[j-nsp] Segment Routing Real World Deployment (was: VPC mc-lag)

[Aaron Gould]

Thanks Mark,

To be clear I'm not arguing the difference and preference of RFC 4761 and RFC 4762 BGP or LDP signaled multi point VPLS...

...i'm strictly speaking about eline point to point....

Aaron

> On Jul 6, 2018, at 11:26 AM, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> wrote:
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> On 6/Jul/18 17:03, Aaron Gould wrote:
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>> Thanks, appreciate the thoughts/insights
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>> BGP-based ELINE ... Is this Kompella you speak of ?  If so, seems like a lot for a simply/quick p2p pw
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> There have been plenty of threads arguing for/against BGP-based vs. LDP-based pw signaling.
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> Technically, modern kit should be able to scale well with either solution. IMHO, it's just a case of what you find simpler.
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> Some folk find BGP-based signaling simpler than LDP-based signaling, and vice versa.
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> Both are mature solutions today that will work and continue to be well-supported.
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> We find LDP-based signaling simpler than having this in BGP, considering all that is needed is just to setup a simple p2p pw. We don't do VPLS, and don't do l3vpn's either, so don't rely that much on BGP for anything else beyond vanilla iBGP/eBGP routing.
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> Mark.