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