[c-nsp] Multipoint L2TPV3 tunnel / MPLS VPN over IP Tunnel

[Masood Ahmad Shah]

Well, Interesting while using IOS navigator I can see that this feature is
only listed in 12.0S series. I wonder why it is not listed in 12.2S. 

What are the other ways to use MPLS VPNs over Tunnels or IP network instead
of L2TPv3 multipoint tunneling or MPLS.


Regards,
Masood Ahmad Shah


-----Original Message-----
From: Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer) [mailto:oboehmer at cisco.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 7:42 PM
To: Masood Ahmad Shah; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: RE: [c-nsp] Multipoint L2TPV3 tunnel / MPLS VPN over IP Tunnel

Masood Ahmad Shah <mailto:masood at nexlinx.net.pk> wrote on Tuesday,
February 05, 2008 3:23 PM:

> Well, router is 7507 running with 12.4(16)
> rsp-jk9o3sv-mz.124-16.bin... I 
> believe that 12.4 enterprise image is supporting such features...

no, it is not. You need 12.0S, which is the only train currently
supporting this feature (as it has very limited deployment exposure,
practically limited to one large and possibly some smaller networks).

> Is there any special release to get the advantages of multipoint
> L2TPV3 tunnel over 7500 or 7200...

See above, but make sure to test this in the lab first as 12.4M and
12.0S feature list is quite different (general mainline 12.4 vs. Service
Provider-centric 12.0S).

Running MPLS is no option for you?

	oli


> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer) [mailto:oboehmer at cisco.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 12:23 PM
> To: Masood Ahmad Shah; cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: RE: [c-nsp] Multipoint L2TPV3 tunnel / MPLS VPN over IP
> Tunnel 
> 
> Masood Ahmad Shah <> wrote on Monday, February 04, 2008 11:47 PM:
> 
>> Is there any low end Cisco router for the multipoint L2TPV3 tunnel to
>> configure MPLS VPN over IP Tunnel. I just can't buy Cisco 12000 only
>> for the multipoint L2TPV3 tunnel. I was expecting a support of
>> "tunnel mode l2tpv3" in Cisco 7500 but I just can't see it. :(
> 
> according to www.cisco.com/go/fn, the "MPLS VPNs over IP Tunnels"
> feature is available in recent 12.0S on 7200, 7500, 10700 and GSR.
> Which 
> release are you using? The command syntax is "tunnel mode l3vpn l2tpv3
> multipoint" on the tunnel..
> 
> 	oli