Discovering and Assigning Provider Role or LSP Role for Devices with Exceptions
Preparing network devices for service activation is usually a simple process which directs the Connectivity Services Director application to prepare your devices automatically. When you prestage devices, the Connectivity Services Director application scans the database for devices that have already been discovered but have no MPLS role assigned, and recommends a role for each device it finds, based on the device configuration data and a set of predefined rules. You can then display those devices and their recommended settings for:
MPLS role for the device (PE only)
Loopback interface
UNI interfaces
The Connectivity Services Director application allows you to exclude specific recommended devices from being assigned the P or LSP role and to exclude interfaces from use as UNIs during service provisioning. You can also change the loopback address of an LSP device..
For step-by-step instructions on how to prepare devices for network activation using all the recommendations for P or LSP role assignment and UNI assignment that the Connectivity Services Director application makes, see Discovering and Assigning All N-PE Devices. These topics describe how to prestage devices with exceptions:
Including Interfaces in UNI Role Assignments
To include interfaces from the list of interfaces that the prestaging rules determined were suitable for use as UNIs:
See Also
Committing Your Prestaging Choices
This procedure provides instructions for assigning the P or LSP role to selected devices and committing all device prestaging information to the database.
Before performing these steps, you must complete the following tasks:
Discover devices that have not yet been assigned an MPLS role.
Exclude from the list of discovered devices those devices that you do not want to assign the P or LSP role to.
On each device, exclude the interfaces you do not want used as UNIs.
To commit your prestaging choices to the database: