[j-nsp] Problem with VPLS and J-series routers

[Truman Boyes]

VPLS is not supporting LDP for J-series at this time. Please use BGP  
signaling for VPLS on J-series in 9.4-9.5.

Kind regards,
Truman Boyes


On 23/07/2009, at 7:46 AM, Tomasz Klicki wrote:

> Hi there,
> I'm trying to configure VPLS between two J2320 routers (Junos  
> 9.5R2.7).
> Topology looks like this:
>
> PC1 (tagged vlan) --- J1 --- J2 --- J3 --- J4 --- PC2 (tagged vlan)
>
> ..but as you may presume not everything works correct.
>
> Output from 'show vpls connections' on J1:
>
> root at J1> show vpls connections
> Instance: vpls1
>  VPLS-id: 100
>    Neighbor                  Type  St     Time last up          # Up  
> trans
>    192.168.5.4(vpls-id 100)  rmt   Up     Jul 23 19:17:06  
> 2009           1
>      Remote PE: 192.168.5.4, Negotiated control-word: No
>      Incoming label: 262145, Outgoing label: 262145
>      Local interface: lsi.1049344, Status: Up, Encapsulation: ETHERNET
>        Description: Intf - vpls vpls1 neighbor 192.168.5.4 vpls-id 100
>
> Looks good, but no packet is passing from PC1 to PC2. Can anyone  
> tell me
> what I do wrong? I'm not sure about configuration of encapsulation of
> access ports for PC1 and PC2. Interface lsi.1049344 also looks strange
> to me, it has no input/output packets:
>
> root at J1> show interfaces lsi.1049344
>  Logical interface lsi.1049344 (Index 73) (SNMP ifIndex 156)
>    Flags: Point-To-Point SNMP-Traps Encapsulation: LSI-NULL
>    Input packets : 0
>    Output packets: 0
>    Security: Zone: trust
>    Allowed host-inbound traffic : any-service bfd bgp dlsw dvmrp igmp
> ldp msdp
>    nhrp ospf pgm pim rip router-discovery rsvp sap vrrp
>    Protocol vpls, MTU: 1496
>      Flags: None
>
>
> ========= Essential configuration from J1 =========
>
> protocols {
>    rsvp {
>        interface ge-0/0/0.0;
>        interface ge-0/0/1.0;
>    }
>    mpls {
>        label-switched-path J1-to-J4 {
>            to 192.168.5.4;
>            no-cspf;
>        }
>        interface ge-0/0/0.0;
>        interface ge-0/0/1.0;
>    }
>    ospf {
>        traffic-engineering;
>        area 0.0.0.0 {
>            interface ge-0/0/0.0;
>            interface ge-0/0/1.0;
>            interface lo0.0;
>        }
>    }
>    ldp {
>        transport-address router-id;
>        interface ge-0/0/0.0;
>        interface ge-0/0/1.0;
>        interface lo0.0;
>    }
> }
> routing-instances {
>    vpls1 {
>        instance-type vpls;
>        interface ge-0/0/2.0;
>        protocols {
>            vpls {
>                no-tunnel-services;
>                vpls-id 100;
>                neighbor 192.168.5.4;
>            }
>        }
>    }
> }
> interfaces {
>    [...]
>    ge-0/0/2 {
>        description Access-port for PC1;
>        vlan-tagging;
>        encapsulation vlan-vpls;
>        unit 0 {
>            encapsulation vlan-vpls;
>            vlan-id 600;
>        }
>    }
>    lo0 {
>        unit 0 {
>            family inet {
>                address 192.168.5.1/32;
>            }
>        }
>    }
> }
>
> ========= Essential configuration from J4 =========
>
> interfaces {
>    [...]
>    ge-0/0/2 {
>        description Access-port for PC2;
>        vlan-tagging;
>        encapsulation vlan-vpls;
>        unit 0 {
>            encapsulation vlan-vpls;
>            vlan-id 600;
>        }
>    }
>    lo0 {
>        unit 0 {
>            family inet {
>                address 192.168.5.4/32;
>            }
>        }
>    }
> }
> routing-options {
>    static {
>        route 0.0.0.0/0 next-hop 213.135.51.1;
>    }
>    router-id 192.168.5.4;
> }
> protocols {
>    rsvp {
>        interface ge-0/0/0.0;
>        interface ge-0/0/1.0;
>    }
>    mpls {
>        label-switched-path J4-to-J1 {
>            to 192.168.5.1;
>            no-cspf;
>        }
>        interface ge-0/0/0.0;
>        interface ge-0/0/1.0;
>    }
>    ospf {
>        traffic-engineering;
>        area 0.0.0.0 {
>            interface ge-0/0/0.0;
>            interface ge-0/0/1.0;
>            interface lo0.0;
>        }
>    }
>    ldp {
>        transport-address router-id;
>        interface ge-0/0/0.0;
>        interface ge-0/0/1.0;
>        interface lo0.0;
>    }
> }
> routing-instances {
>    vpls1 {
>        instance-type vpls;
>        interface ge-0/0/2.0;
>        protocols {
>            vpls {
>                no-tunnel-services;
>                vpls-id 100;
>                neighbor 192.168.5.1;
>            }
>        }
>    }
> }
>
> -- 
> (o_   Best regards,
> //\   Tomasz Klicki
> V_/_
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