Inter-AS VPN Option-A Overview

This chapter explain about Inter-AS VPN Option-A. Option A is the simplest of the options to inter-connect the ASBRs Option A has the following characteristics:

Each customer VRF requires either a physical interface or more likely a subinterface.
Each ASBR thinks the other is a CE.
One logical interface per VPN.
Link may use any supported PE-CE protocol.
Packets are sent unlabelled between the ASBRs.
The most secure and easy option to provision.
Does not scale well to a large number of VPNs.

Topology

Figure 25. InterAS-VPN Option-A