Brocade Multi-Service IronWare Multiprotocol Label Switch (MPLS) Configuration Guide (Supporting R05.6.00) - Manual (Page 816)

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VPLS LSP Load Balancing
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VPLS LSP Load Balancing
Glossary
TABLE 153 Glossary of terms
Term Meaning
MAC Media Access Control
LSP Label Switched Path
VPLS Virtual Private LAN Service
Feature overview
This functional specification documents the VPLS LSP load balancing which is to be incremented
from four LSPs to eight LSPs in the NetIron R05.600 for the XMR/MLX product lines.
Prior to NetIron R05.600, VPLS LSP load balancing is done with a maximum of four LSPs. This is
increased to eight LSPs after this feature.
Limitations and prerequisites
An existing limitation is that the hashing technique to load balance is not consistent.
For example,
The following unique MAC addresses /unique VLANs still cause traffic forwarding NOT distributed
across all maximum 8 x LSPs.
IXIA PORT 1: SMAC = 00-00-00-11-00-xx where xx = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
VLAN = 10yy
where yy = 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
IXIA PORT 2: SMAC = 00-00-00-22-00-xx where xx = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
VLAN = 10yy
where yy = 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
or
IXIA P1: SMAC = 00-00-00-12-00-xx where xx = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
VLAN = 10yy
where yy = 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
IXIA P2: SMAC = 00-00-00-13-00-xx where xx = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
VLAN = 10yy
where yy = 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
or
IXIA P1: SMAC = 00-00-00-3c-01-xx where xx = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
VLAN = 10yy
where yy = 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
IXIA P2: SMAC = 00-00-00-3d-01-xx where xx = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
VLAN = 10yy
where yy = 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17