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sham-link

Syntax

Hierarchy Level

Description

Configure the local endpoint of a sham link.

You can create an intra-area link or sham link between two provider edge (PE) routing devices so that the VPN backbone is preferred over the back-door link. A back-door link is a backup link that connects customer edge (CE) devices in case the VPN backbone is unavailable. When such a backup link is available and the CE devices are in the same OSPF area, the default behavior is to prefer this backup link over the VPN backbone. This is because the backup link is considered an intra-area link, while the VPN backbone is always considered an inter-area link. Intra-area links are always preferred over inter-area links.

The sham link is an unnumbered point-to-point intra-area link between PE devices. When the VPN backbone has a sham intra-area link, this sham link can be preferred over the backup link if the sham link has a lower OSPF metric than the backup link.

The sham link is advertised using Type 1 link-state advertisements (LSAs). Sham links are valid only for routing instances and OSPFv2.

Each sham link is identified by the combination of a local endpoint address and a remote endpoint address.

Options

local address—The address for the local endpoint of the sham link.

keychain keychain-name—For each keychain, you must specify a name.

Required Privilege Level

routing—To view this statement in the configuration.

routing-control—To add this statement to the configuration

Release Information

Statement introduced before Junos OS Release 7.4.

The option keychain keychain-name introduced in Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved Release 24.2R1.