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Cross connect

7302-7330/5523 operator part 1 section E

Alcatel-Lucent University Antwerp

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Objectives
After completing this section, youll be able to
Describe the different types of cross-connect modes (S-, C-, S/C-)
Retrieve VLAN information on the system.
Associate a VLAN in cross-connect mode to a port on the ASAMCORE and to ports on the SHUB.
Unstacked C-VLAN cross-connect
S-VLAN cross-connect (C-VLAN transparency)
SC-VLAN cross-connect
Vlan translation

Forwarding modes overview

7302 ISAM

L3+
L3
L2+
L2

Network
side

User
side

Eth-VLAN
ANT

Different forwarding modes for different forwarding decisions:

Decision

L2
L2+
L3
L3+
3

Forwarding mode
VLAN Cross-Connect (CC)
Intelligent Bridge (IB)

PPPoA to PPPoE translation

IP aware Bridge

Routed
PPP termination

Cross connect mode

Transparent bit pipe

Conceptually very similar to classical ATM PVC cross-connect

One customer-VLAN (C-VLAN) contains strictly one user

User port or user logical port or user on subtended interface
Two variants: residential & business cross-connect

One user can be cross-connected to multiple VLANs

in this case user frames need to be tagged

Cross connect mode: Example

Ethernet
CPE
BRAS

IP
routing

PC

ISAM

1 VLAN id per DSL line

Appl.
TCP

1 PVC / DSL line

IP
PPP

PPP

PPPoE

PPPoE
Eth.

Eth. Bridging

Eth. Xconnect

Eth. bridging

VLAN

VLAN

VLAN

VLAN

LLC
SNAP

LLC
SNAP

Phys.

Phys.

Phys.

Phys.

AAL5

AAL5

ATM

ATM

xDSL

xDSL

Phys.

Eth.
Phys.

VLAN Cross-connect mode

Transparent pipe for unicast, multicast and broadcast traffic
any protocol : IP, PPP, IPX, AppleTalk,...
Internet

VP/VC

VLAN

2/100

10

2/101

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Note : Tagged frames

supported
CPE

CPE
ISP2

E-MAN
Network

ISP1

CPE

IP

CPE

BAS

CPE

ISAM
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Cross connect mode

Customer identified by access port
1 VLAN = 1 VP/VC
Or even multiple VLANs per PVC

MAC-address not used in the forwarding decision

Security
IP edge device knows the line id
Edge can limit number of PPP sessions per line (VP/VC)

Separation of broadcast traffic per user

Number of MAC-addresses can be limited
enable self-learning on the DSL port

Cross connect mode in 7302 ISAM

Service Hub behaves as standard bridge
LT Cross connect mode configurable
C-VLAN cross connect
S-VLAN cross connect
SC-VLAN cross connect
ISAM - shelf
ASAM
link
GE1-16

FW Engine

ExternalService
ethernet Hub
links

FW Engine

Ph port
EFM

VLAN

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Ph. Port
1/100
1/200

VP/VC

VLAN

1/100

10

1/200

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C-VLAN cross connect

EDGE

EMAN

ISAM

VLAN

CPE

VLAN-CC

ROUTER

IP
PPP
PPPoE
Eth

IP
Eth

CC
Service
Hub/NT

CC
LT

IP
PPP
PPPoE
Eth
ATM
DSL

IP
Eth
ATM
DSL

C-VLAN cross connect mode, things to consider

Scalability issue:
VLAN technology only 4000 VLAN-ids
Switches learn all MAC-addresses of all end-users
IP edge learns all MAC-address<->IP-address of all end-users in
ARP table
VLAN 100

HSIA

VLAN 101

IP edge

VLAN 100

BR

VLAN 101

IP1
IP2
IP3
IP101

VLAN 1000
VLAN 1001
VLAN 1002
VLAN 1003

MAC
MAC1
MAC2
MAC3
MAC10
1

VoIP
10

IP2
MAC2

CPE
Bridge

IP3
MAC3

ISAM-1

ARP

CC

VLAN 103

BTV

VLAN 102
VLAN 103

VLAN 102

VoD

IP1
MAC1

VLA
N1
000
VLA
N1
001
VLA
N1
002
VLA
N1
003

IP101
MAC101

CPE
Bridge

CC
ISAM-2

IP201
MAC201

CPE
Bridge

IP202
MAC202
IP203
MAC203

IP102
MAC102
IP103
MAC103

Cross connect mode and VLAN stacking

Scalabality issue is solved by VLAN stacking:
Customer VLAN : C-VLAN
Service provider VLAN : S-VLAN

2 extra cross connect modes

S-VLAN cross connect (C-VLAN transparency)
SC-VLAN cross connect

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C-VLAN cross connect

Stack type: unstacked C-VLANs
#3

#1
Ethernet

#2

VLAN 333
VLAN 444
#4

VLAN 555

#1

#2

#4

1 user port per VLAN

VLAN 333 is sent untagged towards CPE
Untagged frames are tagged with pvid (e.g. 333)
Unknown VLAN IDs for that port are discarded

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S-VLAN cross connect (C-VLAN transparency)

Stack type: S-VLANs
S

#1

SC

#2

C
#1
SC

S-VLAN 400 - pvid

S-VLAN
SC
S 401 S C

#2
C

#3

#3
S

SC

SC

S-VLAN 402

1 or more S-VLANs per bridge port

User is allowed to send tagged traffic (even S-tags!)
We ignore the C-VLAN ID:
untagged means here: no S-tag present (C-tag can be present, though!)
single-tagged means: S-tag present (and maybe also C-tag)

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SC-VLAN cross connect

Ethernet

Stack type: stacked C-VLANs

sc
sc

#1

#2

S-VLAN

#1

sc

#4

#2

#3

#4

Create and deploy Stacking VLAN (from the AWS or CLI)

Unknown C-VLAN IDs for a bridge port are discarded
C-VLAN ID is unique within S-VLAN
Multiple bridge ports can share the same S-VLAN
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QoS aware cross connect

Support PVC-bundles as subscriber interfaces
pbit = 7 (from PVC 8/36)
pbit = 1 (from PVC 8/37)

Ethernet

Voice / Untagged / PVC = 8/36

HSI / Untagged / PVC = 8/37

VLAN 333
VLAN 444

pbit = 7 (from PVC 8/36)

pbit = 1 (from PVC 8/37)

Voice / Untagged / PVC = 8/36

HSI / Untagged / PVC = 8/37

Upstream: map PVC with VLAN + p-bit

Downstream: Select PVC according to p-bit value
Applicable for all cross connect modes

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Protocol aware cross connect (residential cc)

Protocol aware for

802.1x, DHCP, IGMP, PPPoE

#1

#2

Ethernet
VLAN 333

#3

VLAN 444

#1

#3

Support for residential bridge alike features:

DHCP option 82
IGMP control channel (multicast applications with cross VLAN)
PPPoE Relay tag

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Cross connect with protocol filtering

#1 PPPoE
Ethernet
VLAN 333
VP/VC : 8/36
VLAN 444

#1
PPPoE traffic

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#2
IPoE traffic

#2 IPoE

Cross-connect VLAN translation

Ethernet
VLAN 333

User X
#1
User Y
#2

VLAN 444

User Z

VLAN 555

#3
#1

#2

#3
VLAN 111

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University
CC-VLAN association

Alcatel-Lucent University Antwerp

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VLAN association for cross connect : ISAM < 3.3

Select bridge port
Add port to C-VLAN and S-VLAN CC
No VLAN service deployment needed
VLAN creation at VLAN association

Add port to SC-VLAN CC

Deploy stacking S-VLAN first

EML
USM

Connection
VLAN Association

Residential Bridge VLAN

Cross Connect VLAN
QOS aware VLAN

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VLAN association for cross connect : AWS 7.2 ISAM 3.3

Select bridge port
Add port to C-VLAN and S-VLAN CC
No VLAN service deployment needed
VLAN creation at VLAN association

Add port to SC-VLAN CC

Deploy stacking S-VLAN first

EML
USM

Connection
VLAN Association
Create

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C-VLAN or S-VLAN CC : AWS 7.2 ISAM R3.3 (1)

System mode : Cross-connect
Stack type : unstacked or S_VLAN

VLAN Create

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C-VLAN or S-VLAN CC : AWS 7.2 ISAM R3.3 (2)

CC-vlan properties

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C-VLAN or S-VLAN CC : AWS 7.2 ISAM R3.3 (3)

Association TAB :
QoS and tagging
parameters

PVID
Egressrule

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Stacked VLANs : AWS 7.2 ISAM R3.3 (1)

Creating an S-VLAN

ANEL
USM

Service
Definition
Create
Stacking VLAN

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Stacked VLANs : AWS 7.2 ISAM R3.3 (2)

Activate VLAN translation
Stack type : stacked C_VLAN
System mode : cross-connect

EML
USM

Connection
VLAN Association
Create

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Stacked VLANs : AWS 7.2 ISAM R3.3 (3)

CC-vlan properties

Stacking S-VLAN
needs to be
deployed
already!

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Stacked VLANs : AWS 7.2 ISAM R3.3 (4)

Fill in the Subscriber VLAN

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VLAN in CC mode
Action to perform
SHUB: Create VLAN in CC mode
(or layer2-terminated mode for stacked Vlans)

ASAM Core: Create VLAN in CC mode

Control

Aggregatio
n function
External
etherne
t links

1
2
...
GE1
..

ASA
M
links

LIM
LIM

...

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Max one PVC

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C-VLAN cross connect via CLI

Create vlan on service hub and add egress ports

configure vlan shub id <C-VID> mode cross-connect
egress port LT:1/1/
egress port network: x

Create vlan on ASAM-core :

configure vlan id <VID> mode cross-connect name <name>

C-VLAN CC-association on bridge port:

Configure bridge port 1/1/./.. vlan id <C-VID>
pvid <C-VID>

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2.

S-VLAN cross connect via CLI

Create vlan on service hub and add egress ports

configure vlan shub id <S-VID> mode cross-connect
egress port LT:1/1/
egress port network: x

Create vlan on ASAM-core :

configure vlan id stacked:<S-VID>:0 mode cross-connect name
<name>

C-VLAN CC-association on bridge port:

Configure bridge port 1/1/./.. vlan id stacked:<S-VID>:0
pvid stacked:<S-VID>:0

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3.

Stacked VLAN cross connect via CLI

Create stacking vlan on service hub and add egress ports

configure vlan shub id <S-VID> mode layer2-terminated
egress port LT:1/1/[]
egress port network: x

Create stacking vlan on ASAM-core

configure vlan id stacked:<S-VID>:0 mode layer2-terminated

Create cross-connect vlan on ASAM-core :

configure vlan id stacked:<S-VID>:<C-VID> mode cross-connect name
<name>

C-VLAN CC-association on bridge port:

for all releases:

Configure bridge port 1/1/./.. vlan id stacked:<S-VID>:<C-VID>

pvid stacked:<S-VID>:<C-VID>
or from R3.3 only:

Configure bridge port X vlan id < subscriber C-VID> scope local

network-vlan stacked:<S-VID>:<network C-VID>
pvid < subscriber C-VID>
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Cross-connect with vlan-translation (ASAM-CORE) via CLI

Besides creation of vlan(s) (cfr network-vlan) as described in
former slides, the vlan-association is as follows :
For C-VLAN CC :
Configure bridge port X vlan id <subscr-C-VID> vlan-scope local
network-vlan <network-C-VID>
pvid <subscr-C-VID>

For S-VLAN CC :
Configure bridge port X vlan id <subscr-S-VID> vlan-scope local
network-vlan <network-S-VID>
pvid <subscr-S-VID>

For S/C VLAN CC :

Configure bridge port X vlan id <subscr-C-VID> vlan-scope local
network-vlan stacked:<S-VID>:<C-VID>
pvid <subscr-C-VID>

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VLAN related show commands

Selection of multiple show vlan commands
on ASAM-CORE:
Show vlan cross-connect <VLAN ID>
all bridge ports connected to C- vlan
Show vlan bridge-port-fdb < bridge port id >
all MAC-addresses learned or configured on that port
Show vlan fdb <VLAN ID>
all MAC -adresses learned on all ports of that vlan
Show vlan shub-vlan-port-map <vlan id>
all the VLANS to which that port is mapped

Similar commands available on shub: show vlan shub ...

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Delete a VLAN
You cant delete a VLAN that has ports attached it
And you cant delete the VLAN-association with VLAN-id = PVID

Delete VLAN on ASAM-CORE

configure vlan no id <VID>

Delete VLAN on SHUB

configure VLAN shub no id <VID>

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University
7302/5523 Hands-on

Cross-connect: VLAN setup and end-user setup

Alcatel-Lucent University Antwerp

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Hands-on

Hidden Slide, see Notes Page

Exercises
Cross connect
VLAN setup and end-user setup

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