Vpls Support In Ridgeline; Viewing Vpls Information - Extreme Networks Ridgeline Guide Manual

This results in a significant reduction in the number of pseudo wires that need to be established and
maintained. For example, a 10 core PE network with 50 MTU devices per core PE requires almost
260,000 pseudo wires using a fully meshed VPLS design. A hierarchical VPLS design requires only 590
pseudo wires.

VPLS Support in Ridgeline

Using Ridgeline, you can configure and monitor both fully meshed and hierarchical VPLS domains.
Ridgeline queries managed devices, discovering their roles (if any) in VPLS domains. Information about
discovered VPLS domains can be displayed in Network Views, along with a visual representation of the
role of each device in the network.
In Ridgeline maps, you can display overlay views of LSPs, pseudo wires, and VPLS domains. Using
Ridgeline scripts, you can configure VPLS domains and add peer devices to them.
Ridgeline provides detailed information about the status of the VPLS domain, its component services,
peer devices, and pseudo wires. You can show the outer transport path of a pseudo wire in a VPLS
domain, as well as the LSP in use by a pseudo wires in a VPLS domain. You can select a device and
show information about its peers in a given VPLS domain.
NOTE
For additional details about VPLS, see the ExtremeXOS Concepts Guide.

Viewing VPLS Information

To view information about VPLS domains discovered in Ridgeline, click a device group or the All map
or All table group under the Network Views folder, then click the VPLS tab. A table listing the VPLS
domains in the group is displayed, as shown in
Ridgeline Concepts and Solutions Guide
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