Wednesday, April 11, 2012

MPLS Label Filtering

  • By default LDP will generate & advertise labels for every prefix in the local routing table.
  • To filter & generate labels only for required prefixes
    • we can use access control lists to select the required prefixes eligible for label generation.
  • example:
    • create access list:
      • """access-list 10 permit 150.1.0.0 0.0.255.255"""
    • Stop automatic assigning of labels to prefixes.
      • """no mpls ldp advertise-labels"""
    • use of access list to filter the label generation
      • """mpls ldp advertise-labels for 10"""
  • Before MPLS label filtering:

  • After MPLS label filtering: