Enabling The Mpls Function; Configuration Prerequisites - HP 12500 Series Configuration Manual

Task
Maintaining LDP sessions
Managing and optimizing MPLS
forwarding
Configuring MPLS statistics
collection and reading
Inspecting LSPs
Enabling MPLS trap
NOTE:
Layer 3 interfaces such as Layer 3 Ethernet interfaces and VLAN interfaces support MPLS. Tunnel
interfaces and Layer 2 interfaces do not support MPLS.

Enabling the MPLS function

Enable MPLS on all routers before you can configure other MPLS features.

Configuration prerequisites

Before you enable MPLS, complete the following tasks:
• Configure link layer protocols to ensure the connectivity at the link layer.
Assign IP addresses to interfaces so that all neighboring nodes can reach each other at the network
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layer.
Configure static routes or an IGP protocol for the LSRs to communicate with each other.
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Configuring PHP
Configuring the policy for triggering
LSP establishment
Configuring the label distribution
control mode
Configuring LDP loop detection
Configuring LDP MD5 authentication
Configuring LDP label filtering
Configuring BFD for MPLS LDP
Resetting LDP sessions
Configuring MPLS MTU
Configuring TTL processing mode at
ingress
Sending back ICMP TTL exceeded
messages for MPLS TTL expired
packets
Configuring LDP GR
Setting MPLS statistics reading
interval
Configuring MPLS LSP ping
Configuring MPLS LSP tracert
Configuring BFD for LSPs
Configuring periodic LSP tracert
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