MPLS10S04-Advanced MPLS Technology.pptVIP

Module 4 Advanced MPLS Technology Objectives Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to perform the following tasks: Describe the concept of Label Switch Paths and the impact of route summarization on LSP Understand the basics of MPLS Traffic Engineering Understand the data-plane loop detection in MPLS and how it relates to IP TTL Explain the benefits and drawbacks of IP TTL propagation Understand the data-plane loop detection in the ATM environment and how it affects troubleshooting tools such as traceroute Explain the impacts of configuring MPLS in networks running BGP Design simplified BGP networks based on MPLS technology Objectives Upon completion of this section, you will be able to perform the following tasks: Explain the concept of Label Switch Path Describe how the LSP is built in unicast IP routing Describe the impact of IP aggregation on Label Switch Paths LSP Tunnels An LSP tunnel is a sequence of LSRs that forward labeled packets of a certain forwarding equivalence class. MPLS unicast IP forwarding builds LSP tunnels based on the output of IP routing protocols. LDP or TDP advertises labels only for individual segments in the LSP tunnel. LSP tunnels are unidirectional. Return traffic uses a different LSP tunnel (usually the reverse path, as most routing protocols provide symmetrical routing). An LSP tunnel can take a different path from the one chosen by an IP routing protocol (MPLS traffic engineering). LSP Tunnel Building Example IP routing protocol determines the path. LDP or TDP propagates labels to convert the path to an LSP tunnel. LSP Tunnel Building Example (cont.) LDP or TDP propagates labels to convert the path to an LSP tunnel. Effects of IP Aggregation on LSP Tunnels IP aggregation breaks an LSP tunnel into two segments. Router C is forwarding packets based on Layer 3 information. Effects of IP Aggregation on LSP Tunnels (cont.) ATM LSRs must not aggregate because they cannot forward IP packets. Aggregation should not be us