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Preface

• Audience
• Related Documents
• Documentation Accessibility

1 Setting Up MPLS VPNs

• About MPLS VPNs
• Planning MPLS VPNs
  • VPN Topology
  • Routing Protocols
• Options for Handling VRF Tables
  • Using VPN-wide or Site-Specific VRF Details
  • VRF Re-use and Reduction
    • VRF Parameters: Force Install and Shareable
    • VRF Master Sites
    • Configuration Preservation
    • When VRF Reduction Does Not Occur
    • VRF Reduction in Orthogonal Combinations
    • VRF Reduction in Hub and Spoke VPNs
    • Interface-less VRFs and Sites
    • Site Properties: VRF Router-ID Attribute
  • Management VPNs
  • Applying Services to a VPN
• Setting Up an MPLS VPN
• Before Setting Up an MPLS VPN
  • Manual Preconfiguration
    • PE Routers and P Routers
    • CE Routers
  • Setting Up Domain Parameters
    • Specifying a VRF Route Limit
    • Setting Up the Provider Core ASN for the Domain
  • Discovering the Network and Assigning Roles
  • Assigning Devices to Proxy Agents
  • Setting Devices to Managed
• Setting Up Customers
• Setting Up Sites
  • Associating a Physical Component with a Site
    • Linking a PE Access Interface
    • Linking a CE Router
  • Setting Up PE-CE Routing Parameters
    • Configuring eBGP Parameters
    • Configuring a Multi-AS Site VPN
    • Configuring Static Routing Parameters
  • Setting Up Private and Public Addresses for PE Interfaces
  • Configuring IP Unnumbered Private PE IP Addresses
    • About Routing Protocols, VPNs, and IP Unnumbered
    • Error Messages and Warnings
    • Supported Interface Types for IP Unnumbered
    • Restriction, Hints, and Tips
    • Sample Configuration
  • Setting Advanced VRF Table Options
  • Setting Network and Aggregate Statements
  • Specifying Metrics for Route Redistribution
  • Setting Up OSPF Properties for a Site
    • Setting Up OSPF Summary Addressing
  • Setting Up RIP Properties for a Site
  • Setting Up EIGRP Properties for a Site
    • MD5 Authentication
• Setting Up the VPN
  • Applying QoS to CE Devices or SAA/Configured Services to a VPN
  • Creating an MPLS VPN
    • Setting Route Target Numbers
  • Linking Sites to the VPN
  • Using an RD Number per VPN or per Site
  • Specifying a Hub Site
  • Creating a VPN Map
  • Listing the Sites in a VPN
• Implementing the VPN
• Viewing Implemented VPNs
  • Viewing the Statistics Summary

2 Setting Up Layer 3 Multicast Services

• About Multicast
• About IP Multicast Services
  • Prerequisites for Configuring IP Multicast
  • Multicast Routing Protocols
  • About Rendezvous Points
    • Static RP
    • Auto-RP
    • Bootstrap Router
    • Protocol Independent Multicast Source Specific Multicast
• About VPN Multicast Services
  • Prerequisites for Configuring VPN Multicast
  • About Multicast VRF
  • About Multicast Distribution Tree

3 Setting Up Layer 2 Martini VPNs

• About Layer 2 Martini VPNs
  • Benefits of Layer 2 Martini VPNs
  • Technical Description of Layer 2 Martini VPNs
  • About Layer 2 Martini VPN Devices and Data Types
    • Layer 2 Martini VPNs on Routers and MPLS-enabled Switching Devices
    • Inter-operability Between MPLS-enabled Switching Devices and Routers
• About Creating Layer 2 Martini VPNs
• Preconfiguration Tasks for Creating Layer 2 Martini VPNs
  • Checking Interface Capabilities
  • Manually Preconfiguring Martini Circuits on Ethernet Interfaces
• Creating a Layer 2 Martini VPN
• Implementing the Layer 2 Martini VPN
• Viewing Implemented Layer 2 Martini VPNs

4 Setting Up Dedicated Internet Access Services

• About DIA Services in IP Service Activator
• About Configuring DIA Services
• Creating a DIA Site Folder
• Configuring or Creating a PE Layer 3 Interface
• Creating a DIA Site Under the DIA Site Folder
• Linking the PE Layer 3 Interface to the DIA Site
• Configuring Internet Access Routing for the DIA Site
• Linking the CE Device to the DIA Site

5 VLAN Configuration in Metro Ethernets

• About VLAN Configuration in Metro Ethernets
• Metro Ethernet Topologies
  • Line Topology
  • Full Mesh Topology
  • Partial Mesh Topology
  • Ring Topology
• Example of Configuring VLANs on Metro Ethernets
  • PE Connections and Configuration
  • Metro Ethernet Configuration
  • Configuring CE Access
• Configuring VLANs with IP Service Activator
  • About Configuring VLANs with IP Service Activator
  • Using Configuration Policies to Manage VLANs in IP Service Activator
• Discovery and Role Assignment for VLAN Configuration
  • Example of VLAN Role Assignment
  • Configuring the VLAN Using Configuration Policies
• Balancing Manual and Policy-based VLAN Configuration

6 Setting Up Transparent LAN Services

• About VPLS Service
  • About VC-LSPs
  • Transport LSPs
  • 802.1Q Support
  • Mapping Frames to the VPLS
• Planning a TLS
  • Creating a TLS
  • Port-based TLS
  • Port and VLAN-based TLS
• Manual Preconfiguration of a TLS
• Setting Up a TLS
  • Creating a TLS
  • Setting Up Layer 2 Sites
  • Associating a Physical Component with a Layer 2 Site
  • Linking Sites to a TLS
• Implementing a TLS
• Viewing Implemented TLSs

7 Configuring IPsec

• About VRF-Aware IPsec
• VRF-Aware IPsec Procedures and Configuration Policies
• Example of VRF-Aware IPsec Implementation
  • VRF-Aware IPsec Details
  • Using Configuration Policies for IPsec Provisioning

8 Registering Interface Policies and Creating Interfaces

• About Interface Creation and Decoration
• Example of Creating and Removing a Cisco Serial Sub-interface
  • Registering Interface Creation Configuration Policies
  • Creating a Sub-interface
  • Removing a Sub-interface
• Example of Decorating and Removing a Cisco Serial Sub-interface
  • Creating an Interface Policy Registration
  • Decorating an Existing Sub-interface
  • Removing a Sub-interface Decoration
• Example of a Cisco Channelized Serial Interface
  • Creating an Interface Policy Registration
  • Configuring the E3 Controller
  • Creating a Channelized Serial Interface
  • Removing a Channelized Interface

A Setting Up Management and Customer VPNs

• Introduction
• Configuring the VPNs
  • Setting Up the Domain
  • Setting Up the Core Network ASN
  • Discovering the Network and Assigning Roles
  • Disabling Interfaces on CE-PE Link
  • Setting Devices to Managed
  • Setting Up Customers and Sites
  • Linking Physical Network Components with Sites
  • Setting the VPN Routing Parameters
  • Creating the Management VPN
  • Implementing the Management VPN
  • Setting Up the CE Devices
  • Setting Up the Customer VPNs
  • Implementing the Customer VPNs