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Hi , I am just trying to spend some time in studying mpls vpn market. I want to list down all the vendors which support mpls . and then do a comparative analysis of the PE devices . I am not sure if this information is available on net . Any pointers to this is appreciable . Regards Akmal -----Original Message----- From: Roger Clark Williams [mailto:rogerw@nordlink.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 6:10 PM To: MPLS-ops Mailing List Subject: Fwd: [MPLS-OPS]: Cisco routers that support MPLS-VPN and VLAN-VPN Champion, your question is not quite right. The real question you need to ask is "What Cisco IOS level supports the services I want?". In a very general way you can say MPLS runs on every Cisco router from the 2600 up. But not all features supported on one platform are supported on others. And a 2600 will not be a very good PE for the middle of New York City, though by narrow definition it could do the job. There are other deciding factors you need to think about as well: Memory, speed, number of ports, type of supported ports.... Similarly, if the IOS for a given router supports the ISL protocol, then you should be able to run VLANs through that router. What you need to do is to get yourself a Cisco web site CCO login and spend some time with the Feature Navigator (www.cisco.com/go/fn) that Dennis Hartmann humorously mentioned on this mailing list a few weeks ago. Once you find an IOS version that supports what you want, then see if that version runs on the routers you are looking at. There is no simple answer, no easy list. Your other email asks how to do all this. That is a bit much to ask on the forum since there is a lot to it, and all the information is available on the Cisco web site. It is not a simple 3-step program. Go to the Cisco site and do a search on the router platform you have plus the words "MPLS", "ISL", and "VLAN". You should very quickly find information on how to set up the system, along with sample configurations. You also need to understand what you are doing, how MPLS works and what it is. I have said it on this forum before and again I would recommend Pepelnjak's book MPLS and VPN Architectures if you want to get one book that will explain the whole thing, in case you don't already know. The book is published by Cisco Press, ISBN 1-58705-002-1. I hope this helps, and good luck Roger Williams >Resent-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 01:52:05 -0400 >X-Authentication-Warning: host.secure4-hosting.net: mplsrc12 set sender to >mpls-ops-request@mplsrc.com using -f >X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.41 (Entity 5.404) >From: "champion boliao" <mpls2000@mail.com> >To: mpls-ops@mplsrc.com >Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 00:23:17 -0500 >X-Originating-Ip: 61.8.228.134 >X-Originating-Server: ws1-11.us4.outblaze.com >Subject: [MPLS-OPS]: Cisco routers that support MPLS-VPN and VLAN-VPN >Resent-From: mpls-ops@mplsrc.com >X-Mailing-List: <mpls-ops@mplsrc.com> archive/latest/4689 >X-Loop: mpls-ops@mplsrc.com >Resent-Sender: mpls-ops-request@mplsrc.com > >Dear Sir/Madam, > >I am a dummy me Networking area. I am desperately in need with your helps. > >I am current doing a project that requires CISCO routers to support MPLS >features. > >As I am lacking of information in this field, could you please give me >some advices on the following queries? > >1) Please give me a list of routers that support MPLS-VPN. > >2) Please give me a list of routers that support VLAN-VPN > >Thank you very much and have a nice day. >-- >__________________________________________________________ >Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com >http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup > >------- >The MPLS-OPS Mailing List >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.mplsrc.com/mplsops.shtml >Archive: http://www.mplsrc.com/mpls-ops_archive.shtml ------- The MPLS-OPS Mailing List Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.mplsrc.com/mplsops.shtml Archive: http://www.mplsrc.com/mpls-ops_archive.shtml ------- The MPLS-OPS Mailing List Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.mplsrc.com/mplsops.shtml Archive: http://www.mplsrc.com/mpls-ops_archive.shtml |
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