Mikrotik MPLS interoperability with other vendor mpls router

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1

I am using your products RB750G, RB1000 for mpls testing. However i am successful testing it between mikrotiks, but not able to establish mpls between mikrotik and other vendor mpls router(Extreme and Brocade), is there any specific configuration or points to be noted to success interoperability in Mikrotik.

Below is the MikroTik outputs:-


[admin@MikroTik] > /ip address print
Flags: X - disabled, I - invalid, D - dynamic

ADDRESS NETWORK BROADCAST INTERFACE

0 1.1.1.244/8 1.0.0.0 1.255.255.255 ether5(Management)
1 202.79.41.109/30 202.79.41.108 202.79.41.111 ether1
2 202.79.41.106/30 202.79.41.104 202.79.41.107 ether2
3 202.166.193.101/32 202.166.193.101 202.166.193.101 loopback


[admin@MikroTik] > /routing ospf route print

DST-ADDRESS STATE COST GATEWAY INTERFACE

0 202.79.41.100/30 intra-area 11 202.79.41.110 ether1
1 202.79.41.104/30 intra-area 10 0.0.0.0 ether2
2 202.79.41.108/30 intra-area 10 0.0.0.0 ether1
3 202.166.193.100/32 intra-area 20 202.79.41.105 ether2
4 202.166.193.102/32 intra-area 11 202.79.41.110 ether1
[admin@MikroTik] >


[admin@MikroTik] > /ip route print
Flags: X - disabled, A - active, D - dynamic,
C - connect, S - static, r - rip, b - bgp, o - ospf, m - mme,
B - blackhole, U - unreachable, P - prohibit

DST-ADDRESS PREF-SRC GATEWAY DISTANCE

0 ADC 1.0.0.0/8 1.1.1.244 ether5(Management) 0
1 ADo 202.79.41.100/30 202.79.41.110 110
2 ADC 202.79.41.104/30 202.79.41.106 ether2 0
3 ADC 202.79.41.108/30 202.79.41.109 ether1 0
4 ADo 202.166.193.100/32 202.79.41.105 110
5 ADC 202.166.193.101/32 202.166.193.101 loopback 0
6 ADo 202.166.193.102/32 202.79.41.110 110


[admin@MikroTik] > /mpls ldp neighbor print
Flags: X - disabled, D - dynamic, O - operational, T - sending-targeted-hello, V - vpls

TRANSPORT LOCAL-TRANSPORT PEER SEN ADDRESSES

0 D 202.166.193.102 202.166.193.101 202.166.193.102:0 no
1 D 202.166.193.100 202.166.193.101 202.166.193.100:0 no



[admin@MikroTik] > /mpls forwarding-table print
Flags: L - ldp, V - vpls, T - traffic-eng

IN-LABEL OUT-LABELS DESTINATION INTERFACE NEXTHOP

0 expl-null
[admin@MikroTik] >


[admin@MikroTik] > /mpls remote-bindings print
Flags: X - disabled, A - active, D - dynamic

DST-ADDRESS NEXTHOP LABEL PEER

[admin@MikroTik] >

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2

Are you using x460/x480 or BD8800 as the Extreme peer ? What XOS version ?

Odd that it is doing it to two different vendors…

3

Thanks for your reply. I am using

x480-24x as an extreme peer with ExtremeXOS version 12.5.2.5
NetIron MLX-4, a Brocade peer with IronWare : Version 5.0.0cT163

4

OK I have a x460 in my test rack, i’ll see if I can get an MPLS licence on it and do some testing.

5

yes its ok now mpls is up and running the cause is OSPF was not distributing route to loopback address, but still vpls is not working any how. Could any body has tested the vpls in MikroTik with other vender routers??

6

Both manufacturers uses the same VPLS style as Cisco.
Configuration should be set as described in wiki article below:
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Cisco_VPLS

7

Thanks guys, yes its working now after configuring cisco style vpls