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Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 37, “IPv6 over MPLS:
6PE and 6VPE”
Describes how to implement IPv6 VPN Provider Edge Transport over
MPLS (IPv6 on Provider Edge Routers [6PE] and IPv6 on ASR 901.
Chapter 38, “Storm Control” Describes how to monitor the incoming broadcast, multicast, and
unknown unicast packets and prevent them from flooding the LAN
ports.
Chapter 39, “Remote
Loop-Free Alternate - Fast
Reroute
Describes the Remote Loop-free Alternate (LFA) - Fast Reroute
(FRR) feature that uses a backup route, computed using dynamic
routing protocol during a node failure, to avoid traffic loss.
Chapter 40, “Digital Optical
Monitoring”
Provides information on the digital optical monitoring (DOM) feature
for the Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router.
Chapter 41, “Autonomic
Networking Infrastructure”
Describes how the Autonomic Networking Infrastructure feature
makes new and unconfigured devices securely reachable by an
operator or network management system.
Chapter 41, “IPv4 Multicast” Describes how to configure IP multicast in an IPv4 network.
Chapter 42, “IPv6 Multicast” Describes how to configure basic IP multicast in an IPv6 network.
Chapter 43, “Configuring
Switched Port Analyzer”
Describes how to configure a switched port analyzer (SPAN) on the
Cisco ASR 901 Router.
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