Local forwarding

The local forwarding capability allows traffic to be forwarded between two client satellite ports without going through the SR host, which allows for optimal forwarding by preserving uplink bandwidth.

Figure: Local forwarding shows an example of local forwarding.

Figure: Local forwarding

A local-forward bypass is created by using the following commands to create a local-forward bypass, then associating a set of two satellite access points as endpoints for the local-forward bypass.

config system satellite
     local-forward <id> [create]
          description <string>
          sap <sat-port>:qtag | <lag-id>:qtag
          exit
          sap <sat-port>:qtag | <lag-id>:qtag
          exit
          [no] shutdown
     exit 

Example configuration:

To configure a local-forward bypass between client ports esat-2/1/1:66 and esat-2/1/50:101, use the following commands:

config system satellite
     local-forward 10 create
          description "local-forward to offload router"
          sap esat-2/1/1:66
          exit
          sap esat-2/1/50:101
          exit
          no shutdown
     exit