The document outlines the procedures for configuring MPLS tunneling, establishing maintenance endpoints (MEPs), and provisioning pseudowires in a network setup involving multiple nodes. It provides detailed steps for creating work and protect tunnels, configuring MAC addresses, and setting up service switches and pseudowires, ensuring redundancy and service reliability. The emphasis is on maintaining consistent identifiers across the network to ensure proper service provisioning and monitoring.

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MPLS-TP Provisioning

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Test Setup
Configure Service Switch MAC
Enable MPLS
Provisioning Tunnel
Adding Work Tunnel
Adding Protect Tunnel
Adding Tunnel Mid point
Provisioning MEP on Tunnel
Provisioning Pseudo Wire
Adding Work Pseudo Wire
Provisioning MEP on Pseudo Wire
Provisioning Service
Protected Pseudo Wire Group
Provisioning Pseudo Wire
Adding Work Pseudo Wire
Adding Protect Pseudo Wire
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The setup is created as shown.
Work Path  A – B
Protect Path A – C – B
MPLS Labels for the Forward and Reverse path on work and protect are planned as shown.
Configure Switch MAC address.
Enable MPLS on all the NNI ports.
Test Setup
A
00:00:00:01:05:53
IN:14000 IN:15000
OUT:15000 OUT:14000
IN:16000
OUT:34000
IN:33000
OUT:16000
IN:34000
OUT:15000
IN:15000
OUT:33000
UNI UNI
B
00:00:00:01:05:54
C
00:00:00:01:05:55
1-1 1-1
1-2
1-2
1-3 1-4

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Configure MAC Address of the switch
L2 Service  Service Switch-xx  System  Edit
Set the MAC address  Submit
Follow the same steps to set the MAC address in the remaining switches.
Configure Service Switch MAC
Edit

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Enable MPLS on ports
Go to Port Configuration
Select the NNI ports Switching Configuration.
Enable MPLS.
Enable MPLS
Enable

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1. Configuring Tunnel
Go to L2 Service Switches MPLS TrunksTunnel End Points
Click on Provision a new TunnelGroup
Tunnel Group Name
Protection Mode: Unprotected/Protected
Provisioning Tunnel
Click to Provision
Unprotected/Protected
Revertive/Non-Revertive

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2. Adding Work Tunnel
Click on the created tunnel group
Click on Create Work Tunnel to add Working path of the Tunnel Group
Work Tunnel Group
Click to Enter Tunnel
Group
Click to add work Tunnel

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3.1 Adding Work Tunnel (Node A)
Tunnel Name: User defined name
Interface: MPLS enabled ports
Protection role: work
In Label: 14000 (user defined)
Out Label: 15000 (user defined)
Next Hop Address: Next hop switch’s MAC Address (in work path)
Customer Name: Specify Customer name
Identifier: 1 (should be same along the path)
Work Tunnel Group
NNI Interface
B’s MAC Address
Identifier for work path

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3.2 Adding Work Tunnel (Node B)
Tunnel Name: User defined name
Interface: MPLS enabled ports
Protection role: work
In Label: 15000 (user defined)
Out Label: 14000 (user defined)
Next Hop Address: Next hop switch’s MAC Address (in work path)
Customer Name: Specify Customer name
Identifier: 1 (should be same along the path)
Work Tunnel Group
NNI Interface
A’s MAC Address
Identifier for work path

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4. Adding Protect Tunnel
Click on the created tunnel group
Click on Create Protect Tunnel to add protection path of the Tunnel Group
Protect Tunnel Group
Click to Enter Tunnel
Group
Click to add Protect
Tunnel

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5.1 Adding Protect Tunnel (Node A)
Tunnel Name: User defined name
Interface: MPLS enabled ports
Protection role: Protect
In Label: 16000 (user defined)
Out Label: 34000 (user defined)
Next Hop Address: Next hop switch’s MAC Address (in protect path)
Customer Name: Specify Customer name
Identifier: 2 (should be same along the path)
Protect Tunnel Group
NNI Interface
C’s MAC Address
Identifier for protect path

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5.2 Adding Protect Tunnel ( Node B)
Tunnel Name: User defined name
Interface: MPLS enabled ports
Protection role: Protect
In Label: 15000 (user defined)
Out Label: 33000 (user defined)
Next Hop Address: Next hop switch’s MAC Address (in protect path)
Customer Name: Specify Customer name
Identifier: 2 (should be same along the path)
Protect Tunnel Group
NNI Interface
C’s MAC Address
Identifier for protect path

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6. Adding Tunnel Midpoint
Go to Midpoint NE
Click on L2 Services  MPLS Trunks  Tunnel Midpoints
Click on Provision a new MPLS Tunnel Mid Point
Tunnel Midpoint
Click to Provision Tunnel
Mid Point

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7. Adding Tunnel Mid Point
Select the interface specify In and Out Label along with the Next Hop Address.
* Refer test setup for better understanding
Tunnel Midpoint
Identifier for protect path
Towards Node A
Towards Node B
Node A’s MAC
Node B’s MAC

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1. Creating MEP on Work/Protect Tunnel
Click on the protected tunnel group
Select the work path tunnel
Provisioning MEP on Tunnel
Click on Create MEP

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2. Provisioning Maintenance Domain
Click on Create MaintananceDomain
Maintenance Domain Level: 1 to7 (select any one, should be unique across the MEP)
MDName Format :Character String
MD Name : User defined name
Click on Create
Provisioning MEP on Tunnel
Select from 1-7

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3.1. Provision MEP (Node A work)
MD Level: 1 to 7
MaintenanceDomain: Shows created MD level profiles
Short MA name : give a short name for the MEP
Tick on Enable CC
CC interval: 3.33ms
Detection Time Multiplier: 3
MEPID: 10 (should match Remote
MEPID of other end)
Remote MEPID: 20 (should match
MEPID of the other end)
Provisioning MEP on Tunnel
Select the MD level
Select created Domain
Enable CCMs

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3.2. Provision MEP (Node B work)
MD Level: 1 to 7
MaintenanceDomain: Shows created MD level profiles
Short MA name : give a short name for the MEP
Tick on Enable CC
CC interval: 3.33ms
Detection Time Multiplier: 3
MEPID: 20 (should match Remote
MEPID of other end)
Remote MEPID: 10 (should match
MEPID of the other end)
Provisioning MEP on Tunnel
Select the MD level
Select created Domain
Enable CCMs

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After the creating end to end MEP on the work path, the MEPStatus should display “NoAlarm”
Similarly, create MEP on the Protect path in Node A and Node B
Provisioning MEP on Tunnel

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1. Configuring Pseudowire (Node A)
Go to Service Switch  Pseudo Wires  Pseudo Wire Groups
Click on Provision a new PseudoWireGroup
Specify PW Group Name
Protection Mode: Unprotected/Protected
Protection Switch: Master/Slave (One end point will be Master and other will be Slave)
Provisioning PseudoWire
Click to create PW
Unprotected/Protected
Other end will be Master
Available only if PWSM is
supported

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2. Adding Work Pseudowire (Node A)
Click on the created Pseudowire group
Click on Create Work Pseudowire to add work path for the Pseudowire Group
Pseudo Wire Work
Click to Add Work PW

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3. Adding work PseudoWire (Node A)
PseudoWire Name: User defined name
PseudoWire Group: Selected PW group
Tunnel Group: Select the Tunnel on which PW need to be added.
InBoundLabel:500 (user defined)
OutBoundLabel:501(user defined)
Identifier:1 (should be same end-end)
PWSM: Enable/Disable
Pseudo Wire Work
Tunnel Group on which PW will be added
Identifier for PW work path

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1.1 Configuring Pseudowire (Node B)
Go to Service SwitchPseudo WiresPseudo Wire Groups
Click on Provision a new PseudoWireGroup
Specify PW Group Name
Protection Mode: Unprotected/Protected
Protection Switch: Master/Slave (One end point will be Master and other will be Slave)
Provisioning PseudoWire
Click to create PW
Unprotected/Protected
Other end will be Slave
Available only if PWSM is
supported

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2.1. Adding Work Pseudowire (Node B)
Click on the created Pseudowire group
Click on Create Work Pseudowire to add work path for the Pseudowire Group
Pseudo Wire Work
Click to Add Work PW

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3.1. Adding work PseudoWire (Node B)
PseudoWire Name: User defined name
PseudoWire Group: Selected PW group
Tunnel Group: Select the Tunnel on which PW need to be added.
InBoundLabel:501 (user defined)
OutBoundLabel:500(user defined)
Identifier:1 (should be same end-end)
PWSM: Enable/Disable
Pseudo Wire Work
Tunnel Group on which PW will be added
Identifier for PW work path

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1. Creating MEP on PseudoWire
Click on created Pseudowire Group
Click on added PseudoWire.
Click on Create MEP
Provisioning MEP on Pseudo Wire

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2. Provisioning Maintenance Domain
Click on Create MaintananceDomain
Maintenance Domain Level: 1 to7 (select any one, should be unique across the MEP)
MDName Format :Character String
MD Name : User defined name
Click on Create
Provisioning MEP on Pseudo Wire
Select from 1-7

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Follow the same steps of ‘Provisioning MEP on Tunnel’ to create MEP on PW.
After the creating end to end MEP on the work path of the PW, the MEPStatus should display “NoAlarm”
Provisioning MEP on Pseudo Wire

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Creating Service
Go to L2 Service switch Service Provisioning  Eline Service
Service Provisioning
Service Name
UNI Port PW Group
VLAN on the ingress of UNI

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Tunnel Group (TG1) : A – B Work Path (TG1-Work)
A – C – B Protect Path (TG1-Protect)
Tunnel Group (TG2) : A – B Work Path (TG2-Work)
A – D – B Protect Path (TG2-Protect)
Protected Pseudo Wire Service
A
C
D
B
UNI UNI
TG1-Work
TG2-Work

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Protected Tunnel Groups
Work Path
Work Path
Protect Path
Protect Path

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1. Configuring Pseudowire (Node A)
Go to Service Switch  Pseudo Wires  Pseudo Wire Groups
Click on Provision a new PseudoWireGroup
Specify PW Group Name
Protection Mode: Unprotected/Protected
Protection Switch: Master/Slave (One end point will be Master and other will be Slave)
Provisioning PseudoWire
Click to create PW
Unprotected/Protected
Other end will be Master
Available only if PWSM is
supported

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2. Adding Work Pseudowire (Node A)
Click on the created Pseudowire group
Click on Create Work Pseudowire to add work path for the Pseudowire Group
Pseudo Wire Work
Click to Add Work PW
Click to Add Work PW

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3. Adding Work PseudoWire (Node A)
PseudoWire Name: User defined name
PseudoWire Group: Selected PW group
Tunnel Group: Select the Tunnel on which PW need to be added.
InBoundLabel:500 (user defined)
OutBoundLabel:501(user defined)
Identifier:5 (should be same end-end)
PWSM: Enable/Disable
Pseudo Wire Work
Tunnel Group 1 on which PW work will be added
Identifier for PW work path

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4. Adding Protect PseudoWire (Node A)
PseudoWire Name: User defined name
PseudoWire Group: Selected PW group
Tunnel Group: Select the Tunnel on which PW need to be added.
InBoundLabel:600 (user defined)
OutBoundLabel:601(user defined)
Identifier:6 (should be same end-end)
PWSM: Enable/Disable
Pseudo Wire Work
Tunnel Group 2 on which PW protect will be added
Identifier for PW protect path

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Follow the previous slides to provision MEP on Pseudo Wire
“Provisioning MEP on Pseudo Wire”
Provisioning MEP on Pseudo Wire

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1.1. Configuring Pseudowire (Node B)
Go to Service SwitchPseudo WiresPseudo Wire Groups
Click on Provision a new PseudoWireGroup
Specify PW Group Name
Protection Mode: Unprotected/Protected
Protection Switch: Master/Slave (One end point will be Master and other will be Slave)
Provisioning PseudoWire
Click to create PW
Unprotected/Protected
Other end will be Slave
Available only if PWSM is
supported

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2.1 Adding Work Pseudowire (Node B)
Click on the created Pseudowire group
Click on Create Work Pseudowire to add work path for the Pseudowire Group
Pseudo Wire Work
Click to Add Work PW
Click to Add Work PW

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3.1 Adding Work PseudoWire (Node B)
PseudoWire Name: User defined name
PseudoWire Group: Selected PW group
Tunnel Group: Select the Tunnel on which PW need to be added.
InBoundLabel:501 (user defined)
OutBoundLabel:500(user defined)
Identifier:5 (should be same end-end)
PWSM: Enable/Disable
Pseudo Wire Work
Tunnel Group 1 on which PW work will be added
Identifier for PW work path

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4.1 Adding Protect PseudoWire (Node B)
PseudoWire Name: User defined name
PseudoWire Group: Selected PW group
Tunnel Group: Select the Tunnel on which PW need to be added.
InBoundLabel:601 (user defined)
OutBoundLabel:600(user defined)
Identifier:6 (should be same end-end)
PWSM: Enable/Disable
Pseudo Wire Work
Tunnel Group 2 on which PW protect will be added
Identifier for PW protect path
Provisioning MEP on Pseudo Wire

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Follow the previous slides to provision MEP on Pseudo Wire
“Provisioning MEP on Pseudo Wire”
Provisioning MEP on Pseudo Wire

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Creating Service
Go to L2 Service switch Service Provisioning  Eline Service
Service Provisioning
Service Name
UNI Port Protected PW Group
VLAN on the ingress of UNI

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