Metro

Hi Experts,Is it possible to use Catalyst 2950G-24-EI for forwarding 802.1Q Tunneling frames (i.e QinQ) ?I understand these switches do not support the "Tunnel Port" feature, but as we can modify their system MTU to 1504 they could theorically switch...

Hi folks,have you got any advice about VPLS documentation (books, courses, etc)?Thanks for your supportRegardsAndrea

How many total Vlans can you create in Catalyst 3750 Switch ? I read a document about Catalyst 3750 Switch. This document is said that "Although the switch stack supports a total of 1005 (normal-range and extended-range) VLANs, thenumber of routed p...

CAn somebody confirm as to when will the software support of VFI will come on 3750 ME switches ?? any future roadmaps ?? any docs about this ???

I need detail on end to end Ethernet OAM features/tools avilable for service provider network.This is required for end to end ethernet services management like EoMPLS etc.Do Cisco routers have support for inbuilt OAM features for VPLS?

Hi,I've got a cisco 17xx router with a 2MB connection and some branch offices connected with VPN tunnels to this router.Since a few days we have some annoying delays.Since the router is the only device between the LAN and the internet, what commands ...

Hello, Has anyone here implemented "GRE over MPLS"? Would it be possible to point to some links discussing advantages/disadvantages and some design aspects of the same? Thanks Cheers, ~sultan

Hi, I am planning to deploy VPLS in my network, but limitation resources :( Let say we have 3 core routers (P router, GSR12008 or 7507) at 3 differnt node. If we put the 3750Me back to back with the P router and then run VPLS.Can it be done? 3750Me w...

I am implementing a Metro solution where I have two 7600s that are connected through an MPLS backbone. These 7600s have a point-to-point EoMPLS VC between them. NOTE: The 7600s do not have an OSM card, they are using the Sup720 ports to create de VC....

Hi i have a network with VPLS, and i have configured one customer with many site in multipoint(EMS), and i need add redundancy on Layer 2 on the HQ office. Thats is possible?. I know that i can make a Etherchannel between the PE and the CE on the sa...

I have two 6500 switches connected directed trough a fiber link.I am using Ge-WAN ports, so and OSM module.When I configure BFD withbfd interval 50 min_rx 50 multiplier 3Sometimes I have an down in bfd and 1ms after I have the up.But If I configurebf...

I have a q-in-q port with this configurationinterface GigabitEthernet3/48 description QinQ Vlan 4001 switchport switchport access vlan 4001 switchport mode dot1q-tunnel mtu 9216And when I do an show interface, I have too many giants!!!See:show interf...

On a trial basis when we migrated from Rapid PVST+ to MSTP in a network of Cisco 3560G switches, we observed that all the link (FastEthernet) cost which by default is 19 have been increased to 200000. Any idea on what basis this link costs is calcula...

Hello!I am running a Cisco Catalyst 3750 with IOS c3750-ipbase-mz.122-25.SEB4.binSince we've deployed these switched on our Metro Ethernet network, we are now needing the capability to police/rate-limit the client's ports.I've done examples on Cisco'...