[c-nsp] EoMPLS terminating on PE?

Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer) oboehmer at cisco.com
Mon Oct 20 06:54:25 EDT 2008


Nathan <> wrote on Monday, October 20, 2008 10:29 AM:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm having a problem understanding how to configure EoMPLS in a
> specific case, I've read lots of docs and found lots of examples, but
> none that apply to my problem, so I'm not even sure that what I want
> to do is possible.
> 
> I have two 7206 G1 PE routers with client-facing ATM interfaces,
> running CE-PE OSPF over the aal5snap VCs. I want one of those PEs to
> speak OSPF directly to a CE connected to a VC coming in on the *other*
> PE. In effect, I want to extend the VC coming in on one PE so that it
> (L3) terminates on another PE.
> 
> I don't see how to configure this, is it possible ?

you need the "routed pseudowire" feature, but this is currently only
supported on the 7600
(http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_2sr/release/notes/122SRrn.html#w
p3970796).

If this is a one-off requirement (i.e. not supposed to scale), you could
use a physical loop cable :-|

	oli


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