Site-Preference - Juniper EX9200 Features Manual

VPLS Feature Guide for EX9200 Switches

site-preference

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site-preference preference-value {
backup;
primary;
}
[edit logical-systems logical-system-name routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols
l2vpn site site-name],
[edit logical-systems logical-system-name routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols
vpls site site-name],
[edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols l2vpn site site-name],
[edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols vpls site site-name]
Statement introduced before Junos OS Release 7.4.
Statement introduced for Layer 2 VPNs in Junos OS Release 9.1.
Specify the preference value advertised for a particular Layer 2 VPN or VPLS site. The
site preference value is encoded in the BGP local preference attribute. When a PE router
receives multiple advertisements with the same VE identifier, the advertisement with
the highest local preference value is preferred. You can use this statement to enable
multihoming for Layer 2 VPNs and VPLS.
—Specify the preference value advertised for a Layer 2 VPN or VPLS site.
preference-value
Range: 1 through 65,535
—Set the preference value to 1.
backup
—Set the preference value to 65,535.
primary
routing—To view this statement in the configuration.
routing-control—To add this statement to the configuration.
Configuring the Local Site on PE Routers in Layer 2 VPNs
Configuring the VPLS Site Preference on page 27
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