Chapter 7 Review Questions & Answers

1: What is the innermost label in the label stack of a packet sent over an AToM pseudowire?
A1: Answer: The innermost label in the label stack is the VC label. This label is used by the egress PE router to associate the Layer 2 PDU carried in the packet with the correct attachment circuit.
2: How do the peer PE routers discover each other?
A2: Answer: They use extended (unicast UDP port 646) LDP discovery.
3: How do the peer PE routers advertise VC labels to each other?
A3: Answer: They form an LDP neighbor relationship and exchange label mapping messages.
4: If an attachment circuit changes state to down, how does the PE router indicate this state change to its peer PE router?
A4: Answer: It sends an LDP label withdraw ...

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