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This draft is a work item of the Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks Working Group of the IETF.
Title : VPLS Interoperability with CE Bridges
Author(s) : A. Sajassi, et al.
Filename : draft-ietf-l2vpn-vpls-bridge-interop-01.txt
Pages : 19
Date : 2006-11-8
One of the main motivations behind VPLS is its ability to provide
connectivity not only among customer routers and servers/hosts but
also among customer bridges. If only connectivity among customer IP
routers/hosts was desired, then IPLS solution [IPLS] could have been
used. The strength of the VPLS solution is that it can provide
connectivity to both bridge and non-bridge types of CE devices. VPLS
is expected to deliver the same level of service that current
enterprise users are accustomed to from their own enterprise bridged
networks today or the same level of service that they receive from
their Ethernet Service Providers using IEEE 802.1ad-based networks
[P802.1ad] (or its predecessor ? QinQ-based network).
When CE devices are IEEE bridges, then there are certain issues and
challenges that need to be accounted for in a VPLS network. Majority
of these issues have currently been addressed in IEEE 802.1ad
standard for provider bridges and they need to be addressed for VPLS
networks. This draft discusses these issues and wherever possible,
the recommended solutions to these issues.
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