[c-nsp] EoMPLS and VPLS Load Balancing

[Alaerte Vidali]

Tks Oli,

Is it the same if instead of AtoM it is used VPLS?
That is, the same CEF hash mechanism is used to choose the path? (without TE)

br,
Alaerte

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ext Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer)
> Received: Sat Jan 19 10:18:39 EET 2008
> To: alaerte.vidali at nsn.com, cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: RE: [c-nsp] EoMPLS and VPLS Load Balancing
> 
> alaerte.vidali at nsn.com <> wrote on Saturday, January 19, 2008 12:14 AM:
> 
> >  Hi,
> > 
> > Considering the scenario, do you see a way to load balancing Layer 2
> > VPN over MPLS (VPWS or old AtoM and VPLS?
> > (that is, one xconnect takes PE1-P1-PE2 and other takes PE1-P2-PE2)
> > 
> > CE-----PE1-----P1-----PE2----CE2
> >         |       |      |
> >         |______P2______|
> > 
> 
> PE1/PE2 will use a CEF hash based on the bottom label (VC label), which
> might or might not hash to different PE-P links. To do this in a
> predicatable way, configure two MPLS-TE tunnels (one via P1, one via P2)
> and use AToM tunnel selection ("preferred-path interface tunnel <num>"
> within the pseudowire-class).
> 
> 	oli
> 
> 
>