To configure MSDP on a VPRN routing instance

MSDP on VPRN Service object

You can configure MSDP on the VPRN Service object. The configuration forms are identical to those used to configure MSDP on the routing instance, and the behavior of the VPRN MSPD is the same as that of the base router MDSP.

Note: You can enable and configure MSDP without PIM. However, you need to configure PIM before MSDP can be operationally up. At a minimum, you need to configure the PIM Candidate BootStrap Router and Candidate Rendezvous Point (C-RP) on a pair of NEs. The MSDP peer is the C-RP Address parameter. See To create a PIM site on a VPRN routing instance for details.

Before you begin

Before you configure MSDP on a VPRN routing instance, you need to enable MSDP:

  1. On the service navigation tree, expand VPRN Site→Routing Instance→Routing Instance name, right-click on Routing Instance name and choose Properties. The VPRN Site (Edit) form opens.

  2. Click on the Multicast tab, and select the MSDP Enabled parameter.

  3. Save your changes and close the form.

Steps
 
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Choose Manage→Service→Services from the NFM-P main menu. The Manage Services form opens.

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Choose a VPRN service and click Properties. The VPRN Service (Edit) form opens.

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On the service navigation tree, expand VPRN Site→Routing Instance - NE System ID→Routing Instance→Routing Instance VPRNinstance→Protocols, right-click on Protocols and choose Create MSDP Site. The MSDP Site (Create) form opens.

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Configure the required parameters in the General panel.

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Configure the parameters in the Receive Message Rate Parameters panel.

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Configure the State parameter.

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Configure an MSDP peer group.

  1. Click on the Group tab and then click Create. The MSDP Peer Group (Create) form opens.

  2. Configure the required parameters on the General tab.

  3. Click on the Import Policies and configure the import route policies to determine which routes are accepted from peers.

    The policies need to match the policies that you set when configuring the Routing Policy Manager. The router performs no validation to ensure that the policies match.

  4. Click on the Export Policies tab and configure the export route policies to determine which routes are advertised to peers.

    The policies need to match the policies that you set when configuring the Routing Policy Manager. The router performs no validation to ensure that the policies match.

  5. Save the changes and close the form.

You can also configure an MSDP peer group separately, after you completed the configuration of the MSDP site. On the service navigation tree, expand VPRN Site→Routing Instance - NE System ID→Routing Instance→Routing Instance VPRNinstance→Protocols→MSDP, right-click on MSDP and choose Create MSDP Peer Group. The MSDP Peer Group (Create) form opens.

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Configure an MSDP peer.

  1. Click on the Peer tab and then click Create. The MSDP Peer (Create) form opens.

  2. Configure the required parameters on the General tab.

  3. Click on the Import Policies and configure the import route policies to determine which routes are accepted from peers.

    The policies need to match the policies that you set when configuring the Routing Policy Manager. The router performs no validation to ensure that the policies match.

  4. Click on the Export Policies tab and configure the export route policies to determine which routes are advertised to peers.

    The policies need to match the policies that you set when configuring the Routing Policy Manager. The router performs no validation to ensure that the policies match.

  5. Click on the Authentication tab and configure the required parameters.

  6. Save the changes and close the form.

You can also configure an MSDP peer separately, after you completed the configuration of the MSDP site. On the service navigation tree, expand VPRN Site→Routing Instance - NE System ID→Routing Instance→Routing Instance VPRNinstance→Protocols→MSDP, right-click on MSDP and choose Create MSDP Peer. The MSDP Peer (Create) form opens.

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Click on the Source tab to create an MSDP multicast source.

  1. Click Create. The MSDP Source (Create) form opens.

  2. Configure the required parameters.

  3. Save the changes and close the form.

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Click on the following tabs to review MSDP Site information, as required:

  • Data Source Active

  • Data Source Active Rejected

  • Statistics

  • Faults

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Save the changes and close the form.

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