BGP Auto-Discovery for LDP VPLS
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BGP-AD and Target LDP (T-LDP) Interaction
BGP is responsible for discovering the location of VSIs that share the same VPLS membership. 
LDP protocol is responsible for setting up the pseudowire infrastructure between the related VSIs 
by exchanging service specific labels between them.
Once the local VPLS information is provisioned in the local PE, the related PEs participating in 
the same VPLS are identified through BGP AD exchanges. A list of far-end PEs is generated and 
triggers the creation, if required, of the necessary T-LDP sessions to these PEs and the exchange of 
the service specific VPN labels. The steps for the BGP AD discovery process and LDP session 
establishment and label exchange are shown in Figure 49.
Figure 49: BGP-AD and T-LDP Interaction
Key:
1. Establish I-BGP connectivity RR.
2. Configure VPN (10) on edge node (PE3).