[c-nsp] Cisco ME3600X MPLS OSPF balanced LSP, non LSP drop packets

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> > The ME3600X should not be dropping the packets, it should be dropping
> > the mpls tag and then forwarding the packets as a normal routed packet
> > according to the FIB.
> 
> Yes, but in you case, you have an ECMP destination, where one path is
> MPLS-capable and the other isn't. I've never ran such a topology, but
> something tells me "weird and strange" things will happen when you have
> ECMP paths with different forwarding paradigms.

Agreed - such a topology is really just asking for trouble.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no