Thursday, April 12, 2012

Loop Back Address in MPLS


  • Enable Loopback interfaces on all P & PE routers.
  • These loopback addresses must be in  the core IGP.
  • Establish MP-BGP sessions with these loopback addresses on all PE routers.
  • These loopback interfaces will be used & referred as BGP next-hop address which carries MPLS VPN traffic.
  • A BGP next-hop address must be an IGP route.