BGP VPWS Configuration Procedure

In addition to configuring the associated BGP and MPLS infrastructure, the provisioning of a BGP VPWS service requires:

• Configuring the BGP Route Distinguisher, Route Target

  The updates are accepted into the service only if they contain the configured import route-target.

• Configuring a binding to the pseudowire template

  The multiple pseudowire template bindings can be configured with their associated route-targets used to control which is applied.

• Configuring the SAP or static GRE tunnel

• Configuring the name of the local VE and its associate VE ID

• Configuring the name of the remote VE and its associated VE ID

• For a dual-homed PE

  • Enabling the site

  • Configuring the site with non-zero site-preference

• For a remote PE

  Configure up to two remove VE names and associated VE IDs.

• Enabling BGP VPWS