Connecting IPv6 Islands with IPv4 MPLS Terms and Acronyms

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D

dual-stack BGP (DS-BGP)

A router that processes IPv4 and IPv6 packets in a BGP-connected network.

M

Multiprotocol BGP (MP-BGP)

A router enabled for MP-BGP processes packets from a variety of protocols in a BGP-connected network.

S

Subsequent Address Family Identifier (SAFI)

A field in Multiprotocol BGP messages that identifies MPLS network layer reachability information (NLRI). Common values include 1 (unicast), 2 (multicast), and 4 (MPLS label).