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

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

On the service navigation tree, expand the Sites icon, right-click on a routing instance and choose Properties. The VPRN Site (Edit) form opens.

Right-click on Spoke SDP Bindings and choose Create Spoke SDP Binding or expand Spoke SDP Bindings, right-click on an spoke SDP binding and choose Properties. The Spoke SDP Binding (Create|Edit) form opens.

Select a source interface for the SDP binding in the Source Interface panel.

Configure the required parameters.

These parameters appear only when a source interface is assigned to the spoke SDP binding.

Configure the parameters in the Hash Label panel.

The Enable Hash Label and Enable Signal Capability parameters can only be configured for spoke-SDP bindings that are access interface terminated.

To specify a destination node for the spoke SDP binding:

1. If the destination NE is a managed NE, select an NE from a list of managed NEs.

2. If the destination NE is an unmanaged NE, specify the system ID for the Tunnel Termination Site parameter.

Configure the required parameters.

To specify a transport tunnel for the spoke SDP binding:

1. For the NFM-P to configure the transport tunnel automatically, enable the Auto-Select Transport Tunnel parameter and configure the Profile Name or the Tunnel Auto-Selection Transport Preference parameter.

2. To configure the transport tunnel manually, select a tunnel in the Tunnel Panel.

3. To configure an MPLS-TP transport tunnel manually, select an MPLS-TP tunnel in the Tunnel Panel.

Select an application profile for the spoke SDP binding.

To choose an AA transit policy types:

Note: You can only associate one AA transit policy type with a service object.

You can bind a transit policy to only one L3 access interface or spoke SDP binding per node.

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

1. Select an AA transit IP policy in the Transit IP Policy panel.

2. Select an AA transit prefix policy in the Transit Prefix Policy panel.

To configure custom object attributes for AA reporting:

1. Click on the NSP Analytics Parameters tab, then on the Reporting tab.

2. Click Create. The AA Reporting (Create) form opens.

3. Configure the required parameters.

4. Save the changes and close the form.

5. Click on the General tab.

To specify a transport tunnel for the Return SDP binding:

Note: You can create a return tunnel only between sites that are within the same service. If the sites are not in the same service, the Return tab does not appear.

1. Let the NFM-P configure the transport tunnel automatically.

   1. Click on the Return tab.

   2. Enable the Auto Select Return Transport Tunnel parameter.

   3. Configure the Profile Name or the Return Tunnel Auto-Selection Transport Preference parameter.

2. Configure the transport tunnel manually.

   1. Click on the Return tab.

   2. Select a service tunnel in the Return Tunnel panel.

To configure CPU protection:

1. Click on the Security tab.

2. Configure the IP Src Monitoring parameter.

To associate a MEP to the spoke SDP binding:

1. Click on the OAM tab, then the ETH-CFM tab.

2. Click Create in the MEPs panel. The MEP (Create) form opens.

3. Select a MEG.

4. Configure the required parameters.

   The CCM Padding Packet Size (Bytes) parameter cannot be configured when the CCM interval parameter is set to 10 ms or 100 ms.

If the MD for the MEP has a Name Type of none and the associated MEG has a Name Format of icc-based, the Y.1731 Tests and AIS tabs are configurable; click on the Y.1731 Tests tab and configure the required parameters.

The Eth Test Pattern parameter is configurable when the Eth Test Enabled parameter is enabled.

Click on the AIS tab and configure the required parameters.

The AIS Meg Level parameter is configurable when the AIS Enabled parameter is enabled.

Save the changes and close the forms.

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