VPLS parameters

VPLS parameters overview

This section describes the parameters on the VPLS creation form and child forms.

Note: This section also describes parameters common to the Service Template form and child forms. Service templates are intended for use in the NFM-P GUI. Nokia does not recommend using the XML API XML classes and methods associated with service templates.

Clear Forced Switchover

The Clear Forced Switchover button allows you to clear a manual switchover from a redundant spoke SDP binding back to an active spoke SDP binding that was previously initiated by using the Force Switchover button. You must clear any such manually forced switchovers by using the Clear Forced Switchover button after the active spoke SDP binding has been restored. The system does not switch over automatically to other active spoke SDP bindings if this is not done, even if the redundant spoke SDP binding subsequently goes down.

The Active State read-only display indicates the change in status for the SDP binding when you press the Clear Forced Switchover button.

Disable Revert Time (Infinite)

The Disable Revert Time (Infinite) parameter specifies whether or not to disable the Revert Time (seconds) parameter indefinitely.

The options are:

• enabled

• disabled (default)

Enable

The Enable parameter specifies whether to enable or disable the configurability of the Enable Lease Populate parameter. The parameter is configurable when the Snooping parameter is enabled.

The options are:

• enabled

• disabled (default)

When the parameter is enabled, you can configure the Enable Lease Populate parameter. Disabling the parameter is equivalent to configuring the Enable Lease Populate parameter with a value of 0.

Force Switchover

The Force Switchover button allows you to force a switchover of the active SDP binding to a redundant SDP binding under an endpoint of the VPLS. When you do this, the redundant SDP binding becomes active and the Active State indicator displays the status change.

Note: You must clear a manually forced switchover using the Clear Forced Switchover button after the active spoke SDP binding is restored. The NFM-P is unable to switch automatically to other active spoke SDP bindings if this is not done, even if the redundant spoke SDP binding subsequently goes down.

Maximum Number of Sources

The Maximum Number of Sources parameter specifies the maximum number of IGMP sources in each group that can be statically or dynamically learned. The default for all devices is 0, which means that no limit is imposed. Reducing the value of the parameter below the number of learned sources does not remove already-learned sources, but does prevent new sources from being learned. The range is 0 to 1000.