Vpls Features; Vpls Enhancements - Alcatel-Lucent 7210 SAS M Service Manual

VPLS Features

This section features:
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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:
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7210 SAS M Services Guide
VPLS Enhancements on page 251
VPLS and Spanning Tree Protocol on page 263
VPLS Access Redundancy on page 276
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.
Virtual Private LAN Services
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