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PLR Bypass LSP Selection Rules
Figure 3: Bypass Tunnel Nodes
The PLR uses the following rules to select a bypass LSP among multiple manual and dynamic 
bypass LSP’s at the time of establishment of the primary LSP path or when searching for a bypass 
for a protected LSP which does not have an association with a bypass tunnel:
1. The MPLS/RSVP task in the PLR node checks if an existing manual bypass satisfies the 
constraints. If the path message for the primary LSP path indicated node protection 
desired, which is the default LSP FRR setting at the head end node, MPLS/RSVP task 
searches for a node-protect’ bypass LSP. If the path message for the primary LSP path 
indicated link protection desired, then it searches for a link-protect bypass LSP.
2. If multiple manual bypass LSPs satisfying the path constraints exist, it will prefer a 
manual-bypass terminating closer to the PLR over a manual bypass terminating further 
away. If multiple manual bypass LSPs satisfying the path constraints terminate on the 
same downstream node, it selects one with the lowest IGP path cost or if in a tie, picks the 
first one available.
3. If none satisfies the constraints and dynamic bypass tunnels have not been disabled on 
PLR node, then the MPLS/RSVP task in the PLR will check if any of the already 
established dynamic bypasses of the requested type satisfies the constraints.
4. If none do, then the MPLS/RSVP task will ask CSPF to check if a new dynamic bypass of 
the requested type, node-protect or link-protect, can be established.
5. If the path message for the primary LSP path indicated node protection desired, and no 
manual bypass was found after Step 1, and/or no dynamic bypass LSP was found after 3 
attempts of performing Step 3, the MPLS/RSVP task will repeat Steps 1-3 looking for a 
suitable link-protect bypass LSP. If none are found, the primary LSP will have no 
protection and the PLR node must clear the “local protection available” flag in the IPv4 
address sub-object of the RRO starting in the next Resv refresh message it sends 
upstream.
6. If the path message for the primary LSP path indicated link protection desired, and no 
manual bypass was found after step 1, and/or no dynamic bypass LSP was found after 
performing Step 3, the primary LSP will have no protection and the PLR node must clear 
the “local protection available” flag in the IPv4 address sub-object of the RRO starting in