Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)

For general information about VPLS support, see the topics listed below in the "Virtual Private LAN Service" chapter of the 7450 ESS, 7750 SR, 7950 XRS, and VSR Layer 2 Services and EVPN Guide.

• VPLS service overview

• VPLS features

  • VPLS service pseudowire VLAN tag processing

  • VPLS MAC learning and packet forwarding

  • Pseudowire control word

  • Table management

  • Split horizon SAP groups and split horizon spoke SDP groups

  • VPLS and Spanning Tree Protocol

  • VPLS access redundancy

  • Object grouping and state monitoring

  • MAC flush message processing

  • ACL next-hop for VPLS

  • SDP statistics for VPLS and VLL services

  • BGP VPLS

  • BGP multi-homing for VPLS

• Routed VPLS and I-VPLS

  • IES or VPRN IP interface binding

  • IP interface MTU and fragmentation

  • ARP and VPLS FDB interactions

  • The allow-ip-int-bind VPLS flag

  • R-VPLS caveats

• VPLS service considerations

• Configuring a VPLS service with CLI

• Service management tasks

For descriptions of VPLS service commands, see the 7450 ESS, 7750 SR, 7950 XRS, and VSR Classic CLI Command Reference Guide and to the 7450 ESS, 7750 SR, 7950 XRS, and VSR Clear, Monitor, Show, and Tools Command Reference Guide.