Question 780
An EVPN E-LAN service spans two MPLS PEs and a remote handoff. Observed: One PE advertises a MAC route but no corresponding service label is usable. Which ongoing validation gate would best detect a recurrence of this problem?
Explanation
Correct Answer
A useful regression gate tests whether remote MAC lookup resolves a valid EVPN service label and frames forward and alerts when one PE advertises a MAC route but no corresponding service label is usable. This directly checks the technical weakness: EVPN MPLS service-label mapping is missing or mismatched across control and forwarding planes. The gate is derived from the fictional incident and is not an independent Juniper engineer signoff.
Incorrect Answers
This gate monitors a different failure, a pe cannot find the other site's pseudowire although the underlay path is healthy. It would not detect the current problem: One PE advertises a MAC route but no corresponding service label is usable. The appropriate check requires remote MAC lookup resolves a valid EVPN service label and frames forward.
It is valid for another service scenario but checks the circuit stays down because no vc label is negotiated. This case instead needs a gate for one pe advertises a mac route but no corresponding service label is usable and evidence that remote MAC lookup resolves a valid EVPN service label and frames forward.
The proposed control is tied to mac aging and control-plane refresh behavior conflict with the active service topology, typically observed when one CE continues forwarding to a moved MAC on a stale port. Here the target is evpn mpls service-label mapping is missing or mismatched across control and forwarding planes; monitor remote MAC lookup resolves a valid EVPN service label and frames forward.