Using Pseudowires

Pseudowire is the emulation of native services (such as TDM and ATM) over packet-switched services (such as IP and MPLS) networks. When you configure a pseudowire, the packets travel over a PSN tunnel, which is either a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) or a generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnel.

Before you can provision pseudowires, you must:

• Install IP Backhaul Manager license.
• Configure IP address for Io0.0 Interface of the device
• Configure NETCONF over SSH access methods
• Configure MPLS or GRE tunnels.

The Provisioning tab contains the following options:

• MPLS/GRE Tunnels—Enables you to configure LSP paths and protocols, and to provision MPLS/GRE tunnel. For more information, see Configuring MPLS and GRE Tunnels
• Pseudowires—Enables you to add, export, import, or delete pseudowires templates, provision pseudowires, and filter pseudowires. For more information, see Provisioning Pseudowires
• Monitoring—Enables you to monitor the working of a pseudowire. You can view important attributes of a pseudowire, configure a trap destination, and create a template for RMON events. For more information, see Monitoring Pseudowires
• Diagnostics—Enables you to diagnose route problems in the network using diagnostic tools such as LSP Ping, Ping, Traceroute, and BERT tests. For more information , see Using Diagnostic Tools

Note: To access the Provisioning tab, you must have a valid IP Backhaul Manager license. The Provisioning tab appears disabled if you do not have a valid IP Blackhaul Manager license installed.