VPWS Overview

This chapter describes virtual private wire service (VPWS) L2VPNs, and contains the following sections:

• VPWS Overview
• BGP Signaling for L2VPNs Overview
• VPWS Components Overview
• VPWS and BGP/MPLS VPNs Overview
• BGP Multihoming for VPWS Overview
• Designated VE Device Selection for a Multihomed Site
• Multihoming Reaction to Failures in the Network
• VPWS Supported Features
• VPWS Platform Considerations
• VPWS References