Ethernet Service

Introduction

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 Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

Outline the classification of Ethernet service;

Explain the function and applications of different types
Ethernet service.

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 Contents
1. Basic Concepts

2. Ethernet Service Classification

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Basic Concepts - VLAN
Purpose of VLAN
division:

Broadcast suppression

Security

Efficient management

VLAN division modes:

Port based

MAC address based VLAN 200
VLAN 100

L3 protocol based

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Basic Concepts
Port

External physical port of Ethernet unit, the common
rates of external port are 10M, FE, GE and 10GE;

VC Trunk

Virtual Container Trunk, VC Trunk is built by VC. It is the
internal port of Ethernet unit.

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 Structure of Ethernet Unit
C
t t o SC
Re por
Collecting alarm
and performance
event

unit
Send to Cross-connect
GFP-F
FE
N
NVC12/VC3/ X
VC4 VC
FE 4
GE

VCTRUNK

Port

Note: Both of the external and internal ports can process Tag flag

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Tag Attributes
Tag flag is used to identify the type of frames. Three types
of Tag attributes are available: Tag aware, Access, and
Hybrid.

Tag Aware: When the port is set to be Tag aware, the port transmits
the packets with the Tag flag transparently and discards those without
the Tag flag;
Access: When the port is set to be Access, the port attaches a Tag flag
to the packets without Tag flag according to its VLAN ID and discards
those with the Tag flag;

Hybrid: When the port is set to be Hybrid, the port can process
packets regardless of the Tag flag and attach a Tag flag to the packets
without the Tag flag according to its VLAN ID.

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Tag Attributes (Cont.)
Packet
Tag Untag
Port
Tag aware (In) Transmit transparently Discard
Tag aware (Out) Transmit transparently
Attach default VLAN
Access (In) Discard
ID
Access (Out) Delete VLAN ID
Attach default VLAN
Hybrid (In) Transmit transparently
ID
If VLAN ID is the same,
delete the Tag flag,
Hybrid (Out)
otherwise transmit
transparently

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 Contents
1. Basic Concepts

2. Ethernet Service Classification

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 Contents
2. Ethernet Service Classification
2.1 Overview

2.2 EPL

2.3 EVPL

2.4 EPLAN

2.5 EVPLAN

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Overview
EPL: Ethernet Private Line
EPLAN: Ethernet Private LAN
EVPL: Ethernet Virtual private Line
EVPLAN: Ethernet Virtual Private LAN

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EPL
EPL (Ethernet Private Line): EPL can provide low
latency and high security point to point transmission
without sharing.

Bandwidth exclusive

Services isolated

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EPL (Cont.)
Point to Point transmission without sharing

VCTRUNK 1 VCTRUNK 1
VCTRUNK 1

VCTRUNK 2
VCTRUNK 2 VCTRUNK 2

Port 1 Port 1

A A
Port 2 Port 2
NE 1 NE 2

B B

MSTP Equipment Enterprise User

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 Questions
EPL provides private bandwidth for users. How about
if VCTRUNK / Port resource is not enough?

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EVPL
EVPL ( Ethernet Virtual Private Line): Multiple service
flows can share VCTRUNK/Port with VLAN ID/MPLS/QinQ. It
can improve the bandwidth utilization ratio and save the
ports resource of Ethernet unit.

EVPL

Port Shared Vctrunk Shared

VLAN tag-based
VLAN tag-based
MPLS encapsulation-
based
QinQ technology-based

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 Port Shared EVPL
Services share one external port with different VLAN
ID.
VCTRUNK 1 VCTRUNK 1
VCTRUNK 1

VCTRUNK 2
VCTRUNK 2 VCTRUNK 2
Port 1
(VLAN 100)
Port 1
VLAN 100 Department A
Headquarters VLAN 200 Port 2
(VLAN 200)
NE 1 NE 2

Department B

MSTP Equipment Enterprise User

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VCTRUNK Shared EVPL (VLAN
ID)
Services share one VCTRUNK with different VLAN ID.

VCTRUNK 1

Port 1 Port 1
VLAN 100 VLAN 100

A A
Port 2 Port 2
VLAN 200 VLAN 200
NE 1 NE 2

B B

MSTP Equipment Cyber Cafe User Community User

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MPLS Basics
MPLS network
IP P
PE
PE
P
LSP
MPLS

MPLS: Multi-protocol Label Switching, standard routing and switching platform;

Tunnel/VC: Two labels in MPLS, range of value is 16 (220-1);
LSP: Label switching path, different value labels will be given in different
nodes, data can be sent forward according these labels;
P/PE: P (Provider) internal node of MPLS network, PE (Provider Edge) the edge
of MPLS network.

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 VCTRUNK Shared EVPL (MPLS)
EVPL can provide VCTRUNK sharing with different MPLS labels if
the VLAN ID of the services are the same. The traffic of A and B
will share VCTRUNK1 with different Tunnel and VC values.

Add Label Tunn Strip Label

VLAN 55 VLAN
P P el P P
ID E VC 25 E ID
11 Port 1 Port 1 11

Port 2 VCTRUNK 1 Port 2

Tunn
NE 1 56 NE 2
el
VC 26

Dept. A Dept. B Dept. B Dept. A

Branch 1 Branch 2

MSTP Equipment Company F

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QinQ Basics
QinQ technology is a VLAN stacking technology
C-VLAN

S-VLAN

Advantages of QinQ technology:

Expands VLAN and alleviates VLAN resource insufficiency;

Extends LAN service to WAN, connecting the client
network to the carrier network and supporting transparent
transmission.

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 VCTRUNK Shared EVPL (QinQ)
EVPL can provide VCTRUNK sharing with different S-VLAN if the
C-VLAN ID of the services are the same. The traffic of A and B
will share VCTRUNK1 with different S-VLAN values.

Add S-VLAN S- C- Strip S-VLAN

C- C-
VLAN VLAN VLAN VLAN
30 11
11 Port 1 Port 1 11
VCTRUNK 1
Port 2 Port 2

S- C-
NE 1 VLAN VLAN NE 2
20 11

Dept. A Dept. B Dept. B Dept. A

Branch 1 Branch 2

MSTP Equipment Company F

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 Questions
Whats the difference between EPL and EVPL?

Whats the main feature of EVPL?

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EPLAN
EPLAN (Ethernet Private LAN), it is based on L2
switching. It can provide muti-points to muti-points
low latency and high security communication.

Bandwidth is exclusively occupied

Service isolated

Involves layer 2 switching

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 EPLAN (Cont.)
EPLAN (Ethernet Private Local Area Network) all the sub-
companies at different areas can communicate with each other.
NE 3 implements the L2 switching function.

NE 1

PORT 1
NE 2 NE 4 PORT 1

H2 H3
NE 3
VCTRUNK 1 VCTRUN VCTRUN VCTRUNK 1
K K
PORT 1 PORT 1

PORT 1
Company H

H1 MSTP Equipment
VCTRUNK 1 VCTRUNK 2
Virtual Bridge
PORT 1

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EPLAN - MAC Add. Self-learning
Forwarding based on destination address
MAC add. Port
MACA 1
MACB 1
MACC 2
MACD MACA MACD 2

Port 1

Port 2

L2 Switch MACA MACD

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EPLAN - VB/LP
VB: Virtual bridge, logical L2 switch. One Ethernet
unit can configure N*VB, each VB provides M*LP, the
data in different VB is isolated;
LP: Logical Port, the logical port of VB.
VB1

LP1 LP4

LP2
PORT VCG
Ethernet Unit
LP5

LP6

VB3 VB2

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EPLAN - STP
STP: Spanning tree protocol. The protocol will
temporarily disable the backup links when loop of
Ethernet service is occurred in the network.

Root

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 Questions
What is the advantage of EPLAN?

What is the working mechanism of EPLAN?

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EVPLAN
EVPLAN (EVPLAN: Ethernet Virtual Private LAN): the
bandwidth could be shared by different users.
Services should be differentiated by the
VLAN/MPLS/QinQ scheme.

IEEE 802.1q bridge
IEEE 802.1ad bridge

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EPLAN vs EVPLAN

EPLAN
EVPLAN

Shared VLAN Independent VLAN

Learning (SVL) Learning (IVL)

Ingress Filtering Ingress Filtering

VS

Disabled Enabled
Data fowarding Data fowarding
based on VB + MAC based on VB + MAC
Address Address + VLAN

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 EVPLAN (802.1q Bridge)
The 802.1q bridge performs Layer 2 switching according to the
destination MAC addresses and VLAN IDs.
NE 1

VLAN ID H3
H2
PORT 1 NE 2 VCTRUNK 1 VCTRUNK 2 NE 4 PORT 1

PORT 1 PORT 2
PORT 2 PORT 2
NE 3
VCTRUN VCTRUN
K K
G2 G3

PORT 1 PORT 2 Company H

H1 G1
Company G
VLAN Forwarding VLAN Forwarding
Table Table
VCTRUNK VCTRUNK MSTP Equipment
1 1
VLAN VLAN Virtual Bridge
VCTRUNK VCTRUNK
100 200
2 2
PORT 1 PORT 2
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 EVPLAN (802.1ad Bridge)
The 802.1ad bridge performs Layer 2 switching according to the
destination MAC addresses and S-VLAN IDs.
NE 1

Servic C- Servic C-
e VLAN S-VLAN e VLAN
VoIP 10 VCTRUNK 1 VCTRUNK 2 VoIP 10
HSI 20
PORT 1
NE 2 NE 4 PORT 1 HSI 20
PORT 1 PORT 2

User M User N
NE 3
VCTRUN VCTRUN
K K

VoIP HSI
PORT 1 PORT 2
Enterprise User

VLAN Forwarding VLAN Forwarding MSTP Equipment

Table Table
VCTRUNK VCTRUNK Virtual Bridge
1 1
S-VLAN S-VLAN
VCTRUNK VCTRUNK
100 200
2 2
PORT 1 PORT 2
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 Questions
What is the application of EVPLAN?

Is there any scenario that EPL/EVPL/EPLAN/EVPLAN

service will be used in one network?

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 Summary
Basic Concepts
Ethernet Service Classification

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