Showing posts with label MPLS & VRF Basics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MPLS & VRF Basics. Show all posts

Nov 2, 2012

MPLS & VRF Basics



Step by Step Into MPLS – VRF LITE

Although VRF (virtual routing and forwarding) is not actually part of the MPLS you can think of the VRF as a helper for the MPLS in achieving the MPLS VPN infrastructure, now as I would like to make that a very simple to understand guide , I will address here only the VRF part without any MPLS, also known as VRF Lite.
Simple Topology :

R1 Configuration
R2 Configuration
!
ip cef
no ip domain lookup
!
!
ip vrf VRF_GOLD
!
ip vrf VRF_SILVER
!
!
interface FastEthernet0/0
no ip address
duplex auto
speed auto
!
interface FastEthernet0/0.1
encapsulation dot1Q 100
ip vrf forwarding VRF_SILVER
ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.0
!
interface FastEthernet0/0.2
encapsulation dot1Q 200
ip vrf forwarding VRF_GOLD
ip address 20.0.0.1 255.255.255.0
!
!
ip cef
no ip domain lookup
!
ip vrf VRF_GOLD
!
ip vrf VRF_SILVER
!
!
interface FastEthernet0/0
no ip address
duplex auto
speed auto
!
interface FastEthernet0/0.1
encapsulation dot1Q 100
ip vrf forwarding VRF_SILVER
ip address 10.0.0.2 255.255.255.0
!
interface FastEthernet0/0.2
encapsulation dot1Q 200
ip vrf forwarding VRF_GOLD
ip address 20.0.0.2 255.255.255.0
!
!