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

1. 

Match the correct message type number in hex to the correct title of the message by recording the correct message number in the space provided. Message type numbers available for selection are:

0001, 0100, 0200, 0201, 0300, 0301, 0400, 0401, 0402, 0403, 0404

• ________ Address Message

• ________ Address Withdraw

• ________ Hello

• ________ Initialization

• ________ Keep Alive

• ________ Label Abort Request

• ________ Label Release

• ________ Label Request

• ________ Label Withdraw Message

• ________ Labels (Series)

• ________ Notification

2. 

Type length values (TLVs) are a subset of LDP messages. Match the correct TLV number in hex to the correct title of by recording the correct message number in the space provided. TLV numbers available for selection are:

0101, 0103, 0104, 0201, 0202, 0300, 0400

• ______ ADDRESS LIST

• ______ ATM

• ______ FRAME RELAY

• ______ HOP COUNT

• ______ KEEP ALIVE

• ______ PATH LINK

• ______ STATUS

3. 

In the hello message in Figure 2.19, fill in the message type number and the TLV number.

Figure 2.19: Hello Message for Exercise 2.2

1. 

See Section 3.7 of RFC 3036.

0300  Address Message

0301  Address Withdraw

0100  Hello

0200  Initialization

0201  Keep Alive

0404  Label Abort Request

0403  Label Release

0401  Label Request

0402  Label Withdraw Message

0400  Labels (Series)

0001  Notification

2. 

Please refer to the tables in the following answer explanation.

0101  ADDRESS LIST

0201  ATM

0202  FRAME RELAY

0103  HOP COUNT

0400  KEEP ALIVE

0104  PATH LINK

0300  STATUS

The following tables are from the reference sheets for RFC 3036.

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