Configuring the Route Origin

In the import and export policies for the PE router's VRF table, you can optionally assign the route origin (also known as the site of origin) for a PE router's VRF routes using a VRF export policy applied to multiprotocol external Border Gateway Protocol (MP-EBGP) VPN IPv4 route updates sent to other PE routers.

Matching on the assigned route origin attribute in a receiving PE's VRF import policy helps ensure that VPN-IPv4 routes learned through MP-EBGP updates from one PE are not reimported to the same VPN site from a different PE connected to the same site.

To configure a route origin, complete the following steps:

1. Include the origin option in the community statement:

community name members origin:community-id;

You can include the community statement at the following hierarchy levels:

• [edit policy-options]
• [edit logical-routers logical-router-name policy-options]

name is the name of the community.

community-id is the identifier of the community. Specify it in one of the following formats:

• as-number:number, where as-number is an AS number (a 2-byte value) and number is a 4-byte community value. The AS number can be in the range 1 through 65,535. We recommend that you use an IANA-assigned, nonprivate AS number, preferably the ISP's own or the customer's own AS number. The community value can be a number in the range 0 through 2³² - 1.
• ip-address:number, where ip-address is an IPv4 address (a 4-byte value) and number is a 2-byte community value. The IP address can be any globally unique unicast address. We recommend that you use the address that you configure in the router-id statement, which is a nonprivate address in your assigned prefix range. The community value can be a number in the range 1 through 65,535.

2. Include the community in the import policy for the PE router's VRF table by configuring the community statement with the community-id identifier defined in Step 1 at the [edit policy-options policy-statement import-policy-name term import-term-name from] hierarchy level. See Configuring Import Policy for the PE Router's VRF Table.
3. Include the community in the export policy for the PE router's VRF table by configuring the community statement with the community-id identifier defined in Step 1 at the [edit policy-options policy-statement export-policy-name term export-term-name then] hierarchy level. See Configuring Export Policy for the PE Router's VRF Table.

See Route Origin for VPNs for a configuration example.