Configuring VPLS Configuring VPLS Services
OmniSwitch AOS Release 6 Network Configuration Guide September 2009 page 11-15
Configuring VPLS Services
Configuring a Virtual Private LAN Service requires several steps. These steps are outlined here and
further described throughout this section. For a tutorial on configuring a VPLS service, see “Quick Steps
for Configuring VPLS” on page 11-4 and the “VPLS Configuration Example” on page 11-26.
1 Create a customer account. Specifying a customer account ID is required at the time a service is
created. See “Configuring Customer Accounts” on page 11-15.
2 Create Service Distribution Points (SDPs). A SDP provides a logical service tunnel through which
traffic is directed from one PE to another PE. Configuring SDPs provides the foundation on which
services are carried through the IP/MPLS core network. See “Configuring Service Distribution Points
(SDPs)” on page 11-16.
3 Create a service. Configure a service to carry customer traffic through the provider network. The
service is associated with a customer ID at the time the service is created. Subsequently, the service is
bound to a SAP to receive customer traffic and bound to a SDP that will distribute that traffic through the
provider network. “Creating a VPLS Service” on page 11-19.
4 Bind services to SDPs. Once a service is created, it is then bound to an SDP. This implementation
supports mesh-SDP bindings. Spoke binding are not supported. See “Binding Services to SDPs” on
page 11-20.
5 Configure access ports. By default, a switch port is considered a network port when MPLS is active
on the switch. However, customer-facing ports (referred to as access ports) are required to identify which
ports will receive customer traffic and the type of traffic to direct to a specific service. See “Configuring
Service Access Ports” on page 11-22.
6 Configure access port profiles. A default port profile is automatically assigned to an access port.
Profile attributes determine how Layer 2 control frames received on the port are processed. It is only
necessary to configure a new profile if the default attribute values are not sufficient. See “Configuring
Layer 2 Profiles for Access Ports” on page 11-22.
7 Create Service Access Points (SAP). A SAP binds an access port to a service and specifies an encap-
sulation value that is used to identify the type of customer traffic to map to the associated service. A SAP
is associated with a service at the time the SAP is created. See “Configuring Service Access Points
(SAPs)” on page 11-21.
Configuring Customer Accounts
The basic component of a customer account is the customer ID, which is assigned when the account is
created. Associating a customer ID with a VPLS service is required at the time the service is created.
To create a customer account, use the configure service customer create command and specify an ID
number. For example:
-> configure service customer 10 create
Although the customer ID is the only required component of an account, the following commands are
available for configuring optional account parameters:
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