The reason "why" would anyone do that is the reason that many of us are looking for in bewilderment. I guess because of VMware ;-). In any case, that discussion is well outside the scope of this list. It has been beaten to death somewhat on few of the Packet Pushers Podcasts (http://packetpushers.net/).
-- Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 (SP R&S) Senior CCIE Instructor - IPexpert On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 06:38, CCIE KID <[email protected]> wrote: > Marko > > Isn't it so ? I have seen that Pseudowires are used in SP. Ok when we > interconnect two datacentres, why we need Pseudowire ? > These two datacentres are part of same Administrative domain and they would > want to span their broadcast segment.j > Hmm i think its a better solution but i want to knnow what exactly happens > when we are interconnecting data centres using Pseudowires. I mean the > purpose of using it ? > > Wat is Cisco OTV? > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Andres Villalva <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> In my opinion pseudowire remains the most viable way of interconnecting >> data centers when l2 spanning is required. >> >> Cisco's otv is supported on limited platforms and is still in its infancy >> with regards to being a tried and tested technology and vpls (which >> incidently also uses pseudowire) requires mpls which is usually not extended >> into the data ceter. >> >> Apart from direct l2 connections which have their own drawbacks, I can't >> think of any other options. >> >> For that reason, I think that pseudowire should be included in the r&s >> exam. Not saying that it is, just saying that it should. >> >> Regards, >> >> Andres Villalva >> >> On 06/02/2012 4:20 AM, "Thomas Raabo - Zitcom A/S" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Sad but true... >> >> We live in a VMware world ;) >> >> Med venlig hilsen | Best regards >> Thomas Raabo >> Senior Network Engineer CCIE #33466 >> >> >> >> _____________________________________________ >> [email protected] | Direkte: +45 69 10 60 18 | Tlf.: +45 70 23 55 66 >> >> >> -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >> Fra: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] På vegne af Marko Milivojevic >> Sendt: 5. februar 2012 18:22 >> Til: CCIE KID >> Cc: CCIE OSL >> Emne: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Pseudowire >> >> >> Actually, I've seen L2VPNs (pseudowires) deployed by the enterprises as a >> way to interconnect data ... > > > > > -- > With Warmest Regards, > > CCIE KID > CCIE#29992 (Security) > > _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out www.PlatinumPlacement.com http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs
