Procedure 17-2.8: Configure pseudowire (PWE)

- Overview

Use this procedure to configure the pseudowire name and parameters.

A minimum set of parameters must be configured to enable the Pseudowire:

  • outlabel using command outlabel <label-value>.

  • inlabel using command inlabel <label-value>.

Refer to the Alcatel-Lucent 1850 Transport Service Switch (TSS-5) Command Line Interface Guide, for help on using CLI commands.

Step
 
1

If required, login to the VLNC6x.

Result:

The User EXEC prompt [(ALU switching)>] displays.


2

Enter the Global Config mode:

  1. From the User EXEC prompt, enter enable to enter the Privileged EXEC mode.

  2. From the Privileged EXEC prompt, enter config to enter the Global Config mode.


3

From the Global Config Mode, enter the pseudowire <name> command to enter the Pseudowire Config Mode where <name> is a 1 to 31 alphanumeric character string which creates the pseudowire name if not already existing.

Example: (ALU Switching) (Config)# pseudowire tdmpwe1.


4

Specify an inlabel and outlabel with which incoming and outgoing Ethernet frames for this Pseudowire are identified. Note that the inlabel/outlabel at one end is the outlabel/inlabel at the other end.

  • From the Pseudowire Config Mode, enter inlabel <label-value> where label-value is a value in the range of 16-1048575.

    Example: (ALU Switching) (Config-tdmpwe1)# inlabel 20.

  • From the Pseudowire Config Mode, enter outlabel <label-value> where label-value is a value in the range of 16-1048575.

    Example: (ALU Switching) (Config-tdmpwe1)# outlabel 10.

The inlabel/outlabel label-value cannot be the same as any label-value used for another Pseudowire on the same circuit pack. The label values 0-15 are reserved by the IETF standard.


5

If the RTP header is not required to be transmitted, disable the RTP header using the command no rtp-header. Note that differential timing recovery is not possible on the T1/E1 signal at the remote site when the RTP header is disabled.


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