Bgp Mpls Vpns - Cisco ASR 5000 Series Administration Manual

BGP MPLS VPNs

This chapter describes services that are supported for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Multi-Protocol Label
Switching (MPLS) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).
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Introduction
Service providers require the ability to support a large number of corporate Access Point Names (APNs)
which have a number of different addressing models and requirements. ASR 5500 uses BGP MPLS Layer 3
VPNs to segregate corporate customer APNs in a highly scalable manner. This solution conforms to RFC
4364 – BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).
The BGP/MPLS solution supports the following scenarios:
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ASR 5500 also supports VPNv6 as described in RFC 4659 – BGP-MPLS IP Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Extension for IPv6 VPN. See
MPLS is a licensed Cisco feature that requires a separate license. Contact your Cisco account representative
for detailed information on specific licensing requirements. For information on installing and verifying
licenses, refer to the Managing License Keys section of Software Management Operations.
Introduction, page 307
MPLS-CE Connected to PE, page 308
ASR 5500 as a PE, page 309
IPv6 Support for BGP MPLS VPNs, page 311
VPN-Related CLI Commands , page 314
MPLS-CE Connected to PE, on page 308
ASR 5500 as a PE, on page 309
IPv6 Support for BGP MPLS VPNs, on page 311
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