Interoperability between BGP Signaling and LDP Signaling in VPLS

You can configure a VPLS routing instance where some of the PE routers use BGP for signaling and some use LDP for signaling.

The following concepts form the basis of the configuration needed to include both BGP-signaled and LDP-signaled PE routers in a VPLS routing instance:

• PE router mesh group—Consists of a set of routers participating in a VPLS routing instance that share the same signaling protocol, either BGP or LDP, and are also fully meshed. Each VPLS routing instance can have just one BGP mesh group. However, you can configure multiple LDP mesh groups for each routing instance.
• Border router—A PE router that must be reachable by all of the other PE routers participating in a VPLS routing instance, whether they are LDP-signaled or BGP-signaled. Bidirectional pseudowires are created between the border router and all of these PE routers. The border router is aware of the composition of each PE mesh group configured as a part of the VPLS routing instance. It can also have direct connections to local CE routers, allowing it to act as a typical PE router in a VPLS routing instance.

The following sections describe how the LDP-signaled and BGP-signaled PE routers function when configured to interoperate within a VPLS routing instance:

• LDP-Signaled and BGP-Signaled PE Router Topology
• Flooding Unknown Packets Across Mesh Groups
• Unicast Packet Forwarding

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