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TE Extension of IGP

  • From: Bora Akyol <akyol@pluris.com>
  • Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 20:17:13 -0700
  • Cc: mpls@UU.NET

On the contrary,

The IGP extensions are needed because most protection LSP calculation
happens on box and most vendors support automatic routing of LSPs.

Bora Akyol

At 01:59 PM 4/20/00 -0400, you wrote:
>I am trying to understanding the use of TE extension of IGP in a MPLS
>network. From my understanding, you need TE extension when you're doing
>on-node path computation. However, since LSPs in today's MPLS network
>are usually computed off-node (in software tool), why would the use of
>TE extension be critical?
>
>Appreciate if someone can shed some light on this question.
>
>Thanks,
>Hansen
>