Configuring the LDP Entropy Label Capability

The entropy label can be used to improve load balancing in traffic forwarding.

Usage Scenario

With the increasing growth of user networks and the extending scope of network services, load-balancing techniques are used to improve bandwidth between nodes. A great amount of traffic results in load imbalance on transit nodes. To address this problem, the entropy label capability can be configured to improve load balancing.

Entropy label applies to LDP as public network tunnel in the service scenarios such as IPv4/IPv6 over LDP, L3VPNv4/v6 over LDP, VPLS/VPWS over LDP, and EVPN over LDP.

Configuring an LSR to Deeply Parse IP Packets: This section describes how to enable an LSR to deeply parse IP packets.

Configuring an LDP Entropy Label on the Ingress of an LSP: An LDP entropy label can be configured on the ingress of an LSP to load-balance traffic.

Enabling the Entropy Label Capability on the Egress of an LSP: The entropy label capability can be configured on the egress of an LSP to load-balance traffic.

Verifying the Configuration of the LDP Entropy Label Capability: After configuring LDP entropy label capability, you can check entropy label information.