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Configuring PBB-EVPN MAC Pinning

Starting in Junos OS Release 17.2, the MAC pinning feature is enabled on provider backbone bridging (PBB) and Ethernet VPN (EVPN) integration, including customer edge (CE) interfaces and EVPN over PBB core in both all-active or single-active mode.

When MAC pinning is enabled, the dynamically learned MAC addresses are not allowed to move to any other interface in a bridge domain until it is aged out and traffic received with the same source MAC address on other bridge interfaces are discarded. This feature is an advantage over blocking of the complete interface on duplicate MAC detection or loop detection, as MAC pinning works at the MAC label. This feature is local to a provider edge (PE) device and does not require any interoperability.

Before you begin:

  • Configure the device interfaces, including the customer backbone port (CBP) interface, the provider instance port (PIP) interfaces, and the loopback interface. Assign the bridge family to the interfaces.

  • Assign the router ID and autonomous system ID to the device.

  • Configure an internal BGP group with EVPN signaling.

  • Enable the following protocols on the device:

    • MPLS

    • LDP

    • OSPF

To enable MAC pinning on PBB-EVPN:

  1. Configure the B-component routing instance.

    Assign the virtual switch instance type and the CBP interface to it. Configure other routing instance attributes like route distinguisher and virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) target to the routing instance.

    Note:

    Configure B-component routing instances for other CBP interface units on the device, and assign different VLAN IDs and I-SID lists for the different interface units.

  2. Enable PBB- EVPN integration for the B-component routing instance.
  3. Enable MAC pinning for the B-component routing instance.
  4. Assign instance source IDs (I-SID) list to the B-component routing instance.
  5. Configure a bridge domain for the B-component routing instance and assign a VLAN and and I-SID list to the bridge domain.
  6. Configure the I-component routing instance.

    Assign the virtual switch instance type and the PIP interface to it.

    Note:

    Configure I-component routing instances for other PIP interface units on the device, and assign different bridge domains, VLAN IDs and I-SID lists for the different interface units.

  7. Configure bridge domain for the I-component routing instance and assign interfaces and VLANs to the bridge domain.
  8. Enable MAC pinning for the interface in the I-component routing instance.
  9. Configure peering between the B-component and the I-component routing instances.
  10. Configure PBB service group and assign I-SID and VLAN ID list.