topic RE: How to configure VPLS L2VPN Pseudo Wire with MPLS in ExtremeSwitching (EXOS/Switch Engine)

How to configure VPLS L2VPN Pseudo Wire with MPLS

Matt_Tinonga — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 23:25:00 GMT

Hello, I'm needing some help setting up a layer 2 vpn between two X460-24t across a wan. I have all the necessary licensing and feature packs installed. The wan used static routing and is 3 hops away, also the routers in between do not participate in the MPLS. I've started setting up the MPLS and VPLS here's where I'm at...What am I doing wrong?

Switch #1 name ldc-xm0-nsw012
ldc-xm0-nsw012.19 # sh vlan
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name VID Protocol Addr Flags Proto Ports Virtual
Active router
/Total
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Default 1 ------------------------------------------------- ANY 0 /0 VR-Default
ent_sp0-int001 3151 209.249.151.250/24 ---------------------V------- ANY 1 /2 VR-Default
lpbk 4094 192.168.0.1 /32 -fL------------------l------- ANY 0 /0 VR-Default
Mgmt 4095 10.55.211.20 /24 ----------------------------- ANY 1 /1 VR-Mgmt
snj_si0-bkd022 3155 172.31.55.2 /24 -f-------------------l------- ANY 2 /2 VR-Default
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ldc-xm0-nsw012.19 # sh ipr
Ori Destination Gateway Mtr Flags VLAN Duration
#s 172.31.22.0/24 172.31.55.251 1 UG---S-um--f- snj_si0-bkd022 4d:21h:25m:29s
#d 172.31.55.0/24 172.31.55.2 1 U------um--f- snj_si0-bkd022 4d:21h:26m:52s
#d 192.168.0.1/32 192.168.0.1 1 U------um--f- lpbk 4d:20h:11m:46s
#d 209.249.151.0/24 209.249.151.250 1 U------um--f- ent_sp0-int001 4d:21h:48m:51s

ldc-xm0-nsw012.20 # sh conf mpls
#
# Module mpls configuration.
#
configure mpls add vlan "lpbk"
enable mpls vlan "lpbk"
enable mpls ldp vlan "lpbk"
configure mpls add vlan "snj_si0-bkd022"
enable mpls vlan "snj_si0-bkd022"
enable mpls ldp vlan "snj_si0-bkd022"
configure mpls lsr-id 172.31.55.2
enable mpls protocol ldp
enable mpls
create l2vpn vpls ldc-snj-vpn fec-id-type pseudo-wire 25
configure l2vpn vpls ldc-snj-vpn add service vlan ent_sp0-int001
configure l2vpn vpls ldc-snj-vpn add peer 172.31.22.2 core full-mesh

ldc-xm0-nsw012.21 # sh vpls detail
L2VPN Name: ldc-snj-vpn
VPN ID : 25 Admin State : Enabled
Source Address : 172.31.55.2 Oper State : Enabled
VCCV Status : Disabled MTU : 1500
VCCV Interval Time : 5 sec. Ethertype : 0x8100
VCCV Fault Multiplier : 4 .1q tag : exclude
L2VPN Type : VPLS Redundancy : None
Service Interface : ent_sp0-int001
Created By : CLI

Peer IP: 172.31.22.2
PW State : Signaling (No transport LSP)
PW Index : 10002
PW Signaling : LDP
PW Uptime : 0d:0h:0m:0s
PW Installed : False
Local PW Status : Not Signaled
Remote PW Status : Not Signaled
Remote I/F MTU : 1500
PW Mode : Core-to-Core
PW Rx Label : 0x00434 PW Tx Label : 0x00434
PW Rx Pkts : -- PW Tx Pkts : 0
PW Rx Bytes : -- PW Tx Bytes : 0
MAC Limit : No Limit
VCCV HC Status : Not Sending (VCCV Not Enabled For This L2VPN)
CC Type : Rtr Alert Total Pkts Sent : 0
CV Type : LSP Ping Total Pkts Rcvd : 0
Send Next Pkt : --
Total Failures : 0 Pkts During Last Failure : 0
Last Failure Tm : --

----------------------------------------

Total number of configured L2VPNs: 1
Total number of active L2VPNs: 0

Total number of configured PWs: 1
Total number of active PWs: 0
Total number of ready PWs: 0
PWs auto-selecting transport LSP: 0
PWs configured with a transport LSP: 0
PWs using LDP for transport: 0
PWs using RSVP for transport: 0
PWs using static for transport: 0

ldc-xm0-nsw012.22 # traceroute 172.31.22.2
traceroute to 172.31.22.2, 30 hops max
1 172.31.55.251 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms
2 172.31.254.13 42 ms 41 ms 41 ms
3 172.31.22.2 41 ms 42 ms 41 ms
===============================================================================================

Switch #2 name snj-xm0-nsw010
snj-xm0-nsw010.11 # sh vlan
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name VID Protocol Addr Flags Proto Ports Virtual
Active router
/Total
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Default 1 ------------------------------------------------- ANY 0 /0 VR-Default
ent_sp0-int001 3151 209.249.151.251/24 ---------------------V------- ANY 1 /2 VR-Default
lpbk 4094 192.168.0.1 /32 -fL------------------l------- ANY 0 /0 VR-Default
Mgmt 4095 10.22.211.30 /24 ----------------------------- ANY 1 /1 VR-Mgmt
snj_si0-bkd022 3155 172.31.22.2 /24 -f-------------------l------- ANY 2 /2 VR-Default
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

snj-xm0-nsw010.12 # sh ipr
Ori Destination Gateway Mtr Flags VLAN Duration
#d 172.31.22.0/24 172.31.22.2 1 U------um--f- snj_si0-bkd022 4d:21h:22m:22s
#s 172.31.55.0/24 172.31.22.251 1 UG---S-um--f- snj_si0-bkd022 4d:21h:21m:17s
#d 192.168.0.1/32 192.168.0.1 1 U------um--f- lpbk 4d:20h:16m:7s
#d 209.249.151.0/24 209.249.151.251 1 U------um--f- ent_sp0-int001 4d:22h:38m:46s

snj-xm0-nsw010.13 # sh conf mpls
#
# Module mpls configuration.
#
configure mpls add vlan "lpbk"
enable mpls vlan "lpbk"
enable mpls ldp vlan "lpbk"
configure mpls add vlan "snj_si0-bkd022"
enable mpls vlan "snj_si0-bkd022"
enable mpls ldp vlan "snj_si0-bkd022"
configure mpls lsr-id 172.31.22.2
enable mpls protocol ldp
enable mpls
create l2vpn vpls ldc-snj-vpn fec-id-type pseudo-wire 25
configure l2vpn vpls ldc-snj-vpn add service vlan ent_sp0-int001
configure l2vpn vpls ldc-snj-vpn add peer 172.31.55.2 core full-mesh

snj-xm0-nsw010.14 # sh vpls detail
L2VPN Name: ldc-snj-vpn
VPN ID : 25 Admin State : Enabled
Source Address : 172.31.22.2 Oper State : Enabled
VCCV Status : Disabled MTU : 1500
VCCV Interval Time : 5 sec. Ethertype : 0x8100
VCCV Fault Multiplier : 4 .1q tag : exclude
L2VPN Type : VPLS Redundancy : None
Service Interface : ent_sp0-int001
Created By : CLI

Peer IP: 172.31.55.2
PW State : Signaling (No transport LSP)
PW Index : 10002
PW Signaling : LDP
PW Uptime : 0d:0h:0m:0s
PW Installed : False
Local PW Status : Not Signaled
Remote PW Status : Not Signaled
Remote I/F MTU : 1500
PW Mode : Core-to-Core
PW Rx Label : 0x00434 PW Tx Label : 0x00434
PW Rx Pkts : -- PW Tx Pkts : 0
PW Rx Bytes : -- PW Tx Bytes : 0
MAC Limit : No Limit
VCCV HC Status : Not Sending (VCCV Not Enabled For This L2VPN)
CC Type : Rtr Alert Total Pkts Sent : 0
CV Type : LSP Ping Total Pkts Rcvd : 0
Send Next Pkt : --
Total Failures : 0 Pkts During Last Failure : 0
Last Failure Tm : --

----------------------------------------

Total number of configured L2VPNs: 1
Total number of active L2VPNs: 0

Total number of configured PWs: 1
Total number of active PWs: 0
Total number of ready PWs: 0
PWs auto-selecting transport LSP: 0
PWs configured with a transport LSP: 0
PWs using LDP for transport: 0
PWs using RSVP for transport: 0
PWs using static for transport: 0

snj-xm0-nsw010.15 # traceroute 172.31.55.2
traceroute to 172.31.55.2, 30 hops max
1 172.31.22.251 2 ms 1 ms 6 ms
2 172.31.254.45 42 ms 42 ms 42 ms
3 172.31.55.2 42 ms 42 ms 41 ms

RE: How to configure VPLS L2VPN Pseudo Wire with MPLS

Andrew_Maldonad — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 23:39:00 GMT

Matt,

Is the MPLS LDP session between the two VPLS endpoints in the operational state? The command to view the LDP sessions is "show mpls ldp peer". Also, which software version are the Summit X460 switches running?

-Andrew

RE: How to configure VPLS L2VPN Pseudo Wire with MPLS

Matt_Tinonga — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 23:39:00 GMT

snj-xm0-nsw010.2 # show mpls ldp peer
IP Address LDP Peer State Uptime Adjacencies
172.31.22.2 172.31.55.2:0 Operational 0d:22h:15m:26s 1

ldc-xm0-nsw012.4 # show mpls ldp peer
IP Address LDP Peer State Uptime Adjacencies
172.31.55.2 172.31.22.2:0 Operational 0d:22h:16m:2s 1

Both switches are running ExtremeXOS version 15.7.1.4 v1571b4-patch1-2

RE: How to configure VPLS L2VPN Pseudo Wire with MPLS

andreas1 — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:16:00 GMT

Ldp is multicast based. Not sure if extremes support tldp. ?

RE: How to configure VPLS L2VPN Pseudo Wire with MPLS

Andrew_Maldonad — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:16:00 GMT

Andreas,

The LDP hello packets are indeed transmitted via multicast to all routers (224.0.0.2) but the session is established via unicast.

LDP is supported on select platforms, with the Summit X460 being one of them. We can see in the configuration provided in the body of the post that LDP is enabled.

-Andrew

RE: How to configure VPLS L2VPN Pseudo Wire with MPLS

andreas1 — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:16:00 GMT

Well then you need multicast routing on the routers between the ldp nodes ?

RE: How to configure VPLS L2VPN Pseudo Wire with MPLS

Stephane_Grosj1 — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:27:00 GMT

Are you saying there's no MPLS on the routers in-between your routers?

RE: How to configure VPLS L2VPN Pseudo Wire with MPLS

Matt_Tinonga — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:27:00 GMT

Correct.

RE: How to configure VPLS L2VPN Pseudo Wire with MPLS

Stephane_Grosj1 — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:27:00 GMT

So you're sending an MPLS frame to non-MPLS capable routers? How do you plan to setup an MPLS LSP? Am I missing something here?

RE: How to configure VPLS L2VPN Pseudo Wire with MPLS

Matt_Tinonga — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:27:00 GMT

The end points will be MPLS routes but the in between routes will not. It was my understanding that the in between router would pass the MPLS traffic. If you read below you will see the LDP peers are operational. But vpls l2vpn shows in a signeling state and does not coma active. Thanks for any HELP!

RE: How to configure VPLS L2VPN Pseudo Wire with MPLS

Stephane_Grosj1 — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 00:27:00 GMT

Sorry for not following closely this thread (vacations...). The Targeted LDP adjacency can come Up across an IP backbone, no problem, but the transport is impossible without MPLS LSP in the backbone. I'm afraid you're trying to do something not possible.

RE: How to configure VPLS L2VPN Pseudo Wire with MPLS

Prashanth_KG — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 05:43:00 GMT

Hi Matt,

The LSR ID of the MPLS routers should be a routed loopback address(/32 and loopback enabled). In your case, the LSR ID should be of the VLAN which is lpbk since it has a /32 address.

Following are the changes that is required.

Switch #1 name ldc-xm0-nsw012

#
# Module mpls configuration.
#
configure mpls add vlan "lpbk"
enable mpls vlan "lpbk"
enable mpls ldp vlan "lpbk"
configure mpls add vlan "snj_si0-bkd022"
enable mpls vlan "snj_si0-bkd022"
enable mpls ldp vlan "snj_si0-bkd022"
configure mpls lsr-id 192.168.0.1
enable mpls protocol ldp
enable mpls
create l2vpn vpls ldc-snj-vpn fec-id-type pseudo-wire 25
configure l2vpn vpls ldc-snj-vpn add service vlan ent_sp0-int001
configure l2vpn vpls ldc-snj-vpn add peer 192.168.0.2 core full-mesh

Switch #2 name snj-xm0-nsw010
You will need to change the lpbk VLAN address to a different IP say 192.168.0.2.

#
configure mpls add vlan "lpbk"
enable mpls vlan "lpbk"
enable mpls ldp vlan "lpbk"
configure mpls add vlan "snj_si0-bkd022"
enable mpls vlan "snj_si0-bkd022"
enable mpls ldp vlan "snj_si0-bkd022"
configure mpls lsr-id 192.168.0.2
enable mpls protocol ldp
enable mpls
create l2vpn vpls ldc-snj-vpn fec-id-type pseudo-wire 25
configure l2vpn vpls ldc-snj-vpn add service vlan ent_sp0-int001
configure l2vpn vpls ldc-snj-vpn add peer 192.168.0.1 core full-mesh

Please make this change and let us know if it helps!

RE: How to configure VPLS L2VPN Pseudo Wire with MPLS

Matt_Tinonga — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 02:08:00 GMT

Thanks Prashanth. I found two issues with my config. I did not have routing between the loopback and a vlan tag was incorrect. I've made the change you recommend and fix the routing issue and vlan tag, I did use diffrent IP for the loppback to better fit into our network.

I do see the end points operational.
snj-xm0-nsw010.7 # sh mpls ldp peer
IP Address LDP Peer State Uptime Adjacencies
192.168.122.1 192.168.155.1:0 Operational 0d:0h:27m:22s 1

IP Address LDP Peer State Uptime Adjacencies
192.168.155.1 192.168.122.1:0 Operational 0d:0h:27m:12s 1

But I'm still seeing vpn showing Signaling state.

snj-xm0-nsw010.10 # sh vpls "ldc-snj-l2vpn" detail
L2VPN Name: ldc-snj-l2vpn
VPN ID : 3125 Admin State : Enabled
Source Address : 192.168.122.1 Oper State : Enabled
VCCV Status : Disabled MTU : 1500
VCCV Interval Time : 5 sec. Ethertype : 0x8100
VCCV Fault Multiplier : 4 .1q tag : exclude
L2VPN Type : VPLS Redundancy : None
Service Interface : ent_sp0-int001
Created By : CLI

Peer IP: 192.168.155.1
PW State : Signaling (No transport LSP)
PW Index : 10001
PW Signaling : LDP
PW Uptime : 0d:0h:0m:0s
PW Installed : False
Local PW Status : Not Signaled
Remote PW Status : Not Signaled
Remote I/F MTU : 1500
PW Mode : Core-to-Core
PW Rx Label : 0x00435 PW Tx Label : 0x00435
PW Rx Pkts : -- PW Tx Pkts : 0
PW Rx Bytes : -- PW Tx Bytes : 0
MAC Limit : No Limit
VCCV HC Status : Not Sending (VCCV Not Enabled For This L2VPN)
CC Type : Rtr Alert Total Pkts Sent : 0
CV Type : LSP Ping Total Pkts Rcvd : 0
Send Next Pkt : --
Total Failures : 0 Pkts During Last Failure : 0
Last Failure Tm : --

ldc-xm0-nsw012.4 # sh mpls ldp peer
IP Address LDP Peer State Uptime Adjacencies
192.168.155.1 192.168.122.1:0 Operational 0d:0h:27m:12s 1
ldc-xm0-nsw012.5 # sh vpls "ldc-snj-l2vpn" detail
L2VPN Name: ldc-snj-l2vpn
VPN ID : 3125 Admin State : Enabled
Source Address : 192.168.155.1 Oper State : Enabled
VCCV Status : Disabled MTU : 1500
VCCV Interval Time : 5 sec. Ethertype : 0x8100
VCCV Fault Multiplier : 4 .1q tag : exclude
L2VPN Type : VPLS Redundancy : None
Service Interface : ent_sp0-int001
Created By : CLI

Peer IP: 192.168.122.1
PW State : Signaling (No transport LSP)
PW Index : 10001
PW Signaling : LDP
PW Uptime : 0d:0h:0m:0s
PW Installed : False
Local PW Status : Not Signaled
Remote PW Status : Not Signaled
Remote I/F MTU : 1500
PW Mode : Core-to-Core
PW Rx Label : 0x00435 PW Tx Label : 0x00435
PW Rx Pkts : -- PW Tx Pkts : 0
PW Rx Bytes : -- PW Tx Bytes : 0
MAC Limit : No Limit
VCCV HC Status : Not Sending (VCCV Not Enabled For This L2VPN)
CC Type : Rtr Alert Total Pkts Sent : 0
CV Type : LSP Ping Total Pkts Rcvd : 0
Send Next Pkt : --
Total Failures : 0 Pkts During Last Failure : 0
Last Failure Tm : --

snj-xm0-nsw010.11 # sh config mpls
#
# Module mpls configuration.
#
configure mpls add vlan "lpbk"
enable mpls vlan "lpbk"
enable mpls ldp vlan "lpbk"
configure mpls add vlan "snj_si0-bkd022"
enable mpls vlan "snj_si0-bkd022"
enable mpls ldp vlan "snj_si0-bkd022"
configure mpls lsr-id 192.168.122.1
enable mpls protocol ldp
enable mpls
create l2vpn vpls ldc-snj-l2vpn fec-id-type pseudo-wire 3125
configure l2vpn vpls ldc-snj-l2vpn add service vlan ent_sp0-int001
configure l2vpn vpls ldc-snj-l2vpn add peer 192.168.155.1 core full-mesh
snj-xm0-nsw010.12 # sh config ospf
#
# Module ospf configuration.
#
configure ospf routerid 192.168.122.1
enable ospf
enable ospf export direct cost 10 type ase-type-1
configure ospf add vlan lpbk area 0.0.0.0
configure ospf add vlan snj_si0-bkd022 area 0.0.0.0

ldc-xm0-nsw012.6 # sh conf mpls
#
# Module mpls configuration.
#
configure mpls add vlan "ldc-si0-bkd55"
enable mpls vlan "ldc-si0-bkd55"
enable mpls ldp vlan "ldc-si0-bkd55"
configure mpls add vlan "lpbk"
enable mpls vlan "lpbk"
enable mpls ldp vlan "lpbk"
configure mpls lsr-id 192.168.155.1
enable mpls protocol ldp
enable mpls
create l2vpn vpls ldc-snj-l2vpn fec-id-type pseudo-wire 3125
configure l2vpn vpls ldc-snj-l2vpn add service vlan ent_sp0-int001
configure l2vpn vpls ldc-snj-l2vpn add peer 192.168.122.1 core full-mesh
ldc-xm0-nsw012.7 # sh conf ospf
#
# Module ospf configuration.
#
configure ospf routerid 192.168.155.1
enable ospf
enable ospf export direct cost 10 type ase-type-1
configure ospf add vlan ldc-si0-bkd55 area 0.0.0.0
configure ospf add vlan lpbk area 0.0.0.0

Your help is much appreciated!

RE: How to configure VPLS L2VPN Pseudo Wire with MPLS

Prashanth_KG — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 17:09:00 GMT

Hi Matt,

Good to know that some misconfigs have been sorted out.
If the MPLS peers are operational, there should be a transport LSP for the peer automatically in the VPLS instance. Try re-configuring the L2VPN and check if it helps!

Also, please refer the article below for a sample VPLS configuration.

How to configure VPLS session in Extreme Switches using LDP

Hope this helps!

RE: How to configure VPLS L2VPN Pseudo Wire with MPLS

Matt_Tinonga — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 00:47:00 GMT

Hi Prashanth, thank you again... I've stripped the configuration out of MPLS & LDP & OSPF and started over again and used you doc "How to configure VPLS session in Extreme Switches using LDP". I've triple checked the confing and I'll still getting to the same point "Signaling (No transport LSP)".
* snj-xm0-nsw010.61 # show vpls
L2VPN Name VPN ID Flags Services Name Peer IP State Flags
--------------- ------ ------- --------------- --------------- ----- -------
vpls-snj-bkd022 100 EAX--L- ent_sp0-int001 192.168.155.1 Sgnl C---V-L

I did notice when getting to the 2nd part of step (d.) when I rain the command "show mpls ldp peer" it returned nothing on both switches. Not until I added the last command "configure l2vpn vpls vpls-snj-bkd022 add peer 192.168.155.1 core full-mesh" did I get a responce.
* snj-xm0-nsw010.60 # show mpls ldp peer
IP Address LDP Peer State Uptime Adjacencies
192.168.122.1 192.168.155.1:0 Operational 0d:0h:41m:47s 1

configure l2vpn vpls vpls-ldc-bkd55 add peer 192.168.122.1 core full-mesh
* ldc-xm0-nsw012.39 # show mpls ldp peer
IP Address LDP Peer State Uptime Adjacencies
192.168.155.1 192.168.122.1:0 Operational 0d:0h:42m:21s 1

OSPF is advertiseing the routes and I can get ping from both end points.
* snj-xm0-nsw010.1 # sh ipr
Ori Destination Gateway Mtr Flags VLAN Duration
#d 172.31.22.0/24 172.31.22.2 1 U------um--f- snj_si0-bkd022 0d:23h:5m:59s
#oa 172.31.30.0/24 172.31.22.251 12 UG-D---um--f- snj_si0-bkd022 0d:3h:22m:13s
#oa 172.31.55.0/24 172.31.22.251 12 UG-D---um--f- snj_si0-bkd022 0d:3h:22m:13s
#d 192.168.122.1/32 192.168.122.1 1 U------um--f- lpbk 0d:23h:5m:59s
#oa 192.168.155.1/32 172.31.22.251 22 UG-D---um--f- snj_si0-bkd022 0d:3h:22m:13s

snj-xm0-nsw010.3 # ping 192.168.155.1 from 192.168.122.1
Ping(ICMP) 192.168.155.1: 4 packets, 8 data bytes, interval 1 second(s).
16 bytes from 192.168.155.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=62 time=42 ms
16 bytes from 192.168.155.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=62 time=41 ms
16 bytes from 192.168.155.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=62 time=41 ms
16 bytes from 192.168.155.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=62 time=44 ms

I've copied the configs from both switches in the format of your document link.
Do you have any other ideia? or any test I can run?

===============================================================================
Switch #1: snj-xm0-nsw010
loopback vlan name: lpbk (192.168.122.1/32)
Core vlan name: snj_si0-bkd022 (172.31.22.2/24)
Service vlan name: ent_sp0-int001
VPLS l2vpn name: vpls-snj-bkd022

create vlan "ent_sp0-int001"
configure vlan ent_sp0-int001 tag 3151
create vlan "lpbk"
enable loopback-mode vlan lpbk
create vlan "snj_si0-bkd022"
configure vlan snj_si0-bkd022 tag 3122
configure vlan snj_si0-bkd022 ipaddress 172.31.22.2 255.255.255.0
enable ipforwarding vlan snj_si0-bkd022
configure vlan lpbk ipaddress 192.168.122.1 255.255.255.255
enable ipforwarding vlan lpbk
disable igmp snooping vlan "ent_sp0-int001"

configure ospf routerid 192.168.122.1
enable ospf
enable ospf export direct cost 10 type ase-type-1
configure ospf add vlan lpbk area 0.0.0.0 passive
configure ospf add vlan snj_si0-bkd022 area 0.0.0.0

configure mpls add vlan "lpbk"
enable mpls vlan "lpbk"
enable mpls ldp vlan "lpbk"
configure mpls add vlan "snj_si0-bkd022"
enable mpls vlan "snj_si0-bkd022"
enable mpls ldp vlan "snj_si0-bkd022"
configure mpls lsr-id 192.168.122.1
enable mpls protocol ldp
enable mpls
create l2vpn vpls vpls-snj-bkd022 fec-id-type pseudo-wire 100
configure l2vpn vpls vpls-snj-bkd022 add service vlan ent_sp0-int001
configure l2vpn vpls vpls-snj-bkd022 add peer 192.168.155.1 core full-mesh

===============================================================================

Switch #2 ldc-xm0-nsw012
loopback vlan name: lpbk (192.168.155.1/32)
Core vlan name: snj_si0-bkd022 (172.31.55.2/24)
Service vlan name: ent_sp0-int001
VPLS l2vpn name: vpls-ldc-bkd055

create vlan "ent_sp0-int001"
configure vlan ent_sp0-int001 tag 3151
create vlan "ldc-si0-bkd55"
configure vlan ldc-si0-bkd55 tag 3155
create vlan "lpbk"
enable loopback-mode vlan lpbk
configure vlan ldc-si0-bkd55 ipaddress 172.31.55.2 255.255.255.0
enable ipforwarding vlan ldc-si0-bkd55
configure vlan lpbk ipaddress 192.168.155.1 255.255.255.255
enable ipforwarding vlan lpbk
disable igmp snooping vlan "ent_sp0-int001"

configure ospf routerid 192.168.155.1
enable ospf
enable ospf export direct cost 10 type ase-type-1
configure ospf add vlan ldc-si0-bkd55 area 0.0.0.0
configure ospf add vlan lpbk area 0.0.0.0 passive

configure mpls add vlan "ldc-si0-bkd55"
enable mpls vlan "ldc-si0-bkd55"
enable mpls ldp vlan "ldc-si0-bkd55"
configure mpls add vlan "lpbk"
enable mpls vlan "lpbk"
enable mpls ldp vlan "lpbk"
configure mpls lsr-id 192.168.155.1
enable mpls protocol ldp
enable mpls
create l2vpn vpls vpls-ldc-bkd55 fec-id-type pseudo-wire 100
configure l2vpn vpls vpls-ldc-bkd55 add service vlan ent_sp0-int001
configure l2vpn vpls vpls-ldc-bkd55 add peer 192.168.122.1 core full-mesh

RE: How to configure VPLS L2VPN Pseudo Wire with MPLS

Prashanth_KG — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 06:28:00 GMT

Hi Matt,

The configuration part looks fine to me for both the peers. Looking at the iproute output, I get an impression that there are other routers in the path. Can you confirm that? Are these devices running MPLS too? We may not have the proper LSPs for every next-hop. may be that is why, the signaling is not active.

#oa 172.31.30.0/24 172.31.22.251 12 UG-D---um--f- snj_si0-bkd022 0d:3h:22m:13s
#oa 172.31.55.0/24 172.31.22.251 12 UG-D---um--f- snj_si0-bkd022 0d:3h:22m:13s

if these are third party devices, is it possible to configure the MPLS on these devices and check if that helps!

RE: How to configure VPLS L2VPN Pseudo Wire with MPLS

Matt_Tinonga — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 06:28:00 GMT

Hi Prashanth, see my reply in the string below... thanks again for your help.

RE: How to configure VPLS L2VPN Pseudo Wire with MPLS

Matt_Tinonga — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 00:07:00 GMT

Hi Prashanth, yes there is routers in between there are X450a with only Advanced Edge licening so I can't enable MPLS. I would think that the X450a would pass the MPLS traffic? Is there something that would stop them from doing so?

Thanks again, Matt

RE: How to configure VPLS L2VPN Pseudo Wire with MPLS

Matt_Tinonga — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 00:07:00 GMT

Prashanth, I wonted to add that was checking the advertising of each of the routers. I'm seeing a diffrence on the two routes.

snj-xm0-nsw010.8 # sh mpls ldp label advertised

Advertised Destination Label Peer NHop
Label Mapping Flags Label Type NextHop Name
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0x00434 192.168.122.1/32 -LE -- vlan lpbk --
0x00435 192.168.155.1/32 2LE -- VPLS -- vpls-snj-bkd022

Flags: (3) L3VPN, (2) L2VPN, (L) LDP, (R) RSVP-TE, (S) Static,
(T) Transit LSP, (I) Ingress to LSP, (E) Egress from LSP,
(M) Multiple Next Hops

ldc-xm0-nsw012.9 # sh mpls ldp label advertised

Advertised Destination Label Peer NHop
Label Mapping Flags Label Type NextHop Name
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0x00434 192.168.122.1/32 2LE -- VPLS -- vpls-ldc-bkd55

Flags: (3) L3VPN, (2) L2VPN, (L) LDP, (R) RSVP-TE, (S) Static,
(T) Transit LSP, (I) Ingress to LSP, (E) Egress from LSP,
(M) Multiple Next Hops

Is this some ting to look into?

Thanks Matt

RE: How to configure VPLS L2VPN Pseudo Wire with MPLS

EtherMAN — Sat, 22 Aug 2015 00:19:00 GMT

Hmm not a MPLS expert but when we need to pass MPLS framing at layer 2 across a non-mpls switch then we build a vman and enable jumbo frames on the per layer 2 switches to tunnel the mpls traffic through. On the 450's there are some restrictions if you want to pass standard tagged vlans and vmans on common trunk ports. Not sure if this will help or confuse