Nokia Virtual Private LAN Services

After completing the course, students should be able to:

• Review Ethernet technology, MPLS features, and the terminology of SAPs and SDPs in services
• Using the basic components of services (SAPs and SDPs), create a simple VPLS
• Describe the advantages of a VPLS and configure a VPLS service
• Explain the impacts of MTU on a distributed VPLS service
• Describe the VPLS FDB and list the tools required to maintain the VPLS FDB
• Manage a VPLS infrastructure, and troubleshoot and repair a misconfigured VPLS
• Describe the purpose and operation of policy-based forwarding
• Implement loop control mechanisms such as rapid spanning tree in a VPLS environment
• Define management VPLS (M-VPLS) and how it can be used with STP to provide redundancy and load balancing
• Describe the use of LAG and MC-LAG in providing resiliency in a VPLS configuration
• Describe the use of active and standby pseudowires to achieve redundancy instead of STP
• Explain the key scalability concerns in large VPLS deployments
• Explain the concept of a hierarchical VPLS and its benefits for large VPLS networks
• Explain the concept of Provider Backbone Bridging (PBB) and how it resolves the problem of MAC explosion when connecting to multiple bridging sites

Nokia IP Networks and Services Fundamentals

Nokia Multiprotocol Label Switching

Nokia Border Gateway Protocol Fundamentals for Services

Module 1 – Service fundamentals review
 

Module 2 – Introduction to Virtual Private LAN Services
 

Module 3 – VPLS Features

Module 4 – VPLS loop avoidance
 

Module 5 – VPLS redundancy techniques
 

Module 6 – Large scale VPLS deployments