Juniper JUNOSE 11.2.X BGP AND MPLS, Configuration Manual

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NOTE: You can change the BFD liveness detection parameters at any time without
stopping or restarting the existing session; BFD automatically adjusts to the new
parameter value. However, no changes to BFD parameters take place until the values
resynchronize with each peer.
Related Topics For details on liveness detection negotiation, see Negotiation of the BFD Liveness
Detection Interval in the JunosE IP Services Configuration Guide
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Basic MPLS Configuration Tasks on page 276
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Additional RSVP-TE Configuration Tasks on page 293
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mpls rsvp bfd-liveness-detection
Configuring IGPs and MPLS
You can use the tunnel mpls autoroute announce command to configure a tunnel to
announce its endpoint to IS-IS or OSPF so that the IGP can then use the LSP as a shortcut
to a destination based on the LSP’s metric.
If no tunnels are registered, the IGP calculates the shortest path to a destination by using
the shortest path first (SPF) algorithm. The results are represented by the destination
node, next-hop address, and output interface, where the output interface is a physical
interface.
If you configure an LSP to be announced to the IGP with a certain metric, the LSP appears
as a logical interface directly connected to the LSP endpoint. The IGP can consider the
LSP as a potential output interface for the LSP endpoint and for destinations beyond
the endpoint. In this case, the SPF computation results are represented by the destination
node and the output LSP, effectively using the LSP as a shortcut through the network to
the destination.
By default, IS-IS and OSPF always use the MPLS tunnel to reach the tunnel endpoint.
Best paths determined by SPF calculations are not considered. You can enable the
consideration of best paths by issuing the IS-IS or OSPF
mpls spf-use-any-best-path
command. This command causes the IGP to evaluate the LSP as it does any other path.
The IGP then either forwards traffic along the best path (which might be the MPLS
tunnel), or load-balances between the MPLS tunnel and another path.
The default behavior applies only to reaching the tunnel endpoint itself. For prefixes
downstream of the tunnel endpoint, the value of the tunnel metric always determines
whether the IGP uses the LSP or the native path, or load-balances between the native
path and one or more LSPs.
The tunnel metric can be absolute or relative. An absolute metric indicates there is no
relationship to the underlying IGP cost. A relative metric is added to or subtracted from
the underlying IGP shortest path cost.
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Chapter 4: Configuring MPLS