please note that the above holds true even if you are not pushing mpls packets but ip packets in the vrf using pbr.

i just checked and it seems like vrf aware pbr is supported in the latest SRB1 release on advanced feature set images.If you have an IP services IOS image then it will be software switched and this is a known limitation because those featuret dont ma...

this may not be the best forum for configs on Nortel switches as most of us work on Cisco more than any other vendor.From Cisco end, you would need something like this:interface fastE x/y switchport trunk encap dot1q switchport mode trunk switchport ...

can you try removing the pbr and use static routes to push traffic to the vrf instead? see if that changes anything.

without asking you the reason behind MSDP etc in your network, the short answer is that MSDP requires a tcp connection between the peers. So you do require connectivity between the loopbacks. optionally, you can specify any other interface as the MSD...