Need Help in confguring my Hp Router with two MPLS link

[shinepothen]

Hi

I have a my current network setup working for last couple of yeras with MPLS (connecting to my HO )and Local Lan.

recently i got a another new MPLS connected so if one link fails i still i have conntecvitiy to my Head Office HO.

i did the configuration for the new link, i am not geting an commands where i can assgin one of the link to be primary and other link secondary which means only one link should work at one time and other standby.

if i manually unplug the cable of one the provider connecting to the router then the second link comes up and traffic passes, once i connect the cable back traffic switchs back to the first provider. the recently new mpls that i have taken is having more speed than the old since i am stuck with the configuration part i am not able to able to get the new link pass through traffic. (in cisco we will have commads like weight so that we can assgin prority based on weight)

[shinepothen]

the BGP config on my router

bgp 65001
 network 10.200.120.0 255.255.254.0
 network 10.210.122.0 255.255.255.0
 network 10.120.125.0 255.255.255.0
 network 172.121.13.88 255.255.255.255
 undo synchronization
 peer 192.168.224.98 as-number 7829
 peer 10.16.167.34 as-number 17101

currently peer 192.168.224.98 is taking the primary path eventhough i have not mentioned anywhere in the confige

please provide me commands on how can i change the primary to the  peer 10.16.167.34.

[shinepothen]

any suggestion and advice is accepted.

[Paul Kurtz · Accepted solution]

Controlling BGP path selection
By configuring BGP path attributes, you can control BGP path selection.
Setting a preferred value for routes received
Perform this task to set a preferred value for specific routes to control BGP path selection.
Among multiple routes that have the same destination/mask and are learned from different peers,
the one with the greatest preferred value is selected as the optimal route.
To set a preferred value for routes from a peer or peer group (IPv4 unicast/multicast address family):
Step Command Remarks
1. Enter system view. system-view N/A
252
Step Command Remarks
2. Enter BGP IPv4 unicast
address family view,
BGP-VPN IPv4 unicast
address family view, or BGP
IPv4 multicast address family
view.
• Enter BGP IPv4 unicast
address family view:
a. bgp as-number
[ instance
instance-name ]
b. address-family ipv4
[ unicast ]
• Enter BGP-VPN IPv4 unicast
address family view:
c. bgp as-number
[ instance
instance-name ]
d. ip vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name
e. address-family ipv4
[ unicast ]
• Enter BGP IPv4 multicast
address family view:
f. bgp as-number
[ instance
instance-name ]
g. address-family ipv4
multicast
N/A
3. Set a preferred value for
routes received from a peer
or peer group.
peer { group-name | ipv4-address
[ mask-length ] } preferred-value
value
The default preferred value is 0.

can you set preferred-value on one peer?  

http://h20565.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?sp4ts.oid=5408895&docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c05346579

see manual, page 215 starting...

[shinepothen]

Yes i have set the preferred value and that worked.

now i am able to select which MPLS connection i need to your. ""Perfered value"" is same as ""Weight"" in cisco