Instantiate related VLAN FDBs and trunks in MVRP scope

This requires the configuration in the M-VPLS, under vpls-group, of the following attributes: VLAN ranges, vpls-template and vpls-sap-template bindings. As soon as the VPLS group is enabled, the configured attributes are used to auto-instantiate, on a per-VLAN basis, a VPLS FDB and related SAPs in the switches and on the ‟trunk ports” specified in the M-VPLS context. The trunk ports are ports associated with an M-VPLS SAP not configured as an end-station.

The following procedure is used.

The above procedure may be used outside of the MVRP context to pre-provision a large number of VPLS contexts that share the same infrastructure and attributes.

The MVRP control of the auto-instantiated services can be enabled using the mvrp-control command under the vpls-group.

From an MVRP perspective, these SAPs can be either ‟full MVRP” or ‟end-station” interfaces.

A full MVRP interface is a full participant in the local M-VPLS scope as described below.

In an MVRP end-station interface, the attributes registered on that interface have local significance, as described below.

The following example describes the M-VPLS configuration required to auto-instantiate the VLAN FDBs and related trunks in non-PBB switches.

mrp
        — no shutdown
        — mmrp
            — shutdown
        — mvrp
            — no shutdown
    sap 1/1/1:0
        — mrp mvrp
            — no shutdown
    sap 2/1/2:0
        — mrp mvrp
            — no shutdown
    sap 3/1/10:0
        — mrp mvrp
            — no shutdown
    vpls-group 1
        — service-range 100-2000
        — vpls-template-binding Autovpls1
        — sap-template-binding Autosap1
            — mvrp-control
        — no shutdown

A similar M-VPLS configuration may be used to auto-instantiate the VLAN FDBs and related trunks in PBB switches. The vpls-group command is replaced by the end-station command under the downward-facing SAPs as in the following example.

config>service>vpls control-mvrp m-vpls create customer 1
        — [..]
        — sap 1/1/1:0
            — mvrp mvrp
                — endstation-vid-group 1 vlan-id 100-2000
                — no shutdown