Creating fecs and traffic trunks – IBM 6 MPLS User Manual

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Specialized Models User Guide

6

MPLS Model User Guide

SPM-6-16

Modeler/Release 10.0

Creating FECs and Traffic Trunks

The traffic engineering bindings that govern how packets are labeled and
forwarded in a network use FECs and traffic trunks to classify packets. All of the
FECs and traffic trunks in a network are defined in the MPLS configuration
object.

Procedure 6-4 Creating FECs

1 Place an MPLS configuration object in the project workspace and open its

Attributes dialog box.

2 Double-click on the value for FEC Specifications.

The FEC Specifications Table appears.

3 Change the Rows value to the number of FECs you want to create.

4 For each FEC, assign a name, then double-click in the Details column to describe

the FEC.

End of Procedure 6-4

To work correctly, the model requires that you set up at least one default traffic
trunk. Additional trunks can be used to handle prioritized flows.

Procedure 6-5 Creating a Default Traffic Trunk

1 Place an MPLS configuration object in the project workspace and open its

Attributes dialog box.

2 Double-click on the value for Traffic Trunk Profiles.

The Traffic Trunk Profiles Table appears.

3 Change the Rows value to 1.

4 Specify a name for the trunk, such as Default Traffic Trunk.

5 Leave the Trunk Details attribute as “Default”.

End of Procedure 6-5

This procedure can be modified to set up separate trunks for traffic of different
priorities. To do this, double-click on the Trunk Details attribute and specify the
appropriate values for each traffic trunk.

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