L2 MPLS VPNs

TurgonTurgon Banned Posts: 6,308 ■■■■■■■■■□
Just a holding area for discussions around this technology. Im locating some books.

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  • shodownshodown Member Posts: 2,271
    I didn't know too many more L2 MPLS VPN's were being deployed.
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  • networker050184networker050184 Mod Posts: 11,962 Mod
    shodown wrote: »
    I didn't know too many more L2 MPLS VPN's were being deployed.

    Why wouldn't they? L2 VPNS are getting more popular with storage and other "cloud" apps needing L2 connectivity over the WAN.
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  • shodownshodown Member Posts: 2,271
    Why wouldn't they? L2 VPNS are getting more popular with storage and other "cloud" apps needing L2 connectivity over the WAN.

    For some odd reason I was thinking L2 as in ATM cells for MPLS. MPLS can use any transport, I'm not to sure why I was thinking so narrow minded. I stand corrected.
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  • peanutnogginpeanutnoggin Member Posts: 1,096 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Turgon wrote: »
    Just a holding area for discussions around this technology. Im locating some books.

    Any suggested readings on this topic? I've been nibbling away at MPLS (still a long ways away before I understand it), but having a good book to use as a reference and/or starting point would be outstanding!

    Thanks.

    -Peanut
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    -Mayor Cory Booker
  • networker050184networker050184 Mod Posts: 11,962 Mod
    Any suggested readings on this topic? I've been nibbling away at MPLS (still a long ways away before I understand it), but having a good book to use as a reference and/or starting point would be outstanding!

    Thanks.

    -Peanut

    MPLS Fundamentals is a great book for learning MPLS.
    An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made.
  • peanutnogginpeanutnoggin Member Posts: 1,096 ■■■□□□□□□□
    MPLS Fundamentals is a great book for learning MPLS.

    Thanks Networker...

    After posting, I remembered seeing someone recommend the book MPLS & VPN Architectures. I'll probably pick up the two books soon.

    -Peanut
    We cannot have a superior democracy with an inferior education system!

    -Mayor Cory Booker
  • deth1kdeth1k Member Posts: 312
    Thanks Networker...

    After posting, I remembered seeing someone recommend the book MPLS & VPN Architectures. I'll probably pick up the two books soon.

    -Peanut

    I wouldn't recommend the above one and would rather go with MPLS Fundamentals (by far the best MPLS book around) and Layer 2 VPNs. VPN Architectures is too outdated and goes on about TDP wheres everyone is using LDP nowadays.

    Cheers
  • yuriz43yuriz43 Member Posts: 121
    I would say L2 VPNs are going to become more and more common. VPLS is getting popular in the service provider industry. I think the only problem right now is the high costs for these types of service. Even a P2P Ethernet Over MPLS circuit is expensive.

    I have a simple lab demonstrating a ethernet/mpls pseudowire if anyone is interested:
    http://yuri.easytospell.net/?p=9
  • shodownshodown Member Posts: 2,271
    How many Enterprises are creating there own MPLS VPNs? I know I have seen a lot of companies just outsourcing it all these days to service providers?
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    CUCM SRND 9x/10, UCCX SRND 10x, QOS SRND, SIP Trunking Guide, anything contact center related
  • yuriz43yuriz43 Member Posts: 121
    Not many. Most enterprises don't have the backbone infrastructure needed to setup this kind of service themselves. That is why they are forced to purchase the service from a company like att,cogent, level3,qwest,abovenet etc....
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