MVPN Route types

In this blog article, we’re going to look at the various MVPN route types and in particular how they look on a Cisco IOS router.

BGP RT Constrained Route Distribution

BGP RT Constrained Route Distribution is described in RFC 4684 and provides a mechanism for MP-BGP peers to exchange RT (route target) information and automatically filter outbound route updates based on this information.

BGP Route Refresh Capability

In this blog post, we're going to talk about BGP route refresh capability and how this is affected by using the neighbor soft-reconfiguration feature on Cisco platforms.