To enable SPB on a control B-VPLS site

Purpose

Perform the following procedure to enable SPB on the B-VPLS and configure the B-site as a control B-VPLS.

Control and user B-VPLS SAPs and SDP bindings are fate-shared. You must configure these SAPs and SDP bindings to use the same links and resources. SAPs and spoke SDP bindings that do not use the same links and resources (non-fate-shared) can exist in the user B-VPLS configuration but do not carry traffic.

Consider the following when you enable SPB on a B-VPLS:

  • B-VPLS mesh SDP bindings are not supported in control or user SPB B-VPLSs.

  • STP can be configured but not enabled.

  • two Dot1Q SAPs on the same physical port cannot exist in a user or control SPB B-VPLS.

  • Two QinQ SAPs with same top bit on the same physical port cannot exist in a user or control SPB B-VPLS.

  • Control or user SPB B-VPLS SAPs cannot exist on physical ports that are managed by MSTP.

  • MVPLSs and SPB B-VPLSs cannot share the same spoke SDP tunnel.

  • .0 and 0.* SAPs cannot exist on a user or control SPB B-VPLS.

  • SPB B-VPLS services that support multiple I-VPLSs do not share forwarding IDs. A B-VPLS that has I-VPLS services must have a different forwarding ID.

  • A control SPB B-VPLS can be associated with none or many user SPB B-VPLSs.

  • A user SPB B-VPLS must be associated with a control SPB B-VPLS.

  • MVPLS and SPB B-VPLS cannot share the same spoke SDP tunnel.

  • SHG is not supported.

  • G803.1 tunnels are not supported.

  • G.8032 access is not supported.

Note: All of the B-sites in the VPLS must be configured as control B-VPLS sites.

Steps
 
1 

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

2 

Choose the VPLS on which you want to enable SPB and click Properties. The VPLS Service (Edit) form opens.

3 

On the service tree, right-click on the B-site and choose Properties. The VPLS Site (Edit) form opens.

4 

Click on the Backbone tab, then on the SPB tab.

5 

Set the SPB Mode parameter to Control B-VPLS.

6 

Click Create in the SPB Instance for Control Service panel. The SPB (Create) form opens.

Note: The SPB instance configuration, except the ISIS instance and the Bridge Priority parameter on the Level 1 tab, must be identical on all the sites in a control B-VPLS.

7 

Configure the required general SPB control instance parameters.

8 

Configure required the SPB ISIS parameters in the ISIS panel.

The Overload Timeout (seconds) parameter is configurable only if the Overload parameter is set to Enabled.

The Overload On Boot Timeout (seconds) parameter is configurable only if the Overload On Boot parameter is set to Enabled.

9 

Click on the Level 1 tab and configure the level 1 area parameters.

10 

Create the IS-IS interface, or SPB link, of an access interface.

If you enabled the Automatic Enable Interface in Step 7 , all of the L2 access interfaces on the site and all of the L2 access interfaces that are subsequently created on the B-site are automatically enabled for SPB.

  1. Click on the Access Interfaces tab.

  2. Click Create. The Access Interface, ISIS Instance (Create) form opens.

  3. Select an L2 access interface in the Interface panel.

  4. Configure the required general parameters.

  5. Click on the Behavior tab and configure the required parameters.

  6. Click on the Level 1 tab and configure the required parameters.

  7. Save your changes and close the form.

11 

Configure SPB on the B-VPLS spoke SDP binding.

If you enabled the Automatic Enable Interface in Step 7 , all of the spoke SDP bindings on the site and all of the spoke SDP bindings that are subsequently created on the B-site are automatically enabled for SPB.

  1. Click on the Spoke SDP Bindings tab.

  2. Click Create. The Spoke SDP Binding Interface, ISIS Instance (Create) form opens.

  3. Select a spoke SDP binding in the Circuit panel.

  4. Configure the required general parameters.

  5. Click on the Behavior tab and configure the required parameters.

  6. Click on the Level 1 tab and configure the required parameters.

  7. Save your changes and close the form.

12 

To create one or more ECT-to-FID range mappings:

  1. Click on the ECT Algorithm to FID Range Mappings tab.

  2. Click Create. The ECT Algorithm to FID Range Mapping (Create) form opens.

  3. Configure the required FID range parameters.

  4. Save your changes and close the form.

    Note:

    The ECT-to FID range mapping parameter values must be identical on all the sites in the control SPB B-VPLS. In addition, each site must have the same number of ECT-to-FID range mapping objects.

13 

Save your changes and close the forms.

End of steps