MPLS | Route Distinguisher vs Route Target

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MPLS | Route Distinguisher vs Route Target
This short video comprises important concepts and frequently asked interview questions about RDs and RTs in MPLS VPNs. I have tried to simplify them in terms of what RDs and RTs are, how do we configure them and why do we need them. Hope it will help network professionals in nailing service provider job interviews :)
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[@aymanmohamed3753]

Insightful and informative, thank you Ahmed Zeeshan.

[@OurTechPlanet]

Thanks, Ayman.
Just to update, this video is not uploaded by Ahmed Zeeshan :)
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[@ittraininggurus5442]

Brilliant initiative! Looking forward to more videos in the series :)

[@OurTechPlanet]

Thanks mate. Will upload more topics soon.

[@oritzhak8195]

amazing, the best video I`ve ever seen that explain RD and RT cleary. Thank you

[@OurTechPlanet]

Thanks mate. Glad to have helped :)

[@kapilalok]

Many times I got confused about these two, found them always complex. How smartly you cleared the doubt. Brilliant... 👍 🙏

[@OurTechPlanet]

Thanks mate. Glad to learn that it helped :)

[@DeshTVBD]

yes !! Top one

[@OurTechPlanet]

Glad to know that, thanks.

[@hamedmoradi1471]

How smart and simply you explained these two near concepts. many thanks👌🙏

[@OurTechPlanet]

Glad that it helped mate :)

[@Jun_Sp02]

Great content guy and Keep up with good work.

[@OurTechPlanet]

Thanks mate.

[@n3los]

what a great explaination. :) congratulations and thanks for a hard work you put on this video.

[@OurTechPlanet]

Thanks mate. Glad to learn that it helps :)

[@mahdiddx]

Great video!!!

[@OurTechPlanet]

Thanks mate.

[@doodaenterprisespvtltd.8321]

Excellent explanation !

[@OurTechPlanet]

Thanks mate :)

[@dr.anthonyhu6497]

It is useful for anyone who is interested in RD and RT.

[@OurTechPlanet]

Thanks, Anthony.

[@briandsouza1550]

Thank you for this!

[@OurTechPlanet]

Glad to have helped mate :)

[@namratapal710]

Well explained, Thank you!

[@OurTechPlanet]

Thanks. Glad to have helped :)

[@sajidrao1741]

what a great explanation. keep up the good work 👏

[@OurTechPlanet]

Thanks, Sajid.

[@chanpreetmangera2820]

Awesome work

[@OurTechPlanet]

Thanks!

[@sanjayprima]

Excellent Explanation in such a short video to understand the Basics of RD/RT . Awesome . Thanks . Keep it up .
Pls make a video for practical with 4-5 vrfs

[@OurTechPlanet]

Thanks Sanjay. Sure, will try to do it soon.

[@godlcutiepie8692]

Best video ever made

[@OurTechPlanet]

Thanks a lot for your kind words :)

[@abediy759]

Simple explanation, thank you for this

[@OurTechPlanet]

Thanks. Glad that it helped :)

[@gwsamanbs]

Nicely explained. Great job.

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Thanks, Saman :)

[@kofo757]

Awesome explanation

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Thanks :)

[@manikumarkothapalli996]

Thank you for your great video 😍

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You are welcome mate :)

[@montyloyola2766]

thanks for the videos

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You are welcome, Monty.

[@rockinron5113]

Great. Thanks.

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You are welcome mate.

[@Vogellibero]

Excellent man

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Thanks mate.

[@sambasiva0750]

Thank you ❤

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Welcome!

[@mikkio5371]

Thank you

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You are welcome.

[@umairmkhalid]

JZK very well explained :)

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Thanks :)

[@xuyuan123]

helpful video man

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Glad that it helped :)

[@deependraraghuvanshi1294]

Good bro

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Thanks :)

[@Aloysa]

I Like It

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Thanks.

[@SanDiegoSalesAcademycom]

Good+

[@OurTechPlanet]

Thanks mate.

[@anilbhola8178]

Should you clear what happened with RD at peer router.. suppose Rd tagged with route and passed through mpls cloud and reached at peer where customer other site has connected.
What happened with RD value.
Is it removed?

[@OurTechPlanet]

RD is a 64-bit identifier that gets appended to an IP address in the MPLS cloud only so that the 96-bit VPNv4 address becomes unique.

[@abdumka]

can a export router target be used instead of rd? I don't see why we need both a rd and export rt.

[@OurTechPlanet]

RD and RT are used for different purposes in an MPLS VPN. The RD is responsible for keeping all prefixes unique in the BGP table whereas the RT is used to exchange routes b/w VRFs.
The RT export gets attached to routes that we advertise to other PE routers. When a PE receives a route from another PE, it compares RT values attached to it against RT import for its VRFs so as to accept or reject routes. Hope this clears the confusion :)

[@sliddjur]

@@OurTechPlanet So basically every PE router should have its unique RD per VRF? But can two different PE routers have the same RD for a customers VRF?

[@artkyger3425]

So the RD 1:1 and 2:2 are just arbitrary numbers? Could be 8:8 and 4:4 ?

[@OurTechPlanet]

Yes, can be an arbitrary number as long as it remains unique for each VPN/customer. For convenience, the common RD format is ASN:xx

[@artkyger3425]

@@OurTechPlanet Thank you, that clears it up for me then