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Title : BGP Connector Attribute
Author(s) : G. Nalawade, et al.
Filename : draft-nalawade-l3vpn-bgp-connector-00.txt
Pages : 8
Date : 2005-10-19
In the case of BGP AFIs such as IPv6 unicast or VPNv4 unicast, it is
possible for the data traffic intended for the NLRIs of that
AFI/SAFI, to be forwarded over an underlying tunnel. The tunnel may
be to a PE or to a Tunnel Concentrator or a Tunnel Broker. Both will
be referred to as Tunnel endpoints. In this document an egress router
refers to the egress point of the Tunnel and an ingress router refers
to the ingress point of the tunnel.
The discovery of the Tunnel endpoint and the corresponding tunnel
encapsulation information may be done out of band, either by static
configuration, or through a number of different mechanisms.
There is a need to be able to indicate with the BGP update for a
given NLRI, the Tunnel endpoint to be used for forwarding data
traffic to that NLRI destination.
This document defines a new BGP attribute called the 'Connector
Attribute' which would convey the information about the Tunnel
endpoint - the Tunnel Identifier, the Tunnel endpoint address.
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