8.5.1.4 Adding a Layer 2 Interface to a SEP Segment and Configuring a Role for the
Interface
Context
To ensure that SEP packets are forwarded correctly in a SEP segment, add Layer 2 interfaces to
the SEP segment and configure different roles for the interfaces.
After an interface is added to a SEP segment, the interface sets its interface role to the primary
edge interface if the interface has the right to participate in primary edge interface election. Then,
the interface periodically sends a primary edge interface election packet without waiting for the
success of neighbor negotiations.
A primary edge interface election packet contains the interface role (primary edge interface,
secondary edge interface, or common interface), bridge MAC address of the interface, interface
ID, and integrity of the topology database.
Table 8-10
Interface roles
Interface
Role
Sub-role
Description
Deployment Scenario
Common
interface
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In a SEP segment, all
interfaces except edge
interfaces and blocked
interfaces are common
interfaces.
A common interface
monitors the status of the
directly-connected SEP link.
When the link status changes,
the interface sends a topology
change notification message
to notify its neighbors. Then
the topology change
notification message is
flooded on the link until it
finally reaches the primary
edge interface. The primary
edge interface determines
how to process the link
change.
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