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Chapter 11 Configuring Ethernet Virtual Connections (EVCs)
Understanding EVC Features
When you enter service instance configuration mode, you can configure these options:
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default—Sets a command to its defaults
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description—Adds a service instance specific description
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encapsulation—Configures Ethernet frame match criteria
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errdisable—Configures error disable
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ethernet—Configures Ethernet-lmi parameters
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exit— Exits from service instance configuration mode
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l2protocol—Configures Layer 2 control protocol processing
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mac—Commands for MAC address-based features
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no—Negates a command or sets its defaults
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service-policy —Attaches a policy-map to an EFP
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shutdown—Takes the service instance out of service
Enter the [no] shutdown service-instance configuration mode to shut down or bring up a service
instance.
On a Layer 2 port with no service instance configured, multiple switchport commands are available
(access, backup, block, host, mode, and trunk). When one or more service instances are configured on
a Layer 2 port, no switchport commands are accepted on that interface.
Encapsulation
Encapsulation defines the matching criteria that maps a VLAN, a range of VLANs, cost of service (CoS)
bits, Ethertype, or a combination of these to a service instance. You configure encapsulation in service
instance configuration mode. You must configure one encapsulation command per EFP (service
instance).
Use the encapsulation service-instance configuration mode command to set encapsulation criteria.
Different types of encapsulations are default, dot1q, priority-tagged and untagged. Valid Ethertypes
(type) are ipv4, ipv6, pppoe-all, pppoe-discovery, and pppoe-session.
Encapsulation classification options also include:
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outer tag VLAN
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outer tag CoS
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inner tag VLAN
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inner tag CoS
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payload ethertype—any ethertype tag after the VLAN tag
After you have entered an encapsulation method, these keyword options are available in service instance
configuration mode:
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bridge-domain—Configures a bridge domain
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rewrite—Configures Ethernet rewrite criteria
