Selecting Specific LSPs for Connectivity Services
This feature allows you to associate a policy with an E-Line service. This in turn attaches the pseudowire to an LSP, which satisfies the conditions of the policy. The configuration for the service order includes the LSP name as the Next hop name. The following topics provide information on attaching an LSP and viewing its details:
Associating an LSP with an E-Line Service
To associate an LSP with an E-Line service:
- Create an E-Line service order.
From Deploy mode of Service View, In the Network Services > Connectivity task pane, select Service Provisioning > Deploy Services, and from the Manage Network Services page, select New > E-Line.
The Manage Network Services page displays an inventory of all available E-Line services. For each selected service, you can view the associated service orders from the Manage Service Orders page in the lower part of the right pane.
Select the service definition you want to base your service order on, and click Next. The General/Connectivity Settings window is displayed.
Specify the general/connectivity settings.
Click Next. The Endpoint Settings window is displayed. You can now attach an LSP tunnel to a service order. To provision the specific LSP, select an LSP tunnel from the LSP tunnel.
Note The LSP tunnel is not a mandatory field. The service order is created even if you do not specify the LSP tunnel name.
Click Next to configure another endpoint. To provision the specific LSP, select an LSP tunnel from the LSP tunnel
To create an E-Line service order, click Finish.
For more information on creating an E-Line service order, see Creating an E-Line Service Order
- Deploy the E-Line service order.
The LSP is now associated with the E-Line service order.
Viewing LSP Details in a Service Order
From the Deploy mode of Service View, In the Network Services > Connectivity task pane, select Service Provisioning > Deploy Services. The Manage Network Services page is displayed in the top part of the right pane, which displays all of the configured services. The Manage Service Orders page is displayed in the bottom part of the right pane, which displays all of the service orders associated with a service.
To view the details of an E-Line service order, double-click an E-Line service order in the Manage Service Orders inventory page. If an LSP is associated with an E-Line service order, the Endpoint Details window includes the following information:
LSP tunnel name—Name of the LSP tunnel attached to the E-Line service order.
Community name—Name of the community. A community is a group of destinations that share a common property.
Community member—One or more community members.
Viewing LSP Details in a Service
From the Deploy mode of Service View, In the Network Services > Connectivity task pane, select Service Provisioning > Deploy Services. The Manage Network Services page is displayed in the top part of the right pane, which displays all of the configured services. The Manage Service Orders page is displayed in the bottom part of the right pane, which displays all of the service orders associated with a service.
To view the details of an E-Line service, double-click an E-Line service in the Manage Network Services inventory page.
If an LSP is associated with an E-Line service order, the Endpoint Details of an E-Line service includes the information on the LSP.
You cannot modify the LSP tunnel in a service.
Viewing LSP Configuration Details
In the Network Services > Connectivity task pane, select Service Provisioning > Deploy Services. The Manage Network Services page is displayed in the top part of the right pane, which displays all of the configured services. The Manage Service Orders page is displayed in the bottom part of the right pane, which displays all of the service orders associated with a service.
From the Manage Network Services page, select a service and click the View Service Configuration button at the top of the table of listed services.
If an LSP selection is provisioned, you can view the LSP selection configuration in the Service Configuration window.