H12-891_V1-0 practice question 13 of 35

In an MPLS BGPVPN networking that does not enable MPLS penultimate hop pop-up technology. When the message reaches the last hop PE, the message has two layers of labels, and the two layers of label values can be the same.

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Answer options
A: TRUE Correct answer
B: FALSE
Correct Answer:
A. TRUE
Explanation

The statement is True. In an MPLS BGP VPN scenario without Penultimate Hop Popping (PHP), the penultimate P-router swaps the outer transport label and forwards the packet to the egress PE. The egress PE therefore receives the packet with two labels: the outer transport label and the inner VPN label. The outer label value is assigned by the egress PE for its loopback FEC and advertised to the penultimate P-router. The inner VPN label is assigned by the egress PE for the specific VPN prefix. These two labels are allocated from different contexts and label spaces. It is therefore possible, by coincidence, for them to have the same numerical value.

Why Incorrect

This is a True/False question, so there are no other options to evaluate. The statement is factually correct under the specified conditions.

References

1. Huawei HedEx Documentation, NE40E V800R010C10SPC500 MPLS Configuration Guide, Section "BGP/MPLS IP VPN Configuration" -> "Forwarding Process". This section details the label stack at each hop, showing that without PHP, the egress PE receives both the public (transport) and private (VPN) labels.

2. IETF RFC 4364, "BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)," Section 8, "Packet Forwarding". The RFC describes the packet containing a stack of two labels when it arrives at the egress PE from the penultimate hop router.

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