Routing Prerequisites
RFC 2547bis requires the following features:
Tunneling protocol requirements are as follows:
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CE1
VPN: Red
CE2
VPN: Green
CE4
VPN: Green
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multiprotocol extensions
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LDP support
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extended BGP community support
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BGP capability negotiation
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parameters defined in RFC 2918, BGP Route Refresh, and RFC 2796, Route
Reflector
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a 4-byte autonomous system (AS) number
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RFC 2547bis, BGP/MPLS VPNs, recommends implementing Label Distribution
Protocol (LDP) to set up a full mesh of LSPs based on the IGP
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MPLS RSVP-TE tunnels can be used instead of LDP
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alternatively, Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunnels can also be used
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PE
PE
IP/MPLS
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P
Cloud
P
PE
PE
VPRN Services
CE3
VPN: Red
CE5
VPN: Red
CE6
VPN: Green
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