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General MPLS Question

4everlearning
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Hi Guys,

Just a general question, let's see i have a local connectivity between a server and MPLS PEs and this server needs to communicate with local servers and with remote servers as well.

by default, would this connectivity work fine for both remote and local sites, or would the MPLS PEs prefer the local connectivity and only connect to local sites without even advertising the routes to MPBGP?

 

Thanks,

 

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Eugene Khabarov
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It depends on your configuration :) Why do you required to connect server to PE? Maybe CE?

Hi

It would be easier to understand if you provided an example topology with all the relevant devices showing.

Joseph W. Doherty
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I think, by default, all the interconnected MPLS routers will "know" of all interface networks if also defined as MPLS interfaces.  I.e. the interconnected MPLS routers will act much like one router routing between its local (connected) interfaces (because of LDP).

If you want MPLS routers to forward traffic beyond one of their MPLS defined interfaces, you'll need to get correct forwarding information into your MPLS domain.  MPBGP could be used, but I also believe, by default, like BGP, it's not going to "know" of routes beyond those used for peering.

So, I believe the answer to your questions would be a MPLS PE router, by default, would only forward traffic to a connected server if the server was on a subnet that connected to a defined MPLS interface defined on that subnet.  Again, much like servers connected to a router (or L3 switch) with subnets on connected interfaces.

rtnet_4820
Level 1
Level 1

A PE has the capability to do connectivity with both local and remote servers. For the local connectivity Cisco's Vrf-lite can be used with static routes, and for the remote connectivity use MP-BGP with vrf's very easily.. soft concept..