[c-nsp] forced path MPLS tunnel question

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:34:08AM +0100, Vitkovsky, Adam wrote:
> Question #1:
> Yes you can use "verbatim" keyword in the path option
> -router will attempt to build the tunnel without checking the te-lsdb

Thanks, will try that.  So what will happen, then?  Which protocol will
it use to build the tunnel, pure LDP or RSVP?

> Question #2
> -before the tunnel is build, router will check the te-lsdb to see whether the path specified (explicit or dynamic) has sufficient parameters for the tunnel to be established
> That's why the router needs to know about all links in the network and all their parameters -thus link-state protocols like is-is or ospf are used with mpls-te

OK.  And since EIGRP doesn't carry "link" information, just having prefix
visibility isn't sufficient - that makes sense.  Thanks :-)

gert
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