MPLS Key Terms

MPLS Cheat Sheet RIB Routes to all destinations

FIB Best Routes
MPLS Key Terms LIB Labels to all destinations
RIB Routes to all destinations
LFIB Label of best routes’s
FIB Best Routes
LIB Labels to all destinations
LFIB Label of best routes’s
LSR (P) Label Switched Router, Service Provider Router
Edge LSR (PE) Service Provider Edge Router
FEC Forwarding Equivalent Class. Similar packets that can be
sent in similar way.
LSP Label Switched Path. Predetermined paths that mpls
works.
PHP Penultimate Hop Popping. Removing Label before PE to
reduce its work.
MPLS VPN L2 and L3 VPNs used MPLS infrastructure.
Control Plane Provide L3 routing information and Label Exchange.
Data Plane Provide Packet Forwarding based on IP and Labels.
Protocols used with MPLS
MPLS VPNs
IGP (OSPF, ISIS, EIGRP)
L2 VPN (VPWS,VPLS)
Label Distribution (LDP, RSVP-TE)
L3 VPN (VPRN)
For MPLS Services (MP-BGP, T-LDP) (on PEs only)

By Gokhan Kosem, www.ipcisco.com