Covered in previous Sheet
6.3 5.3 Multicast groups Router shall support 100 multicast groups
6.4 5.4 Layer 3 VPN Minimum 100 MPLS layer-3 VPN's (LER) & 500 MPLS layer - 3 VPN's
(LSR)
6.5 5.5 VPLS Minimum 64 MPLS VPLS (LER) & 500 MPLS VPLS (LSR)
6.6 5.6 PW’s Minimum 500 MPLS Layer-2 PWs
6.7 5.7 BFD Session’s Router shall support min 64 BFD sessions.

1.11 of LER & The integration of the IP/MPLS network of the division will be
2.1 1.13 of LSR Interoperability done using MPLS VPN CSC (Carrier Support
Carrier).
General Each Division will have Its own MPLS domain with uniqueBGP AS
2.2 Interoperability
numbers.
General The IP/MPLS network of the division will beinterconnected with
2.3 Interoperability
RCIL IPMPLS PoP at two or more locations
2.11of LER & LS BGP-LU session will be required at junction location (LSR}
2.4 Interoperability between Division and RCIL for exchanging labeled infrastructure
routes among divisions.
General The division will be able to create, extend and delete
2.5 Interoperability services on their own without any intervention from RCIL with
this integration scheme.
2.1 &2.11of The CSC configuration should be completed between RCIL-LER
3.1 LER&LSR Interoperability and DIV-LSR router. It should be ensured that proper route
exchange happen using BGP.
2.13 of LER & L3VPN, L2VPN, CES services feature testing within
LSR Division. These services shall be configured between two
3.1 Interoperability
divisional setup and services to be configured and should work
without any additional configuration from RailTel.
3.2 of LER & LSR End-to-end QoS starting from Div-1 to RCIL and finally to
Div-2 to be implemented and tested for ensuring proper
3.2 Interoperability
marking, classification, and scheduling of respective
service type(s).
2.4&2.5 LAG, Load-balancing, redundancy between Division(s) and RCIL
of(LER& LSR) at NNI to be checked as the MPLS network of divisions will be
3.3 Interoperability
connected to MPLS network of RzilTel at two or more locations.

2.6 of LER & Latency measurement to be tested end-to-end (Div-1 toDiv-2

3.4 LSR Interoperability over RCIL backbone) Using Y.1731/Y.1564,
TWAMP, SAA or equivalent.
2.11 of LER & Verify Division 2 LER and LSR infra loopback labeled IP
LSR Prefixes are learnt via RCIL IPMPLS network over BGP
3.5 Interoperability
and can be resolved in Division 1 LER routers via BGP
over LDP,
2.2& 2.10 of Check if the BFD of fast failure detection works on BGP link
3.6 LER & LSR Interoperability established between the network of RCIL and
Division.
2.1 & 2.11 of BGP over LDP BGP in each Railway Division, Labeled E-BGP
4.1 Interoperability
LER &LSR Session between LSR and RCIL PE.
2.13 of LER & Layer2 VPN,Layer3 VPN,Circuit-Emulation Service between
4.2 Interoperability
LSR Division-1 and Division-2
2.4 &2.5 of LER Link Aggregation Group (LAG) & Load Balancing
4.3 Interoperability
& LSR
2.2 & 2.10 of BFD for BGP session between LSR and RCIL PE
4.4 Interoperability
LER & LSR
Performance Monitoring for Layer-2 and layer-3services
4.5 2.6 of LER & LSR Interoperability
(Y.1731/Y.1564, TWAMP, SAA orequivalent).
3.0 of LER & End to end Quality of Service between Division-1,RCIL, and
4.6 Interoperability
LSR Division-2.