Alcatel-Lucent 7210 SAS-X - VPLS Features; VPLS Enhancements

Virtual Private LAN Services
7210 SAS-X, R6 OS Services Guide Page 237
VPLS Features
This section features:
• VPLS Enhancements on page 237
• VPLS and Spanning Tree Protocol on page 248
• VPLS Access Redundancy on page 261
VPLS Enhancements
Alcatel-Lucent’s VPLS implementation includes several enhancements beyond basic VPN
connectivity. The following VPLS features can be configured individually for each VPLS service
instance:
• Extensive MAC and IP filter support (up to Layer 4). Filters can be applied on a per SAP
basis.
• Forwarding Information Base (FIB) management features including:
→ Configurable FIB size limit
→ FIB size alarms
→ MAC learning disable
→ Discard unknown
→ Separate aging timers for locally and remotely learned MAC addresses.
• Ingress rate limiting for broadcast, multicast, and destination unknown flooding on a per
SAP basis.
• Implementation of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) parameters on a per VPLS, per SAP and
per spoke SDP basis.
• Optional SAP and/or spoke SDP redundancy to protect against node failure.
• IGMP snooping on a per-SAP and SDP basis.