IETF RFCs supported by Cisco NX-OS MPLS Features

This appendix lists the IETF RFCs supported in Cisco NX-OS for MPLS.

MPLS LDP RFCs

RFCs
Title

RFC 3036

LDP Specification

RFC 3037

LDP Applicability

RFC 3478

Graceful Restart Mechanism for Label Distribution Protocol

RFC 3815

Definitions of Managed Objects for the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)

RFC 5036

LDP Specification

RFC 5443

LDP IGP Synchronization

MPLS TE RFCs

RFCs
Title

RFC 2205

Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) - Version 1 Functional Specification

RFC 2961

RSVP Refresh Overhead Reduction Extensions

RFC 3209

RSVP-TE: Extensions to RSVP for LSP Tunnels

RFC 3630

Traffic Engineering (TE) Extensions to OSPF Version 2

RFC 3784

Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) Extensions for Traffic Engineering (TE)

RFC 3812

MPLS TE MIB

RFC 4090

Fast Reroute Extensions to RSVP-TE for LSP Tunnels

MPLS Layer 2 VPN RFCs

RFCs
Title

RFC 2113

IP Router Alert Option

RFC 3032

MPLS Label Stack Encoding

RFC 3036

LDP Specification

RFC 3916

Requirements for Pseudo-wire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3)

RFC 3985

Pseudo Wire Emulation Edge-to-Edge Architecture

RFC 4379

Detecting Multi-Protocol Label Switched (MPLS) Data Plane Failures

RFC 4447

Pseudowire Setup and Maintenance Using the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)

RFC 4448

Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Ethernet over MPLS Networks

RFC 4761

Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Using BGP for Auto-Discovery and Signaling

RFC 4762

Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Using Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) Signaling

RFC 5085

Pseudowire Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification (VCCV): A Control Channel for Pseudowires

RFC 6074

Provisioning, Auto-Discovery, and Signaling in Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks ( L2VPNs)

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Transport of Layer 2 Frames Over MPLS

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Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Layer 2 Frames Over MPLS

MPLS Layer 3 VPN RFCs

RFCs
Title

RFC 2547

BGP/MPLS VPNs

RFC 2685

Virtual Private Networks Identifier

RFC 3107

Carrying Label Information in BGP-4

Note The labeled unicast subsequent address family identifier (SAFI) value 4 that is specified in RFC 3107 applies to both IPv4 and IPv6 address family identifiers (AFIs). As of this publication date, we only support labeled unicast for IPv6 AFI.

RFC 4360

BGP Extended Communities Attribute

RFC 4364

BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

RFC 4382

MPLS/BGP Layer 3 Virtual Private Network (VPN) MIB

RFC 4577

OSPF as the Provider/Customer Edge Protocol for BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

RFC 4659

BGP-MPLS IP Virtual Private Network (VPN) Extension for IPv6 VPN

RFC 4684

Constrained Route Distribution for Border Gateway Protocol/MultiProtocol Label Switching (BGP/MPLS) Internet Protocol (IP) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

RFC 4760

Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4

RFC 4781

Graceful Restart Mechanism for BGP with MPLS

RFC 4798

Connecting IPv6 Islands over IPv4 MPLS Using IPv6 Provider Edge Routers (6PE)

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BGP Custom Decision Process

MPLS MVPN RFCs

RFCs
Title

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mcast-10

Multicast in MPLS/BGP IP VPNs

MPLS MVPN RFCs

RFCs
Title

RFC 2113

IP Router Alert Option

RFC 3443

Time To Live (TTL) Processing in Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Networks

RFC 4377

Operations and Management (OAM) Requirements for Multi-Protocol Label Switched (MPLS) Networks

RFC 4378

A Framework for Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Operations and Management (OAM)

RFC 4379

Detecting Multi-Protocol Label Switched (MPLS) Data Plane Failures