Cisco ASR 9000 Series

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The size of the TFTP boot packets are 1400 bytes. All the MPLS-LDP links must support the transmission
of the TFTP packets or the Rack 1 will not boot due to TFTP timeout on Rack 1.
Configuring Intermediate L2 Cloud
Configure the following to enable ICLs in the Cluster setup to be available across the L2 network:
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Two ASR 9000 routers that run MPLS LDP across the central link (2 10 GE links).
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ICL connected to routers on 1G ports that are configured as L2 interfaces.
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XConnect to direct all the ICL traffic from the 1G ports on the L2 interfaces to the MPLS/LDP link,
thereby creating a pseudo wire for each ICL link.
The figure shows a logical representation of the recommended EoMPLS PW EOBC L2 network.
The figure shows a physical representation of the recommended EoMPLS PW EOBC L2 network.
Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router nV System Configuration Guide, Release 5.3.x
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Configuring the nV Edge System on the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Router
Configuring Intermediate L2 Cloud