MPLS/GRE Tunnel Provisioning — Add/Edit/Delete MPLS/GRE Tunnels Dialog Box

Description

MPLS/GRE Tunnel Provisioning wizard has four steps, of which Add/Edit/Delete MPLS/GRE Tunnels is the second step. Use the Add/Edit/Delete dialog box to enter tunnel details or modify them, or delete a tunnel.

Click Provisioning > MPLS/GRE Tunnels > MPLS/GRE Tunnel Provisioning, and then click Next in the Select Device dialog box after entering the details.

Permissions

Superuser, read-write

Elements

Tunnel Type drop-down list box—Select a tunnel type from MPLS-RSVP, MPLS-LDP, and GRE.

Source Device drop-down list box—Select a source device for the MPLS/GRE tunnel.

Destination Device drop-down list box—Select a destination device for the MPLS/GRE tunnel.

Provide Source Endpoint Details: allows you to specify details such as LSP path and bandwidth for the source device.

• LSP Name—Enter the LSP name for the source device. This is required only for MPLS-RSVP.
• LSP Bandwidth—Enter the LSP bandwidth for the source device.
• Select a Primary Path—Select a primary path from the drop-down list box. This is required only for MPLS-RSVP.
• Select a Secondary Path—Select a secondary path from the drop-down list box. This is required only for MPLS-RSVP.
• Setup Priority—Select a setup priority from the drop-down list box.
• Reservation Priority—Select a reservation priority from the drop-down list box.
• QOS Priority—Select a QOS priority from the drop-down list box.
• Enable Fast Reroute—Select this check box to enable fast reroute. This is applicable only to MPLS-RSVP.
• Maximum Hop Count—Enter the maximum number of hops, if the tunnel type is MPLS-RSVP, and you have selected the Enable Fast Reroute check box.
• Enable Node Link Protection—Select this check box to enable node link protection.
• Enable Link Protection—Select this check box to enable link protection.
• Select GRE Interface—Select an interface from the drop-down list box if the tunnel type you selected is GRE.
• Logical Unit—Enter the logical unit of the GRE interface if the tunnel type you selected is GRE.

Provide Destination Endpoint Details: allows you to specify details such as LSP path and bandwidth for the destination device.

• Copy Source Endpoint Details—Select this check box if you wish to copy the source endpoint details for the destination endpoint.
• LSP Name—Enter the LSP name for the destination device. This is required only for MPLS-RSVP.
• LSP Bandwidth—Enter the LSP bandwidth for the destination device.
• Select a Primary Path—Select a primary path from the drop-down list box. This is required only for MPLS-RSVP.
• Select a Secondary Path—Select a secondary path from the drop-down list box. This is required only for MPLS-RSVP.
• Setup Priority—Select a setup priority from the drop-down list box.
• Reservation Priority—Select a reservation priority from the drop-down list box.
• QOS Priority—Select a QOS priority from the drop-down list box.
• Enable Fast Rerout—Select this check box to enable fast reroute. This is applicable only to MPLS-RSVP.
• Maximum Hop Count—Enter the maximum number of hops, if the tunnel type is MPLS-RSVP, and you have selected the Enable Fast Reroute check box.
• Enable Node Link Protection—Select this check box to enable node link protection.
• Enable Link Protection—Select this check box to enable link protection.
• Select GRE Interface—Select an interface from the drop-down list box if the tunnel type you selected is GRE.
• Logical Unit—Enter the logical unit of the GRE interface if the tunnel type you selected is GRE.

Add Entry button—Click this to add the tunnel or save modifications.

Edit button—Click this to make modifications to the tunnel details.

Delete button—Click this to delete the tunnel.

Force Deploy button—Click this to push the configuration details to the devices even if you have not modified them.

Previous button—Click this to go to step 1: Select Device dialog box.

Next button—Click this to go to step 3: Confirm Add/Edit/Delete MPLS/GRE Tunnels dialog box.

The tabular area at the bottom of the dialog box displays the tunnels configured between the devices selected in step 1: Select Devices:

• Select—Select a check box to edit the tunnel or delete it.
• State—New , Modified , and Unchanged
• Tunnel Type—Displays the tunnel type.
• Source Device—Dispays the source device name.
• Source LSP—Displays the source LSP path for MPLS-RSVP tunnels.
• Source GRE Intf—Displays the source GRE interface for GRE tunnels.
• Destination Device—Dispays the destination device name.
• Destination LSP—Displays the destination LSP path for MPLS-RSVP tunnels.
• Destination GRE Intf—Displays the destination GRE interface for GRE tunnels.