Installation and User Manual
EtherHaul
1200™
EH-INST-02, Issue 4.0
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6.2
EtherHaul Bridging Model
The Siklu implementation of Provider Bridge is a network of up to five virtual bridges
connected in a “cross-like” fashion as shown in
Figure
6-1
.
Figure
6-1 Provider Bridge Architecture
Figure
6-2
shows the generic model of the EtherHaul bridge.
Figure
6-2 Generic Model of the EtherHaul Bridge
Each component acts as a virtual bridge. A component can have both external and
internal ports. An external port name is identical to its interface name. For example, the
C-component 1 (C1) external port name is ETH2. An internal port uses the name of its
peer component as shown in
Figure
6-2
. For example, when C-component 1 (C1) is
connected to the S component, the corresponding internal port is S1 .
