Without the RT, how would MP-BGP know which VRF to assign a VPN label to?

Keller Giacomarro
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On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 10:09 PM, Karan Sagar <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Everyone
>
> I'm finding it difficult to understand the role of Route target and VPN 
> labels.
>
> Between the PE Routers there is a MP-BGP Session . The MP-BGP protocal
> carries the Route Distinguisher to uniquely identify routes in the
> MBGP route table
> and  Route Targets Extended Communtiy are used to determine which
> interface to forward packets to based on the import and export
> targets.
> When there is a neighbor relationship between the CE and PE, Vpn
> labels are also sent across the PE. The PE router forwards the packet
> out an interface based on the VPN label.
>
> Is the RT required when the VPN label is used to forward packets ?
>
> Thanks,
> Karan
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