Common Configuration Tasks

About this task

This section provides a brief overview of the tasks that must be performed to configure a VPRN service and provides the CLI commands.

  1. Associate a VPRN service with a customer ID.
  2. Define an autonomous system (optional).
  3. Define a route distinguisher (mandatory).
  4. Define VRF route-target associations or VRF import/export policies.
  5. Define PIM parameters (optional).
  6. Create a subscriber interface (applies to the 7750 SR only and is optional).
  7. Create an interface.
  8. Define SAP parameters on the interface.

    • Select node(s) and port(s).

    • Optional - select QoS policies other than the default (configured in config>qos context).

    • Optional - select filter policies (configured in config>filter context).

    • - Optional - select accounting policy (configured in config>log context).

    • - Optional - configure DHCP features. (applies to the 7450 ESS and 7750 SR)

  9. Define BGP parameters (optional).
    • BGP must be enabled in the config>router>bgp context.
  10. Define RIP parameters (optional).
  11. Define spoke SDP parameters (optional).
  12. Create confederation autonomous systems within an AS. (optional).
  13. Enable the service.
Parent topic: Configuring a VPRN Service with CLI