There are no restrictions for MPLS on the SUP2/MSFC2 since it's completely unsupported. :) You need an OSM to do MPLS on those platforms.
Phil On May 5, 2008, at 4:39 PM, Justin M. Streiner wrote: > On Mon, 5 May 2008, Paul Stewart wrote: > >> With a 6500 Catalyst, regular line cards, and Sup720-3BXL - what >> can you NOT >> do with MPLS on these chassis? Is it "just" VPLS that requires an >> OSM card >> or a FlexWAN card for example? >> >> We are working on a project where MPLS may come into play .. VPLS >> would be a >> nice option to throw in but not 100% necessary. Today, these are >> 6500's >> with Sup2/MSFC2 which I'm told are pretty much useless for anything >> MPLS >> oriented.... > > I'm not sure about MPLS limitations in the Sup2/MSFC2, but it wouldn't > surprise me if they're pretty major since those engines are much more > software driven and have substantially lower forwarding capabilities > than > the Sup720/3BXL. The 3BXL does MPLS just fine, but I'm not running > it in > a 'true' service provider environment. We run MPLS using LDP to > distribute labels to some non-Cisco gear and terminate Martini > tunnels and > that seems to work pretty cleanly, although the hair-pinning needed to > land a Martini tunnel is somewhat strange... > > jms > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
