To enable the automatic selection of an RD on a VPLS site

Purpose

Since an RD must be unique on each PE in the network, you can allocate either a route distinguisher that you manually select or an NE-selected route distinguisher for each service. When you configure an auto-RD on a VPLS site, B-site, or I-site, a Type-1 RD is automatically allocated by the NE based on the community range that you configure.

Steps
 
1 

Before you configure a site for auto-RD selection, you must:

  1. Enable BGP on the routing instance of the NE. See To enable BGP on a routing instance for more information.

  2. Enable the automatic selection of an RD on the NE and specify the community range. See To enable the automatic selection of an RD on an NE .

2 

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

3 

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

4 

On the navigation tree, right-click on VPLS Service and choose Create VPLS Site, or right-click on a site and choose Properties. The VPLS Site (Create|Edit) form opens.

5 

Click on the BGP tab, then on the General tab, and enable the Enable BGP parameter.

6 

Configure the Auto Route Distinguisher parameter in the RD panel.

The Operational RD is displayed after you apply the changes to the site and to the service.

7 

Save the changes and close the forms.

End of steps