MAP-E refers to
Mapping of Address and Port Encapsulation (MAP-E). The MAP-E feature enables
you to configure mapping rules for translation between IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
Each mapping of address and port using MAP-E domain uses a different mapping
rule. A MAP-E configuration comprises of one basic mapping rule (BMR), one
default mapping rule (DMR), and one or more forwarding mapping rules (FMRs) for
each MAP-E domain.
A BMR configures the MAP IPv6 address or prefix. You can configure only one BMR per IPv6 prefix. The MAP-E CE uses the BMR
to configure itself with an IPv4 address, an IPv4 prefix, or a shared IPv4 address from an IPv6 prefix. A BMR can also be
used for forwarding packets in such scenarios where an IPv4 source address and source port are mapped into an IPv6 address/prefix.
Every MAP-E node (CE device is a MAP-E node) must be provisioned with a BMR. The BMR prefix along with the port parameter
is used as tunnel source address. You can use the port-parameters command to configure port parameters for the MAP-E BMR.
A DMR prefix which matches with the interface address is recognized as hosts and a DMR prefix with a prefix length of 128
is recognized as the tunnel source address. A border relay IPv6 address is used as the tunnel destination address.
When you boot up a Customer Edge (CE) device for the first time, the CE sends an HTTP request to the rule server to acquire
the MAP-E rules. After the CE receives the MAP-E rules, it saves a copy of the rules in a persistent storage, such as bootflash.
When you reboot the router subsequently, the CE then detects the copy of MAP-E rules in the bootflash, so it does not send
the HTTP request immediately. For a fixed IP in IP, the CE sends the request to the rule server only after the Dynamic Domain
Name System (DDNS) reply is successfully received from the address resolution server.
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In a fixed IP in IP, the IP in IP tunnel interface is used instead of a NAT64 configuration. Use the nat64 provisioning mode command to enable the tunnel interface.
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