Restrictions And Guidelines For Vpls; Vpls Configuration Task List - HP FlexNetwork 10500 Series Configuration Manual

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A primary and backup U-PW switchover is triggered by a command.

Restrictions and guidelines for VPLS

Follow these guidelines when you configure VPLS:
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On a PE, the customer-facing interfaces do not support STP. Make sure the interfaces do not
form loops. For more information about STP, see Layer 2—LAN Switching Configuration Guide.
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On a PE, the interface where the public tunnel for a PW is established cannot be a Layer 3
Ethernet subinterface or Layer 3 aggregate subinterface.
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VPLS is mutually exclusive with EVI and VXLAN. For more information about EVI and VXLAN,
see EVI Configuration Guide and VXLAN Configuration Guide.

VPLS configuration task list

To configure a VPLS network, perform the following tasks:
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Configure an IGP to ensure IP connectivity within the backbone.
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Configure basic MPLS, LDP, GRE, or MPLS TE to establish public tunnels on the backbone
network.
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Configure VPLS on PEs. For example, configure a VSI, establish a PW, and associate an AC
and a VSI.
This chapter describes only VPLS configurations on a PE. For information about other configurations,
see relevant configuration guides.
To configure VPLS on a PE, perform the following tasks:
Tasks at a glance
(Required.)
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(Required.)
Configuring a
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(Optional.)
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(Required.) Choose either of the following tasks to configure a PW:
Configuring a static PW
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Configuring an LDP PW
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Configuring a BGP PW
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Configuring a BGP auto-discovery LDP PW
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(Required.)
(Optional.) Configuring UPE dual
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Configuring static PW redundancy
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Configuring LDP PW redundancy
(Required.)
(Optional.) Enabling SNMP notifications for L2VPN PW
Enabling L2VPN
Configuring an Ethernet service instance
Configuring a VSI
PW:
Configuring a PW class
Binding an Ethernet service instance to a VSI
homing:
Configuring MAC address learning
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Remarks
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Choose a PW configuration
method depending on the
VPLS implementation.
In an H-VPLS using MPLS
access, do not perform this
task on the access NPEs of the
UPEs.
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