Re: no capability vrf-lite

From: Victor Cappuccio (vcappuccio@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Jul 27 2008 - 10:21:16 ART


Uppps, Sorry for the SPAM, this is the correct link at tinyurl
http://tinyurl.com/669wxl

Thanks again

On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 3:19 PM, Victor Cappuccio <vcappuccio@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi People.
>
>
> I am trying to understand vrf capabilities under ospf, please use the
> following link as the example for my question
> http://tinyurl.com/create.php
>
> I understand the creation of the tunnels towards each PE using the ssm
> address as the destination address in the MDT Tunnel, and that the
> source would be the configuration that we do under the VPNv4 BGP
> Address family for this auto magical multcast tunnel
>
> My question is more related to the Routing Context, not to Multicast
> (for now :))
> what would happen if I configure no capabilities vrf-lite under each
> CE? assuming that the routers are configured with ospf instead of RIP
> as the routing context
>
>
> is this no capability vrf-lite configuration necessary if ospf was
> used as the routing context between the CE/PEs in the CE Router for
> that figure?
>
> I understand that the PE would would ignore the routes that have the
> Down Bit set, and this would originate that the route is not
> redistributed into MPBGP,, and that this OSPF DB gets marked when they
> cross from their area, converting them as Lsa type 3 in other PE, and
> with that mark other PE connected to the same site would ignore the
> route an solve the possible loops that can be created.. (so this is
> the basics)
>
> but I am stuck with that capability vr-lite under the ospf that runs
> between the PE and the CEs, when do we need to configure this?
>
> Can someone please elaborate more about this?
>
> Thanks for any comments
>
>
>
> --
> Victor Cappuccio
> CCIE R/S# 20657
> CCSI# 30452
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