Given the number of traffic types to use per ‟FC in use”, the following rules apply for a SAP in a VPLS service to determine the number of classification entries per FC in use:
If an FC is in use and is created without explicit meters, use default meter 1 for unicast traffic and for all other traffic types (that is, broadcast, multicast, and unknown-unicast). This requires one classification entry in hardware. This assumes default mulitpoint meter 11 is not created by the user.
If an FC is in use and is created without explicit meters, use default meter 1 for unicast traffic and default meter 11 (assuming meter ‟11” is created by the user), for all other traffic types (that is, broadcast, multicast, and unknown-unicast). This requires two classification entries in hardware.
If an FC is in use and is created with an explicit unicast meter, use that meter for unicast traffic and for all other traffic types (that is, broadcast, multicast, and unknown-unicast). This requires one classification entry in hardware. This assumes default multipoint meter ‟11” is not created by the user.
If an FC is in use and is created with an explicit unicast meter, use that meter for unicast traffic and use default meter 11 (assuming meter ‟11” is created by the user) for all other traffic types. This requires two classification entries in hardware.
If an FC is in use and is created with an explicit unicast meter and explicit broadcast meter, use these meters for unicast and broadcast traffic respectively and use the unicast meter for all other traffic types (that is, multicast and unknown-unicast). This requires two classification entries in hardware. This assumes that the default multipoint meter 11 is not created by the user.
If an FC is in use and is created with an explicit unicast meter and explicit broadcast meter, use these meters for unicast and broadcast traffic respectively and use meter 11 (assuming meter 11 is created by the user) for all other traffic types. This requires three classification entries in hardware.
If an FC is in use and is created with an explicit unicast meter and explicit multicast meter, use the unicast meter for unicast traffic and multicast meter for all other kinds of traffic. This requires two classification entries in hardware.
If an FC is in use and is created with an explicit unicast meter, an explicit broadcast meter, and an explicit multicast meter, use these meters for unicast, broadcast, and multicast traffic types respectively. The unknown unicast traffic type uses the explicitly defined multicast meter. This requires three classification entries in hardware.