Chapter 13. LISP

This chapter covers the following topics:

LISP overview

LISP terminology

LISP prerequisites

LISP control plane

Communicating between LISP and non-LISP sites

• LISP Host Mobility with an Extended Subnet

• Deployment of best practices

LISP Overview

Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) is a new routing architecture and paradigm shift that decouples the server identity and the server location. This decoupling enables mobility, scalability, and security. As endpoints become detached from the physical infrastructure and are mobile, the LISP routing architecture enables IP addresses to move freely and efficiently across the infrastructure. Although more server virtualization is deployed within the Enterprise and the service ...

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