Document Outline

• Cisco IP Solution Center L2VPN and Carrier Ethernet User Guide, 6.0
• Contents
• About This Guide
• Getting Started
  • Overview
  • Installing ISC and Configuring the Network
  • Configuring the Network to Support Layer 2 Services
  • Setting Up Basic ISC Services
    • Setting Up Providers, Customers, and Devices
    • Setting Up the N-PE Loopback Address
    • Setting Up ISC Resources for L2VPN and VPLS Services
    • Setting Up NPCs
    • Setting Up VPNs
  • Working with L2VPN and VPLS Policies and Service Requests
  • A Note on Terminology Conventions
• Setting Up the ISC Services
  • Creating Target Devices and Assigning Roles (N-PE or U-PE)
  • Configuring Device Settings to Support ISC
    • Configuring Switches in VTP Transparent Mode
    • Setting the Loopback Addresses on N-PE Devices
    • Setting Up Devices for IOS XR Support
  • Defining a Service Provider and Its Regions
  • Defining Customers and Their Sites
  • Defining VPNs
  • Creating Access Domains
  • Creating VLAN Pools
  • Creating a VC ID Pool
  • Creating Named Physical Circuits
    • Creating NPCs Through an NPC GUI Editor
    • Creating a Ring-Only NPC
    • Terminating an Access Ring on Two N-PEs
    • Creating NPC Links Through the Autodiscovery Process
  • Creating and Modifying Pseudowire Classes for IOS XR Devices
    • Creating a Pseudowire Class
    • Modifying a Pseudowire Class Object
    • Configuring the Transport Mode When Pseudowire Classes are Not Supported
  • Defining L2VPN Group Names for IOS XR Devices
• Creating a FlexUNI/EVC Ethernet Policy
  • Overview of FlexUNI/EVC Support in ISC
    • FlexUNI/EVC Features
    • Platform Support for FlexUNI/EVC in ISC 6.0
      • IOS Platform Support
        • Example 1
        • Example 2
      • IOS XR Platform Support
    • Device Roles with FlexUNI/EVC
    • Topology Overview for FlexUNI/EVC
      • CE Directly Connected and FlexUNI
      • CE Directly Connected and No FlexUNI
      • CE Not Directly Connected and FlexUNI
      • CE Not Directly Connected and No FlexUNI
    • A Note on Checking of Configurations
  • Defining the FlexUNI/EVC Ethernet Policy
  • Setting the Service Options
  • Setting the FlexUNI Attributes
    • Setting the Service Attributes
    • Setting the VLAN Matching Criteria Attributes
    • Setting the VLAN Rewrite Criteria Attributes
  • Setting the Interface Attributes
  • Enabling Template Association
• Managing a FlexUNI/EVC Ethernet Service Request
  • Introducing FlexUNI/EVC Service Requests
  • Creating a FlexUNI/EVC Service Request
  • Setting the Service Request Details
    • Pseudowire Core Connectivity
    • VPLS Core Connectivity
    • Local Core Connectivity
    • Setting up Links to the N-PE
      • Setting Direct Connect Links
      • Setting Links with L2 Access Nodes
  • Modifying the FlexUNI/EVC Service Request
  • Using Templates and Data Files with a FlexUNI/EVC Ethernet Service Request
  • Saving the FlexUNI/EVC Service Request
• Creating a FlexUNI/EVC ATM-Ethernet Interworking Policy
  • Overview
  • Defining the FlexUNI/EVC ATM-Ethernet Interworking Policy
  • Setting the Service Options
  • Setting the ATM Interface Attributes
  • Setting the FlexUNI Attributes
    • Setting the Service Attributes
    • Setting the VLAN Matching Criteria Attributes
    • Setting the VLAN Rewrite Criteria Attributes
  • Setting the Interface Attributes
  • Enabling Template Association
• Managing a FlexUNI/EVC ATM-Ethernet Interworking Service Request
  • Overview
  • Creating a FlexUNI/EVC ATM-Ethernet Interworking Service Request
  • Setting the Service Request Details
    • Pseudowire Core Connectivity
    • Local Core Connectivity
    • Setting up Links to the N-PE
      • Setting Direct Connect Links
      • Setting the ATM Link Attributes
      • Setting Links with L2 Access Nodes
  • Modifying the FlexUNI/EVC Service Request
  • Using Templates and Data Files with a FlexUNI/EVC Service Request
  • Saving the FlexUNI/EVC Service Request
• Creating an L2VPN Policy
  • Defining an L2VPN Policy
  • Defining an Ethernet ERS (EVPL) Policy with a CE
  • Defining an Ethernet ERS (EVPL) Policy without a CE
  • Defining an Ethernet EWS (EPL) Policy with a CE
  • Defining an Ethernet EWS (EPL) Policy without a CE
  • Defining a Frame Relay Policy with a CE
  • Defining a Frame Relay Policy without a CE
  • Defining an ATM Policy with a CE
  • Defining an ATM Policy without a CE
• Managing an L2VPN Service Request
  • Introducing L2VPN Service Requests
  • Creating an L2VPN Service Request
    • Creating an ERS (EVPL), ATM, or Frame Relay L2VPN Service Request with a CE
    • Creating an EWS (EPL) L2VPN Service Request with a CE
    • Creating an ERS (EVPL), ATM, or Frame Relay L2VPN Service Request without a CE
    • Creating an EWS (EPL) L2VPN Service Request without a CE
  • Modifying the L2VPN Service Request
  • Saving the L2VPN Service Request
• Creating a VPLS Policy
  • Defining a VPLS Policy
  • Defining an MPLS/ERMS (EVP-LAN) Policy with a CE
  • Defining an MPLS/ERMS (EVP-LAN) Policy without a CE
  • Defining an MPLS/EMS (EP-LAN) Policy with a CE
  • Defining an MPLS/EMS (EP-LAN) Policy without a CE
  • Defining an Ethernet/ERMS (EVP-LAN) Policy with a CE
  • Defining an Ethernet/ERMS (EVP-LAN) Policy without a CE
  • Defining an Ethernet/EMS (EP-LAN) Policy with a CE
  • Defining an Ethernet/EMS (EP-LAN) Policy without a CE
• Managing a VPLS Service Request
  • Introducing VPLS Service Requests
  • Creating a VPLS Service Request
  • Creating a VPLS Service Request with a CE
  • Creating a VPLS Service Request without a CE
  • Modifying the VPLS Service Request
  • Using the Bridge Domain ID Attribute
  • Saving the VPLS Service Request
• Deploying, Monitoring, and Auditing Service Requests
  • Deploying Service Requests
    • Pre-Deployment Changes
    • Service Deployment
    • Verifying Service Requests
    • Service Request States
    • Viewing Service Request Details
      • Links
      • History
      • Configlets
  • Monitoring Service Requests
  • Auditing Service Requests
• Using Autodiscovery for L2 Services
• Generating L2 and VPLS Reports
  • Overview
  • Accessing L2 and VPLS Reports
  • L2 and VPLS Reports
    • L2 End-to-End Wire Report
    • L2 PE Service Report
    • L2 VPN Report
    • VPLS Attachment Circuit Report
    • VPLS PE Service Report
    • VPLS VPN Report
  • Creating Custom L2 and VPLS Reports
• Sample Configlets
  • Overview
• Working with Templates and Data Files
  • Overview
    • Summary of Template Manager Features
    • Template and Data File Workflow
  • Using Templates with ISC Policies
    • Overview of Template Support in ISC Policies
    • Associating Templates and Data Files to a Policy
    • Selectively Determining Templates for U-PE and PE-AGG Device Roles
  • Using Templates with Service Requests
    • Overview of Template Use in Service Requests
      • Associating Templates to a Service Request
      • Associating Subtemplates During Service Provisioning
      • Creating Data Files During Service Request Creation
      • Using Negate Templates to Decommission Template Configurations
    • Using Templates and Data Files with Service Requests
      • Choosing a Template in the Service Request Workflow
      • Creating a Data File in the Service Request Workflow
      • Decommissioning Service Requests with Added Templates
      • Viewing Templates from the Service Requests Window
• Setting Up VLAN Translation
  • VLAN Translation Overview
  • Setting Up VLAN Translation
    • Creating a Policy
    • Creating a Service Request
      • No VLAN Translation
      • 1:1 VLAN Translation
      • 2:1 VLAN Translation
    • Modifying a Service Request
    • Deleting a Service Request
  • Platform-Specific Usage Notes
    • VLAN Translation on the 3750
    • VLAN Translation on the 7600
    • Failed Service Requests When Hardware Does Not Support VLAN Translation
• Terminating an Access Ring on Two N-PEs
  • Overview
  • Setting Up an NPC Access Ring with Two N-PEs
  • Using N-PE Redundancy in FlexUNI/EVC Service Requests
  • Additional Network Configurations and Sample Configlets
    • Example 1: Pseudowire Connectivity (A)
    • Example 2: Pseudowire Connectivity (B)
    • Example 3: Pseudowire Connectivity (C)
    • Example 4: VPLS Connectivity
• ISC Layer 2 VPN Concepts
  • Layer 2 Terminology Conventions
    • MEF Terminology Conventions
    • Mapping MEF Terminologies to Network Technologies
    • ISC Terminology and Supported Network Types
  • L2VPN Service Provisioning
    • Point-to-Point Ethernet (EWS and ERS) (EPL and EVPL)
      • Ethernet Wire Service (EWS or EPL)
      • Ethernet Relay Service (ERS or EVPL)
      • Topology for L2VPN Ethernet Over MPLS (ERS and EWS) (EPL and (EVPL)
    • ATM over MPLS (ATMoMPLS)
      • AAL5
      • Cell Relay over MPLS
      • Topology for ATMoMPLS
    • Frame Relay over MPLS (FRoMPLS)
      • Topology for FRoMPLS
  • VPLS Service Provisioning
    • Multipoint EWS (EP-LAN) for an MPLS-Based Provider Core
    • Multipoint ERS (EVP-LAN) for an MPLS-Based Provider Core
    • Topology for MPLS-Based VPLS
    • VPLS for an Ethernet-Based (L2) Provider Core
      • Multipoint EWS (EP-LAN) for an Ethernet-Based Provider Core
      • Multipoint ERS (EVP-LAN) for an Ethernet-Based Provider Core
      • Topology for Ethernet-Based VPLS
• Index