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    Checklist for Configuring and Verifying an MPLS Network

    This checklist provides the steps and commands to configure and verify an MPLS network. The checklist includes links to more detailed information about the commands to configure and verify MPLS and supporting protocols, and example configurations for an example MPLS topology. (See Table 1.)

    Table 1: Checklist for Configuring and Verifying an MPLS Network

    Tasks

    Command or Action

    Configure IP Addresses on Router Interfaces 
    1. Configure IP Addresses on Router Interfaces

    [edit]

    edit interfaces type-fpc/pic/port     unit logical-unit-number
    set family inet address address

    show
    commit

    1. Configure IS-IS as the IGP
    		 

    [edit]
    edit protocols isis
    set level 1 disable
    set interface type-fpc/pic/port     level level-number metric metric
    set interface fxp0.0 disable
    set interface lo0.0
    set interface lo0 passive
    show
    commit

    [edit]
    edit interfaces
    set lo0 unit number     family iso address address
     show
    commit

    [edit]
    edit interfaces
    set type-fpc/pic/port     unit number family iso
    show
    commit

    show isis adjacency

    1. Configure OSPF as the IGP
    		 

    [edit]
    edit protocols ospf

    [edit protocols ospf]
    set area area-id     interface type-fpc/pic/port
     set interface fxp0.0 disable
    set area 0.0.0.0 interface lo0
    set area 0.0.0.0 interface lo0 passive
    set traffic engineering

    [edit routing-options]
    set router-id router-id

    show
    commit

    show ospf neighbor

    1. Set Up BGP on Routers in Your Network
    		 

    [edit]
    edit routing-options
    set autonomous-system as-number
     show
    commit

    [edit]
    edit protocols bgp
    set group group-name     type type neighbor
         neighbor-address
     set group group-name local-address local-address
     show
    commit

    [edit]
    edit routing-options
    set static route destination     /24 reject


    [edit policy-options]
    set policy-statement policy-name     term term-name from
         route-filter address     exact
    set policy-statement policy-name     term term-name then
         accept


    [edit protocols bgp]
    set export policy-name
     show
    commit

    show bgp summary

    1. Enable MPLS and RSVP
    		 

    [edit]
    edit protocols
    set mpls interface all
    set rsvp interface all

    [edit protocols mpls]
    set interface fxp0.0 disable

    [edit protocols rsvp]
    set interface fxp0.0 disable
    show
    commit

    [edit]
    edit interfaces
    set type-fpc/pic/port     unit number family mpls
    show
    commit

    1. Establish an LSP in Your Network
    		 

    [edit]
    edit protocols mpls
    set label-switched-path lsp-path-name     to address
     show
    commit

    show mpls lsp extensive

    Example Configurations for an MPLS Topology

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    Published: 2013-07-25

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