Thanks All. Must say i find it not that confusing yet (well, i still follow let's put it that way), it's just so many facets to keep track of that bothers me when setting it up mostly! I phrased my question wrong actually, i meant what Marko put in his answer, that MP-BGP is (and setting up vpnv4 address families) always configured when setting up MPLS L3 VPN's.
It's pretty cool stuff for sure Alef On Jun 27, 2011, at 4:51 PM, Di Bias, Steve wrote: > MPBGP is not specifically linked to MPLS, there are others to. You can do > CLNS, vpnv4 (unicast), ipv4 (unicast (the default), multicast, vrf), ipv6 > (multicast, unicast), etc. > > Check out RFC2858 for more info > > http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2858.txt > > The whole MPBGP thingy can get confusing but the VPNv4 routes are really just > IPv4 routes with an RD prepended, this is from Cisco: > > "VPNv4 routes are the same as IPv4 routes, but VPNv4 routes have a > route descriptor (RD) prepended that allows replication of prefixes" > > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/iproute_bgp/configuration/guide/irg_overview_ps6441_TSD_Products_Configuration_Guide_Chapter.html#wp1054259 > > > Check out the DocCD for more info: > > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/iproute_bgp/configuration/guide/irg_basic_net.html > > > HTH > > Thank you, > > Steve Di Bias > Network Engineer - Information Systems > Valley Health System - Las Vegas > Office - 702- 369-7594 > Cell - 702-241-1801 > [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Poonam > Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 6:15 AM > To: [email protected] IE > Subject: [OSL | CCIE_RS] vpnv4 address families > > Question; > > Do you always setup vpnv4 address family when configuring MP-bgp, no matter > the protocol running over it ? and is MP-bgp explicitly linked to MPLS ? > it all seems to mesh with one another, i.e. we almost always seem to use mpls > vpn's in conjunction with mp-bgp. > > in the previous labs i was doing it seemed as the vpnv4 'carried' the VRF > information. > > rgds, > Alef > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out > www.PlatinumPlacement.com > > > UHS Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, > is for the sole use of the intended recipient (s) and may contain > confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, > disclosure or distribution of this information is prohibited. If this was > sent to you in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy > all copies of the original message. _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out www.PlatinumPlacement.com
