Configure a Hierarchical Carrier s Carrier

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Objetivies

Configure a Hierarchical Carrier s Carrier Carrier Network Carrier Supporting Carrier MPLS VPN Enabled ISP Connected Across Standard Carrier How to Configure a Hierarchical Carrier s Carrier

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Carrier Network
Carrier Supporting Carrier (CsC) has many benefits: Multiple customer carriers can be connected to a single CsC backbone Both VPN and Internet Services can be provided Customer carriers don't have to operate their own long distance network Different addressing schemes can be used by different carriers Any link type supported by MPLS can be used
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Carrier Network (Cont.)

A carrier network carries traffic between customer sites.

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Carrier Supporting Carrier

Carrier supporting Carrier (CsC) is a term used to describe a situation where one service provider allows another service provider to use a segment of its backbone network.

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Carrier Supporting Carrier (Cont.)

Carrier Supporting Carrier Network

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Carrier Supporting Carrier (Cont.)

Carrier Supporting Carrier Network (Cont.)

MPLS is used between CsC backbone PE routers and customer carrier s VPN sites. Labels are exchanged between CsC backbone and customer carriers by LDP.
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Carrier Supporting Carrier (Cont.)

Carrier Supporting Carrier Network (Cont.)

Customer Carrier Cases: Customer carrier not running MPLS. Customer carrier running MPLS. Customer carrier running MPLS VPN.
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MPLS VPN Enabled ISP Connected Across Standard Carrier

A customer carrier which is not running MPLS internally must use MPLS on the link between the CsC backbone and the Customer Carrier s site.

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MPLS VPN Enabled ISP Connected Across Standard Carrier (Cont.)

Customer Carrier Is Not Running MPLS

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MPLS VPN Enabled ISP Connected Across Standard Carrier (Cont.)

Customer Carrier is Not Running MPLS (Cont.)

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MPLS VPN Enabled ISP Connected Across Standard Carrier (Cont.)

Customer Carrier is Not Running MPLS (Cont.)

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MPLS VPN Enabled ISP Connected Across Standard Carrier (Cont.)

Customer Carrier is Running MPLS

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MPLS VPN Enabled ISP Connected Across Standard Carrier (Cont.)

Customer Carrier is Running MPLS (Cont.)

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MPLS VPN Enabled ISP Connected Across Standard Carrier (Cont.)

Customer Carrier is Running MPLS VPNs (Cont.)

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MPLS VPN Enabled ISP Connected Across Standard Carrier (Cont.)

Customer Carrier is Running MPLS VPNs (Cont.)

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How to Configure a Hierarchical Carrier s Carrier (Cont.)

Procedure Reference

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How to Configure a Hierarchical Carrier s Carrier (Cont.)

Example IGP/LDP CsC Configuration

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Example IGP/LDP CsC Configuration

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How to Configure a Hierarchical Carrier s Carrier (Cont.)

Configuring BGP send-label

Enables a BGP router to send MPLS labels with IPv4 BGP routes to a neighboring BGP router.

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How to Configure a Hierarchical Carrier s Carrier (Cont.)

Example BGP CsC Configuration

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How to Configure a Hierarchical Carrier s Carrier (Cont.)

Conditional Label Advertising

Enables a route to be distributed with an MPLS label if the route matches the conditions specified in the route map

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Select Routes with Labels

Selects routes that include MPLS labels if the routes meet the conditions specified in the route map.

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Example Conditional Label Advertisement Configuration

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