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Chapter 16 bpdu-tunnel Configuration

16.1 Introduction to bpdu-tunnel

BPDU Tunnel is a Layer 2 tunnel technology. It allows Layer 2 protocol packets of

geographically dispersed private network users to be transparently transmitted over specific

tunnels across a service provider network.

16.1.1 bpdu-tunnel function

In MAN application, multi-branches of a corporation may connect with each other by the

service provider network. VPN provided by the service provider enables the geographically

dispersed networks to form a local LAN, so the service provider needs to provide the tunnel
function, namely, data information generated by user’s network is able to inextenso arrive at

other networks of the same corporation through the service provider network. To maintain a
local concept, it not only needs to transmit the data within the user’s private network across the

tunnel, but also transmit layer 2 protocol pack

ets within the user’s private network.

16.1.2 Background of bpdu-tunnel

Special lines are used in a service provider network to build user-specific Layer 2 networks. As

a result, a user network is broken down into parts located at different sides of the service

provider network. As shown in Figure, User A has two devices (CE 1 and CE 2) and both
devices belong to the same VLAN. User’s network is divided into network 1 and network 2,

which are connected by the service provider network. When Layer 2 protocol packets cannot
implement the passthrough across the service provider network, the user’s network cannot

process independent Layer 2 protocol calculation (for example, spanning tree calculation), so

they affect each other.

BPDU Tunnel application

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