Cisco Systems 8600 Series manual Tag Switching, Introduction

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C H A P T E R 9

Tag Switching

This chapter contains an overview of tag switching and instructions for configuring the BPX 8650 for the tag switching feature:

This chapter contains the following:

Introduction

Tag Switching Benefits

Tag Switching Overview

Elements in a Tag Switching Network

Tag Switching Operation at Layer 3

Tag Switching in an ATM WAN

Tag Switching and the BPX 8650

Tag Switching Resource Configuration Parameters

Requirements

List of Terms

Related Documents

Configuration Management

Configuration Example

Checking and Troubleshooting

Provisioning and Managing Connections

Statistics

Command Reference

Introduction

Tag switching enables routers at the edge of a network to apply simple tags to packets (frames), allowing devices in the network core to switch packets according to these tags with minimal lookup activity. Tag switching in the network core can be performed by switches, such as ATM switches, or by existing routers.

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