Cisco IOS Carrier Ethernet Configuration Guide, Release 12.2SR - IEEE 802.1s Support on Bridge Domains [Cisco IOS Software Releases 12.2 SR]

Table Of Contents

IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains

Finding Feature Information

Contents

Prerequisites for IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains

Restrictions for IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains

Information About IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains

EVC

MST and STP

MST on Service Instances with Bridge Domains

How to Configure IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains

Configuring MST on EVC Bridge Domains

Troubleshooting Tips

Configuration Examples for IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains

Configuring MST on EVC Bridge Domains: Example

Additional References

Related Documents

Standards

MIBs

RFCs

Technical Assistance

Command Reference

Feature Information for IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains

IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains

First Published: October 20, 2008

Last Updated: October 20, 2008

The IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains feature enables Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) on Ethernet Virtual Circuits (EVCs).

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Contents

•Prerequisites for IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains

•Restrictions for IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains

•Information About IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains

•How to Configure IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains

•Configuration Examples for IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains

•Additional References

•Command Reference

•Feature Information for IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains

Prerequisites for IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains

•MST must be configured.

Restrictions for IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains

•Service instances on a port-channel are not supported on Cisco 7600 series routers.

•Service instances with "encapsulation default" are not supported.

•Service instances with "encapsulation untagged" without the dot1q option are not supported.

•Service instances with "encapsulation priority-tagged" are not supported.

Information About IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains

To configure IEEE 802.1s on bridge domains, you should understand the following concepts:

•EVC

•MST and STP

•MST on Service Instances with Bridge Domains

EVC

An EVC as defined by the Metro Ethernet Forum is a port-level point-to-point or multipoint-to-multipoint Layer 2 circuit. It is an end-to-end representation of a single instance of a Layer 2 service being offered by a provider to a customer. An EVC embodies the different parameters on which the service is being offered. A service instance is the instantiation of an EVC on a specified port.

Service instances are configured under a port channel. The traffic, carried by the service instance is load balanced across member links. Service instances under a port channel are grouped and each group is associated with one member link. Ingress traffic for a single EVC can arrive on any member of the bundle. All egress traffic for a service instance uses only one of the member links. Load balancing is achieved by grouping service instances and assigning them to a member link.

Ethernet virtual connection services (EVCS) uses the concepts of EVCs and service instances to provide Layer 2 switched Ethernet services. EVC status can be used by a Customer Edge (CE) device either to find an alternative path in to the service provider network or in some cases, to fall back to a backup path over Ethernet or over another alternative service such as Frame Relay or ATM.

For information about the Metro Ethernet Forum standards, see the "Standards" section.

MST and STP

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is a Layer 2 link-management protocol that provides path redundancy while preventing undesirable loops in the network. For a Layer 2 Ethernet network to function properly, only one active path can exist between any two stations. STP operation is transparent to end stations, which cannot detect whether they are connected to a single VLAN segment or to a switched LAN of multiple segments.

Cisco 7600 series routers use STP (the IEEE 802.1D bridge protocol) on all VLANs. By default, a single instance of STP runs on each configured VLAN (provided you do not manually disable STP). You can enable and disable STP on a per-VLAN basis.

MST maps multiple VLANs into a spanning tree instance, with each instance having a spanning tree topology independent of other spanning tree instances. This architecture provides multiple forwarding paths for data traffic, enables load balancing, and reduces the number of spanning tree instances required to support many VLANs. MST improves the fault tolerance of the network because a failure in one instance (a forwarding path) does not affect other instances.

To participate in MST instances, routers must be consistently configured with the same MST configurations. A collection of interconnected routers that have the same MST configuration forms an MST region. For two or more routers to be in the same MST region, they must have the same VLAN-to-instance mapping, the same configuration revision number, and the same MST name.

The MST configuration controls the MST region to which each router belongs. The configuration includes the name of the region, the revision number, and the MST VLAN-to-instance assignment map.

A region can have one or multiple members with the same MST configuration; each member must be capable of processing Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) bridge protocol data units (BPDUs). There is no limit to the number of MST regions in a network, but each region can support up to 65 spanning tree instances. Instances can be identified by any number in the range from 0 to 4094. You can assign a VLAN to only one spanning tree instance at a time.

MST on Service Instances with Bridge Domains

The IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains feature uses VLAN IDs for service-instance-to-MST-instance mapping. EVC service instances with the same VLAN ID (the outer VLAN IDs in the QinQ case) as the one in a particular MST instance will be mapped to that MST instance.

EVC service instances can have encapsulations with a single tag as well as double tags. In the case of double tag encapsulations, the outer VLAN ID is used for the MST instance mapping, and the inner VLAN ID is ignored.

Because MST requires bridge ports, you must configure a bridge domain for service instances to participate in the MST instances. Additionally, because MST runs by sending untagged BPDUs on the wire, independently of any VLAN, a native VLAN is required on the interface with EVC service instances. By default, switch ports have a native VLAN. However, if the port is not a switch port, you must specify a native VLAN using an EVC service instance.

Because a VLAN ID is required for EVC service-instance-to-MST-instance mapping, the following EVC service instances without any VLAN IDs in the encapsulation are not supported:

•Untagged (encapsulation untagged)

•Priority-tagged (encapsulation priority-tagged)

•Default (encapsulation default)

How to Configure IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains

This section contains the following task:

•Configuring MST on EVC Bridge Domains

Configuring MST on EVC Bridge Domains

Perform this task to configure MST on EVC bridge domains:

SUMMARY STEPS

1. enable

2. configure terminal

3. interface gigabitethernet slot/subslot/port [.subinterface-number]
or
interface tengigabitethernet slot/subslot/port [.subinterface-number]

4. service instance id ethernet [evc-id]

5. encapsulation dot1q vlan-id [native]

6. bridge-domain bridge-id [split-horizon [group group-id]]

DETAILED STEPS

Command or Action

Purpose

Step 1

enable
Example:

Router> enable

Enables privileged EXEC mode.

•Enter your password if prompted.

Step 2

configure terminal
Example:

Router# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 3

interface gigabitethernet slot/subslot/port [.subinterface-number]
or
interface tengigabitethernet slot/subslot/port [.subinterface-number]
Example:

Router(config)# interface gigabitethernet 4/0/0
or
Router(config)# interface tengigabitethernet 4/0/0

Specifies the Gigabit Ethernet or the Ten Gigabit Ethernet interface to configure,

Step 4

service instance id ethernet [evc-id]
Example:

Router(config-if)# service instance 101 ethernet

Creates a service instance (an instance of an EVC) on an interface and places the CLI in service instance configuration mode.

Step 5

encapsulation dot1q vlan-id [native]
Example:

Router(config-if-srv)# encapsulation dot1q 13

Defines the matching criteria to be used in order to map ingress dot1q frames on an interface to the appropriate service instance.

Step 6

bridge-domain bridge-id [split-horizon [group group-id]]
Example:

Router(config-if-srv)# bridge-domain 12

Binds the service instance to a bridge domain instance.

Troubleshooting Tips

The following commands can be used to troubleshoot MST configurations on EVC bridge domains.

•debug ethernet l2ctrl

•debug l2ctrl

Configuration Examples for IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains

This section provides the following configuration examples:

•Configuring MST on EVC Bridge Domains: Example

Configuring MST on EVC Bridge Domains: Example

In the following example, the two interfaces participate in MST instance 0, the default instance to which all VLANs are mapped:
Router# enable
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# interface gigabitethernet 4/0/0
Router(config-if)# service instance 1 ethernet
Router(config-if-srv)# encapsulation dot1q 2
Router(config-if-srv)# bridge-domain 100
Router(config-if-srv)# interface gigabitethernet 4/0/3
Router(config-if)# service instance 1 ethernet
Router(config-if-srv)# encapsulation dot1q 2
Router(config-if-srv)# bridge-domain 100
Router(config-if-srv)# end
Issue the following command to verify:
Router# show spanning-tree vlan 2 
MST0 
	Spanning tree enabled protocol mstp 
	Root ID 		Priority 		32768 
				Address 		0009.e91a.bc40 
				This bridge is the root 
				Hello Time 	2 sec 	Max Age 20 sec 	Forward Delay 15 sec 
	Bridge ID 		Priority 		32768 (priority 32768 sys-id-ext 0) 
			 	Address 		0009.e91a.bc40 
				Hello Time 	2 sec 	Max Age 20 sec 	Forward Delay 15 sec
Interface 						Role Sts Cost 						Prio.Nbr 	Type
------------------- 						---- --- --------- 						-------- 	--------------------------------
Gi4/0/0 						Desg FWD 20000 						128.1537 	P2p 
Gi4/0/3 						Back BLK 20000 						128.1540 	P2p 
In the following example, interface gigabitethernet 4/0/0 and interface gigabitethernet 4/0/3 are connected back to back. Each has a service instance attached to it. The service instance on both interfaces has an encapsulation VLAN ID of 2. Changing the VLAN ID from 2 to 8 in the encapsulation directive for the service instance on interface gi4/0/0 stops the MSTP from running in the MST instance to which the old VLAN is mapped and starts the MSTP in the MST instance to which the new VLAN is mapped:
Router(config-if)# interface gigabitethernet 4/0/0
Router(config-if)# service instance 1 ethernet
Router(config-if-srv)# encapsulation dot1q 8
Router(config-if-srv)# end
Issue the following command to verify:
Router# show spanning-tree vlan 2
 
MST1 
	Spanning tree enabled protocol mstp 
	Root ID 			Priority 			32769 
				Address 			0009.e91a.bc40 
				This bridge is the root 
				Hello Time 	2 sec 	Max Age 20 sec 	Forward Delay 15 sec 
	Bridge ID 			Priority 			32769 (priority 32768 sys-id-ext 1) 
				Address 			0009.e91a.bc40 
				Hello Time 	2 sec 	Max Age 20 sec 	Forward Delay 15 sec
Interface					 Role Sts Cost					 	Prio.Nbr 	Type
------------------- 	---- --- --------- 										-------- 	--------------------------------
Gi4/0/3 					 Desg FWD 20000 						128.1540	 P2p 
Router# show spanning-tree vlan 8
MST2 
	Spanning tree enabled protocol mstp 
	Root ID 			Priority 			32770 
				Address 			0009.e91a.bc40 
				This bridge is the root 
				Hello Time 	2 sec 	Max Age 20 sec 	Forward Delay 15 sec 
	Bridge ID 			Priority 			32770 (priority 32768 sys-id-ext 2) 
				Address 			0009.e91a.bc40 
				Hello Time 	2 sec 	Max Age 20 sec 	Forward Delay 15 sec
Interface 					Role Sts Cost						 Prio.Nbr 	Type
------------------- 	---- --- --------- 										-------- 	--------------------------------
Gi4/0/0 						Desg FWD 20000 					128.1537 	P2p
In the following example, interface gigabitethernet 4/0/3 with a service instance that has an outer encapsulation VLAN ID of 2 and a bridge domain of 100 receives a new service:
Router# enable
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# interface gigabitethernet 4/0/3
Router((config-if)# service instance 2 ethernet
Router((config-if-srv)# encap dot1q 2 second-dot1q 100
Router((config-if-srv)# bridge-domain 200
Now there are two service instances configured on interface gigabitethernet 4/0/3 and both of them have the same outer VLAN 2.
interface GigabitEthernet4/0/3 
		no ip address
	service instance 1 ethernet
	encapsulation dot1q 2
	bridge-domain 100 
! 
service instance 2 ethernet 
	encapsulation dot1q 2 second-dot1q 100 
		bridge-domain 200
The preceding configuration does not affect the MSTP operation on the interface; there is no state change for interface gi4/0/3 in the MST instance it belongs to.
Router# show spanning-tree mst 1 
##### MST1 	vlans mapped:			 2
Bridge 			address 0009.e91a.bc40 		priority 							32769 (32768 sysid 1)
Root 			this switch for MST1
Interface 					Role Sts Cost 					Prio.Nbr Type
---------------- 					---- --- --------- 	-------- --------------------------------
Gi4/0/3 					Desg FWD 20000 					128.1540 P2p
Additional References

The following sections provide references related to the IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains feature.

Related Documents

Related Topic

Document Title

Carrier Ethernet commands

Cisco IOS Carrier Ethernet Command Reference

Standards

Standard

Title

MEF 6.1

Metro Ethernet Services Definitions Phase 2 (PDF 6/08)

MEF 10.1

Ethernet Services Attributes Phase 2 (PDF 10/06)

MIBs

MIB

MIBs Link

•No new or modified MIBs are supported by this feature, and support for existing MIBs has not been modified by this feature.

To locate and download MIBs for selected platforms, Cisco IOS releases, and feature sets, use Cisco MIB Locator found at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/go/mibs

RFCs

RFC

Title

No new or modified RFCs are supported by this feature, and support for existing RFCs has not been modified by this feature.

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Technical Assistance

Description

Link

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Command Reference

The following commands are introduced or modified in the feature or features documented in this module. For information about these commands, see the Cisco IOS Carrier Ethernet Command Reference at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/carrier ethernet/command/reference/ce_book.html. For information about all Cisco IOS commands, use the Command Lookup Tool at http://tools.cisco.com/Support/CLILookup or the Cisco IOS Master Command List, All Releases, at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/mcl/allreleasemcl/all_book.html.

•bridge-domain (service instance)

•debug ethernet l2ctrl

•debug l2ctrl

Feature Information for IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains

Table 1 lists the release history for this feature.

Not all commands may be available in your Cisco IOS software release. For release information about a specific command, see the command reference documentation.

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Note Table 1 lists only the Cisco IOS software release that introduced support for a given feature in a given Cisco IOS software release train. Unless noted otherwise, subsequent releases of that Cisco IOS software release train also support that feature.

Table 1 Feature Information for IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains

Feature Name

Releases

Feature Information

IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains

12.2(33)SRD

The IEEE 802.1s on Bridge Domains feature enables Multiple Spanning Tree (MST) on EVC interfaces.

The following commands were introduced or modified: bridge-domain (service instance), debug ethernet l2ctrl, debug l2ctrl.

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