[Isis-wg] ISIS in multiarea seamless MPLS

Saku Ytti <saku@ytti.fi> Wed, 20 August 2014 20:56 UTC

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Subject: [Isis-wg] ISIS in multiarea seamless MPLS
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Hi,

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-mpls-seamless-mpls-07
http://www.juniper.net/us/en/local/pdf/design-guides/8020013-en.pdf

URLs provide example how to implement seamless MPLS with using ISIS
between one 'core' and multiple 'aggregation' networks.

Problem is, this concept does not actually work if you connect >1
aggregation network to same border router, because border router
belonging to multiple areas would essentially merge the areas and
flood LSPs between them, reducing your scale benefits.

This is probably not really ISIS standardization issue, rather some
local proprietary hack is needed in border router to isolate the
cross-area LSPs. Or should ISIS on protocol level consider this
use-case?

Thanks,
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