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Configuring VPLS

Configuring VPLS Services

OmniSwitch AOS Release 6 Network Configuration Guide

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Configuring a Virtual Private LAN Service requires several steps. These steps are outlined here and 
further described throughout this section. For a tutorial on configuring a VPLS service, see 

 and the 

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1 Create a customer account. Specifying a customer account ID is required at the time a service is 
created. See 

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2 Create Service Distribution Points (SDPs). A SDP provides a logical service tunnel through which 
traffic is directed from one PE to another PE. Configuring SDPs provides the foundation on which 
services are carried through the IP/MPLS core network. See 

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3 Create a service. Configure a service to carry customer traffic through the provider network. The 
service is associated with a customer ID at the time the service is created. Subsequently, the service is 
bound to a SAP to receive customer traffic and bound to a SDP that will distribute that traffic through the 
provider network. 

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4 Bind services to SDPs. Once a service is created, it is then bound to an SDP. This implementation 
supports mesh-SDP bindings. Spoke binding are not supported. See 

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5 Configure access ports. By default, a switch port is considered a network port when MPLS is active 
on the switch. However, customer-facing ports (referred to as access ports) are required to identify which 
ports will receive customer traffic and the type of traffic to direct to a specific service. See 

6 Configure access port profiles. A default port profile is automatically assigned to an access port. 
Profile attributes determine how Layer 2 control frames received on the port are processed. It is only 
necessary to configure a new profile if the default attribute values are not sufficient. See 

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7 Create Service Access Points (SAP). A SAP binds an access port to a service and specifies an encap-
sulation value that is used to identify the type of customer traffic to map to the associated service. A SAP 
is associated with a service at the time the SAP is created. See 

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The basic component of a customer account is the customer ID, which is assigned when the account is 
created. Associating a customer ID with a VPLS service is required at the time the service is created.

To create a customer account, use the 

 command and specify an ID 

number. For example:

-> configure service customer 10 create

Although the customer ID is the only required component of an account, the following commands are 
available for configuring optional account parameters: