MPLS LSR MIB

The MPLS LSR MIB is currently defined in draft-ietf-mpls-lsr-mib, “Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switch Router (LSR) Management Information Base.” The LSR MIB is considered the foundation of other MIBs, such as the MPLS TE MIB, because label switching is common to all Label-Switched Paths (LSPs), regardless of how the labels are exchanged. Specific to TE, the mplsTunnelXCPointer link in the MPLS TE MIB points to the mplsXCTable (pronounced “MPLS cross-connect table”) defined in the LSR MIB. This entry in the mplsXCTable identifies the MPLS TE LSP. This association will make more sense when you examine the TE MIB in detail. For now, the point is that it is important to have a basic understanding of the capabilities offered ...

Get Traffic Engineering with MPLS now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.