The MPLS-OPS Archive[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index][Thread Index][Author Index][Subject Index] Re: Route Distinguisher Questions
On Sun Feb 16 11:18:05 2003, john smith wrote: > >From: "wanglei" <wanglei@harbournetworks.com> > >To: "Aries C" <cariesc@hotmail.com>, <mpls-ops@mplsrc.com> > >Subject: Re: [MPLS-OPS]: Route Distinguisher Questions > >Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 17:58:20 +0800 > > > > RD is the identifier of a vrf,it must be unique in a PE, > >so in PE ,when a route comes,the PE can find which vrf it > >belongs to. > > Route Target is mainly used for controlling the route table > >import and export policy. > > Don't mix the two. > >in my opinion: > >1?? RD is the identifier of VRF, it must be unique in one PE. > >it can be different even in the same VPN but not in the same PE. > >but in order to reduce the memory requirements ,each vrf in the > >same VPN can use the same RD. > >the core is that RD is the identifer to identify different vrfs > >in one PE. > > > > why would i want to use 2 RDs in the same VPN? can you give me a specific > example? May be you did not get a chance to read the entire thread. I had posted details of hub-and-spoke where you'd need 2 RDs for the same VPN. -ajay > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail > > ------- > 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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