Alcatel-Lucent 6850-48 Reference Guide

Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Commands

OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide

page 26-37

Enables or disables the sending of a MAC flush message when a port or Service Access Point (SAP) asso-
ciated with the VPLS goes down.

configure service vpls service-id [customer customer-id] send-flush-on-failure

configure service no vpls service-id [customer customer-id] no send-flush-on-failure 

An existing VPLS ID number.

Optional. A customer ID number associated with the specified service 
ID number.

By default, the sending of a MAC flush message on failure is disabled.

OmniSwitch 9000E

• Use the no form of this command to disable sending of MAC flush messages. 

• Specifying the customer ID associated with this VPLS is not required when using this command. 

However, if the customer ID specified is not the one associated with the VPLS, the command is not 
allowed.

• This functionality provides an LDP-based mechanism for recovering a physical link failure in a dual-

homed connection to a VPLS service. 

-> configure service vpls 10 send-flush-on-failure

-> configure service vpls 10 customer 10 send-flush-on-failure

-> configure service vpls 10 no send-flush-on-failure

Release 6.4.2; command was introduced.