Hi Aldrin, On Dec 8, 2012, at 21:51, Aldrin Isaac <[email protected]> wrote:
> Historically there really was no MPLS enabled products that hit the right > price points and/or features needed for the DC -- but some of us operators > *have* implemented MPLS in the DC very successfully. Good to hear! > My observation is that some vendors don't do MPLS/MPBGP very well and > aggressively discourage its adoption, Had to be said; glad you did. > while other vendors reserve them for their SP products for which they need > reasons to charge a premium. Something for them to revisit ... > Now with support for MPLS in merchant silicon, I don't see any good reason > why MPLS-based DCVPN solutions (IPVPN, E-VPN) should be held back, > particularly if the overlay tunnel is IP-based and MPLS labels are used for > VPN context, split-horizon, etc. Agreed. An IP overlay tunnel with ECMP is what this draft proposes. I'm not overfond of having yet another encap, but I think this draft has found a valid, valuable niche. Kireeti _______________________________________________ nvo3 mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/nvo3
