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Figure 70 Network diagram for extranet networking scheme
In
, VPN 1 and VPN 2 can access Site 3 of VPN 1.
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PE 3 can receive the VPN-IPv4 routes advertised by PE 1 and PE 2.
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PE 1 and PE 2 can receive the VPN-IPv4 routes advertised by PE 3.
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Site 1 and Site 3 of VPN 1 can communicate with each other, and Site 2 of VPN 2 and Site 3 of
VPN 1 can communicate with each other.
PE 3 advertises neither the VPN-IPv4 routes received from PE 1 to PE 2, nor the VPN-IPv4 routes
received from PE 2 to PE 1 (that is, routes learned from an IBGP neighbor are not advertised to any
other IBGP neighbor). Therefore, Site 1 of VPN 1 and Site 2 of VPN 2 cannot communicate with each
other.
MPLS L3VPN routing information advertisement
In basic MPLS L3VPN networking, the advertisement of VPN routing information involves CEs and
PEs. A P router maintains only the routes of the backbone and does not need to know any VPN
routing information. A PE maintains only the routing information for the VPNs directly connected to it,
rather than that of all VPNs. Therefore, MPLS L3VPN has excellent scalability.
The VPN routing information for a local CE is advertised in the following phases:
1.
Advertised from the local CE to the ingress PE.
2.
Advertised from the ingress PE to the egress PE.
3.
Advertised from the egress PE to the remote CE.
Then, a route is available between the local CE and the remote CE, and the VPN routing information
can be advertised on the backbone.
The following describes these phases in detail.
Routing information exchange from the local CE to the ingress PE
After establishing an adjacency with the directly connected PE, a CE advertises its VPN routing
information to the PE.
The route between the CE and the PE can be a static route, RIP route, OSPF route, IS-IS route,
EBGP route, or IBGP route. No matter which routing protocol is used, the CE always advertises
standard IPv4 routes to the PE.
CE
CE
PE 1
PE 3
Site 2
Site 1
Site 3
VPN 1
VPN 1
VPN 2
VPN 1:
Import:100:1
Export:100:1
CE
VPN 2:
Import:200:1
Export:200:1
PE 2
VPN 1:
Import:100:1,200:1
Export:100:1,200:1