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Friday, August 28, 2009
MPLS IP In MPLS TE Tunnel
I have posted various post of MPLS TE and everytime I receive the question why and when mpls ip is used in TE tunnel. In this post I would like to conclude when, where and why mpls ip is used in TE tunnel.
Scenarios Where MPLS IP Is Used Or Not
1. If the MP-iBGP and Tunnel destinations are different, mpls ip command is required.
2. If the MPLS TE terminates at the egress PE, no ldp/tdp is required.
3. If the MPLS TE terminates before the PE router or egress router, tag switching is required (three labels are used).
Quick question - when you said on your post "If the MP-iBGP and Tunnel destinations are different, mpls ip command is required" did you mean in case the peering source of the MP-iBGP connection and TE destination are different. Example, if three routers R1,R2 and R3 are peering MP-iBGP full mesh on their lo0 and there is MPLS TE between R1 to R3 tunnel destination on Lo1 going through R2 bidirectional. would i need to configure Mpls ip on the tunnel interface and lo1?
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You are abso right. If the MP-iBGP and TE destinations are different, you require mpls ip command.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Keep up the good work.
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