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L2VPN Pseudowire Redundancy arquitecture

cjurado77
Beginner
Beginner

Hi,

I'm trying to configure L2VPN Pseudowire Redundancy. I've found some documentation in the link below:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_0s/feature/guide/fspseudo.html

But my scenario is quite different from the one explained at this document. I have the following scenario:

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So I need to create a L2VPN between CE-A and CE-B. I need to establish the main xconnect between PE-A1 and PE-B1, and the backup between PE-A2 and PE-B2, and I would like the CE to be able to switch between one circuit or the other automatically.

How can I do it? Anybody can help me, please??

Regards,


Cristina

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yashfaqu
Beginner
Beginner

Well as per SP Both circuits wll be up, and for CE you need to configure routing protocol to either load balance or failover.

What I need is a layer 2 vpn over the MPLS, so configuring layer 3 routing protocol is not suitable for me.

Maybe it is important to say that I am the SP, so I manage either PE and CE equipment.

Actually, I've read that QinQ can solve my problem, but I'm trying implementing QinQ in this way and it doesn't have the behaviour I expect:

CE-A:

interface GigabitEthernet1/19

switchport

switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q

switchport trunk allowed vlan 300-301

switchport mode trunk

end

interface GigabitEthernet1/20

switchport

switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q

switchport trunk allowed vlan 300-301

switchport mode trunk

end

PE-A1:

pseudowire-class TEST-L2VPN-REDUN1

encapsulation mpls

preferred-path interface Tunnel11 disable-fallback    (Tunnel11 is a tunnel to PE-B1)

interface GigabitEthernet2/15

description test l2vpn redundancy

switchport

switchport access vlan 500

switchport mode dot1q-tunnel

speed 1000

l2protocol-tunnel cdp

l2protocol-tunnel vtp

no cdp enable

spanning-tree bpdufilter enable

interface Vlan500

description l2vpn redundancy

no ip address

xconnect 1.1.1.1 101 pw-class TEST-L2VPN-REDUN1   (1.1.1.1 is PE-B1 RouterID)

PE-A2:

pseudowire-class TEST-L2VPN-REDUN2

encapsulation mpls

preferred-path interface Tunnel12 disable-fallback    (Tunnel12 is a tunnel to PE-B2)

interface GigabitEthernet2/15

description test l2vpn redundancy

switchport

switchport access vlan 500

switchport mode dot1q-tunnel

speed 1000

l2protocol-tunnel cdp

l2protocol-tunnel vtp

no cdp enable

spanning-tree bpdufilter enable

interface Vlan500

description l2vpn redundancy

no ip address

xconnect 2.2.2.2 102 pw-class TEST-L2VPN-REDUN1   (2.2.2.2 is PE-B2 RouterID)

CE-B:

interface GigabitEthernet1/1

switchport

switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q

switchport trunk allowed vlan 300-301

switchport mode trunk

end

interface GigabitEthernet1/2

switchport

switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q

switchport trunk allowed vlan 300-301

switchport mode trunk

end

PE-B1:

pseudowire-class TEST-L2VPN-REDUN1

encapsulation mpls

preferred-path interface Tunnel13 disable-fallback    (Tunnel13 is a tunnel to PE-A1)

interface GigabitEthernet2/15

description prova l2vpn redundancy

switchport

switchport access vlan 500

switchport mode dot1q-tunnel

speed 1000

l2protocol-tunnel cdp

l2protocol-tunnel vtp

no cdp enable

spanning-tree bpdufilter enable

interface Vlan500

description l2vpn redundancy

no ip address

xconnect 3.3.3.3 101 pw-class TEST-L2VPN-REDUN1     (3.3.3.3 is PE-A1 routerID)

PE-A2:

pseudowire-class TEST-L2VPN-REDUN2

encapsulation mpls

preferred-path interface Tunnel14 disable-fallback    (Tunnel14 is a tunnel to PE-A2)

interface GigabitEthernet2/15

description prova l2vpn redundancy

switchport

switchport access vlan 500

switchport mode dot1q-tunnel

speed 1000

l2protocol-tunnel cdp

l2protocol-tunnel vtp

no cdp enable

spanning-tree bpdufilter enable

interface Vlan500

description l2vpn redundancy

no ip address

xconnect 4.4.4.4 102 pw-class TEST-L2VPN-REDUN2    (4.4.4.4 is PE-A2 routerID)

The result of applying this configuration is VC 101 established and with layer 2 connectivity ok, but VC 102 down and interface Gi2/15 of PE-A2 in err-disable state. The behaviour I expected is that STP protocol acts and put the the ports of the second layer 2 paths in blocking state.

Any idea??

Thanks.

Did you try to configure port-channel (From CE) with simple p2p xconnects(From SP) ? I am not sure but i remember i did some testings for Port-channel and it worked.

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