Configuration overview

The following steps must be performed to configure MPLS-TP LSPs or PWs.

At the router LER and LSR:

  1. Create an MPLS-TP context, containing nodal MPLS-TP identifiers. This is configured under config>router>mpls>mpls-tp.

  2. Ensure that a sufficient range of labels is reserved for static LSPs and PWs. This range is configured under config>router>mpls-labels>static-label-range.

  3. Ensure that a range of tunnel identifiers is reserved for MPLS-TP LSPs under config>router>mpls-mpls-tp>tp-tunnel-id-range.

  4. A user may optionally configure MPLS-TP interfaces, which are interfaces that do not use IP addressing or ARP for next hop resolution. These can only be used by MPLS-TP LSPs.

At the router LER:

  1. Configure OAM templates; these contain generic parameters for MPLS-TP proactive OAM. An OAM template is configured under config>router>mpls>mpls-tp>oam-template.

  2. Configure BFD templates; these contain generic parameters for BFD used for MPLS-TP LSPs. A BFD template is configured under config>router>bfd>bfd-template.

  3. Configure protection templates; these contain generic parameters for MPLS-TP 1-for-1 linear protection. A protection template is configured under config>router>mpls>mpls-tp>protection-template.

  4. Configure MPLS-TP LSPs. MPLS-TP LSPs are configured under config>router>mpls>lsp mpls-tp.

  5. Pseudowires using MPLS-TP are configured as spoke SDPs with static PW labels.

At an LSR, a user must configure an LSP transit-path under config>router>mpls>mpls-tp>transit-path.

The following sections describe these configuration steps in more detail.