CCIP: MPLS Study Guide

Ch. 1 An Introduction to MPLS 1

Ch. 2 Frame-Mode MPLS 35

Ch. 3 MPLS and ATM 93

Ch. 4 VPNs: An Overview 119

Ch. 5 MPLS VPNs 155

Ch. 6 MPLS VPNs and RIP 203

Ch. 7 MPLS VPNs and OSPF 261

Ch. 8 Advanced MPLS Topics 317

Glossary

address-family, area border router (ABR), ASBR, ATM label switch router (ATM-LSR), ATM-LSR, ATM-LSR domain, autonomous system boundary router (ASBR)

backbone are, backbone router

CEF, Central Services MPLS VPN topology, Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF), control plane

data plane, dedicated router, down bit, downstream, downstream-on-demand

edge label switch router (edge-LSR), edge-LSR, egress router, export route target, extranet

FEC, FIB, forwarding equivalence class (FEC), forwarding information base (FIB), forwarding plane, full-mesh topology

hub-and-spoke topology

import route target, independent control, ingress router, internal router, intranet

Label Distribution Protocol (LDP), label forwarding information base (LFIB), label imposition, label information base (LIB), label stacking, label switch controller (LSC), label-switched path (LSP), label switch router (LSR), LC-ATM, LDP, leased lines, LFIB, LIB, link state advertisement (LSA), LSA, LSC, LSP, LSR

MP-BGP, MP-BGP backbone, MPLS, MPLS label stack, MPLS VPN, Multi-Protocol BGP (MP-BGP), Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)

Network Layer Reachability Information (NLRI), NLRI

optimal routing, ordered control, OSPF domain, OSPF super-backbone, overlay, overlay MPLS VPN topology

partial-mesh topology, peer-to-peer VPNs, penultimate hop popping, point-to-point connections, popping, pushing

RD, redistribution, redundant hub-and-spoke topology, route distinguisher (RD), routing bit, routing context

shared router, shim header, simple MPLS VPN topology, static routes

Tag Distribution Protocol (TDP), tag field, tag switching router (TSR), TDP, TLV, traffic engineering, TSR, Type-Length-Value (TLV)

unsolicited downstream, upstream

VCI, VC merge, virtual circuit identifier (VCI), virtual circuit merge (VC merge), virtual path identifier (VPI), virtual private network (VPN), virtual router, virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) table, VPI, VPN, VPNv4 routes, VRF,