Virtual Private LAN Services
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When the disable-aging command is entered at the VPLS level, the disable-aging state of individual
SAPs will be ignored.
The no form of this command enables aging on the VPLS service.
Default no disable-aging
disable-learning
Syntax [no] disable-learning
Context config>service>vpls
config>service>pw-template
Description This command disables learning of new MAC addresses in the VPLS forwarding database (FDB) for
the service instance.
When disable-learning is enabled, new source MAC addresses will not be entered in the VPLS
service forwarding database.
When disable-learning is disabled, new source MAC addresses will be learned and entered into the
VPLS forwarding database.
This parameter is mainly used in conjunction with the discard-unknown command.
The no form of this command enables learning of MAC addresses.
Default no disable-learning (Normal MAC learning is enabled)
discard-unknown
Syntax [no] discard-unknown
Context config>service>vpls
Description By default, packets with unknown destination MAC addresses are flooded. If discard-unknown is
enabled at the VPLS level, packets with unknown destination MAC address will be dropped instead
(even when configured FIB size limits for VPLS or SAP are not yet reached).
The no form of this command allows flooding of packets with unknown destination MAC addresses
in the VPLS.
Default no discard-unknown — Packets with unknown destination MAC addresses are flooded.
endpoint
Syntax endpoint endpoint-name [create]
no endpoint
Context config>service>vpls
Description This command configures a service endpoint.