[c-nsp] MPLS & Bandwidth Management

[David Freedman]

> It's likely someone else has come across this issue. I'd 
> appreciate any feedback on how it was handled (I'm investigating 
> whether my bandwidth manager vendor can support policies based 
> on MPLS labels, but that would still present a challenge for 
> customers as label allocation is only done for the BGP next-hop 
> IP address, and not an end-customer prefix).

Basically, you need a device capable of inspecting deeper than the label.

See:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6151/products_data_sheet0900aecd801d8574.html
(the box they acquired from p-cube)

Look under "Tunneling Support and Stateful Layer 7 Deep Packet Inspection"

Dave.



> 
> I'm still analyzing some more, but for now, it would appear this 
> mostly affects return traffic from the border router toward the 
> end edge router/prefix.
> 
> All help appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mark.
> 
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