LACP tunneling

LACP tunneling is supported on Epipe and VPLS services. In a VPLS, the Layer 2 control frames are sent out of all the SAPs configured in the VPLS. This feature should only be used when a VPLS emulates an end-to-end Epipe service (an Epipe configured using a three-point VPLS, with one access SAP and two access-uplink SAP/SDPs for redundant connectivity). The use of LACP tunneling is not recommended if the VPLS is used for multipoint connectivity. When a Layer 2 control frame is forwarded out of a dot1q SAP or a QinQ SAP, the SAP tags of the egress SAP are added to the packet.

The following SAPs can be configured for tunneling the untagged LACP frames (the corresponding protocol tunneling needs to be enabled on the port).

LAG port states may be impacted if LACP frames are lost because of incorrect prioritization and congestion in the network carrying the tunnel.