MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label
First Published: February 16, 2007
Last Updated: December 2, 2008
The MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label feature allows you to configure a single Virtual Private Network (VPN) label for all local routes in the entire IPv6 VPN routing and forwarding (VRF) domain on Cisco 7600 routers. This MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label feature incorporates a single (per VRF) VPN label for all local IPv6 routes in the VRF table.
You can enable (or disable) the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label feature in global configuration mode. This feature is available for the Cisco 7600 router only.
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Contents
This document includes the following topics:
•Prerequisites for the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label feature
•Restrictions for the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label feature
•Information About the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label feature
•How to Configure the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label Feature
•Configuration Examples for MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label
•Additional References
•Command Reference
•Feature Information for MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label
Prerequisites for the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label feature
•If your VRF domain has the external/internal Border Gateway Protocol (EIBGP) multipath feature or the Carrier Supporting Carrier (CSC) feature enabled, disable those features before you configure the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label feature.
•Before configuring Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Layer 3 VPNs, you must have MPLS, Label Distribution Protocol (LDP), and Cisco Express Forwarding installed in your network. All routers in the core, including the provider edge (PE) routers, must be able to support Cisco Express Forwarding and MPLS forwarding.
•Before configuring a 6VPE per VRF label, be sure that the IPv6 address family is configured on that VRF.
Restrictions for the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label feature
•Enabling the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label feature causes BGP reconvergence, which can result in data loss for traffic coming from the MPLS VPN core.
Note You can minimize network disruption by enabling this feature during a scheduled MPLS maintenance window. Also, if possible, avoid enabling this feature on a live router.
•Per-prefix MPLS counters for VPN prefixes are lost when you enable the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label feature.
•You cannot use this feature with CSC and EIBGP multipath features.
Information About the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label feature
To configure the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label feature, you should understand the following concept:
•MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label Functionality
MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label Functionality
The PE router stores both local and remote routes and includes a label entry for each route. For distributed platforms, the multiplicity of per-prefix labels consume memory. When there are many VRFs and routes, the amount of memory that the per-prefix labels consume can cause performance degradation on some platform devices. To avoid this issue, the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label feature allows the advertisement of a single VPN label for local routes throughout the entire VRF. The router uses a new VPN label for the VRF decoding and IP-based lookup to learn where to forward packets for the PE or customer edge (CE) interfaces.
The following conditions apply when you configure the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label feature:
•The VRF uses one label for all local routes.
•When you enable the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label feature, any existing per VRF aggregate label is used. If no per VRF aggregate label is present, the software creates a new 6VPE per VRF label.
•When you enable the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label feature, the CE router's learned local routes will experience some data loss.
The CE does not lose data when you disable the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label feature because the configuration reverts to the default labeling configuration of the Cisco 7600 platform, which uses the Per VRF Aggregate label from the local nonCE-sourced routes.
•When you disable the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label feature, the configuration reverts to the default configuration of the Cisco 7600 routers.
•A 6VPE Per VRF Label forwarding entry is deleted only if the VRF, the IPv6 VRF address family, or the BGP configuration is removed.
See the Implementing IPv6 VPN over MPLS (6VPE) configuration guide for detailed information about IPv6 VPN services and 6VPE.
Summarization of Label Allocation Modes
Table 1 defines the label allocations used with various route types.
Table 1 Label Allocation Modes
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Label Mode:
Cisco 7600 Default
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Label Mode:
MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label feature
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Local to the PE (connected, static route to NULL0, BGP aggregates), redistributed to BGP |
Per VRF Aggregate label |
6VPE Per VRF Label |
Locally learned from CE (through external BGP or other PE or CE protocols) |
Per Prefix label |
6VPE Per VRF Label |
How to Configure the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label Feature
This section describes the following required task:
•Configuring the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label Feature
Configuring the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label Feature
To configure a single (per VRF) VPN label for all local IPv6 routes in the VRF table, perform the following task.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. enable
2. configure terminal
3. mpls label mode {vrf vrf-name | all-vrfs} protocol {bgp-vpnv6 | all-afs}
{per-prefix | per-vrf}
4. end
5. show vrf detail vrf-name
DETAILED STEPS
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Step 1 |
enable
Router> enable |
Enables privileged EXEC mode. •Enter your password if prompted. |
Step 2 |
configure terminal
Router# configure terminal |
Enters global configuration mode. |
Step 3 |
mpls label mode {vrf vrf-name | all-vrfs} protocol {bgp-vpnv6 | all-afs} {per-prefix | per-vrf}
Router(config)# mpls label mode all-vrfs protocol bgp-vpnv6 per-vrf |
Configures a single (per VRF) VPN label for all local IPv6 routes in the VRF table. |
Step 4 |
end
Router(config)# end |
Returns to privileged EXEC mode. |
Step 5 |
show vrf detail vrf-name
Router# show vrf detail vpn1 |
Displays the VRF label mode for the specified VRF. |
Examples
The following example shows how to verify the 6VPE per VRF label configuration.
In this example output, the bold text indicates the 6VPE per VRF label mode for VPN1.
Router# show vrf detail vpn1
VRF vpn1 (VRF Id = 1); default RD 1:1; default VPNID <not set>
Address family ipv4 (Table ID = 1 (0x1)):
Connected addresses are not in global routing table
Export VPN route-target communities
Import VPN route-target communities
VRF label distribution protocol: not configured
VRF label allocation mode: per-prefix
vrf-conn-aggr for connected and BGP aggregates (Label 17)
Address family ipv6 (Table ID = 503316481 (0x1E000001)):
Connected addresses are not in global routing table
Export VPN route-target communities
Import VPN route-target communities
VRF label distribution protocol: not configured
VRF label allocation mode: per-vrf (Label 18)
Router# show bgp vpnv6 unicast vrf vpn1 label
Network Next Hop In label/Out label
Route Distinguisher: 1:1 (vpn1)
2001:DB8:1:2::1 IPv6 VRF Aggr:18/nolabel
:: IPv6 VRF Aggr:18/nolabel(vpn1)
:: IPv6 VRF Aggr:18/nolabel(vpn1)
2001:DB8:1:2::1 IPv6 VRF Aggr:18/nolabel
Router# show mpls forwarding
Local Outgoing Prefix Bytes Label Outgoing Next Hop
Label Label or VC or Tunnel Id Switched interface
16 Pop Label 127.0.0.4/32 0 AT3/0/0.1 point2point
17 Pop Label IPv4 VRF[V] 0 aggregate/vpn1
18 Pop Label IPv6 VRF[V] 0 aggregate/vpn1
Troubleshooting Tips
The debug ip bgp vpnv6 unicast command can help troubleshoot the 6VPE per VRF label configuration.
Configuration Examples for MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label
This section shows the default label mode configuration example (no label mode) for the Cisco 7600 router:
•6VPE No Label Mode (Cisco 7600 Router Default): Example
6VPE No Label Mode (Cisco 7600 Router Default): Example
The following example shows the 6VPE default label mode configuration (no label mode) for the Cisco 7600 router.
In this example output, the bold text indicates the default label mode for VPN1.
Router# show vrf detail vpn1
VRF vpn1 (VRF Id = 1); default RD 1:1; default VPNID <not set>
Address family ipv4 (Table ID = 1 (0x1)):
Connected addresses are not in global routing table
Export VPN route-target communities
Import VPN route-target communities
VRF label distribution protocol: not configured
VRF label allocation mode: per-prefix
vrf-conn-aggr for connected and BGP aggregates (Label 17)
Address family ipv6 (Table ID = 503316481 (0x1E000001)):
Connected addresses are not in global routing table
Export VPN route-target communities
Import VPN route-target communities
VRF label distribution protocol: not configured
VRF label allocation mode: per-prefix
vrf-conn-aggr for connected and BGP aggregates (Label 18)
Router# show bgp vpnv6 unicast vrf vpn1 label
Network Next Hop In label/Out label
Route Distinguisher: 1:1 (vpn1)
2001:DB8:1:2::1 IPv6 VRF Aggr:18/nolabel
:: IPv6 VRF Aggr:18/nolabel(vpn1)
:: IPv6 VRF Aggr:18/nolabel(vpn1)
2001:DB8:1:2::1 19/nolabel
Router# show mpls forwarding
Local Outgoing Prefix Bytes Label Outgoing Next Hop
Label Label or VC or Tunnel Id Switched interface
16 Pop Label 127.0.0.4/32 0 AT3/0/0.1 point2point
17 Pop Label IPv4 VRF[V] 0 aggregate/vpn1
18 Pop Label IPv6 VRF[V] 0 aggregate/vpn1
19 No Label 2001:DB8:CE1::1/128[V]
0 GE4/1 FE80::20C:CFFF:FEAD:A00A
Additional References
The following sections provide references related to the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label feature.
Related Documents
Standards
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No new or modified standards are supported by this feature, and support for existing standards has not been modified by this feature. |
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MIBs
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No new or modified MIBs are supported by this feature, and support for existing MIBs has not been modified by this feature. |
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RFCs
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Command Reference
The following commands are introduced or modified in the feature or features documented in this module. For information about these commands, see the Cisco IOS Multiprotocol Label Switching Command Reference at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/mpls/command/reference/mp_book.html. For information about all Cisco IOS commands, use the Command Lookup Tool at http://tools.cisco.com/Support/CLILookup or the Cisco IOS Master Command List, All Releases, at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/mcl/allreleasemcl/all_book.html.
•debug ip bgp vpnv6 unicast
•mpls label mode (6VPE)
Feature Information for MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label
Table 2 lists the release history for this feature.
Not all commands may be available in your Cisco IOS software release. For release information about a specific command, see the command reference documentation.
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Note Table 2 lists only the Cisco IOS software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given Cisco IOS software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that Cisco IOS software release train also support that feature.
Table 2 Feature Information for MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label
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MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label |
12.2(33)SRD |
This feature allows a user to configure a single VPN label for all local routes in the entire IPv6 VPN routing and forwarding (VRF) domain on Cisco 7600 routers. The feature incorporates a single (per VRF) VPN label for all local IPv6 routes in the VRF table. You can enable (or disable) the MPLS VPN 6VPE per VRF Label feature in global configuration mode. This feature is available for the Cisco 7600 only. In Release 12.2(33)SRD, this feature was introduced on the Cisco 7600 router. The following commands were introduced: debug ip bgp vpnv6 unicast and mpls label mode (6VPE). |
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