Re: Simple MPLS : Difference between "untagged" and "pop tag"

From: Elias Chari <elias.chari_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 21:07:48 +0000

You may find these useful:

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3032

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk436/tk428/technologies_q_and_a_item09186a00800949e5.shtml#q13

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Elias
CCIE#17354
On 26 December 2010 19:22, Carlos G Mendioroz <tron_at_huapi.ba.ar> wrote:
> Hmm, no.
> Explicit-null would actually use the null (0) tag on the last MPLS hop.
> Explicit-null will just show as 0, AFAIK.
>
> -Carlos
>
> George Goglidze wrote:
>>
>> I can't check it right now, but I think "explicit-null" label would
>> indicate "Untagged" as well in the LFIB.
>> Please correct me if I'm wrong.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Carlos G Mendioroz <tron_at_huapi.ba.ar
>> <mailto:tron_at_huapi.ba.ar>> wrote:
>>
>>    Pop tag means that the destination (network) is connected to a LSR,
>>    i.e., a router that this router knows that supports MPLS.
>>    This may be because he is receiving LDP from it indicating
>>    "implicit-null" as the tag for this prefix.
>>
>>    Untagged means that the destination is known by some means (routing
>>    protocol?) but the next hop is not MPLS aware (this router is not
>>    receiving MPLS tag info for this prefix) so it will remove the stack
>>    before forwarding.
>>
>>    In your example, the 11.1.68.0/24 <http://11.1.68.0/24> is locally
>>    connected, and the "next hop" is this router itself.
>>    The 11.1.6.6/32 <http://11.1.6.6/32> is connected to another router
>>    and there is no tag info
>>    for this prefix. May be the loopback is a /24 ?
>>
>>    -Carlos
>>
>>
>>    Manouchehr Omari wrote:
>>
>>        Pop tag means remove the top label and send the remaining payload.
>>        Untagged means the outgoing interface is not MPLS enabled remove
>>        the label
>>        and send the packet without label.
>>
>>        I recommend you to read "MPLS Fundamentals" which cover these
>>        tips in
>>        detail.
>>
>>        HTH
>>
>>
>>        On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 9:33 PM, Lefe Meedorf
>>        <feeldefreedom_at_gmail.com <mailto:feeldefreedom_at_gmail.com>>wrote:
>>
>>            Hi,
>>
>>            In my simple MPLS setup, I see following entires in "LFIB".
>>
>>            R5#show mpls forwarding-table
>>            Local  Outgoing    Prefix            Bytes tag  Outgoing
>>        Next Hop
>>            tag    tag or VC   or Tunnel Id      switched   interface
>>            16     Untagged    11.1.6.6/32 <http://11.1.6.6/32>       0
>>                     Se0/0      point2point
>>            17     Pop tag     11.1.68.0/24 <http://11.1.68.0/24>      0
>>                     Se0/0      point2point
>>
>>            What is the difference between "Untagged" and "Pop tag" ?
>>            11.1.6.6 is R6 (i.e. PE) Loopback 0.
>>            11.1.68.0/24 <http://11.1.68.0/24> is network between R6 and
>>            CE router.
>>
>>            Topology
>>            ---(R5)----(R6)----(CE)
>>
>>            R6 Lo : 11.1.6.6/32 <http://11.1.6.6/32>
>>            R6/CE : 11.1.68.0/24 <http://11.1.68.0/24>
>>
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