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[Yakov Rekhter <yakov@juniper.net>]

Danny,

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>   o the whole point again was because it's simple.  Let's have 
>     a look at the components of simple:
> 
>     o BGP VPN-IPv4 NLRI (w/RD & RT)
>     o BGP Capabilities
>     o Multiprotocol BGP
>     o BGP Route Refresh
>     o BGP ORF
>     o BGP Route Reflection or Confederations
>     o BGP Extended Communities
>     o LDP
>     o MPLS
>     o BGP
>     o Non-congruent BGP topology w/different VPN AF peerings
>     o Core state (or alternative topology)
>     o BGP Label
>     o super glue
>     o edge-to-edge LSPs
> 
>   There are a few others, but I think folks get the point.  
>   As well, I'm not sure that _all these enterprise folks, much
>   less SPs, even need MPLS (or BGP).
> 
>   IMO, something expressly designed for this purpose would 
>   likely be more scalable and much simplier.  Say:
> 
>   o a true edge-to-edge solution
>   o a NMS to configure and manage the edge devices

You made a failry long list of various BGP features involved in
providing BGP/MPLS VPN support. Would you care to elaborate on the
list of NMS features required.

Yakov.

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