EIGRP MPLS VPN PE-CE Site of Origin
The EIGRP MPLS VPN PE-CE Site of Origin feature introduces the capability to filter Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Virtual Private Network (VPN) traffic on a per-site basis for Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) networks. Site of Origin (SOO) filtering is configured at the interface level and is used to manage MPLS VPN traffic and to prevent transient routing loops from occurring in complex and mixed network topologies. This feature is designed to support the MPLS VPN Support for EIGRP Between Provider Edge (PE) and Customer Edge (CE) feature. Support for backdoor links is provided by this feature when installed on PE routers that support EIGRP MPLS VPNs.
Prerequisites for EIGRP MPLS VPN PE-CE Site of Origin
This document assumes that Border GatewayProtocol (BGP) is configured in the network core (or the service provider backbone). The following tasks will also need to be completed before you can configure this feature:
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This feature was introduced to support the MPLS VPN Support for EIGRP Between PE-CE (provider edge-customer edge) feature and should be configured after the EIGRP MPLS VPN is created.
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All PE routers that are configured to support the EIGRP MPLS VPN must run Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.11.1 or a later release, which provides support for the SOO extended community.
Restrictions for EIGRP MPLS VPN PE-CE Site of Origin
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If a VPN site is partitioned and the SOO extended community attribute is configured on a backdoor router interface, the backdoor link cannot be used as an alternate path to reach prefixes originated in other partitions of the same site
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A unique SOO value must be configured for each individual VPN site. The same value must be configured on all provider edge and customer edge interfaces (if SOO is configured on the CE routers) that support the same VPN site.
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ip unnumbered command is not supported in MPLS configuration.