[j-nsp] VPLS Multihoming

[Clarke Morledge]

Luca,

> My question is - on PE2 is it normal for it to show the VPLS connections 
> in a 'LN' (local site not designated) state, as shown below:
>
> PE2>show vpls connections
> Layer-2 VPN connections:
>
> <snip>
>
> Legend for interface status
> Up -- operational
> Dn -- down
>
> Instance: VPLS-DirectNetworks
>  Local site: IC2-VPLS (2)
>    connection-site           Type  St     Time last up          # Up trans
>    1                         rmt   LN
>    2                         rmt   LN
>
> This page on the juniper site seems to show a similar output but I just wanted to confirm
> http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos12.2/topics/example/vpls-multihomed-example.html

Yes, this is typical.

And so on PE1, your primary site probably shows status "RN" for site 2 
(remote site not designated).

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