Option 1 - VPLS can be manual (using only LDP and you *typing in the
neighbor ip addresses* to land the pw's on)
Option 2 - VPLS can be auto-neighbor discovered...
- BGP does the AD (auto discovery, that is, for the PE's participating in
the vpls)
- PW/LSP set up - can be signaled via BGP or LDP
Hey Shawn,
By definition all VPLS circuits are multipoint, VPWS (aka VLL's, xconnects)
is used for point-to-point designations.
Nuance aside, multipoint is a pretty common deployment strategy for L2VPN
services-- you'll want to look at using L2 VFIs for this.
A good reference point would be
Does anyone have any examples of doing a VPLS to multiple end points?
I have a use case where I want to bring in a couple of vlans to an ASR920
and then transport them via MPLS to several other ASR920s. So, basically a
layer-2 vpn.
Normally, I'd just bring in the vlans, and then do an xconnect
