[j-nsp] Optimal BFD settings for BGP-signaled VPLS?

[Clarke Morledge]

Thanks for the responses thus far concerning BFD for BGP-signaled VPLS.

Some have asked about using RSVP:  we originally set out to use RSVP, but 
we ran into a number of bugs/issues in our environment.  We aren't able to 
take advantage of all of the "bells and whistles" with RSVP anyway, and 
LDP was A LOT simpler to deploy.   Perhaps as some of these JUNOS PRs get 
worked out we will revisit RSVP.

In our environment, my only major qualm with LDP is the multicast 
replication issue at the PE ingress.  But hopefully when/if Juniper 
supports mLDP, this should get resolved.

Regarding BFD echo mode, I am curious to know if others have operational 
experience with it (on non-Junos gear since Juniper does not yet support 
it).

Clarke Morledge
College of William and Mary
Information Technology - Network Engineering
Jones Hall (Room 18)
Williamsburg VA 23187