To create a VPLS or MVPLS L2 access interface

CAUTION 

CAUTION

Service Disruption

The creation of a SAP that uses the same port and encapsulation values as an existing inactive MSAP fails under the following conditions:

Nokia recommends that you delete an inactive MSAP from the NFM-P if you need to create a regular SAP on the same port using the same encapsulation values.

Note: If 7210 SAS-D, 7210 SAS-E, or 7210 SAS-K sites are connected in a ring network, you must configure an uplink SAP between each pair of sites.

Steps
 
1 

Choose Manage→Service→Services from the NFM-P main menu. The Manage Services form opens.

2 

Choose a VPLS and click Properties. The VPLS Service (Edit) form opens.

3 

On the service tree, expand the site to which you want to add the access interface.

For information on adding a GNE service interface to a VPLS service, see To configure a GNE site on a VPLS service .

4 

Right-click on L2 Access Interfaces and choose Create VPLS L2 Access Interface. The VPLS L2 Access Interface (Create) form opens.

5 

Configure the required parameters.

If you set the SAP Sub Type parameter to Regular, go to Step 10 .

If you set the SAP Sub Type parameter to Capture, the VPLS L2 Access Interface (Create) form refreshes to allow the configuration of the Capture SAP. To create a Capture SAP, see To configure a capture SAP .

6 

Select an SHG for the interface in the Split Horizon Group panel.

Note: You must configure an SHG or residential SHG for a VPLS if you plan to create a spoke circuit from this VPLS site to a VLL or another VPLS.

7 

Select an application profile for the L2 access interface.

8 

To associate an AA transit prefix policy with the L2 access interface, select a transit prefix policy in the Transit Prefix Policy panel.

Note: To bind a transit policy to an access interface, a port must already exist on the interface.

You can bind a transit policy to only one access interface or spoke SDP binding per NE.

The transit policy and the application profile must belong to the same application assurance group or partition.

9 

To associate a host lockout policy with the L2 access interface, select a host lockout policy in the Host Lockout panel.

10 

Select an operational group for the L2 access interface to join as a member. To select an operational group for the L2 access interface to monitor, go to Step 11 .

11 

Select an operational group for the L2 access interface to monitor.

12 

Click on the Port tab and select a port for the L2 access interface.

Note: The form lists only ports in access or hybrid mode. To choose a port that is not listed, you must set the Mode parameter for the port to Access or Hybrid. After you do this, the port is listed when you click Search.

If you select an Ethernet Tunnel Endpoint, the Port form is refreshed and an Ethernet Tunnel tab is added.

If you are configuring a VLAN range SAP, you must choose a port with dot1q encapsulation type.

If you select the private port of an ISA tunnel, an L2TPV3 tab is added. On the L2TPV3 tab, select VPRN or Base Router in the Router ID parameter and enter the Tunnel Group name.

13 

Configure the required parameters.

When the selected port uses dot1q encapsulation, you can enable the Auto-Assign ID parameter to have the Outer Encapsulation Value parameter automatically assigned. If you choose this, the system assigns the lowest unused encapsulation value.

You can set the Auto-Assign ID parameter to be the default parameter for dot1q encapsulation by enabling the Access Interface Encap Value (Dot1q only) parameter in the User Preferences form. Choose Application→ User Preferences from the main menu.

If the port you have chosen is an Ethernet Tunnel Endpoint, you will be able to set the Outer Encapsulation Value to 8191. This automatically enables the Ethernet Tunnel Endpoint Control SAP parameter.

SAP types X.0 and X.* as well as SAP types *.null and *.* can be configured on the same Q in Q port. You must enable the Enable Q in Q Untagged Sap parameter on the NE which allows the creation of the following default SAP types:

  • The SAP type *.null functions as a default SAP for single-tagged frames on a Q in Q port. This SAP accepts single tags in the range 0 to 4095 as well as untagged traffic.

  • The SAP type *.* functions as a default SAP for double-tagged frames on a Q in Q port. This SAP accepts untagged, single-tagged, and double-tagged frames with tags in the range 0 to 4095.

See To enable a Q in Q untagged SAP on an NE for more information.

If you are configuring the port for an L2 Access Interface in a Control VPLS for an Ethernet ring, the Outer Encapsulation Value and Inner Encapsulation Value parameters for the port in each L2 Access Interface must have the same value as the R-APS Tag (Outer Encapsulation Value) and R-APS Tag (Inner Encapsulation Value) respectively, that you use for the particular path endpoint. This defines the interface as a Control SAP for the Ethernet ring. See To create an Ethernet G.8032 ring for additional information.

The Inner Encapsulation Value is configurable only when the port is an Ethernet or frame relay port with Q in Q encapsulation.

The Outer Encapsulation Value (VPI) and Inner Encapsulation Value (VCI) parameters are configurable only when the port is an ATM port.

14 

If a VLAN Connection Profile policy was created and you want to use it for a VPLS service, configure the parameters in the VLAN Connection Profile panel on the Port tab. See Chapter 62, VLAN Connection Profile policies for details.

15 

To configure VLAN ranges on a 7210 SAS:

  1. Enable the VLAN Range SAP parameter.

    You can configure the VLAN Range SAP parameter only when the SAP Type parameter is set to dot1q-range. See To configure a VPLS site .

  2. Select a VLAN range.

    For more information about VLAN ranges for the 7210 SAS, including restrictions, see Chapter 63, Connection profile policies . See To configure a VLAN range for a 7210 SAS VPLS or VLL Epipe service for information about how to create a connection profile.

16 

Configure the required parameters.

If the port you have chosen is an Ethernet port and uses ATM, dot1q or QinQ encapsulation, you can enable ingress VLAN translation.

17 

Configure the Ethernet Tunnel Endpoint Control SAP parameter.

Enabling the Ethernet Tunnel Endpoint Control SAP parameter creates the control L2 Access Interface (also known as a Control SAP). It also automatically sets the value of the Outer Encapsulation Value parameter to 8191.

If you are currently creating a same-fate SAP or an L2 Access Interface for an Ethernet ring, the Ethernet Tunnel Endpoint Control SAP parameter must not be enabled.

18 

If you are creating this L2 Access Interface for the Control VPLS of an Ethernet ring or for a data service using the ring, configure the ID parameter in the Ethernet Ring Element section to select the required Ethernet Ring Element. See To configure an Ethernet Ring Element for additional information.

19 

If you are creating an VPLS and use dot1q or QinQ encapsulation, you can enable ingress VLAN translation. Configure the required parameters in the QinQ VLAN Translation panel.

20 

Depending on the port that you have chosen, the Egress Multicast Group tab is configurable.

  1. Click on the Egress Multicast Group tab.

  2. Select an Egress Multicast Group.

    Only EMGs that have the same egress filter and encapsulation type as the interface are listed.

21 

Configure the Enable Split Horizon parameter.

Note: If you are configuring the control SAP for a 7210 SAS-M (in Access Uplink mode) to be used as an interconnected NE in an Ethernet sub-ring, you must enable the Enable Split Horizon parameter.

22 

For QTag Manipulation on the 7250 IXR, configure the parameters in the QTag Manipulation panel.

For the Ingress Action parameter, when you select the Push Outer or Replace Outer option, the Outer Tag parameter is available. You must configure the Outer Tag parameter.

If required, click Reset to restore the default values.

23 

To assign ingress and egress ACL filters to the interface:

  1. Click on the ACL tab.

    Note:

    When you assign ACL filters on a 7210 SAS, you must configure the system resource profile appropriately. See System resource profile in 7210 SAS for more information.

  2. Select the required ACL filter policies.

24 

To assign an accounting policy to the interface:

  1. Click on the Accounting tab.

  2. Select an accounting policy.

  3. Configure the required parameters.

    Collect Egress Queue Statistics parameter can be configured only during service creation.

25 

To assign a virtual port to the interface:

  1. Click on the Virtual Port Name tab.

  2. Configure the required parameters.

26 

To assign a time of day suite to the interface.

  1. Click on the TOD Suite tab.

  2. Select a Time Of Day Suite.

    Note:

    You cannot assign a ToD suite to a L2 access interface if accounting statistics collection is enabled on the L2 access interface. You must first disable the Collect Accounting Statistics parameter in Step 24 .

    SapEgrQosPlcyStats and SapIngQosPlcyStats statistics will only be collected if a Time Of Day Suite is applied on the SAP.

27 

The ATM tab is configurable when the interface port is an ATM port. To specify OAM functionality and assign ingress and egress ATM policies to the interface:

  1. Click on the ATM tab.

  2. Configure the required parameters.

  3. Select an ingress ATM policy in the Ingress ATM Policy panel.

  4. Select an egress ATM policy in the Egress ATM Policy panel.

28 

To configure policy overrides.

  1. Click on the Override Policy Items tab.

    Note:

    The Override Policy Items tab contains a number of tabs. However, the tabs that are displayed depend on the port type that you have chosen for this interface.

    • If you configured a non-HSMDA port, the Access Ingress Queues, Access Egress Queues, Ingress Policer, and Egress Policer tabs are active.

    • If you configured an HSMDA port, the Access Ingress Queues, Access Egress HSMDA Queues, and Ingress Policer tabs are active.

  2. Set the policy overrides, as described in To configure QoS policy overrides on an L2 or L3 access interface . To configure meter overrides on a 7210 SAS, see To configure QoS policy overrides on access ingress meters for the 7210 SAS . To configure queue overrides on a 7210 SAS, see To configure QoS policy overrides on access ingress queues for a 7210 SAS-X .

29 

Save the changes and close the forms.

30 

To configure LAG per-link hashing on the L2 access interface, perform To configure LAG per-link hashing on a VPLS L2 access interface .

31 

To assign QoS policies or to enable a MAC override address to an L2 access interface, perform To assign QoS policies or to enable a MAC override address to a VPLS or MVPLS L2 access interface .

32 

To configure scheduling on the L2 access interface, perform To configure scheduling on an L2 access interface .

33 

To configure BPDU Termination, STP, and FIB parameters for the L2 access interface, perform To configure BPDU Termination, STP, and FIB parameters for the VPLS L2 access interface .

34 

To assign a DoS protection policy or DDoS protection policy to the L2 access interface, perform To assign a DoS protection policy or DDoS protection policy to the VPLS L2 access interface .

35 

To configure residential subscriber management on the L2 access interface, perform To configure residential subscriber management for the VPLS L2 access interface .

36 

To configure an Ethernet tunnel on the L2 access interface, perform To configure an Ethernet tunnel on a VPLS L2 access interface .

37 

To configure a redundant VLAN range on the L2 access interface, perform To configure a redundant VLAN range on a VPLS L2 access interface .

38 

To configure IGMP snooping on the L2 access interface, perform To configure IGMP snooping for a VPLS L2 access interface .

39 

To configure the ARP host for the L2 access interface, perform To configure the ARP host for the VPLS L2 access interface .

40 

To configure DHCP on the L2 access interface, perform To configure DHCP for the VPLS L2 access interface .

41 

To configure MVR for the L2 access interface, perform To configure MVR for a VPLS L2 access interface .

42 

To configure anti-spoofing on the L2 access interface, perform To configure anti-spoofing filters for a VPLS L2 access interface .

43 

To configure DHCPv6 snooping on the L2 access interface, perform To configure DHCPv6 snooping for a VPLS or MVPLS L2 access interface .

44 

To associate a MEP to the L2 access interface, perform To create MIPs and MEPs on a VPLS L2 access interface .

45 

To assign an ANCP policy to the L2 access interface, perform To assign an ANCP policy to a VPLS L2 access interface .

46 

To configure PIM snooping on the L2 access interface, perform To configure PIM snooping on a VPLS site .

47 

To configure MLD snooping on the L2 access interface, perform To configure MLD snooping for a VPLS L2 access interface .

48 

To configure MVR (MLD) on the L2 access interface, perform To configure MVR (MLD) for a VPLS L2 access interface .

49 

To configure custom object attributes for AA reporting on the L2 access interface, perform To configure custom object attributes for AA reporting .

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