To configure a transit service on an Ethernet ring

Purpose

Perform this procedure to create a transit service on a VPLS G.8032 Ethernet ring. The Ethernet ring must already exist; see Transit services in Ethernet G.8031 tunnels .

Transit SAPs apply only on QinQ ports.

Steps
 
1 

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

2 

Choose Ethernet Ring (Ethernet Ring) and click Search. A list of Ethernet ring services is displayed.

3 

Choose an Ethernet ring and click Properties. The Ethernet Ring (Edit) form opens.

4 

Click Create Transit Service.

5 

Select a customer from the Select Customer form.

6 

Configure the required parameters.

The default value for these parameters is *, or 4095. When you create a transit service, you must leave the parameters at the default value.

7 

Select a transit service template.

Only use the transit service template if you need to customize the parameters associated with the sites or SAPs, such as the description or name.

If you need to create a transit service template, choose Manage→Templates from the NFM-P main menu. Click Browse Example→Ethernet Ring.

If a template is not specified, all created objects use their default property values.

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Click OK. A dialog box appears.

9 

Perform one of the following:

  1. Click Yes to view the properties of the service. The properties form for the transit service opens. View the properties, and close the form. The Ethernet Ring (Edit) form is displayed.

  2. Click No. The Create Transit Service form closes and the Ethernet Ring (Edit) form is displayed.

10 

Discover the transit service.

Perform the following steps:

  1. Click on the Flow-through Services tab. A list of services is displayed.

  2. Click Discover Services. The transit service is added to the list.

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Save your changes and close the form.

You can combine transit services using the composite service functionality in the NFM-P. Composite services are created automatically when Auto Discover Composite Services is enabled in System Preferences, or manually using the Rediscover Composite Services function. See Chapter 85, Composite service management for more information about composite services.

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