Brocade Multi-Service IronWare Switching Configuration Guide (Supporting R05.6.00) - Manual (Page 264)

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About IEEE 802.1ad
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• As with normal VLAN devices, every PB node must learn all customer MAC addresses, even
with SVLAN encapsulation.
Port type configuration for Provider Bridging (PB)
FIGURE 23 Port types in a Provider Bridge (PB)
The Brocade NetIron CES defines two types of ports for operation in a provider network:
• Customer-edge: This port receives packets with CVLAN tagging. These packets are either
switched to other customer-edge ports locally, or are encapsulated with SVLAN tags and are
sent out on the provider network ports.
• Provider-network: This port receives packets with SVLAN tagging, and transmits packets with
SVLAN tagging.
There are two additional port types that are defined for the Brocade NetIron CES: these are
backbone-edge and backbone-network. These port types are defined for IEEE 802.1ah Provider
Backbone Bridging (PBB).
IEEE 802.1ad network configuration example
Configuring a network for IEEE 802.1ad requires the following steps.
1. Configure appropriate port types.
2. Define tag values for CVLAN and SVLAN
3. Define ESIs for CVLAN side and bind VLANs and ports.
4. Define ESIs for SVLAN side and bind VLANs and ports.