[c-nsp] ipv6 vrf ?

Kim Onnel karim.adel at gmail.com
Thu Aug 25 09:44:16 EDT 2005


If you want to transport IPv6 routes through an MPLS backbone, ur
looking for 6PE

which will put ur ipv6 routes in the global table but sends throught
MPLS with labels, no VRF yet (called V6PE)

On 8/24/05, Alexandre Snarskii <snar at paranoia.ru> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Looks like Cisco does not supports ipv6 l3vpn's ?
> And, moreover, when you configure ipv6 address on some vrf-forwarded
> interface, corresponding ipv6 route get entered into global ipv6 routing
> table, so interface lost its isolation...
> 
> I found it while configuring ipv6 address in vrf-forwarded
> interface, and when i tried to test connectivity - my ipv6 traffic
> got routed over 'global' ipv6 table. And replies returned back
> ignoring the fact that this interface belongs to vrf...
> 
> Router is c6500/sup2/msfc2 equipped with osm-4ge-wan, 12.2(17d)SXB8,
> vrf interface is on OSM subinterface. Configuration is pretty simple:
> 
> int ge-wan x/y.z
>  encap dot z
>  ip vrf forwarding XXXXX
>  ip address .....
>  ipv6 address .....
> 
> Is this platform or ios limitation ? And, is this feature planned
> to be supported ? And, what about mpls/bgp ipv6 vpn's ?
> 
> PS: my reasons to have vrf-forwarded ipv6 is pretty simple: i'm just
> starting to test ipv6, and trying to keep the same topology for ip and
> ipv6 networks.
> 
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