Re: [mpls-linux-general] activate label

[James R. L. <jl...@mi...>]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 04:20:50PM +0530, rameshv wrote:
> hi,
> 
> what is meant by activating label, active connection, backup connection ?

I believe you are referring to the difference between allocating and
activating.  Allocation is done in the signaling layer.  Typically
activation of a label means to install it into the forwarding plane.  For
example RSVP-TE could signal a backup LSP, meaning allocate and distribute
labels for the LSP, but it would only install the labels into the forwarding
plane (activate) when the primary LSP fails.

(note that the above is a contrived example, all deployed implementations
of RSVP-TE that signal backup LSPs install them into forwarding plane prior
to the failure of the primary LSP)

> any help is appreciated
> 
> regards
> ramesh
> 
> 
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