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Refer to the exhibit. ISP A provides MPLS L3VPN service to customer A with BGP as the external routing protocol. Customer A has just opened a new branch office in London and requested the service…
The correct answer is D. Configure IGP LDP synchronization. To achieve lossless service in an MPLS L3VPN network where LDP is enabled, the ISP engineering team must configure IGP LDP synchronization to prevent blackholing during convergence by ensuring IP reachability is advertised only when LDP labels are available.
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Refer to the exhibit. ISP A provides MPLS L3VPN service to customer A with BGP as the external routing protocol. Customer A has just opened a new branch office in London and requested the service provider to implement lossless service between its two offices. The LDP is enabled over the MPLS backbone and label exchange is working normally. Which action must the ISP engineering team take to enable the service?
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- AConfigure LDP and redistribute the route from EIGRP.
- BConfigure BGP address family VPNv4.
- CConfigure IGP and redistribute the route from BGP.
- DConfigure IGP LDP synchronization
How the community answered
(28 responses)- A11% (3)
- B14% (4)
- C4% (1)
- D71% (20)
Why each option
To achieve lossless service in an MPLS L3VPN network where LDP is enabled, the ISP engineering team must configure IGP LDP synchronization to prevent blackholing during convergence by ensuring IP reachability is advertised only when LDP labels are available.
LDP is already working, and simply redistributing EIGRP routes does not address the synchronization issue between IGP and LDP for MPLS transport.
Configuring BGP address family VPNv4 is a core part of setting up L3VPNs, but the question implies L3VPN service is already provided and focuses on making it 'lossless,' which points to the underlying MPLS transport layer's stability.
Redistributing BGP routes into IGP in the core is generally not a standard practice for basic MPLS L3VPN operations and does not solve the IGP-LDP synchronization problem.
Configuring IGP LDP synchronization on the interfaces running both IGP and LDP is crucial for achieving lossless service in an MPLS L3VPN. This feature prevents an IGP from advertising a route to a neighbor until the LDP session with that neighbor is fully established and labels have been exchanged, thereby eliminating transient blackholing of traffic that can occur during IGP-LDP convergence mismatches.
Concept tested: MPLS LDP-IGP synchronization
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios/mpls/configuration/guide/12_4t/t_mpls.html#wp1067275
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