Workflow to create VLAN services (OmniSwitch)

Overview

The following workflow lists the high-level steps required to create a VLAN service on OmniSwitch devices. As a prerequisite for creating a VLAN service, this workflow assumes that the following appropriate preconfigurations have been performed:

  • pre-discovery CLI modifications

  • discovery including mediation configuration with CLI usernames and passwords

  • addition of the OmniSwitches that participate in the VLAN to a VLAN group

  • configure OmniSwitch network ports, as required, from the navigation tree. The Automatic VLAN Binding parameter associated with a network port or LAG must be enabled before the NFM-P can identify the network port or LAG as a network interface. This parameter is only supported on Stacked VLANs.

  • configure QoS policies, as required

Stages
 
1 

Provision a Standard VLAN service. See To create a standard VLAN service on OmniSwitch devices .

  1. Create the VLAN (setting the application parameter to Standard VLAN) and associate a customer with the VLAN.

  2. Associate access interfaces with the VLAN service. See To associate an access interface with a VLAN service .

2 

Provision a L2 VPN VLAN service. See To create an OmniSwitch L2 VPN TLS VLAN service .

  1. Create the VLAN (setting the application parameter to L2-VPN (TLS/VLAN-Stacking)) and associate a customer with the VLAN.

  2. Add Ethernet services to the VLAN site. See To add Ethernet services to a VLAN Site .

3 

Provision a BTV VLAN service. See To create an OmniSwitch BTV VLAN service .

  1. Create the VLAN (setting the application parameter to Broadcast TV (MVR/IPMV)) and associate a customer with the VLAN.

  2. Associate access interfaces with the VLAN service. See To associate an access interface with a VLAN service .

  3. Add Ethernet services to the VLAN site. See To add Ethernet services to a VLAN Site .

4 

Provision a VIP VLAN service. See To create an OmniSwitch VIP VLAN service .

  1. Create the VLAN (setting the application parameter to VIP VLAN) and associate a customer with the VLAN.

  2. Associate access interfaces with the VLAN service. See To associate an access interface with a VLAN service .

5 

Provision a Backbone VLAN service. See To create an OmniSwitch Backbone VLAN service .

6 

As required:

  1. Create VLAN groups and add members to each group as required. See To create a VLAN group .

  2. Delete a VLAN group or group member. See To delete a VLAN group or group member .

  3. Add a MEP to an OmniSwitch VLAN service access interface. See To manually add MEPs to an OmniSwitch VLAN service access interface .

  4. Configure IGMP on an OmniSwitch VLAN site. See To configure IGMP on an OmniSwitch VLAN site .

7 

Turn up the service.

Network interface VLAN bindings are created between the newly-created VLAN and all of the network ports on the node.

8 

As required, run an OAM validation test on a VLAN service. See To run an OAM validation test on a VLAN service .

9 

View the VLAN service operational status. See To view the VLAN service operational status .