Interesting, I thought it was common for service providers to run iBGP. At any rate, yes, Enterprise customers typically do not have iBGP running through their core, just at the Internet and WAN edges, which by the way happens to be the perfect places to run PfR :-)
Cheers, Brad Hedlund [email protected] http://www.internetworkexpert.org On 5/21/09 3:04 PM, "Kevin Hodle" <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes - that will be a fine solution for your redundant multi-vendor > backbone... er, wait. Sorry, forgot what list I was on :P Also, I had > a look at this, and in the QA section, I got a good laugh from this > portion: > > Q. How do I deploy Cisco PfR in networks not running internal BGP > (iBGP) within the enterprise? > A. To synchronize routing within the enterprise and take advantage of > new optimal Cisco PfR routes, route redistribution into the local > Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP; for example, EIGRP, OSPF, or RIP) > needs to occur. Static routes injected by Cisco PfR are tagged by an > identifier that can be specifically redistributed. On the other hand, > BGP routes are usually not redistributed into IGP. > > BEST IDEA EVAR! > > (Sorry - but this just wouldn't fly in a service provider environment) _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
