[j-nsp] VPLS Between 2 Routers

[Craig Whitmore]

Hi there

I am pretty new to MPLS but what I'm trying to do is set up a L2 Tunnel
between 2 Routers  via VPLS. The idea is the customer can plug a TRUNK port
at both ends and run whatever VLANS they want between them . Maybe there is
a easier way to do it. There are LOTS of examples in LOTS of different
places on how VPLS should be set up and all are slightly different. I cannot
get any data thru the VPLS connection..

The set up is 2 Juniper Routers running OSPF between them and then BGP
between the Loopbacks also running MPLS/LDP etc

The Config is (the same on both ends basically)

ge-0/0/7 {
    description "VPLS";
    per-unit-scheduler;
    encapsulation ethernet-vpls;
    unit 0 {
        family vpls;
    }
}

VPLS-Customer {
    instance-type vpls;
    interface ge-0/0/7.0;
    route-distinguisher XXXXX:2000;  (XXXXXX:1000 on other side).. (XXXX =
the AS number)
    vrf-target target:XXXXX:100;
    protocols {
        vpls {
            site-range 10;
            no-tunnel-services;
            site router-2000 {
                site-identifier 5; (different on both sides)
            }
        }
    }
}


Debug..

# show vpls connections  extensive

Instance: VPLS-Customer
  Local site: router-2000 (5)
    Number of local interfaces: 1
    Number of local interfaces up: 1
    IRB interface present: no
    ge-0/0/7.0     
    lsi.1049090         6         Intf - vpls VPLS-Customer local site 5
remote site 6
    Label-base        Offset     Size  Range     Preference
    262153            1          8      8         100
    connection-site           Type  St     Time last up          # Up trans
    6                         rmt   Up     Mar  2 11:32:17 2012           1
      Remote PE: Y.Y.Y.Y, Negotiated control-word: No (Y.Y.Y.Y = Loopback of
other router)
      Incoming label: 262158, Outgoing label: 262165
      Local interface: lsi.1049090, Status: Up, Encapsulation: VPLS
        Description: Intf - vpls VPLS-Customer local site 5 remote site 6
    Connection History:
        Mar  2 11:32:17 2012  status update timer
        Mar  2 11:32:17 2012  loc intf up                  lsi.1049090
        Mar  2 11:32:17 2012  PE route changed
        Mar  2 11:32:17 2012  Out lbl Update                    262165
        Mar  2 11:32:17 2012  In lbl Update                     262158
        Mar  2 11:32:17 2012  loc intf down


#show bgp summary instance VPLS-Customer

Groups: 0 Peers: 0 Down peers: 0
Table          Tot Paths  Act Paths Suppressed    History Damp State
Pending
VPLS.l2vpn.0           1          1          0          0          0
0

# show bgp summary.

Peer                     AS      InPkt     OutPkt    OutQ   Flaps Last
Up/Dwn State|#Active/Received/Accepted/Damped...
Y.Y.Y.Y           56030       6057       4657       0       0 1d 11:40:03
Establ (Y.Y.Y.Y = IP Address of other routers loopback)
  inet.0: 2/5156/2/0
  inet.2: 0/0/0/0
  bgp.l2vpn.0: 1/1/1/0
  bgp.l3vpn.0: 0/0/0/0
  VPLS-Customer.l2vpn.0: 1/1/1/0