Re: MPLS TE with EIGRP is now possible

have you explicitly defined next hops for the tunnel ?

such as

ip explicit-path name abc

On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Routing Freak <routingfreak_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi fellas,
>
> I found something with respect to MPLS Traffic Engineering working with
> EIGRP. I just tried out EIGRP as my IGP in the core and formed a tunnel
> between two PE and made changes with respect to IGP flow of traffic. and
> found TE tunnel working like a charm.
> Can someone say how this is posssible.
> I just used a keyword VERBATIM after the path option under the tunnel
> interface.
>
> Can someone tell me the logic of how TE utilize the database of the end to
> end tunnel without having the complete view of the topology.
>
> Because EIGRP works with Routing by rumor. So how could this happen with
> Traffic Engineering where OSPF n ISIS provides necessary LSA's and extended
> TLV's to convey the bandwidth information.
>
> can anyone explain me the logic of this VERBATIM command in the path
> option?
>
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