Option: Configuring VPLS to Use LSI Interfaces
On M Series and T Series routers, VPLS uses tunnel-based PICs to create virtual ports on vt interfaces. If you do not have a tunnel-based PIC installed on your M Series or T Series router, you can still configure VPLS by using label-switched interfaces (LSIs) to support the virtual ports. Use of LSI interfaces requires the use of Ethernet-based PICs installed in an Enhanced FPC.
![]() | Note: On MX Series routers, when VPLS is used with an LSI interface for traffic flowing from the core to the egress CE, classification does not work on the egress PE. |
To use LSI interfaces for VPLS instead of vt interfaces, include the no-tunnel-services statement at the [edit routing-instances instance-name protocols vpls] hierarchy level.
![]() | Note: The following interface types do not support the use of LSI interfaces with VPLS:
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