Summary
With the introduction of EIGRP and IS-IS protocols on the PE-CE links, Cisco Systems Inc. is now able to support all modern IP routing protocols within an MPLS VPN environment.
In addition to this, support for the OSPF protocol has been further enhanced so that the presence of backdoor backup links between customer sites no longer causes undesired effects. This is achieved through the use of sham-links that are configured between PE routers to which the customer sites that have backdoor links are connected, and the creation of routing adjacencies across these links.
The introduction of these new routing protocols is essential for the continued adoption of the MPLS VPN architecture and so that more complex customer routing topologies can ...
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