Troubleshoot MPLS Connectivity

Step 1 — IGP for MPLS cloud
Verification – You are on your own. (YOYO)

Step 2 — LDP Adjacencies
Pro Tip – Add the CE network to advertisements so that you don’t have to ping from some specific loopback address to confirm connectivity.
sh mpls interfaces ← Key command, is LDP enabled
sh mpls ldp neighbor ← Is LDP transport working ← Is the RID advertised?
sh mpls ldp bindings ← LRIB similar to routing table
sh mpls forwarding-table ← LFIB similar to CEF table ← Key command
sh ip cef
traceroute

Step 3 — MP-BGP between PEs
sh bgp vpnv4 unicast all summary ← Did the VPNv4 BGP establish?
debug bgp vpnv4 unicast updates ← Are extended communities being sent?
sh bgp vpnv4 unicast all neighbor x.x.x.x advertised-routes ← Are the VPNv4 routes being sent
clear ip bgp * [in|out]

Step 4 — Create VRFs, RDs and RTs
sh ip vrf detail ← Key command
sh ip vrf ← Was the vrf properly allocated
sh run vrf
sh ip route vrf
sh ip route vrf *
clear ip route vrf * ← Force re-import/export

Step 5 — Add VRFs to BGP
sh bgp vpnv4 unicast vrf BLUE

Step 6 — Customer to Provider IGP
Once again YOYO.
sh ip vrf int

Step 7 — Redistribute between MP-BGP and Customer
sh bgp vpnv4 unicast all
sh ip ospf database
sh ip eigrp topology
sh ip rip database

Step 8 — Verification
sh ip route
sh ip route vrf X

Random commands:
sh vrf ← Great Command
sh ip vrf
sh ip route vrf *
sh ip route vrf [vrf name]
ping vrf [vrf]
traceroute vrf [vrf]
sh ip bgp vpnv4 vrf RED 192.168.1.0/24
sh mpls ldp bindings 10.250.4.0 24
sh ip cef vrf BLUE 172.20.1.0
sh mpls forwarding-table
sh mpls ldp bindings local
sh ip bgp vpnv4 vrf RED 172.20.1.0/24
sh mpls ldp interfaces
sh mpls ldp neigh
sh bgp vpnv4 unicast all summary
debug vpnv4 unicast updates
sh ip cef vrf BLUE 155.1.10.0/24
sh bgp vpnv4 unicast all 155.1.10.0/24
sh ip bgp vpnv4 vrf EAMC

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