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Creating a Multipoint Ethernet Service Order

The Ethernet Activator software implements multipoint Ethernet services as virtual private LAN (VPLS) services. The terms “multipoint Ethernet service” and “VPLS service” are used interchangeably.

To create a multipoint Ethernet service order, follow the steps in these procedures:

1. Selecting the Service Definition
2. Entering General Settings Information
3. Setting Attributes for All Endpoints
4. Selecting N-PE Devices
5. Modifying Endpoint Settings
6. Deploying the New Service

Selecting the Service Definition

To select a service definition on which to base the new service order, follow these steps:

1. In the Ethernet Activator task ribbon, select the Service Provisioning workspace icon.
2. In the task ribbon, select the Manage Service Orders task icon.
3. In the task ribbon, select the Create VPLS Service Order task icon.

   The Select Service Definition screen appears and shows a filtered inventory view of only those published service definitions designed to work with multipoint Ethernet services:

   
4. Select the service definition you want to base your service order on, and then click Next.

   The Enter Order Information screen appears.

Entering General Settings Information

This part of the create multipoint Ethernet service order procedure sets general information about the service order in the General Settings box of the Enter Order information screen:

Enter the following information:

1. In the Name field, enter a unique name for the multipoint service.

   The service order name can consist of only letters, numbers, and underscores.

2. In the Customer field, select the customer who is requesting the service.

   If the customer is not in the list, you must add the customer to the database before proceeding. See Adding a New Customer.

3. In the Comments field, enter a description of the service. This description will appear in information screens about the request or service instance created from the request.

   The Customer traffic type field is not selectable. Its value is set in the service definition.

   The Autopick Route Target field cannot be changed. Route targets are always selected automatically.

Setting Attributes for All Endpoints

This part of the create multipoint Ethernet service order procedure sets the attributes that are usually common for all endpoints in the service. The values that you enter will vary, depending on the service definition on which the service order is based.

If these attributes will not be the same on all endpoints you can set them to be the same for now and then make changes later, or you can choose to skip this step and apply the attribute values one at a time later.

This procedure sets the attributes listed in the End Point Settings box of the Enter Order Information screen:

To skip this step and enter all the endpoint attributes individually later, uncheck the Apply to all box.

To set attributes common to most endpoints, follow these steps:

1. In the Endpoint Settings box, leave the Apply to all box checked so that you enter the endpoint parameter values only once.
2. In the MTU field, enter the maximum transmission unit size for the UNI.

   This field is present in all service orders. However, you can set this field only if the service definition allows it.

3. In the Bandwidth field, select a value from the list to limit the bandwidth of the service you are creating.

   This field is present only if bandwidth limiting is allowed by the service definition, and is configurable in the service order only if the service definition allows it.

4. In the Autopick SVLAN-ID field, choose whether you want the service VLAN ID to be chosen automatically, or have it manually assigned.

   This field is present only for service orders with UNIs that have Q-in-Q interface types.

5. In the Customer VLAN Range Start and Customer VLAN Range End fields, enter the first and last VLAN ID of the range of customer VLANs to be transported over the network.

   These fields are present only for services with UNIs that have Q-in-Q interface types and allow a range of VLANs to be transported.

6. In the Autopick VLAN ID field, choose whether you want the customer VLAN ID to be automatically selected by the Ethernet Activator software, or whether you want to specify the customer VLAN ID yourself.

   This field is present only for services with 802.1Q UNI endpoints and is configurable in the service order only if the service definition allows it.

7. In the VLAN ID field, enter a value for the customer VLAN.

   This field is present only if Autopick CVLAN ID is turned off in step Step 6.

   The Physical IF encapsulation and Logical IF encapsulation fields are not selectable. These values are set in the service definition.

8. Click Next.

   The Select Endpoint PE Devices screen appears.

Selecting N-PE Devices

This part of the create multipoint Ethernet service order procedure selects the N-PE devices that will host the service endpoints. Selection is made form the Select Endpoint PE Devices screen:

Note: The Select Endpoint PE Devices screen shows only assigned NPE devices that have an AS number configured. If you do not see the device you are looking for, use the CLI on the device to check for and assign an AS number.

To select endpoint N-PE devices, follow these steps:

1. In the Select Endpoint PE devices screen, select the devices that you want to participate in the service. Use the multiple selection feature to select more than one device.
2. Click Next.

   The Endpoint Settings screen appears.

Modifying Endpoint Settings

This part of the create multipoint Ethernet service order procedure sets the attributes for each endpoint in the service. Selection is made using the Endpoint Settings screen:

This screen shows one endpoint for each device that you selected from the Select Endpoint PE devices screen, as described in Selecting N-PE Devices.

The interface shown in the UNI Interface field is automatically selected by the Ethernet Activator software, which chooses the UNI that has the highest available capacity among interfaces that are in the Up state. To calculate the available capacity of the interface, the system subtracts the bandwidth reserved for each service deployed on that interface from the total capacity of the interface.

For each endpoint, the Endpoint Settings screen shows the value for each UNI attribute.

• For port-port services, the displayed values are Bandwidth and MTU.
• For 802.1Q UNIs, the displayed attributes are Bandwidth, Autopick VLAN ID, VLAN ID, and MTU.
• For Q-in-Q UNIs, the displayed attributes include Bandwidth, AutoPick S-VLAN ID, and S-VLAN ID. For a service with Q-in-Q UNIs that specifies a customer VLAN range, the displayed attributes also include C-VLAN ID Start and C VLAN End.

The values shown are initially the values you set earlier on the Enter Order Information screen, as described in Setting Attributes for All Endpoints.

To modify the endpoint settings, follow these steps:

1. To select a different UNI on a device, on the Endpoint Settings screen, click the UNI name you want to change and choose another interface from the list, as shown in the following example:
   

   Modified values are indicated by a small red triangle in the corner of the table cell.

2. To change the bandwidth on an endpoint, click the bandwidth value for the endpoint and select another value from the list:
3. For Q-in-Q interface endpoints, you can change the way the service VLAN ID is selected:
   • To change an automatically selected service VLAN ID to manual selection, uncheck the AutoPick S-VLAN ID box, and enter an S-VLAN ID value in the S VLAN ID field.
   • To change from manual selection to automatic selection, check the AutoPick S-VLAN ID box.
   • To change the value of a manually selected service VLAN ID, enter a new value in the S-VLAN ID field.
4. For Q-in-Q interface endpoints with customer VLAN ranges specified, you can also change the range limits for an endpoint.
5. For 802.1Q interface endpoints, you can change the customer VLAN ID.
6. To change the MTU for the UNI, click the value in the MTU field and enter a new value.
7. To add a UNI on a selected device, select Add UNI Interface in the Action column, and then select the interface you want from the UNI interface list.
8. To delete a UNI from a device, in the Actions column, click Delete UNI Interface.

   If the deleted UNI is the only UNI selected from the device, then the device is deleted form the service configuration.

9. To add an endpoint on a device not listed in the Endpoint Settings screen, follow these steps:
   1. Click Add Endpoints.

      The Add Endpoint PE Devices screen appears.

      

      This screen lists the available N-PE devices that you did not assign when you first made your device selections from the Select Endpoint PE Devices screen.

   2. Select additional devices, and then click Next.

      The Endpoint Settings screen appears with the new devices added.

   3. Modify the endpoint settings for this device as required.
10. When you have finished modifying the endpoint settings, click Create.

    The Deployment Options window appears.

Deploying the New Service

This part of the create multipoint Ethernet service order procedure deploys the service.

To deploy the service, make selections from the Deployment Options window:

1. Perform one of these actions:
   • To save the request without deploying the service, select Save only and then click OK.

     See Deploying a Service for information about how to deploy a saved service at a later time.

   • To deploy the service immediately, select Deploy now and then click OK.
   • To deploy the service later, select Schedule deployment, select a date and time, and then click OK.

     The time field specifies the time kept by the server, but in the time zone of the client.

2. To monitor the status of the deployment, use the Jobs workspace.

The service order is now complete.

The Manage Service Orders inventory panel shows the service order you just added. See Viewing Scheduled Jobs for details about the Jobs workspace.