Rick Gallahers MPLS Training Guide: Building Multi Protocol Label Switching Networks

Chapter 1: The Fundamentals of MPLS Networks and Data Flow

Table 1.1: MPLS LER Table

Table 1.2: LER Instruction Set

Table 1.3: Label Switch Router's Label Information Base (LIB)

Table 1.4: Switching Table for Router 1

Table 1.5: Switching Table for Router 2

Table 1.6: Switching Table for Router 3

Table 1.7: Switching Table for Router 4

Table 1.8: Switching Table for Router 5

Chapter 2: MPLS Label Distribution

Table 2.1: FEC Database

Table 2.2: Free Label

Table 2.3: FEC to NHLFE

Table 2.4: NHLFE

Table 2.5

Table 2.6: Possible Session States

A reference sheet from RFC 3036

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Chapter 3: MPLS Signaling

Table 3.1: CR-LDP vs. RSVP-TE

Chapter 5: MPLS Traffic Engineering

Table 5.1: Traffic Engineering Calculations for Example 1

Table 5.2: Traffic Engineering Calculations for Example 2

Table 5.3: Traffic Engineering Calculations for Example 3

Chapter 7: Virtual Private Networks and MPLS

Table 7.1: Comparison of Tunnel Protocols

Table 7.2: RFC 2547 Summary

Table 7.3: Virtual Routing Summary

Table 7.4: VPWS Summary

Table 7.5: VPLS Summary

Table 7.6: IPLS Summary

Table 7.7: Martini Summary

Table 7.8: Kompella Summary

Table 7.9: AToM Summary

Table 7.10: IP Addresses at Each Site

Chapter 9: MPLS Marketing

Table 9.1: Atlanta Area Market Segmentation (by Firm Size)

Table 9.2: Acme Target Market Share Goals

Table 9.3: Locations per Customer Segment

Table 9.4: Key Service Characteristics

Table 9.5: Per-PoP Architecture

Table 9.6: VPN Capacity Assumptions

Table 9.7: Chassis Needed per Edge PoP and Drivers for Additional Chassis

Table 9.8: Summary Operational Cost Metrics

Table 9.9: Financial and Capital Assumptions

Appendix A: Answer Key for Chapter Exercises

Table 1.4: Switching Table for Router 1

Table 1.5: Switching Table for Router 2

Table 1.6: Switching Table for Router 3

Table 1.7: Switching Table for Router 4

Table 1.8: Switching table for Router 5

A reference sheet from RFC 3036

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