[c-nsp] Extending MPLS over external providers cloud

[David Curran]

mGRE?

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_0s/feature/guide/greL3vpn.html


> From: <lists at daniels.id.au>
> Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:14:29 -0500
> To: David Curran <dcurran at nuvox.com>
> Cc: <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>, <lists at daniels.id.au>
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Extending MPLS over external providers cloud
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:23:07 -0400, David Curran <dcurran at nuvox.com> wrote:
>> Is there an actual requirement to run LDP/MPLS over these tunnels or are
>> you
>> simply looking to extend a VRF?  If its the latter, Multi-VRF CE (or
>> VRF-Lite, whatever) works very well.
> 
> The requirement is simply to provide multiple VRF's (3 to 5) at any remote
> site, the vrf's will vary site-to-site based on local requirements.
> In an ethernet scenario, I agree VRF-Lite, dot1q and away we go, but here I
> have a cloud in the middle connecting several (20-30) DSL sites to a head
> office (hub and spoke), and the thought of having to manage multiple
> tunnels (one per vrf), per site is making me cringe..
> 
> Or am I missing something, is there some other way to more easily manage
> these multiple tunnels?
> 
> Thanks,
> Aaron
> 
> 



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