Before using the ping MPLS feature, make sure that the receiving interface on the VPN or LSP remote endpoint has MPLS enabled, and that the loopback interface on the outbound node is configured as 127.0.0.1. The source address for MPLS probes must be a valid address on the Services Router.
To process ping MPLS requests, the remote endpoint of the VPN or LSP must be configured appropriately. You must enable MPLS on the receiving interface of the outbound node for the VPN or LSP. If MPLS is not enabled, the remote endpoint drops the incoming request packets and returns an “ICMP host unreachable” message to the Services Router. To enable MPLS on an interface, see <<To be supplied>>.
The loopback address (lo0) on the outbound node must be configured as 127.0.0.1. If this interface address is not configured correctly, the outbound node does not have this forwarding entry. It drops the incoming request packets and returns a “host unreachable” message to the Services Router. If the outbound node is a Services Router, see <<To be supplied>> to configure the loopback address.
The source IP address you specify for a set of probes must be an address configured on one of the Services Router interfaces. If it is not a valid Services Router address, the ping request fails with the error message “Can't assign requested address.”