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MPLS Overview
MPLS L3 VPNs
Layer 2 multipoint VPNs are also called Virtual Private LAN Services
MPLS L3 VPN
MPLS Network
Ethernet
LAN 2
Ethernet
LAN 1
Ethernet
Switching
IP Routing
Ethernet
Switching
TDM
Frame Relay
ATM
Ethernet
Pseudowire (backward)
CE1
PE1
PE2
CE2
Ethernet
Attachment Circuit
(Also supports ATM, FR, IP, TDM, etc)
4 octets
PW
Label
4 octets
Control
Word
0000
Sequence Number
4 bits
12 bits
16 bits
One Forwarding Information Base (FIB) for each VPLS instance (EVC)
MPLS Network
PE1
PE2
CE4
CE2
VB
VB
VB
VB
CE5
CE3
MPLS Tunnels
Virtual
Bridges
Pseudowires
VB
Attachment
Circuits
VB
PE3
CE6
CE7
CE8
CE9
PE1 learns that CE1 can be reached on one of its local ports and stores the location in its FIB
PE1 has not learned where CE4 is so it floods the frame to PE2 and PE3
PE2 learns that CE1 is connected to PE1 and stores the location in its FIB
CE1
MPLS Network
PE1
PE2
CE4
CE2
VB
VB
VB
VB
CE5
CE3
PE1 strips off the labels and sends the frame to CE1
VB
VB
PE3
CE6
CE7
CE8
CE9
MPLS-TP Overview