Cisco IOS IPv6 Provider Edge

Router (6PE) over MPLS

Patrick Grossetete
Cisco Systems
Cisco IOS IPv6 Product Manager
pgrosset@cisco.com
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Agenda

IPv6 migration approaches enabled by

MPLS
6PE approach: IPv6 Provider Edge Router
over MPLS/IPv4
Cisco IOS 6PE configuration
Conclusions

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Key Markets where MPLS

will facilitate IPv6 Migration
Wireless
2.5G/3G mobile phone, PDAs, Cars
networks

Service Providers
Mobile ISPs, Greenfield ISPs, Regional ISPs
and Carriers

Academic and Research Networks

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3GPP/UMTS Example
Alternative
Access
Network

IPv6 Mandated

Legacy mobile
signaling
network

Applications
& Services*)
SCP

GPRS
Access
Network

R-SGW
Mh

PS Domain

Ms

TE

MT
R

BSS/GRAN

Um

CSCF

Iu
A
Iu

TE

MT
R

Mg

Mr

Gi
Gf

Gb

Mm

Cx

EIR

MPLS offers
ATM + IP + IPv6
switching

Mw

CAP
HSS *)
Gr

MRF
Gi

Gc

SGSN

Gi
MGCF

Gi
MGW

MGW
Nb
Mc

MS Circuit
Switch
Access
Network

T-SGW *)

Iu 1
2

IM Domain

Mc

GGSN
Gn

UTRAN

Uu

Multimedia
IP Networks

CSCF

PSTN/
Legacy/External

Mc

Iu

Nc
MSC server

CS Domain

GMSC server

T-SGW *)

CAP
CAP

Applications
& Services*)
Signalling Interface
Signalling and Data Transfer Interface

Mh
HSS *)

R-SGW *)
*) those elements are duplicated for figure
layout purpose only, they belong to the same
logical element in the reference model

IM Domain is now a sub-set of the PS Domain

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IPv6 over MPLS

Deployment Scenarios
Many ways to deliver IPv6 services to End Users
Most important is End to End IPv6 traffic forwarding

Many Service Providers have already deployed

MPLS in their IPv4 backbone for various reasons
MPLS/VPN, MPLS/QoS, MPLS/TE, ATM + IP switching

MPLS can be used to facilitate IPv6 integration

Multiple approaches for IPv6 over MPLS:
IPv6 CE-to-CE IPv6 over IPv4 Tunnels
IPv6 over Circuit_over_MPLS
Native IPv6 MPLS
IPv6 Provider Edge Router (6PE) over MPLS
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IPv6 Tunnels configured on CE

IPv6 over IPv4 Tunnels
v6
Dual Stack
IPv4-IPv6
CE routers

IPv6
IPv4

v4

PE

PE

v6

Dual Stack
IPv4-IPv6
CE routers

OC48/192
v6

IPv6
IPv4

v4

v6

P
PE

P
IPv4

v4
PE

No impact on existing IPv4 or MPLS Core (IPv6 unaware)

Only CEs have to be IPv6-aware (Dual stack)
Mesh of IPv6 over IPv4 Tunnels CE-to-CE
Overhead: IPv4 header + MPLS header
MPLS/VPN support IPv4-native and IPv6 tunnels
Service Provider cant delegate his IPv6 prefix to the CE routers

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IPv6 over Circuit_over_MPLS

Circuit_over_MPLS
(eg. ATM VC, FR PVC, Ethernet,)
v6

IPv6

IPv6
routers

v6

IPv6

P
Circuit

IPv6

v6

IPv6
v6

IPv6

No impact on existing IPv4 or MPLS Core (IPv6 unaware)

Edge MPLS Routers need to support Circuit_over_MPLS
Mesh of Circuit_Over_MPLS PE-to-PE
PE routers can also be regular IPv6 Routers (IPv6 over ATM, IPv6
over FR, IPv6 over Ethernet,) to aggregate Customers IPv6 routers

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Native MPLS Support of IPv6

MPLS Label Switch Paths for IPv6
v6

v6

IPv6

IPv6

IPv6

IPv6 MPLS

IPv6

v6

v6

IPv6
All routers are IPv6-aware

Core Infrastructure requires full Control Plane upgrade to

IPv6
IPv6 Routing in core
IPv6 Label Distribution Protocol in core

Dual Control Plane management if IPv4 and IPv6 services

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Agenda

IPv6 migration approaches enabled by

MPLS
6PE approach: IPv6 Provider Edge Router
over MPLS/IPv4
Cisco IOS 6PE configuration
Conclusions

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IPv6 Provider Edge Router (6PE)

over MPLS
MP-iBGP sessions
v6 2001:0420::

2001:0620:: v6
145.95.0.0

v4

6PE

6PE

Dual
Dual Stack
Stack IPv4-IPv6
IPv4-IPv6 routers
routers
2001:0621::

Dual
Dual Stack
Stack IPv4-IPv6
IPv4-IPv6 routers
routers

v6

CE

6PE
192.76.10.0

v4

IPv4
MPLS

CE

v6 2001:0421::

6PE
v4

192.254.10.0

CE

IPv4 or MPLS Core Infrastructure is IPv6-unaware

PEs are updated to support Dual Stack/6PE
IPv6 reachability exchanged among 6PEs via iBGP (MP-BGP)
IPv6 packets transported from 6PE to 6PE inside MPLS

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6PE Overview
MP-BGP sessions
2001:0620:: v6
145.95.0.0

2001:0621::

v4

v6

IPv6

v4

v6 2001:0420::

IPv4

6PE

IPv6

6PE

v4 192.254.10.0

6PE

Dual Stack

V6:
IGP/BGP

v6 2001:0421::

IPv6

IPv4

6PE

IPv4
192.76.10.0

IPv6

Dual Stack
IGPv4
MPLS V4:
- LDPv4
- (TE v4)

V6:
IGP/BGP

IPv6 unaware
No core upgrade
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6PE Routing
MP-BGP advertises 2001:0421::::
MPand binds a (2nd level) label
IPv6 Next Hop is an IPv4 compatible IPv6 address
built from 192.254.10.17
2001:0420::

IGPv4 advertises
reachability of
192.254.10.17

2001:0421::

192.72.170.13

6PE-1
LDPv4 binds label
to 192.254.10.17

192.254.10.17

6PE-2
P1

P2

Translation of v6 BGP
Next_Hop into v4address
Recursion of this address
via IGPv4
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6PE Routing/Label Distribution

IGPv6 or MP-BGP
advertising
2001:0421::
2001:0420::

6PE-2 sends MP-iBGP advertisement to 6PE-1 which says:

2001:0421:: is reachable
via BGP Next Hop = 192.254.10.17 (6PE-2)
bind BGP label to 2001:0421:: (*)
IGPv4 advertises reachability
of 192.254.10.17

6PE-1

2001:0421::

192.72.170.13

6PE-2
P2

P1
LDPv4 binds label
to 192.254.10.17

192.254.10.17

IGPv6 or MP-BGP
advertising
2001:0421::

(*) The 2nd label allows operations with Penultimate Hop Popping (PHP)
(which is typically used in current MPLS networks)- it is an Aggregate label
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6PE Forwarding
2001:0420::

IPv6 packet
to 2001:0421::

2001:0421::

192.72.170.13

6PE-1

6PE-2

192.254.10.17

P1

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P2

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6PE Forwarding (6PE-1)

2001:0420::

IPv6 packet
to 2001:0421::

192.72.170.13

6PE-1

IPv6 Forwarding and Label Imposition:

6P
6PE
E-1 receives an IPv6
IP v6 packet
Lookup is done on IPv6 prefix
Result is:
Labelz binded by MPMP-BGP to
2001:0421::
Label1 binded by LDP/IGPv4 to the
IPv4 address of BGP Next Hop
(6PE--2)
(6PE

2001:0421::

6PE-2
MP -BGP label IPv6 packet
MPLDP/IGPv4
label1 to 6PE6PE-2 To 2001:421:: To 2001:421::

192.254.10.17

P1

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P2

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6PE Forwarding (P1)

IPv6-UNaware MPLS Label
Switching:

2001:0420::

IPv6 packet
to 2001:0421::

192.72.170.13

P1 receives an MPLS packet

Lookup is done on Label1
Result is Label2

2001:0421::

6PE-1

6PE-2
MP -BGP label IPv6 packet
MPLDP/IGPv4
label1 to 6PE6PE-2 To 2001:421:: To 2001:421::

192.254.10.17

P2

P1
LDP/IGPv4
label2 to 6PE6PE-2

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MP -BGP label
MPTo 2001:421::

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IPv6 packet
To 2001:421::

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6PE Forwarding (P2)

IPv6-UNaware MPLS Label
Switching:

2001:0420::

IPv6 packet
to 2001:0421::

192.72.170.13

P2 receives an MPLS packet

Lookup is done on Label2
Result includes Pop label (PHP)

2001:0421::

6PE-1

6PE-2
MP -BGP label IPv6 packet
MPLDP/IGPv4
label1 to 6PE6PE-2 To 2001:421:: To 2001:421::

192.254.10.17

P2

P1
LDP/IGPv4
label2 to 6PE6PE-2

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MP -BGP label
MPTo 2001:421::

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IPv6 packet
To 2001:421::

MP -BGP label IPv6 packet

MPTo 2001:421:: To 2001:421::

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6PE Forwarding (6PE-2)

MPLS Label Pop and IPv6
Forwarding :
2001:0420::

IPv6 packet
to 2001:0421::

192.72.170.13

6PE-1

6PE-2 receives an MPLS packet

Lookup is done on Label
Result is:
Pop the label & do IPv6 lookup
on IPv6 destination
6PE-2

2001:0421::

IPv6 packet
To 2001:421::

MP -BGP label IPv6 packet

MPLDP/IGPv4
label1 to 6PE6PE-2 To 2001:421:: To 2001:421::

192.254.10.17

P2

P1
LDP/IGPv4
label2 to 6PE6PE-2

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MP -BGP label
MPTo 2001:421::

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IPv6 packet
To 2001:421::

MP -BGP label IPv6 packet

MPTo 2001:421:: To 2001:421::

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Cisco IOS releases for 6PE

12.0(22)S on Cisco 12000 series

12.2(11)S on Cisco 7200/7400/7500 series
Next release on Cisco 7600

12.2(6th)T on Cisco 3600/3700/7200/7500

Contact your Cisco Local team for latest
update

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6PE Standardization
See <draft-ietf-ngtrans-bgp-tunnel-04.txt> :
BGP Tunnelling
Co-authored by Cisco
Generic solution for transport of IPv6 over
any tunnelling technique (including MPLS)
using MP-BGP
IETF Working Group document
6PE is Cisco IOS implementation of BGP
Tunnelling over MPLS
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6PE Benefits
For SPs already running MPLS, 6PE approach
has many benefits:
Core Infrastructure needs no upgrade and no
configuration change
Upgrade only on the required edge routers (ie
upgrade of existing PEs to 6PE, or add separate 6PEs)
IPv6 supported simultaneously with existing MPLS
services (MPLS v4_VPNs, QoS, ATM, v4 Internet, )

6PE allows IPv6 to be deployed over existing

MPLS Multiservice infrastructure with marginal
operational impact/cost /risk
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6PE Benefits
MP-BGP sessions

2001:0620:: v6
145.95.0.0

2001:0621::

v4

6PE

v6

6PE
192.76.10.0 v4

v6IGP
MP-BGP

IPv4
MPLS

v6 2001:0420::

6PE

v6 2001:0421::

v4 192.254.10.0

6PE

IPv6 CE only has a single Routing Peer (PE) regardless of how many
remote IPv6 CEs it communicates with
No change on an IPv6 CE when remote CEs are added/removed
(reachability automatically learnt)
No tunnel/circuit to be configured
6PE offers scalable and flexible solution (benefits are analogous to
RFC2547bis layer 3 VPN solution for IPv4)
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6PE Benefits
MP-BGP sessions

2001:0620:: v6

v6 2001:0420::
CE

145.95.0.0

2001:0621::

v6

6PE

v6
CE

6PE
192.76.10.0 v6

IPv4
MPLS

v6 2001:0421::

6PE

v4 192.254.10.0

6PE

CE

CE

6PE solution can be easily extended to support same

VPN services for IPv6 as currently supported for IPv4
with RFC2457bis (isolation, Internet access, QoS)
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6PE Cons
MP-BGP sessions

2001:0620:: v6

v6 2001:0420::
CE

145.95.0.0

2001:0621::

v4

6PE

v6
CE

6PE
192.76.10.0 v4

IPv4
MPLS

v6 2001:0421::

6PE

v4 192.254.10.0

6PE

CE

CE

Only makes sense where network already runs MPLS

Requires knowledge of MPLS and BGP technologies
Requires dual-stack and software upgrade on
existing PE or deployment of dedicated 6PE routers
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Agenda

IPv6 migration approaches enabled by

MPLS
6PE approach: IPv6 Provider Edge Router
over MPLS/IPv4
Cisco IOS 6PE configuration
Conclusions

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6PE Configuration Commands

Two new Commands:

router(config-router-af)# neighbor <ip-address> send-label
Enables binding and advertisement of aggregate labels when
advertising ipv6 prefixes in BGP

router(config)# mpls ipv6 source-interface <interface>

Specifies the interface from which to inherit ipv6 addresses for
locally generated packets

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6PE Show Commands

Three show commands extended
show bgp ipv6 <ipv6-prefix>
displays the mpls label value advertized for the IPv6 prefix

show bgp ipv6 neighbor

displays the mpls label capability negotiated with the BGP peer

show mpls forwarding-table

6PE labels are displayed with outgoing tag as Aggregate and
prefix as 6PE imposition

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6PE configuration
6CE

ipv6 cef
mpls label protocol ldp

6PE

Staticv6
RIPv6
ISISv6
eBGPv6

ip cef
mpls label protocol ldp
tag-switching tdp router-id
loopback0
!
interface Serial2/0
ip address 10.10.10.2
255.255.255.252
ip router isis
mpls label protocol ldp
tag-switching ip
!
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mpls ipv6 source-interface Loopback0

mpls ldp router-id loopback0

!
interface Loopback0
ip address 10.10.20.2 255.255.255.255
ipv6 address 2003::/64 eui-64
!
router bgp 100
no synchronization
no bgp default ipv4-unicast
bgp log-neighbor-changes
neighbor 10.10.20.1 remote-as 100
neighbor 10.10.20.1 update-source Loopback0
!
address-family ipv6
neighbor 10.10.20.1 activate

neighbor 10.10.20.1 send-label

redistribute connected
redistribute rip ripv6CE1
exit-address-family
!
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Show bgp ipv6 <ipv6-prefix>

Router> show bgp ipv6 2003:1:1:30::/64

BGP routing table entry for 2003:1:1:30::/64, version 2
Paths: (1 available, best #1, table Global-IPv6-Table)
Not advertised to any peer
Local
::FFFF:10.10.20.1 (metric 10) from 10.10.20.1 (192.168.254.1)
Origin incomplete, metric 0, localpref 100, valid,
internal, best

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Show bgp ipv6 neighbor

Router> show bgp ipv6 neighbors 10.10.20.1
BGP neighbor is 10.10.20.1, remote AS 100, internal link
BGP version 4, remote router ID 192.168.254.1
BGP state = Established, up for 00:04:07
Last read 00:00:07, hold time is 180,
Neighbor capabilities:
Route refresh: advertised and received(old & new)
Address family IPv6 Unicast: advertised and received
ipv6 MPLS Label capability: advertised and received
For address family: IPv6 Unicast
BGP table version 2, neighbor version 2
Index 1, Offset 0, Mask 0x2
Route refresh request: received 0, sent 0
Sending Prefix & Label
2 accepted prefixes consume 144 bytes
Prefix advertised 1, suppressed 0, withdrawn 0
Number of NLRIs in the update sent: max 1, min 0
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Show mpls forwarding-table

Router> show mpls forwarding-table

Local Outgoing
Prefix
tag
tag or VC
or Tunnel Id
16
16
10.10.20.4/32
17
Pop tag
10.10.10.0/30
18
Pop tag
10.10.20.3/32
19
18
10.10.40.0/30
20
19
10.10.20.2/32

Bytes tag
switched
0
0
0
0
0

21

2080

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Aggregate

IPv6

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Outgoing
interface
Se0/0
Se0/0
Se0/0
Se0/0
Se0/0

Next Hop
point2point
point2point
point2point
point2point
point2point

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Show ipv6 route

Router> show ipv6 route
IPv6 Routing Table - 4 entries
Codes: C - Connected, L - Local, S - Static, R - RIP, B - BGP
I1 - ISIS L1, I2 - ISIS L2, IA - ISIS interarea
B
2003:1:1:30::/64 [200/0]
via ::FFFF:10.10.20.1, IPv6-mpls
L
2003::205:32FF:FEC3:40E1/128 [0/0]
via ::, Loopback0
C
2003::/64 [0/0]
via ::, Loopback0
L
FE80::/64 [0/0]
via ::, Null0

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Agenda

IPv6 migration approaches enabled by

MPLS
6PE approach: IPv6 Provider Edge Router
over MPLS/IPv4
Cisco IOS 6PE configuration
Conclusions

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Conclusions
IPv6 migration does not need MPLS but,
where MPLS is deployed, it enables attractive
approaches for IPv6 migration
Cisco IPv6 and MPLS solutions provides the
broadest deployment scenario feature set
Ciscos 6PE is one such IPv6 migration approach
over IPv4 MPLS, which offers IPv6 deployment at
marginal cost/risk:
no upgrade/reconfig in IPv4/MPLS core
IPv6 simultaneously with IPv4, IPv4 VPNs, ATM,

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