Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS MPLS Configuration Guide

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Preface

This preface describes the audience, organization, and conventions of the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS MPLS Configuration Guide. It also provides information on how to obtain related documentation.

This chapter includes the following sections:

Audience

This publication is for experienced network administrators who configure and maintain Cisco NX-OS devices.

Document Organization

This document is organized into the following chapters:

Title	Description
Chapter 1, “Overview”	Provides an overview of the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) protocol.
Chapter 2, “Configuring the MPLS Feature Set”	Describes how to install and enable the MPLS feature set on Cisco NX-OS devices
Chapter 3, “Configuring the MPLS Label Distribution Protocol”	Provides an overview of the MPLS Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) and describes how to configure it on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 4, “Configuring MPLS LDP Autoconfiguration”	Describes how to configure MPLS LDP autoconfiguration on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 5, “Configuring MPLS LDP Session Protection”	Describes how to configure MPLS LDP session protection on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 6, “Configuring MPLS LDP IGP Synchronization”	Describes how to configure MPLS LDP IGP synchronization on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 7, “Configuring MPLS LDP Lossless MD5 Session Authentication”	Describes how to configure MPLS LDP lossless MD5 session authentication on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 8, “Configuring MPLS LDP Label Filtering”	Describes how to configure MPLS LDP label filtering on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 9, “Configuring MPLS Static Label Binding”	Describes how to configure MPLS static label binding on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 10, “Configuring MPLS LDP Graceful Restart”	Describes how to configure MPLS LDP graceful restart on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 11, “Configuring Basic MPLS TE”	Describes how to configure MPLS traffic engineering (TE) on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 12, “Configuring Automatic Bandwidth Adjustment for MPLS TE Tunnels”	Describes how to configure MPLS Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 13, “Configuring MPLS RSVP TE”	Describes how to configure MPLS Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 14, “Configuring the Path Selection Metric for MPLS TE Tunnels”	Describes how to configure the path selection metric for MPLS TE tunnels on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 15, “Configuring LSP Attributes for MPLS TE”	Describes how to configure label switched path (LSP) attributes for path options associated with MPLS TE tunnels on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 16, “Configuring MPLS TE Verbatim Paths”	Describes how to configure an MPLS TE verbatim path on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 17, “Configuring MPLS TE Forwarding Adjacency”	Describes how to configure MPLS TE forwarding adjacency on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 18, “Configuring MPLS TE Class-Based Tunnel Selection”	Describes how to configure MPLS TE class-based tunnel selection on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 19, “Configuring MPLS TE Path Protection”	Describes how to configure MPLS TE path protection on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 20, “Configuring MPLS TE Fast Reroute Link and Node Protection”	Describes how to configure MPLS TE fast reroute link and node protection on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 21, “Configuring MPLS Quality of Service”	Describes how to configure MPLS quality of service (QoS) on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 22, “Configuring MPLS Layer 3 VPNs”	Describes how to configure MPLS Layer 3 virtual private networks (VPNs) on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 23, “Configuring MPLS Layer 3 VPN Label Allocation”	Describes how to configure label allocation for MPLS Layer 3 VPNs on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 24, “Configuring MPLS Layer 3 VPN Load Balancing”	Describes how to configure load balancing for MPLS Layer 3 VPNs on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 34, “Configuring MVPNs”	Describes how to configure multicast VPNs on Cisco NX-OS devices.
Chapter 35, “Verifying Connectivity with MPLS LSP Ping and Traceroute”	Describes how to troubleshoot MPLS connectivity with MPLS ping and traceroute.
Chapter 36, “Configuring MPLS LSP Multipath Tree Trace”	Describes how to troubleshoot MPLS connectivity with the MPLS LSP Multipath Tree Trace feature.
Appendix A, “Configuration Limits for Cisco NX-OS MPLS”	Lists the maximum configuration limits for MPLS.

Document Conventions

Command descriptions use these conventions:

Convention	Description
boldface font	Commands and keywords are in boldface.
italic font	Arguments for which you supply values are in italics.
[ ]	Elements in square brackets are optional.
[ x \| y \| z ]	Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and separated by vertical bars.
string	A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string or the string will include the quotation marks.

Screen examples use these conventions:

`screen font`	Terminal sessions and information that the switch displays are in screen font.
boldface screen font	Information that you must enter is in boldface screen font.
italic screen font	Arguments for which you supply values are in italic screen font.
< >	Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are in angle brackets.
[ ]	Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.
!, #	An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line.

This document uses the following conventions:

Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the manual.

Caution

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