In OSPF, you can configure shortcuts, which allow OSPF to use an LSP as the next hop as if it were a logical interface from the ingress router to the egress router. The address specified on the to statement at the [edit protocols mpls label-switched-path lsp-path-name] hierarchy level must match the router ID of the egress router for the LSP to function as a direct link to the egress router and to be used as input to OSPF SPF calculations. When used in this way, LSPs are no different than Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Frame Relay virtual circuits (VCs), except that LSPs carry only IPv4 traffic.
![]() |
Note: Whenever possible, use OSPF IGP shortcuts instead of traffic engineering shortcuts. |