VPLS on Same Line Card

[Amir Mehri]

Hi dear all

Can the ES+ line card be Edge-facing and Core-facing at the same time on RSP-7609-S like the below diagram ?

i know that there is restriction on IOS XR, but i can't find any thing on IOS.

i want to know that the below case support the VPLS or not?

we want to use MPLS/VPN and VPLS at same time.

i would be appreciated if give me the reference for that.

Thank you

[rsimoni]

Hi Amir,

yes ES+ can be both core and customer (edge) facing card at the same time (even if the 2 links are on the same LC); actually there are some cases where ES+ MUST be both core and customer facing such as H-VPLS with MPLS access.

In general for all VPLS flavours you need a ES+ card (or any other card performing label imposition such as SIP-400, SIP-600, ES20, OSM) facing the core. Then depending the type of access you want to configure you have a choice of customer facing LC. i.e: any PFC based LC for basic VPLS up to ES+ (or the other mentioned above) for H-VPLS with MPLS access.

You find this (inderectly documented) on this page:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/routers/7600/install_config/ES40_config_guide/es40_chap6.html#wp1463854

regards,

Riccardo