Re: Mpls vs mpls lite

From: Akber Ali Mirza <akberali.cisco_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:35:53 +0530

Nadeem/Pavel,

Is that means VRF-Lite is equal to the MPLS VPN , as VRF & MP-BGP comes into
play in MPLS VPN.

Thanks and Regards,
Akber Mirza.

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Nadeem Ansari
<nadeem.ansari574_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> very simle and good explanation of VRF-Lite done by Pavel..
>
> VRF + MP-BGP(if BGP used in VRF) - MPLS = VRF-LITE
>
> Regards
> Nadeem
>
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Pavel Bykov <slidersv_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Uh.. I think you mean VRF-lite, not MPLS lite.
> >
> > Normally, you need MPLS for VPNs to communicate, with MP-BGP governing
> the
> > transmission and telling MPLS what it needs.
> >
> > But sometimes, you just need VPNs without MPLS and MP-BGP at all. Just
> > completely separate networks locally on a router. Then you would create
> > VRFs
> > with RDs, but without MPLS or RTs! So you have VRF, but only locally on a
> > router. This is called VRF-lite.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 9:01 AM, <mark.chandra_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Guys,
> > >
> > > Anybody know a good source of technical document about the difference
> > > between mpls and mpls lite ?
> > >
> > > Thanks guys
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Mark
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