Total Access 5000 Business Services Deployment Guide
Provisioning Steps
To create an EVC, complete the following procedure:
1. From the Enable prompt, type configure terminal , and press E
2. From the Global Configuration prompt, type evc WORD , and press E
This creates the EVC and enables the EVC Configuration prompt.
Configure the EVC
The MEN port and S‐tag must be configured for the EVC. To configure the Metro Ethernet
Network and S‐tag, complete the following procedure:
1. From the EVC Configuration prompt, type connect men-port efm-group 1/0/1 , and
2. From the EVC Configuration prompt, set the S‐tag by typing s-tag <2-4094> , and
NOTE
The NetVanta 838 S‐tag must match the S‐tag provisioned in the Total Access
5000 for this bonding group. If the S‐tag is not configured at the Total Access
5000, the EVC will not go running.
3. By default, CE VLAN Preservation is enabled. To disable,type no preserve-ce-vlan ,
4. By default, the new EVC is disabled. Enable the new EVC by typing no shutdown , and
5. Type exit and press E
6. Type exit and press E
7. To save the changes in non‐volatile memory, type write , and press E
8. View the new EVC by typing show evc WORD , and press E
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bal Configuration prompt.
EVC.
The WORD attribute is an arbitrary string that is used to identify the EVC within the
MEN. The value must be unique across all EVCs defined in the NetVanta 838, and is
intended for management and control purposes. The value is not carried in any field in
the Ethernet frame.
press E
to set the MEN‐port as an EFM bonding group of the NetVanta 838.
NTER
This attribute is the logical interface connected to the MEN. The possible options consist
of the Ethernet port(s) and bonding group(s) available on the NetVanta 838. In typical
configurations, the MEN port is specified as a bonding group.
press E
NTER
.
This attribute is the VLAN ID associated with the EVC tag.
and press E
NTER
.
If CE VLAN Preservation is enabled, the NetVanta preserves the customer's VLAN tag
for traffic entering the NetVanta. It stacks the service provider tag on top of the customer
tag. If it is disabled, the customer VLAN tag is stripped before the service provider tag is
added to the traffic.
If CE VLAN Preservation is disabled, the customer tag is added back onto traffic
egressing to the customer.
press E
.
NTER
NTER
NTER
to return to the Global Configuration prompt.
to return to the Enable prompt.
NTER
to access the Glo‐
NTER
to create an
.
NTER
NTER
.
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