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Chapter Cisco MWR 2941 Router Command Reference, Release 15.1(3)MR
mpls ldp router-id
Usage Guidelines The mpls ldp router-id command allows you to use the IP address of an interface as the LDP router ID.
The following steps describe the normal process for determining the LDP router ID:
1. The router considers all the IP addresses of all operational interfaces.
2. If these addresses include loopback interface addresses, the router selects the largest loopback
address. Configuring a loopback address helps ensure a stable LDP ID for the router, because the
state of loopback addresses does not change. However, configuring a loopback interface and
IP address on each router is not required.
The loopback IP address does not become the router ID of the local LDP ID under the following
circumstances:
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If the loopback interface has been explicitly shut down.
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If the mpls ldp router-id command specifies that a different interface should be used as the
LDP router ID.
If you use a loopback interface, make sure that the IP address for the loopback interface is
configured with a /32 network mask. In addition, make sure that the routing protocol in use is
configured to advertise the corresponding /32 network.
3. Otherwise, the router selects the largest interface address.
The router might select a router ID that is not usable in certain situations. For example, the router might
select an IP address that the routing protocol cannot advertise to a neighboring router.
The router implements the router ID the next time it is necessary to select an LDP router ID. The effect
of the command is delayed until the next time it is necessary to select an LDP router ID, which is
typically the next time the interface is shut down or the address is deconfigured.
If you use the force keyword with the mpls ldp router-id command, the router ID takes effect more
quickly. However, implementing the router ID depends on the current state of the specified interface:
• If the interface is up (operational) and its IP address is not currently the LDP router ID, the LDP
router ID is forcibly changed to the IP address of the interface. This forced change in the LDP router
ID tears down any existing LDP sessions, releases label bindings learned via the LDP sessions, and
interrupts MPLS forwarding activity associated with the bindings.
• If the interface is down, the LDP router ID is forcibly changed to the IP address of the interface when
the interface transitions to up. This forced change in the LDP router ID tears down any existing LDP
sessions, releases label bindings learned via the LDP sessions, and interrupts MPLS forwarding
activity associated with the bindings.
The following behaviors apply to the default VRF as well as to VRFs that you explicitly configure with
the vrf vrf-name keyword/argument pair:
• The interface you select as the router ID of the VRF must be associated with the VRF.
• If the interface is no longer associated with the VRF, the mpls ldp router-id command that uses the
interface is removed.
• If the selected interface is deleted, the mpls ldp router-id command that uses the interface is
removed.
• If you delete a VRF that you configured, the mpls ldp router-id command for the deleted VRF is
removed. The default VRF cannot be deleted.
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