VPLS Packet Walkthrough
This section provides an example of VPLS processing of a customer packet sent across the
network
connected to PE-Router-C
1. PE-Router-A
a. Service packets arriving at PE-Router-A are associated with a VPLS service instance based
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(Figure
57) from site-A, which is connected to PE-Router-A, to site-B, which is
(Figure
LSP Full-mesh
PE A
B
B
IP/MPLS
Network
Figure 57: VPLS Service Architecture
(Figure
58)
on the combination of the physical port and the IEEE 802.1Q tag (VLAN-ID) in the packet.
58).
PE D
VPLS Service1
B
VPLS Service1
PE C
B
B
B
PE B
B
Virtual
Bridge
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