MPLS Introduction

and Functionality
Part 2

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ECI Training Department

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 Agenda

 MoE configuration
 Creating Tunnels
 FRR Tunnels
 MPLS Services

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 MoE Configuration

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 Agenda

 Switch configuration
 Port configuration
 MoE creation

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 MPLS Procedure

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 Changing Switch Mode

 By default the NPT is configured as PB (Provider

Bridge) with only L2 capabilities

 For MPLS capabilities, change the switch mode to PE

(Provider Edge)

 Both NPT, BG and XDM MPLS cards require a license

for card activation as a PE

 Each PE must have a unique identifier, therefore we

need to also set the PE_ID of each data card

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 Switch Configuration – NPT
2

1. Click the Switch 1

2. Go to “Configuration”
3. Set the switching
mode to: “MPLS-PE”*
4. Configure a unique
PE_ID

* When changing the switch mode to PE,

the card automatically withdraw a license from the EMS bank
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 MoE Port Definition

1
2
3

1. Right click the Card

2. Click Activate/Deactivate
port 4
3. Activate the desired port
4. click the Apply button
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 SFP Configuration

 Choose the Expected SFP Type according the inserted

SFP

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 Define MoE port

1
2
1. Right click the Card
2. Click Define MoE port
3. Select the desired port
4. Click the Apply button

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 MoE Links in LightSoft
1
 Prerequisites:
 Traffic Engineering configuration are
according to the plan (can be changed
later using the Link list): 2
– EXP Mapping
– CoS
– CAC
1. Highlight the elements
2. Under the Topology tab, select 3
the Topology Link option
3. Set the port type according to
the previously configured port
(can also be All rates) 4
4. Select the ports on each side
(validate that the system see it
as MoE) 5
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 MoE Links & Ports
Physical Site link

ETH/MPLS layer link

The port is automatically

enabled

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 Summary

 Switch configuration
 MPLS-PE
 Unique ID
 Port configuration
 SFP configuration
 MoE creation

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 Creating Tunnels

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 Objectives

 Creating a P2P Tunnel

 Creating a P2MP Tunnel

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 Creating Tunnels

Create Tunnel Window

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 Basic Tunnel Parameters

 Tunnel Name
 Customer
 LSP Type
 CoS
 BW (Mb/s)

Tunnels are defined by CoS and BW – only services

with the same CoS pass through that tunnel
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 Advanced Tunnel Parameters

 P2P or P2MP
 Single Service Only – When only one service will run on
that tunnel
 P2P Service Only – When MP2MP and P2MP Services
will not run on that tunnel

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 Selecting Endpoints – P2P Tunnel

 Tunnels are unidirectional

 Head = First selected endpoint
 Tail = Second endpoint

1. Select the first Endpoint (Head)

2. Select the second Endpoint (Tail)

3. Complete &Activate

 If your service is bidirectional, you create 2

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 EMS View – Tunnel XC

1. Select “Switch”
2. Select “Services” as the working mode
3. Select “Tunnel XC List” tab

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 Selecting Endpoints – P2MP Tunnel

 P2MP Tunnels:
 Head = First selected endpoint
 All other endpoints are Tails

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 Viewing Created Tunnels

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 Summary

 Creating P2P and P2MP tunnels

 Filling in parameters
 Selecting the endpoints
 Viewing existing tunnels

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 FRR Tunnels

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 Content

 Creating and understanding the following MPLS

schemes:
 Link Protection
 Node Protection

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 FRR Link Protection

 Link protection is to protect the link only

For example:
In the diagram below we have a link from A to B to be protected
(NH -Next Hop)

Bypass tunnel from A to B through C and D

A B
Protected tunnel

C D

Bypass tunnel

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 Link Protection – Bypass First
 Create a bypass tunnel with Link Protection

 Select Bypass
 Select Link Protection
 Fill in the tunnel
parameters
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 Creating a Bypass

 Select endpoints
 Select Protected Port

Bypass

 Complete and Activate

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 Associating Tunnels
If Bypass = first
and protected = second
THEN association is automatic

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 Desired and actual protection

 Protection desired - Protection desired for this tunnel

 Protection actual – Quality of protection actually

applying to a protected tunnel.

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 Unprotected to protected tunnel

When is Association required?

If unprotected or protected was created before the bypass
If Unprotected was created following a bypass

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 Use Existing Bypasses

 Option 1:

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 Create Bypasses

 Option 2:

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 Remember

 Important!
Tunnels are unidirectional

 To create bi-directional Link Protection, the process

must be done again from the other direction

A Protected tunnel B

Bypass tunnel

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 FRR Node Protection

 Node protection protects one link, and the node itself

 Example:
Traffic from A to B to C (NNH – Next next hop)

A
C

B D

A B
Bypass tunnel

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 Node Protection

 Bypass tunnel via D and E protects against a failure in:

 Link A-C,
or
 Node B sending traffic to C.
Protected Node
B

Protected tunnel C

A E
Bypass tunnel

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 Process to Node Protection

 Create the Protected tunnel

 Create the Bypass tunnel (Node Protection)
 Verify in the Tunnel List window
(In this case, association is automatic)

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 Creating Node Protection - Bypass

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 Creating a Bypass

 Select the end points and the specific port

Head

Tail

Bypass

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 Creating Node Protection

 Create a Protected tunnel from A-C

 Trail List – to verify that the tunnel is protected, and

which is its bypass

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 Tunnel List for Tunnel Details

 Update FRR Protection: From partial protection to

Protection Full

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 Tunnel List for Tunnel Details

 To verify that the tunnel is protected, and which is its

bypass

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 Tunnel List for Tunnel Details
Use existing Bypasses and create Bypasses for
unprotected hops(full FRR protection not guaranteed): If a
hop is not protected, create new bypasses, where
possible. Full FRR protection is not guaranteed because if Using existing Bypasses:
a bypass cannot be created for one or more hop, tunnel LightSoft selects the bypass
creation is still permitted. tunnels that provide
protection using existing
bypasses only.
Use existing Bypasses and
guarantee full FRR protection:
LightSoft provides protection using
existing bypass tunnels only. Tunnel
creation is only allowed if all hops are
protected by existing bypasses.

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 Creating Node Protection and bypass

 Create a Protected tunnel from A-C

 Trail List – to verify that the tunnel is protected, and

which is its bypass

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 Creating Node Protection and bypass

 Create a Protected tunnel from A-C

 Trail List – to verify that the tunnel is protected, and

which is its bypass

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 Creating Node Protection and bypass

 Create a Protected tunnel from A-C

 Trail List – to verify that the tunnel is protected, and

which is its bypass

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 Tunnel list after creation

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 Summary

 Creating Link Protection

 Creating Node Protection
 When is each protection scheme used?
 Each protection scheme is unidirectional

 Trail List
 Viewing the protection details
 Viewing which bypass belongs to each Protected tunnel

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 MPLS Services
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 MPLS Procedure

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 Managing Traffic in LightSoft

 Managing different Traffic types:

 Links
 Tunnels
 Services

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 Steps to Creating a Service:

1. Select Create ETH Service

2. Type in the Service parameters

 Label (optional)
 Customer (optional)
 Type (P2P, MP2MP, Rooted MP, P2MP)
 Enter advanced parameters
3. Select the endpoints
 For each port select the parameters:
– CoS mapping. Policers, C-Vlans
4. Complete
5. Activate
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 MPLS Service Parameters

 vFIB Quota (Default: 100) (Not relevant for P2P)

 BSC Policer Profile (Not relevant for P2P)
 ETY End Points Ports
 CVLAN
 Priority -> CoS Mapping
 Policers (For each Ingress Port)
 Tunnel Association

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 Create Ethernet Service Window

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 Creating a Service – Basic Parameters

Fill in the Label and the

Customer (optional)

Service Group
Customer

Enable the service

Service Types:
MPLS: P2P, MP2MP
RootedMP, P2MP
VLAN Tree etc.

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 Creating a Service – Advanced Parameters

Click to Select a Policer Profile

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 Creating a Service – Endpoints
Right click the LE 1
icon and Select
Endpoint

2
Select the ETY port

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 Creating a Service – Endpoints

The endpoints appear

automatically in the
Endpoints List
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 Creating a Service – C-VLANs

Select one of the endpoint ports Select one of the following options:
C-VLAN, All Other, Untagged,
Priority Tagged

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 Creating a Service – CoS Mapping

CoS Mapping
Allows you to map the client priorities
(C-VLAN) to CoS in the network (S-VLAN)

Option 1
Map “All Priorities”
to map all the
customer’s priorities
into one CoS level

Option 2
Manually map the
customers priorities
into different CoS
level

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 Creating a Service – Policers

Policers
Select a policer for each CoS
1. Blocked (default)
2. No Rate Limit
3. Policer Profile

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 Creating a Service – Creating a New Policer

New policer
To create a new Fill in the policer
policer attributes and save

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 Creating a Service – Selecting Policer Profile

Policers

To assign a policer to the

CoS click the icon-
The “Select Policers”
window opens
Assign policer

1. Select the policer

profile from the
“Policers List”
2. Assign
3. Apply

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 Policer Profile List
 Policers can also be managed directly via Lightsoft
 Use the “Services” tab - > Utilities pane
Create New Profile

Edit Selected Profile

Delete Selected Profile

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 Creating a Service – Tunnels Assignment

1.Select
Networks

2.Tunnels
Assignment
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 Creating a Service – Tunnels Assignment

1.Select
Tunnel entry

2. Select an
appropriate Tunnel
for each entry

3. Apply

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 Creating a Service – Activating
1.Complete 2.Activate

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 Ethernet Service List

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 Viewing the VSI

 VSI – Virtual Switch Instance

 Under Services working mode:
Click the Switch

Enter VSI List tab

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 MPLS – P2P Service
VSI
VSI

P2P Tunnel
PE PE
MoT

1 2

Services Tunnels

P2P P2P (Bi-directional Tunnels)

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 MP2MP Service on MPLS Network
1 2
VSI VSI
Tunnel
MoT
PE PE

Tunnel
MoT Tunnel MoT

PE PE
MoT

VSI
3

Services Tunnels

MP2MP P2P (Mesh of Bi-directional Tunnels between all nodes)

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 P2MP Service on MPLS Network
Hub Spoke
1 2
VSI VSI
P2P Tunnel
PE MoT PE

MoT MoT

PE PE
MoT

VSI
3
Spoke

Services Tunnels

P2MP (ISP) P2P (Bi-directional Tunnels from the Hub to each Spoke)
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 MPLS - Multicast Application

 P2MP Multicast Tree connectivity

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 RootedMP Service on MPLS Network
Root Leaf
1 2
VSI VSI
P2P Tunnel
PE MoT PE
P2MP Tunnel

MoT MoT

PE PE
MoT

VSI
3
Leaf
Services Tunnels

RootedMP P2MP (for the TV stream) + P2P (Bi-directional

Tunnels from the Root to each Leaf)
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 MPLS Services Vs. Tunnels

Services Tunnels

P2P P2P (Bi-directional Tunnels)

MP2MP P2P (Mesh of Bi-directional Tunnels between

all nodes)

P2MP (ISP) P2P (Bi-directional Tunnels from the Hub to

each Spoke)

RootedMP P2MP (for the TV stream) + P2P (Bi-

directional Tunnels from the Root to each
Leaf)

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 Summary

 Procedure Steps
 Tunnels required to create services
 P2P
 Service types
 P2P (VPWS)
 MP2MP (VPLS)
 P2MP (Hub and spokes)
 Roots MP (Multicast)

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