To enable the automatic selection of a route distinguisher on a VPRN site

Purpose

Since a route distinguisher (RD) must be unique on each PE in the network, you can allocate either a RD that you manually select or an NE-selected route distinguisher for each service. When you configure an auto-RD on a VPRN 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 Procedure ; To enable BGP on a routing instance

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

4 

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

5 

Click on the Routing tab, then on the General tab.

6 

Set the Route Distinguisher Type parameter to Type 1.

7 

In the Type 1 panel, set the Auto Route Distinguisher parameter to true.

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

8 

Save the changes and close the forms.

End of steps