I haves used it in our production network for the same reason you listed,
knowing where it came from.
On Nov 29, 2011 4:19 PM, "Jay McMickle" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Does anyone else use tags when redistributing from one protocol to the
> next (for the Lab only)?
>
> For instance, I'm learing routes from R4 that get redistributed from RIP
> into OSPF on R5.  There are 2 Frame-Relay peers: R2 and R6.  R2 is
> redistributing from OSPF to RIP, and R6 is redistributing from OSPF to
> EIGRP.  Each redistribution is done mutually.
>
> This is IPX V3 Lab1, in case it looks familiar.
>
>        R2
>        /\
>       /  \
>     R5  R6
>    /      ||
>  R4     R9
>
> Summary-
> When redistributing on a router, say R5 (RIP to OSPF), I use a route-map
> on the redistribution point and set a tag.  This way, I know what protocol
> and router it originated from. (I remove the non-essential commands here to
> make this as clear as possible)
>
> R5
> ---
> router ospf 1
>  redistribute rip subnets route-map RtoO
>  network 5.5.5.5 0.0.0.0 area 0
>  network 141.41.26.5 0.0.0.0 area 256
> !
> router rip
>  version 2
>  redistribute ospf 1 metric 1 route-map OtoR
>  network 141.141.0.0
>  no auto-summary
> !
> route-map RtoO permit 10
>  set tag 5120
> !
> route-map OtoR permit 10
>  set tag 5110
> !
> My result is this;  I can see that it was redistributed on R5, and was
> originally RIP.  Even if this was 6 routers and 4 protocols later, I could
> trace them out to eventually see that it was R5 and RIP.  Reverse
> Engineering the routes on R9, the route shows in EIGRP as coming from R6
> (redist via OSPF), then from R5 (redist via RIP), and originating from R4
> (RIP).
>
> R9#sh ip route 172.20.42.2
> Routing entry for 172.20.42.2/32
>   Known via "eigrp 679", distance 170, metric 2560512256
>   Tag 6110, type external
>   Redistributing via eigrp 679
>   Last update from 141.41.69.6 on Serial0/0/0, 00:18:47 ago
>   Routing Descriptor Blocks:
>   * 141.41.69.6, from 141.41.69.6, 00:18:47 ago, via Serial0/0/0
>       Route metric is 2560512256, traffic share count is 1
>       Total delay is 20010 microseconds, minimum bandwidth is 1 Kbit
>       Reliability 1/255, minimum MTU 1 bytes
>       Loading 1/255, Hops 1
>       Route tag 6110
>
> R6#sh ip route 172.20.42.2
> Routing entry for 172.20.42.2/32
>   Known via "ospf 1", distance 110, metric 20
>   Tag 5120, type extern 2, forward metric 65
>   Redistributing via eigrp 679
>   Advertised by eigrp 679 metric 1 1 1 1 1 route-map OtoE
>   Last update from 141.41.26.5 on Serial0/0/0, 00:22:24 ago
>   Routing Descriptor Blocks:
>   * 141.41.26.5, from 5.5.5.5, 00:22:24 ago, via Serial0/0/0
>       Route metric is 20, traffic share count is 1
>       Route tag 5120
>
> R5(config)#do sh ip route 172.20.42.2
> Routing entry for 172.20.42.2/32
>   Known via "rip", distance 105, metric 2
>   Redistributing via ospf 1, rip
>   Advertised by ospf 1 subnets route-map RtoO
>   Last update from 141.141.45.4 on Virtual-Access1, 00:00:12 ago
>   Routing Descriptor Blocks:
>   * 141.141.45.4, from 141.141.45.4, 00:00:12 ago, via Virtual-Access1
>       Route metric is 2, traffic share count is 1
> (no tag)
>
> Regards,
> Jay McMickle- CCNP, CCSP, CCDP, MCSE
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