MPLS LDP Inbound Label Binding Filtering

Glossary

Table 3

Feature Information for MPLS LDP Inbound Label Binding Filtering Feature

 

 

 

Feature Name

Releases

Feature Information

MPLS LDP Inbound Label

12.0(26)S

Binding Filtering Feature

12.2(25)S

 

 

12.3(14)T

 

12.2(18)SXE

You can use the MPLS LDP Inbound Label Binding Filtering feature to configure access control lists (ACLs) for controlling the label bindings a label switch router (LSR) accepts from its peer LSRs.

In Cisco IOS Release 12.0(26)S, this feature was introduced on the Cisco 7200.

This feature was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(25)S for the Cisco 7500 series router.

This feature was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.3(14)T.

This feature was integrated into Cisco IOS Release 12.2(18)SXE for the Cisco 7600 series router.

The following commands were introduced or modified:

clear mpls ldp neighbor

mpls ldp neighbor labels accept

show mpls ldp neighbor

Glossary

carrier supporting carrier --A situation where one service provider allows another service provider to use a segment of its backbone network. The service provider that provides the segment of the backbone network to the other provider is called the backbone carrier. The service provider that uses the segment of the backbone network is called the customer carrier.

CE router --customer edge router. A router that is part of a customer network and that interfaces to a provider edge (PE) router.

inbound label binding filtering --Allows LSRs to control which label bindings it will accept from its neighboring LSRs. Consequently, an LSR does not accept or store some label bindings that its neighbors advertise.

label --A short fixed-length identifier that tells switching nodes how to forward data (packets or cells). label binding --An association between a destination prefix and a label.

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12.4 specifications

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