Brocade Multi-Service IronWare Multiprotocol Label Switch (MPLS) Configuration Guide (Supporting R05.6.00) User Manual
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Liberal bypass selection and liberal dynamic bypass
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The following diagram illustrates the difference between node protection and link protection with
merge point other than next hop:
FIGURE 39
Protected
LSP Head
PLR
MP
Protected
LSP Tail
Node
A
Node
B
Node
C
Node
D
Node
G
Node
E
X
Link
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Facility Protected LSP
Protected LSP used Links -
protected interface.
Bypass LSP Path
Backup path from PLR to MP
True node protection
True node protection
The bypass LSP provides link protection which does not need to bypass node C:
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