Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6850-48 - Quick Steps for Configuring VPLS

Quick Steps for Configuring VPLS Configuring VPLS
page 11-4 OmniSwitch AOS Release 6 Network Configuration Guide September 2009
Quick Steps for Configuring VPLS
The quick steps described in this section are based on the assumption that an IP/MPLS transport network
is already in place (see Chapter 10, “Configuring MPLS,” for more information).
VPLS is a distributed service that consists of
The following steps provide a quick tutorial for configuring a VPLS service:
1 Create a customer account using the configure service customer create command. For example:
-> configure service customer 10 create
2 Optional. Configure a description for the customer account using the configure service customer
description command. For example:
-> configure service customer 10 description “Customer A”
3 Optional. Configure contact information for the customer account using the configure service
customer contact command. For example:
-> configure service customer 10 contact “Thomas Smith - Tech Support”
4 Optional. Configure a contact phone number for the customer account using the configure service
customer phone command. For example:
-> configure service customer 10 phone “818-444-1234”
5 Create a Service Distribution Point (SDP) using the configure service sdp create command. For
example:
-> configure service sdp 10 create
6 Optional. Configure a description for the SDP using the configure service sdp description command.
For example:
-> configure service sdp 10 description “R3-to-R4”
7 Associate a SDP with a remote router using the configure service sdp far-end command and specify-
ing the system (Loopback0) IP address of the far-end router. For example:
-> configure service sdp 10 far-end 10.10.10.1
Note that once a far-end address is specified for the SDP, a service tunnel instance is created between the
local and remote routers. A return SDP tunnel is required from the remote router to the local router, as SDP
tunnels are uni-directional.
8 By default, the administrative status of the SDP is disabled. To enable the SDP, use the configure
service sdp shutdown command with the no shutdown option. For example:
-> configure service sdp 10 no shutdown
9 If the SDP is going to use Label Switched Paths (LSPs) generated by the Label Distribution Protocol
(LDP), enable LDP for the SDP using the configure service sdp ldp command and skip to Step 12. For
example:
-> configure service sdp 10 ldp