Adding or Deleting a Layer 2 VPN Peer

To add a peer to the Layer 2 VPN, use the following command:
configure l2vpn [vpls vpls_name | vpws vpws_name] add peer ipaddress {{core {full-mesh | primary | secondary} | spoke}

For each new peer added, a pseudowire is signaled to carry traffic for this Layer 2 VPN. Up to 64 peers can be added to a VPLS; and only one peer can be added to a VPWS. For each peer added, that remote peer must also configure this local LSR as a peer for the Layer 2 VPN. For VPLS configurations, this insures that the VPLS core is configured as a full mesh of VPLS peers.

The Layer 2 VPN names on each peer do not have to match since the pseudowire ID is used to define the Layer 2 VPN to which each pseudowire is associated.
Delete a peer from the Layer 2 VPN, use the following command:
configure l2vpn [vpls vpls_name | vpws vpws_name] delete peer [ipaddress | all]

Once the peer is deleted, that specified peer is no longer a member of the Layer 2 VPN. For VPLS configurations, the peer must also be removed from all other VPLS peers to insure a proper full mesh and to prevent connectivity issues.

Published March 2020prev | next