Patent ID: 8737200

Claim:
A method for providing pseudo-wire resiliency in a Virtual Private Network (VPN), the method comprising: configuring a first pseudo-wire for facilitating an emulated service in the VPN, the first pseudo-wire being provided between a remote attachment circuit and a primary attachment circuit, each attachment circuit being an interface circuit between a customer edge device at an edge of the VPN and a provider edge device at an edge of a Multiprotocol Label Switch/Internet Protocol (MPLS/IP) network; configuring at least one backup attachment circuit associated with the primary attachment circuit; executing an auto-discovery mechanism to distribute identities of the at least one backup attachment circuit to the remote attachment circuit; initiating, upon being informed of a failure, via the one of the at least one backup attachment circuit, establishment of a backup pseudo-wire from the one of the at least one backup attachment circuit to the remote attachment circuit; and further comprising selecting a backup attachment circuit from the at least one backup attachment circuit based on an order in which the at least one backup attachment circuit was discovered by the auto-discovery mechanism.