Setting Boundaries in L2VPN

1
Setting Boundaries in L2VPN

• Shane Amante
• Vach Kompella

2
VPLS An Ethernet Emulation

• If VPLS emulates an ethernet, then
• IEEE protocols for ethernet
• just work we dont need drafts to say this
• may not work we need AS draft
• work but not efficiently we need AS draft, or
  protocol modifications
• dont work we need AS draft, or protocol
  modfications

3
Concerns

• PBB and VPLS interoperability
• IEEE OAM (802.1ag)
• NSP functionality (802.1ah PW) affecting VPLS
• Is the VPLS architecture incomplete or are we
  just not being careful to keep things clean?

4
What Should We Do?

• Define some rules of admission of variants of
  IEEE functions or protocols to L2VPN
• Require text that justifies the problem being
  solved and why native behavior is not adequate
• Continue the discussion on the mailing list