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Example: Configuring Inter-AS VPLS with MAC Processing at the ASBR

This example describes how to configure inter-AS Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) with MAC processing between BGP-signaled VPLS and LDP-signaled VPLS. This feature is described in RFC 4761 as multi-AS VPLS option E or method E .

This example is organized in the following sections:

Requirements

To support inter-AS VPLS between BGP-signaled VPLS and LDP-signaled VPLS, your network must meet the following hardware and software requirements:

Overview and Topology

VPLS is a key enabler for delivering multipoint Ethernet service. Major service providers have implemented IP and MPLS backbones and offer VPLS services to large enterprises. Growing demand requires the VPLS network to scale to support many VPLS customers with multiple sites spread across geographically dispersed regions. BGP-signaled VPLS signaling offers scaling advantages over LDP-signaled VPLS. In some environments there is a need for BGP-signaled VPLS to interoperate with existing LDP-signaled VPLS.

This example shows one way to configure BGP-signaled VPLS interworking with an existing LDP-signaled VPLS network.

The advantages of the configuration are:

Traffic from the interworking virtual private LAN services is switched at the ASBR. The ASBR does all the data plane operations: flooding, MAC learning, aging, and MAC forwarding for each AS to switch traffic among any customer facing interfaces and between the fully meshed pseudowires in the AS. A single pseudowire is created between the ASBRs across the inter-AS link and the ASBRs forward traffic from the pseudowires in each AS to the peer ASBR.

Each ASBR performs VPLS operations within its own AS and performs VPLS operations with the ASBR in the other AS. The ASBR treats the other AS as a BGP-signaled VPLS site. To establish VPLS pseudowires, VPLS NLRI messages are exchanged across the EBGP sessions on the inter-AS links between the ASBRs.

The example metro network is configured for LDP-signaled VPLS. The core network is configured for BGP-signaled VPLS.

The first part of the example shows the basic configuration steps to configure the logical interfaces, OSPF, internal BGP, LDP, and MPLS. This part of the configuration is the same as other VPLS configurations for LDP-signaled VPLS and BGP-signaled VPLS.

The unique part of the example is configured in the VPLS routing instances, external BGP, and the policy that populates the BGP route table with routes learned from direct routes and OSPF routes. Additional details about the configuration statements are included in the step-by-step procedure.

Figure 78 shows the topology used in this example.

Figure 78: Inter-AS VPLS with MAC Operations Example Topology

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Configuration

To configure inter-AS VPLS between BGP-signaled VPLS and LDP-signaled VPLS, perform these tasks:

Note: In any configuration session it is a good practice to periodically use the commit check command to verify that the configuration can be committed.

Configuring Interfaces

Step-by-Step Procedure

To configure interfaces:

  1. On each router, configure an IP address on the loopback logical interface 0 (lo0.0):
    user@CE1# set interfaces lo0 unit 0 family inet address 192.168.1.1/32 primary
    user@PE1# set interfaces lo0 unit 0 family inet address 192.168.2.1/32 primary
    user@ASBR1# set interfaces lo0 unit 0 family inet address 192.168.3.1/32 primary
    user@ASBR2# set interfaces lo0 unit 0 family inet address 192.168.10.1/32 primary
    user@PE2# set interfaces lo0 unit 0 family inet address 192.168.11.1/32 primary
    user@CE2# set interfaces lo0 unit 0 family inet address 192.168.12.1/32 primary
  2. On each router, commit the configuration:
    user@host> commit
  3. On each router, display the interface information for lo0 and verify that the correct IP address is configured:
    user@host> show interfaces lo0 
     
Physical interface: lo0, Enabled, Physical link is Up
  Interface index: 6, SNMP ifIndex: 6
  Type: Loopback, MTU: Unlimited
  Device flags   : Present Running Loopback
  Interface flags: SNMP-Traps
  Link flags     : None
  Last flapped   : Never
    Input packets : 0 
    Output packets: 0

  Logical interface lo0.0 (Index 75) (SNMP ifIndex 16) 
    Flags: SNMP-Traps Encapsulation: Unspecified
    Input packets : 0 
    Output packets: 0
    Protocol inet, MTU: Unlimited
      Flags: None
      Addresses
        Local: 127.0.0.1
      Addresses, Flags: Primary Is-Default Is-Primary
        Local: 192.168.3.1
Logical interface lo0.16384 (Index 64) (SNMP ifIndex 21) 
    Flags: SNMP-Traps Encapsulation: Unspecified
    Input packets : 0 
    Output packets: 0
    Protocol inet, MTU: Unlimited
      Flags: None
      Addresses
        Local: 127.0.0.1

  Logical interface lo0.16385 (Index 65) (SNMP ifIndex 22) 
    Flags: SNMP-Traps Encapsulation: Unspecified
    Input packets : 0 
    Output packets: 0
    Protocol inet, MTU: Unlimited
      Flags: None

    In the example above notice that the primary lo0 local address for the inet protocol family on ASBR1 is 192:168:3:1.

  4. On each router, configure an IP address and protocol family on the Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. Specify the inet protocol family.
    user@CE1# set interfaces ge-0/3/0 unit 0 family inet address 10.10.11.1/24
    user@PE1# set interfaces ge-1/3/1 unit 0 family inet address 10.0.23.9/30
    user@ASBR1# set interfaces ge-0/3/1 unit 0 family inet address 10.0.23.10/30
    user@ASBR1# set interfaces ge-0/3/0 unit 0 family inet address 10.0.78.1/30
    user@ASBR2# set interfaces ge-3/1/0 unit 0 family inet address 10.0.78.2/30
    user@ASBR2# set interfaces ge-3/1/1 unit 0 family inet address 10.0.90.13/30
    user@PE2# set interfaces ge-0/1/0 unit 0 family inet address 10.0.90.14/30
    user@CE2# set interfaces ge-0/1/1 unit 0 family inet address 10.10.11.2/24
  5. On each router, commit the configuration:
    user@host> commit
  6. Display information for Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and verify that the IP address and protocol family are configured correctly.
    user@ASBR2> show interfaces ge-* terse 
    Interface               Admin Link Proto    Local             Remote
ge-3/1/0                up    up  
ge-3/1/0.0              up    up   inet     10.0.78.2/30    
                               multiservice
ge-3/1/1                up    up  
ge-3/1/1.0              up    up   inet     10.0.90.13/30   
                               multiservice
ge-3/1/2                up    down
ge-3/1/3                up    down

Configuring OSPF

Step-by-Step Procedure

To configure OSPF:

  1. On the PE and ASBR routers, configure the provider instance of OSPF. Configure OSPF traffic engineering support. Specify area 0.0.0.1 in the LDP-signaled VPLS network and area 0.0.0.0 in the BGP-signaled network. Specify the Gigabit Ethernet logical interfaces between the PE and ASBR routers. Specify lo0.0 as a passive interface.
    user@PE1# set protocols ospf traffic-engineering
    user@PE1# set protocols ospf area 0.0.0.1 interface ge-1/3/1.0
    user@PE1# set protocols ospf area 0.0.0.1 interface lo0.0 passive
    user@ASBR1# set protocols ospf traffic-engineering
    user@ASBR1# set protocols ospf area 0.0.0.1 interface ge-0/3/1.0
    user@ASBR1# set protocols ospf area 0.0.0.1 interface lo0.0 passive
    user@ASBR2# set protocols ospf traffic-engineering
    user@ASBR2# set protocols ospf area 0.0.0.0 interface ge-3/1/1.0
    user@ASBR2# set protocols ospf area 0.0.0.0 interface lo0.0 passive
    user@PE2# set protocols ospf traffic-engineering
    user@PE2# set protocols ospf area 0.0.0.0 interface ge-0/1/0.0
    user@PE2# set protocols ospf area 0.0.0.0 interface lo0.0 passive
  2. On each router, commit the configuration:
    user@PE1> commit
  3. Display OSPF neighbor information and verify that the PE routers form adjacencies with the ASBR router in the same area:
    user@host> show ospf neighbor 
    Address          Interface         State     ID            Pri  Dead
10.0.23.10       ge-1/3/1.0        Full      192.168.3.1   128  31

    Notice that the neighbor state is full.

Configuring the Internal BGP Peer Group

Step-by-Step Procedure

The purpose of configuring an internal BGP peer group is to create a full mesh of BGP LSPs among the PE routers in the BGP-signaled AS including the ASBRs .

To configure the internal BGP peer group:

  1. The purpose of this step is to create a full mesh of IBGP peers between the PE routers, including the ASBRs, within the BGP-signaled AS.

    On ASBR2, configure internal BGP. Specify the BGP type as internal. Specify the local address as the local lo0 IP address.

    Specify the inet protocol family. Specify the labeled-unicast statement and the resolve-vpn option. The labeled-unicast statement causes the router to advertise labeled routes out of the IPv4 inet.0 route table and places labeled routes into the inet.0 route table. The resolve-vpn option puts labeled routes in the MPLS inet.3 route table The inet.3 route table is used to resolve routes for the PE router located in the other AS.

    Specify the l2vpn family to indicate to the router that this is a VPLS. Specify the signaling option to configure BGP as the signaling protocol. This enables BGP to carry Layer 2 VPLS NLRI messages for this peer group.

    Specify the lo0 interface IP address of the PE as the neighbor. Configure an autonomous system identifier.

    user@ASBR2# set protocols bgp group core-ibgp type internal
    user@ASBR2# set protocols bgp group core-ibgp local-address 192.168.10.1
    user@ASBR2# set protocols bgp group core-ibgp family inet labeled-unicast resolve-vpn
    user@ASBR2# set protocols bgp group core-ibgp family l2vpn signaling
    user@ASBR2# set protocols bgp group core-ibgp neighbor 192.168.11.1
    user@ASBR2# set routing-options autonomous-system 0.65020
  2. On PE2, configure internal BGP. Specify the BGP type as internal. Specify the local address as the local lo0 IP address.

    Specify the l2vpn family to indicate this is a VPLS. Specify the signaling option to configure BGP as the signaling protocol. This enables BGP to carry Layer 2 VPLS NLRI messages.

    Specify the lo0 interface IP address of ASBR2 as the neighbor. Configure an autonomous system identifier.

    user@PE2# set protocols bgp group core-ibgp type internal
    user@PE2# set protocols bgp group core-ibgp local-address 192.168.11.1
    user@PE2# set protocols bgp group core-ibgp family l2vpn signaling
    user@PE2# set protocols bgp group core-ibgp neighbor 192.168.10.1
    user@PE2# set routing-options autonomous-system 0.65020
  3. On each router, commit the configuration:
    user@host> commit
  4. On PE2 and ASBR2, display BGP neighbor information:
    user@ASBR2> show bgp neighbor 
    Peer: 192.168.11.1+49443 AS 65020 Local: 192.168.10.1+179 AS 65020
  Type: Internal    State: Established    Flags: ImportEval Sync
  Last State: OpenConfirm   Last Event: RecvKeepAlive
  Last Error: None
  Options: Preference LocalAddress AddressFamily Rib-group Refresh
  Address families configured: l2vpn-signaling inet-labeled-unicast
  Local Address: 192.168.10.1 Holdtime: 90 Preference: 170
  Number of flaps: 0
  Peer ID: 192.168.11.1     Local ID: 192.168.10.1     Active Holdtime: 90
  Keepalive Interval: 30         Peer index: 0   

...

    Verify that the peer connection state is established.

Configuring LDP

Step-by-Step Procedure

To configure LDP:

  1. On the PE and ASBR routers, configure LDP with the Gigabit Ethernet interfaces between the PE and ASBR routers, and between the two ASBRs. To support LDP-signaled VPLS, additionally configure LDP with the lo0.0 interface on PE1 and ASBR1:
    user@PE1# set protocols ldp interface ge-1/3/1.0
    user@PE1# set protocols ldp interface lo0.0
    user@ASBR1# set protocols ldp interface ge-0/3/1.0
    user@ASBR1# set protocols ldp interface ge-0/3/0.0
    user@ASBR1# set protocols ldp interface lo0.0
    user@ASBR2# set protocols ldp interface ge-3/1/0.0
    user@ASBR2# set protocols ldp interface ge-3/1/1.0
    user@PE2# set protocols ldp interface ge-0/1/0.0
  2. On each router, commit the configuration:
    user@host> commit
  3. Display LDP configuration information and verify that the correct interfaces are configured. LDP operation can be verified after MPLS is configured.
    user@ASBR1> show configuration protocols ldp 
    interface ge-0/3/0.0;
interface ge-0/3/1.0;
interface lo0.0;

    The example shown above is from ASBR1.

Configuring MPLS

Step-by-Step Procedure

To configure MPLS:

  1. On the PE and ASBR routers, configure MPLS. Enable MPLS on the logical interfaces. Add the Gigabit Ethernet interfaces to the MPLS protocol. This adds entries to the MPLS forwarding table.
    user@pe1# set protocols mpls interface ge-1/3/1.0
    user@pe1# set interfaces ge-1/3/1 unit 0 family mpls
    user@ASBR1# set protocols mpls interface ge-0/3/1.0
    user@ASBR1# set protocols mpls interface ge-0/3/0.0
    user@ASBR1# set interfaces ge-0/3/1 unit 0 family mpls
    user@ASBR1# set interfaces ge-0/3/0 unit 0 family mpls
    user@ASBR2# set protocols mpls interface ge-3/1/0.0
    user@ASBR2# set protocols mpls interface ge-3/1/1.0
    user@ASBR2# set interfaces ge-3/1/0 unit 0 family mpls
    user@ASBR2# set interfaces ge-3/1/1 unit 0 family mpls
    user@pe2# set protocols mpls interface ge-0/1/0.0
    user@pe2# set interfaces ge-0/1/0 unit 0 family mpls
  2. On each router, commit the configuration:
    user@host> commit
  3. On the PE and ASBR routers, display LDP neighbor information and verify that the directly connected LDP neighbors are listed:
    user@ASBR1> show ldp neighbor 
    Address            Interface          Label space ID         Hold time
192.168.2.1        lo0.0              192.168.2.1:0            44
10.0.78.2          ge-0/3/0.0         192.168.10.1:0           13
10.0.23.9          ge-0/3/1.0         192.168.2.1:0            11

    The example shown above is from ASBR1.

Configuring the External BGP Peer Group Between the Loopback Interfaces

Step-by-Step Procedure

To configure the external BGP (EBGP) peer group between the loopback interfaces:

  1. On ASBR1 and PE1, configure an autonomous system identifier:
    user@PE1# set routing-options autonomous-system 0.65010
    user@ASBR1# set routing-options autonomous-system 0.65010
  2. On ASBR1, configure an external BGP peer group for the loopback interfaces. Specify the external BGP group type. Include the multihop statement. Specify the local address as the local lo0 IP address. Configure the l2vpn family for BGP signaling. Configure the peer AS as the core AS number. Specify the lo0 IP address of ASBR2 as the neighbor.
    user@ASBR1# set protocols bgp group vpls-core type external
    user@ASBR1# set protocols bgp group vpls-core multihop
    user@ASBR1# set protocols bgp group vpls-core local-address 192.168.3.1
    user@ASBR1# set protocols bgp group vpls-core family l2vpn signaling
    user@ASBR1# set protocols bgp group vpls-core peer-as 65020
    user@ASBR1# set protocols bgp group vpls-core neighbor 192.168.10.1
  3. On ASBR2, configure an external BGP peer group for the loopback interfaces. Specify the external BGP group type. Include the multihop statement. The multihop statement is needed because the EBGP neighbors are in different ASs. Specify the local address as the local lo0 IP address. Configure the l2vpn family for BGP signaling. Configure the peer AS as the metro AS number. Specify the lo0 IP address of ASBR1 as the neighbor.
    user@ASBR2# set protocols bgp group vpls-metro type external
    user@ASBR2# set protocols bgp group vpls-metro multihop
    user@ASBR2# set protocols bgp group vpls-metro local-address 192.168.10.1
    user@ASBR2# set protocols bgp group vpls-metro family l2vpn signaling
    user@ASBR2# set protocols bgp group vpls-metro peer-as 65010
    user@ASBR2# set protocols bgp group vpls-metro neighbor 192.168.3.1
  4. On each router, commit the configuration:
    user@host> commit

Configuring the External BGP Peer Group Between the Inter-AS Link Interfaces

Step-by-Step Procedure

The purpose of configuring external BGP peer groups between the inter-AS link interfaces is to create a full mesh of BGP LSPs among the ASBRs.

To configure the external BGP peer group between the Inter-AS Link interfaces:

  1. On ASBR1, configure a policy to export OSPF and direct routes, including the lo0 address of the PE routers, into BGP for the establishment of label-switched paths (LSPs):
    user@ASBR1# set policy-options policy-statement loopback term term1 from protocol ospf
    user@ASBR1# set policy-options policy-statement loopback term term1 from protocol direct
    user@ASBR1# set policy-options policy-statement loopback term term1 from route-filter 192.168.0.0/16 longer
    user@ASBR1# set policy-options policy-statement loopback term term1 then accept
  2. On ASBR1, configure an external BGP peer group for the inter-AS link. Specify the external BGP group type. Specify the local inter-AS link IP address as the local address. Configure the inet family and include the labeled-unicast and resolve-vpn statements. The labeled-unicast statement advertises labeled routes out of the IPv4 inet.0 route table and places labeled routes into the inet.0 route table. The resolve-vpn option stores labeled routes in the MPLS inet.3 route table.

    Include the export statement and specify the policy you created. Configure the peer AS as the core AS number. Specify the inter-AS link IP address of ASBR2 as the neighbor.

    user@ASBR1# set protocols bgp group metro-core type external
    user@ASBR1# set protocols bgp group metro-core local-address 10.0.78.1
    user@ASBR1# set protocols bgp group metro-core family inet labeled-unicast resolve-vpn
    user@ASBR1# set protocols bgp group metro-core export loopback
    user@ASBR1# set protocols bgp group metro-core peer-as 65020
    user@ASBR1# set protocols bgp group metro-core neighbor 10.0.78.2
  3. On ASBR2, configure a policy to export OSPF and direct routes, including the lo0 address, into BGP for the establishment of label-switched paths (LSPs):
    user@ASBR2# set policy-options policy-statement loopback term term1 from protocol ospf
    user@ASBR2# set policy-options policy-statement loopback term term1 from protocol direct
    user@ASBR2# set policy-options policy-statement loopback term term1 from route-filter 192.168.0.0/16 longer
    user@ASBR2# set policy-options policy-statement loopback term term1 then accept
  4. On ASBR2, configure an external BGP peer group for the inter-AS link. Specify the external BGP group type. Specify the local inter-AS link IP address as the local address. Configure the inet family and include the labeled-unicast and resolve-vpn statements. Include the export statement and specify the policy you created. Configure the peer AS as the core AS number. Specify the inter-AS link IP address of ASBR1 as the neighbor.
    user@ASBR2# set protocols bgp group core-metro type external
    user@ASBR2# set protocols bgp group core-metro local-address 10.0.78.2
    user@ASBR2# set protocols bgp group core-metro family inet labeled-unicast resolve-vpn
    user@ASBR2# set protocols bgp group core-metro export loopback
    user@ASBR2# set protocols bgp group core-metro peer-as 65010
    user@ASBR2# set protocols bgp group core-metro neighbor 10.0.78.1
  5. On each router, commit the configuration:
    user@host> commit
  6. On ASBR1, display the BGP neighbors. Verify that the first peer is the IP address of the Gigabit Ethernet interface of ASBR2. Verify that the second peer is the IP address of the lo0 interface of ASBR2. Also verify that the state of each peer is Established. Notice that on ASBR1 the NLRI advertised by ASBR2 the inter-AS link peer is inet-labeled-unicast and the NLRI advertised by ASBR2 the loopback interface peer is l2vpn-signaling.
    user@ASBR1> show bgp neighbor 
    Peer: 10.0.78.2+65473 AS 65020 Local: 10.0.78.1+179 AS 65010
  Type: External    State: Established    Flags: Sync
  Last State: OpenConfirm   Last Event: RecvKeepAlive
  Last Error: Cease
  Export: [ loopback ] 
  Options: Preference LocalAddress AddressFamily PeerAS Rib-group Refresh
  Address families configured: inet-labeled-unicast
  Local Address: 10.0.78.1 Holdtime: 90 Preference: 170
  Number of flaps: 3
  Last flap event: Stop
  Error: 'Cease' Sent: 1 Recv: 2
  Peer ID: 192.168.10.1     Local ID: 192.168.3.1      Active Holdtime: 90
  Keepalive Interval: 30         Peer index: 0   
  BFD: disabled, down
  Local Interface: ge-0/3/0.0                       
  NLRI for restart configured on peer: inet-labeled-unicast
  NLRI advertised by peer: inet-labeled-unicast
  NLRI for this session: inet-labeled-unicast
  Peer supports Refresh capability (2)
  Restart time configured on the peer: 120
  Stale routes from peer are kept for: 300
  Restart time requested by this peer: 120
  NLRI that peer supports restart for: inet-labeled-unicast
  NLRI that restart is negotiated for: inet-labeled-unicast
  NLRI of received end-of-rib markers: inet-labeled-unicast
  NLRI of all end-of-rib markers sent: inet-labeled-unicast
  Peer supports 4 byte AS extension (peer-as 65020)
  Table inet.0 Bit: 10000
    RIB State: BGP restart is complete
    Send state: in sync
    Active prefixes:              2
    Received prefixes:            3
    Accepted prefixes:            3
    Suppressed due to damping:    0
    Advertised prefixes:          3
  Last traffic (seconds): Received 8    Sent 3    Checked 60  
  Input messages:  Total 8713   Updates 3       Refreshes 0     Octets 165688
  Output messages: Total 8745   Updates 2       Refreshes 0     Octets 166315
  Output Queue[0]: 0

Peer: 192.168.10.1+51234 AS 65020 Local: 192.168.3.1+179 AS 65010
  Type: External    State: Established    Flags: Sync
  Last State: OpenConfirm   Last Event: RecvKeepAlive
  Last Error: Cease
  Options: Multihop Preference LocalAddress AddressFamily PeerAS Rib-group Refresh
  Address families configured: l2vpn-signaling
  Local Address: 192.168.3.1 Holdtime: 90 Preference: 170
  Number of flaps: 3
  Last flap event: Stop
  Error: 'Cease' Sent: 1 Recv: 2
  Peer ID: 192.168.10.1     Local ID: 192.168.3.1      Active Holdtime: 90
  Keepalive Interval: 30         Peer index: 0   
  BFD: disabled, down
  NLRI for restart configured on peer: l2vpn-signaling
  NLRI advertised by peer: l2vpn-signaling
  NLRI for this session: l2vpn-signaling
  Peer supports Refresh capability (2)
  Restart time configured on the peer: 120
  Stale routes from peer are kept for: 300
  Restart time requested by this peer: 120
  NLRI that peer supports restart for: l2vpn-signaling
  NLRI that restart is negotiated for: l2vpn-signaling
  NLRI of received end-of-rib markers: l2vpn-signaling
  NLRI of all end-of-rib markers sent: l2vpn-signaling
  Peer supports 4 byte AS extension (peer-as 65020)
  Table bgp.l2vpn.0 Bit: 20000
    RIB State: BGP restart is complete
    RIB State: VPN restart is complete
    Send state: in sync
    Active prefixes:              1
    Received prefixes:            1
    Accepted prefixes:            1
    Suppressed due to damping:    0
    Advertised prefixes:          1
  Table inter-as.l2vpn.0
    RIB State: BGP restart is complete
    RIB State: VPN restart is complete
    Send state: not advertising
    Active prefixes:              1
    Received prefixes:            1
    Accepted prefixes:            1
    Suppressed due to damping:    0
  Last traffic (seconds): Received 19   Sent 18   Checked 42  
  Input messages:  Total 8712   Updates 3       Refreshes 0     Octets 165715
  Output messages: Total 8744   Updates 2       Refreshes 0     Octets 166342
  Output Queue[1]: 0
  Output Queue[2]: 0
  7. On ASBR2, display the BGP summary. Notice that the first peer is the IP address of the Gigabit Ethernet interface of ASBR1, the second peer is the IP address of the lo0 interface of ASBR1, and the third peer is the lo0 interface of PE2. Verify that the state of each peer is Established.
    user@ASBR2> show bgp summary 
    Groups: 3 Peers: 3 Down peers: 0
Table          Tot Paths  Act Paths Suppressed    History Damp State    Pending
inet.0                 3          2          0          0          0          0
bgp.l2vpn.0            2          2          0          0          0          0
Peer                     AS      InPkt     OutPkt    OutQ   Flaps Last Up/Dwn State|#Active/Received/Accepted/Damped...
10.0.78.1             65010       8781       8748       0       2 2d 17:54:56 Establ
  inet.0: 2/3/3/0
192.168.3.1           65010       8780       8747       0       2 2d 17:54:54 Establ
  bgp.l2vpn.0: 1/1/1/0
  inter-as.l2vpn.0: 1/1/1/0
192.168.11.1          65020       8809       8763       0       1 2d 17:59:22 Establ
  bgp.l2vpn.0: 1/1/1/0
  inter-as.l2vpn.0: 1/1/1/0
  8. On PE2, display the BGP group. Verify that the peer is the IP address of the lo0 interface of ASBR2. Verify that the number of established peer sessions is 1.
    user@PE1> show bgp group 
    Group Type: Internal    AS: 65020                  Local AS: 65020
  Name: core-ibgp       Index: 1                   Flags: Export Eval
  Holdtime: 0
  Total peers: 1        Established: 1
  192.168.10.1+179
  bgp.l2vpn.0: 1/1/1/0
  inter-as.l2vpn.0: 1/1/1/0

Groups: 1  Peers: 1    External: 0    Internal: 1    Down peers: 0   Flaps: 7
Table          Tot Paths  Act Paths Suppressed    History Damp State    Pending
bgp.l2vpn.0            1          1          0          0          0          0
inte.l2vpn.0           1          1          0          0          0          0

Configuring the VPLS Routing Instances

Step-by-Step Procedure

To configure the VPLS routing instances:

  1. On PE1, configure the VPLS routing instance. To enable a VPLS instance, specify the vpls instance type. Configure VPLS on the CE-facing Gigabit Ethernet interface.

    Configure the CE-facing interface to use ethernet-vpls encapsulation.

    user@PE1# set routing-instances metro instance-type vpls
    user@PE1# set routing-instances metro interface ge-1/3/0.0
  2. On PE1, configure the VPLS protocol within the routing instance. To uniquely identify the virtual circuit, configure the VPLS identifier. The VPLS identifier uniquely identifies each VPLS in the router. Configure the same VPLS ID on all the routers for a given VPLS.

    Specify the IP address of the lo0 interface on ASBR2 as the neighbor.

    Configure the CE-facing interface to use ethernet-vpls encapsulation and the vpls protocol family.

    user@PE1# set routing-instances metro protocols vpls vpls-id 101
    user@PE1# set routing-instances metro protocols vpls neighbor 192.168.3.1
    user@PE1# set interfaces ge-1/3/0 encapsulation ethernet-vpls
    user@PE1# set interfaces ge-1/3/0 unit 0 family vpls
  3. On ASBR1, configure the VPLS routing instance. To enable a VPLS instance, specify the vpls instance type. Configure a route distinguisher and a VRF target. The vrf-target statement causes default VRF import and export policies to be generated that accept and tag routes with the specified target community.

    Note: To help identify each route when troubleshooting, configure a different route distinguisher on each ASBR router.

    Note: You must configure the same VRF target on both ASBR routers.

    user@ASBR1# set routing-instances inter-as instance-type vpls
    user@ASBR1# set routing-instances inter-as route-distinguisher 65010:1
    user@ASBR1# set routing-instances inter-as vrf-target target:2:1
  4. On ASBR1, configure the VPLS protocol within the routing instance.

    Configure the VPLS identifier. Specify the IP address of the lo0 interface on PE1 as the neighbor.

    user@ASBR1# set routing-instances inter-as protocols vpls vpls-id 101
    user@ASBR1# set routing-instances inter-as protocols vpls neighbor 192.168.2.1

    Note: The VPLS identifier uniquely identifies each LDP-signaled VPLS in the router. Configure the same VPLS ID on PE1 and ASBR1.

  5. On ASBR1, configure the VPLS site within the routing instance. Configure the site identifier as required by the protocol to establish the EBGP pseudowire. As a best practice for more complex topologies involving multihoming, configure a site preference.
    user@ASBR1# set routing-instances inter-as protocols vpls site ASBR-metro site-identifier 1
    user@ASBR1# set routing-instances inter-as protocols vpls site ASBR-metro site-preference 10000
  6. On ASBR1, configure the VPLS mesh group peer-as statement within the routing instance to specify which ASs belong to this AS mesh group. Configure the peer AS for the mesh group as all.

    This statement enables the router to establish a single pseudowire between the ASBRs. VPLS NLRI messages are exchanged across the EBGP sessions on the inter-AS links between the ASBRs. All autonomous systems are in one mesh group.

    user@ASBR1# set routing-instances inter-as protocols vpls mesh-group metro peer-as all
  7. On ASBR2, configure the VPLS routing instance. To enable a VPLS instance, specify the vpls instance type. Configure a route distinguisher and a VRF target. The vrf-target statement causes default VRF import and export policies to be generated that accept and tag routes with the specified target community.

    Note: To help identify each route when troubleshooting, configure a different route distinguisher on each ASBR router.

    Note: You must configure the same VRF target community on both ASBR routers.

    user@ASBR2# set routing-instances inter-as instance-type vpls
    user@ASBR2# set routing-instances inter-as route-distinguisher 65020:1
    user@ASBR2# set routing-instances inter-as vrf-target target:2:1
  8. On ASBR2, configure the VPLS site within the routing instance. Configure the site identifier as required by the protocol.
    user@ASBR2# set routing-instances inter-as protocols vpls site ASBR-core site-identifier 2
  9. On ASBR2, configure the VPLS mesh group within the routing instance to specify which VPLS PEs belong to this AS mesh group. Configure the peer AS for the mesh group as all.

    This statement enables the router to establish a single pseudowire between the ASBRs. VPLS NLRI messages are exchanged across the EBGP sessions on the inter-AS links between the ASBRs. All autonomous systems are in one mesh group.

    user@ASBR1# set routing-instances inter-as protocols vpls mesh-group core peer-as all
  10. On PE2, configure the VPLS routing instance. To enable a VPLS instance, specify the vpls instance type. Configure VPLS on the CE-facing Gigabit Ethernet interface. Configure a route distinguisher and a VRF target.
    user@PE2# set routing-instances inter-as instance-type vpls
    user@PE2# set routing-instances inter-as interface ge-0/1/1.0
    user@PE2# set routing-instances inter-as route-distinguisher 65020:1
    user@PE2# set routing-instances inter-as vrf-target target:2:1
  11. On PE2, configure the VPLS site within the routing instance. Configure the site identifier as required by the protocol.

    Configure the CE-facing interface to use ethernet-vpls encapsulation and the vpls protocol family.

    user@PE2# set routing-instances inter-as protocols vpls site PE2 site-identifier 3
    user@PE2# set interfaces ge-0/1/1 encapsulation ethernet-vpls
    user@PE2# set interfaces ge-0/1/1 unit 0 family vpls
  12. On each router, commit the configuration:
    user@host> commit
  13. On the PE routers, display the CE-facing Gigabit Ethernet interface information and verify that the encapsulation is configured correctly:
    user@host> show interfaces ge-1/3/0 
    Address            Interface          Label space ID         Hold time
10.0.23.10         ge-1/3/1.0         192.168.3.1:0            11
 
Physical interface: ge-1/3/0, Enabled, Physical link is Up
  Interface index: 147, SNMP ifIndex: 145
  Link-level type: Ethernet, MTU: 1514, Speed: 1000mbps, MAC-REWRITE Error: None,
  Loopback: Disabled, Source filtering: Disabled, Flow control: Enabled,
  Auto-negotiation: Enabled, Remote fault: Online
  Device flags   : Present Running
  Interface flags: SNMP-Traps Internal: 0x4000
  Link flags     : None
  CoS queues     : 4 supported, 4 maximum usable queues
  Schedulers     : 256
  Current address: 00:12:1e:ee:34:db, Hardware address: 00:12:1e:ee:34:db
  Last flapped   : 2008-08-27 19:02:52 PDT (5d 22:32 ago)
  Input rate     : 0 bps (0 pps)
  Output rate    : 0 bps (0 pps)
  Ingress rate at Packet Forwarding Engine      : 0 bps (0 pps)
  Ingress drop rate at Packet Forwarding Engine : 0 bps (0 pps)
  Active alarms  : None
  Active defects : None

  Logical interface ge-1/3/0.0 (Index 84) (SNMP ifIndex 146) 
    Flags: SNMP-Traps Encapsulation: ENET2
    Input packets : 0 
    Output packets: 1
    Protocol inet, MTU: 1500
      Flags: None
      Addresses, Flags: Is-Preferred Is-Primary
        Destination: 10.10.11/24, Local: 10.10.11.11, Broadcast: 10.10.11.255

Results

The relevant sample configuration for the CE1 router follows.

Router CE1

interfaces {
lo0 {
unit 0 {
family inet {
address 192.168.1.1/32 {
primary;
}
address 127.0.0.1/32;
}
}
}
ge-0/3/0 {
unit 0 {
family inet {
address 10.10.11.1/24;
}
}
}
}

The relevant sample configuration for the PE1 router follows.

Router PE1

interfaces {
lo0 {
unit 0 {
family inet {
address 192.168.2.1/32 {
primary;
}
address 127.0.0.1/32;
}
}
}
ge-1/3/0 {
encapsulation ethernet-vpls;
unit 0 {
family vpls;
}
}
ge-1/3/1 {
unit 0 {
family inet {
address 10.0.23.9/30;
}
family mpls;
}
}
}
routing-options {
autonomous-system 0.65010;
}
protocols {
mpls {
interface ge-1/3/1.0;
}
ospf {
traffic-engineering;
area 0.0.0.1 {
interface ge-1/3/1.0;
interface lo0.0 {
passive;
}
}
}
ldp {
interface ge-1/3/1.0;
interface lo0.0;
}
}
routing-instances {
metro {
instance-type vpls;
interface ge-1/3/0.0;
protocols {
vpls {
vpls-id 101;
neighbor 192.168.3.1;
}
}
}
}

The relevant sample configuration for the ASBR1 router follows.

Router ASBR1

interfaces {
lo0 {
unit 0 {
family inet {
address 192.168.3.1/32 {
primary;
}
address 127.0.0.1/32;
}
}
}
}
ge-0/3/0 {
unit 0 {
family inet {
address 10.0.78.1/30;
}
family mpls;
}
}
ge-0/3/1 {
unit 0 {
family inet {
address 10.0.23.10/30;
}
family mpls;
}
}
}
routing-options {
autonomous-system 0.65010;
}
protocols {
mpls {
interface ge-0/3/1.0;
interface ge-0/3/0.0;
}
bgp {
group vpls-core {
type external;
multihop;
local-address 192.168.3.1;
family l2vpn {
signaling;
}
peer-as 65020;
neighbor 192.168.10.1;
}
group metro-core {
type external;
local-address 10.0.78.1;
family inet {
labeled-unicast {
resolve-vpn;
}
}
export loopback;
peer-as 65020;
neighbor 10.0.78.2;
}
}
ospf {
traffic-engineering;
area 0.0.0.1 {
interface ge-0/3/1.0;
interface lo0.0 {
passive;
}
}
}
ldp {
interface ge-0/3/0.0;
interface ge-0/3/1.0;
interface lo0.0;
}
}
policy-options {
policy-statement loopback {
term term1 {
from {
protocol [ ospf direct ];
inactive: route-filter 10.0.0.0/8 longer;
route-filter 192.168.0.0/16 longer;
}
then accept;
}
}
}
routing-instances {
inter-as {
instance-type vpls;
route-distinguisher 65010:1;
vrf-target target:2:1;
protocols {
vpls {
site ASBR-metro {
site-identifier 1;
site-preference 10000;
}
vpls-id 101;
neighbor 192.168.2.1;
mesh-group metro {
peer-as {
all;
}
}
}
}
}
}

The relevant sample configuration for the ASBR2 router follows.

Router ASBR2

interfaces {
lo0 {
unit 0 {
family inet {
address 192.168.10.1/32 {
primary;
}
address 127.0.0.1/32;
}
}
}
ge-3/1/0 {
unit 0 {
family inet {
address 10.0.78.2/30;
}
family mpls;
}
}
ge-3/1/1 {
unit 0 {
family inet {
address 10.0.90.13/30;
}
family mpls;
}
}
}
routing-options {
autonomous-system 0.65020;
}
protocols {
mpls {
interface ge-3/1/0.0;
interface ge-3/1/1.0;
}
bgp {
group core-ibgp {
type internal;
local-address 192.168.10.1;
family inet {
labeled-unicast {
resolve-vpn;
}
}
family l2vpn {
signaling;
}
neighbor 192.168.11.1;
}
group vpls-metro {
type external;
multihop;
local-address 192.168.10.1;
family l2vpn {
signaling;
}
peer-as 65010;
neighbor 192.168.3.1;
}
group core-metro {
type external;
local-address 10.0.78.2;
family inet {
labeled-unicast {
resolve-vpn;
}
}
export loopback;
peer-as 65010;
neighbor 10.0.78.1;
}
}
ospf {
traffic-engineering;
area 0.0.0.0 {
interface ge-3/1/1.0;
interface lo0.0 {
passive;
}
}
}
ldp {
interface ge-3/1/0.0;
interface ge-3/1/1.0;
}
}
policy-options {
policy-statement loopback {
term term1 {
from {
protocol [ ospf direct ];
route-filter 192.168.0.0/16 longer;
}
then accept;
}
}
}
routing-instances {
inter-as {
instance-type vpls;
route-distinguisher 65020:1;
vrf-target target:2:1;
protocols {
vpls {
site ASBR-core {
site-identifier 2;
}
mesh-group core {
peer-as {
all;
}
}
}
}
}
}

The relevant sample configuration for the PE2 router follows.

Router PE2

interfaces {
lo0 {
unit 0 {
family inet {
address 192.168.11.1/32 {
primary;
}
address 127.0.0.1/32;
}
}
}
ge-0/1/0 {
unit 0 {
family inet {
address 10.0.90.14/30;
}
family mpls;
}
}
ge-0/1/1 {
encapsulation ethernet-vpls;
unit 0 {
family vpls;
}
}
}
routing-options {
autonomous-system 0.65020;
}
protocols {
mpls {
interface ge-0/1/0.0;
}
bgp {
group core-ibgp {
type internal;
local-address 192.168.11.1;
family l2vpn {
signaling;
}
neighbor 192.168.10.1;
}
}
ospf {
traffic-engineering;
area 0.0.0.0 {
interface ge-0/1/0.0;
interface lo0.0 {
passive;
}
}
}
ldp {
interface ge-0/1/0.0;
}
}
routing-instances {
inter-as {
instance-type vpls;
interface ge-0/1/1.0;
route-distinguisher 65020:1;
vrf-target target:2:1;
protocols {
vpls {
site PE2 {
site-identifier 3;
}
}
}
}
}

The relevant sample configuration for the CE2 router follows.

Router CE2

interfaces {
lo0 {
unit 0 {
family inet {
address 192.168.12.1/32 {
primary;
}
address 127.0.0.1/32;
}
}
}
ge-0/1/1 {
unit 0 {
family inet {
address 10.10.11.2/24;
}
}
}
}

Verification

To confirm that the complete configuration is working properly, perform these tasks:

Verifying VPLS Connections

Purpose

To verify the VPLS connections have been established, enter the following command on the ASBR and PE routers.

Action


user@PE1> show vpls connections 
Layer-2 VPN connections:

Legend for connection status (St)   
EI -- encapsulation invalid      NC -- interface encapsulation not CCC/TCC/VPLS
EM -- encapsulation mismatch     WE -- interface and instance encaps not same
VC-Dn -- Virtual circuit down    NP -- interface hardware not present 
CM -- control-word mismatch      -> -- only outbound connection is up
CN -- circuit not provisioned    <- -- only inbound connection is up
OR -- out of range               Up -- operational
OL -- no outgoing label          Dn -- down                      
LD -- local site signaled down   CF -- call admission control failure      
RD -- remote site signaled down  SC -- local and remote site ID collision
LN -- local site not designated  LM -- local site ID not minimum designated
RN -- remote site not designated RM -- remote site ID not minimum designated
XX -- unknown connection status  IL -- no incoming label
MM -- MTU mismatch               MI -- Mesh-Group ID not availble
BK -- Backup connection          ST -- Standby connection

Legend for interface status 
Up -- operational           
Dn -- down

Instance: metro
  VPLS-id: 101
    Neighbor                  Type  St     Time last up          # Up trans
    192.168.3.1(vpls-id 101)  rmt   Up     Sep  9 14:05:18 2008           1
      Remote PE: 192.168.3.1, Negotiated control-word: No
      Incoming label: 800001, Outgoing label: 800000
      Local interface: vt-1/2/0.1048576, Status: Up, Encapsulation: ETHERNET
        Description: Intf - vpls metro neighbor 192.168.3.1 vpls-id 101

user@ASBR1> show vpls connections 
...
Instance: inter-as
  BGP-VPLS State
  Mesh-group connections: metro
    Neighbor         Local-site   Remote-site   St      Time last up         
    192.168.10.1     1            2             Up      Sep  8 20:16:28 2008
      Incoming label: 800257, Outgoing label: 800000
      Local interface: vt-1/2/0.1049088, Status: Up, Encapsulation: VPLS
  LDP-VPLS State
  VPLS-id: 101
  Mesh-group connections: __ves__
    Neighbor                  Type  St     Time last up          # Up trans
    192.168.2.1(vpls-id 101)  rmt   Up     Sep  9 14:05:22 2008           1
      Remote PE: 192.168.2.1, Negotiated control-word: No
      Incoming label: 800000, Outgoing label: 800001
      Local interface: vt-0/1/0.1049089, Status: Up, Encapsulation: ETHERNET
        Description: Intf - vpls inter-as neighbor 192.168.2.1 vpls-id 101

user@ASBR2> show vpls connections 
...
Instance: inter-as
  BGP-VPLS State
  Mesh-group connections: __ves__
    Neighbor         Local-site   Remote-site   St      Time last up         
    192.168.11.1     2            3             Up      Sep 11 15:18:23 2008
      Incoming label: 800002, Outgoing label: 800001
      Local interface: vt-4/0/0.1048839, Status: Up, Encapsulation: VPLS
  Mesh-group connections: core
    Neighbor         Local-site   Remote-site   St      Time last up         
    192.168.3.1      2            1             Up      Sep  8 20:16:28 2008
      Incoming label: 800000, Outgoing label: 800257
      Local interface: vt-4/0/0.1048834, Status: Up, Encapsulation: VPLS

user@PE2> show vpls connections 
...
Instance: inter-as
  Local site: PE2 (3)
    connection-site           Type  St     Time last up          # Up trans
    2                         rmt   Up     Sep  8 20:16:28 2008           1
      Remote PE: 192.168.10.1, Negotiated control-word: No
      Incoming label: 800001, Outgoing label: 800002
      Local interface: vt-0/3/0.1048832, Status: Up, Encapsulation: VPLS
        Description: Intf - vpls inter-as local site 3 remote site 2

Meaning

In the display from PE1, notice that the neighbor is the lo0 address of ASBR1 and that the status is up.

In the display from ASBR1, notice that the neighbor is the lo0 address of PE1 and that the status is up.

In the display from ASBR2, notice that the neighbor is the lo0 address of PE2 and that the status is up.

In the display from PE2, notice that the neighbor is the lo0 address of ASBR2 and that the status is up.

Verifying End-to-End Traffic Flow

Purpose

To verify that the CEs can send and receive traffic across the VPLS, use the ping command.

Action


user@CE1> ping 10.10.11.2 
PING 10.10.11.2 (10.10.11.2): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.10.11.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.369 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.11.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.360 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.11.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=1.333 ms
^C

user@CE2> ping 10.10.11.1 
PING 10.10.11.1 (10.10.11.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.10.11.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=6.209 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.11.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.347 ms
64 bytes from 10.10.11.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=1.324 ms
^C

Meaning

If CE1 can send and receive traffic from CE2 and CE2 can send and receive traffic from CE1, the VPLS is performing correctly.

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