Overlay transport Virtualisation

shrikardange · ‎07-21-2009

Hi,

I was asked by my client to have L2 network spread over L3. I am aware of the VPLS stuff. It will be great help if somebody can guide me to the subject line technology documentation for cisco products.

The bried decription about OTV:

A method and system described herein support Layer 2 (L2) and Layer 3 (L3) virtual private networks (VPNs) over a L2 or Layer 3 (L3) infrastructure. The method and system are referred to herein as Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) since they provide an "overlay" method of doing virtualization versus traditional "in-the-network" type systems, in which multiple routing and forwarding tables are maintained in every device between a source and a destination.

Thnks in advance,

SHRI :)

shrikardange · ‎07-22-2009

anybody?

Laurent Aubert · ‎07-24-2009

Hi,

VPLS allows you to extend broadcast domain over a L3 network. It's based on MPLS technology.

If you want only pt-2-pt connection, you can use AToM:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6603/prod_white_papers_list.html

If your backbone is not MPLS aware, you can use L2TPv3 instead for pt-2-pt connection:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_0s/feature/guide/l2tpv30s.html

HTH

Laurent.