Multi-Service Shared Bearer Overview

Starting from Release 5.1.0, Contrail Service Orchestration (CSO) supports the provisioning of more than one service on the same physical (bearer) interface for WAN links associated with on-premise SD-WAN spoke sites. In previous releases, each WAN link had to be configured as a separate physical interface. However, from Release 5.1.0, WAN links can be configured as logical interfaces. thereby enabling the same physical interface to carry Internet and MPLS traffic on the interface with VLAN separation. The shared bearer (physical interface) supports both full-mesh and hub-and-spoke topologies.

When the same physical interface is used for multiple WAN links:

• CSO supports class of service (CoS) provisioning of the shaping rate at the logical interface level. In previous releases, CoS provisioning of the shaping rate was supported only at the physical interface level. Shaping rate controls the maximum rate at which traffic is allowed to be transmitted on an interface.

• CSO supports flexible (mixed) tagging with simultaneous tagged and untagged WAN links for single CPE devices. However, when there are multiple logical interfaces on the same physical interface, there can be only one untagged logical interface and the rest of the interfaces must be tagged. The support for simultaneous tagged and untagged logical interfaces on same physical interface is not available on dual CPE devices. Table 77 displays the VLAN tagging support for single and dual CPE devices.

To enable the configuration of WAN links as logical interfaces in on-premise SD-WAN spoke sites, the SP Administrator user must modify the device template and configure the WAN ports as logical interfaces. See Configuring Template Settings in a Device Template.