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Example: ATM2 IQ-Based Layer 2 Circuit Configuration

Figure 1: ATM2 IQ-Based Layer 2 Circuit Topology DiagramATM2 IQ-Based Layer 2 Circuit Topology Diagram

Figure 1 shows a similar network topology to our previous two examples. In this example, Routers PE1 and PE2 use ATM cell-relay mode on a CE-facing interface and ATM AAL5 mode on a second CE-facing interface.

On Router CE1, configure the ATM2 IQ interfaces to handle ATM traffic. Interface at-0/0/1 handles standard ATM traffic while interface at-0/0/2 handles AAL5 traffic.

Router CE1

On Router PE1, configure the ATM2 IQ-based CE-facing interfaces: one with ATM cell-relay mode CCC encapsulation and the other with ATM VC multiplexing CCC encapsulation. Also enable the corresponding Layer 2 circuit modes at the [edit chassis] hierarchy level. In this case, you must configure cell-relay mode on Physical Interface Card (PIC) 1 in Flexible PIC Concentrator (FPC) 0 and AAL5 mode on PIC 2 in FPC 1.

Establish your Layer 2 circuit with configuration of the l2circuit statement at the [edit protocols] hierarchy level. Remember to include in your Layer 2 circuit configuration the IP address of your remote PE neighbor (usually the loopback address of the neighbor), the interfaces connected to the CE router, and a virtual circuit identifier for each VC. In this case, you will establish one VC for cell-relay mode traffic and a second VC for AAL5 traffic. Then, configure MPLS, LDP, and an IGP (such as OSPF) to enable signaling for your Layer 2 circuit.

Router PE1

On Router P0, configure LDP, MPLS, and OSPF on the interfaces connected to the PE routers. The core router provides the MPLS backbone needed to tunnel Layer 2 traffic from the ingress PR router to the egress PE router.

Router P0

On Router PE2, complete the Layer 2 circuit by configuring statements to match those previously set on Router PE1.

Configure the ATM2 IQ-based CE-facing interfaces: one with ATM cell-relay mode CCC encapsulation and the other with ATM VC multiplexing CCC encapsulation. Also enable the corresponding Layer 2 circuit modes at the [edit chassis] hierarchy level. In this case, you must configure cell-relay mode on PIC 1 in FPC 0 and AAL5 mode on PIC 2 in FPC 1.

Complete your Layer 2 circuit with configuration of the l2circuit statement at the [edit protocols] hierarchy level. Remember to include in your Layer 2 circuit configuration the IP address of your remote PE neighbor (Router PE1), the interfaces connected to the CE router, and a virtual circuit identifier for each VC. In this case, you will establish one VC for cell-relay mode traffic and a second VC for AAL5 traffic. Then, configure MPLS, LDP, and an IGP (such as OSPF) to enable signaling for your Layer 2 circuit.

Router PE2

On Router CE2, configure the ATM2 IQ interfaces to handle ATM traffic. Interface at-1/0/1 handles standard ATM traffic while interface at-1/0/2 handles AAL5 traffic.

Router CE2

Verifying Your Work

To verify proper operation of Layer 2 circuits, use the following commands:

  • ping mpls l2circuit interface interface-name

  • ping mpls l2circuit virtual-circuit virtual-circuit-id neighbor ip-address

  • show l2circuit connections

  • Options: [brief] | [down] | [extensive] | [history] | [instance] | [local-site] | [remote-site] |[status] | [summary] | [up] | [up-down]

  • show interfaces

  • show route table l2circuit.0

  • show ldp database l2circuit detail

This is what the operational command output looks like for cell-relay mode on Router PE1:

This is what the operational command output looks like on Router PE1 if AAL5 mode is used: