Dynamic Profiles for VPLS Pseudowires

A virtual private LAN service (VPLS) pseudowire interface (such as lsi.1048576) is dynamically created by the system. Therefore, the logical interface unit number for the VPLS pseudowire is not available in advance to configure characteristics such as virtual local area network (VLAN) identifiers and other parameters. As a result, certain VLAN manipulation features that are easily applied to static interfaces (such as xe-, ge-, and so on) are either not supported on dynamic interfaces or supported in a nonstandard method.

However, on MX Series routers, there is another configuration method that dynamic interfaces can use to determine their VLAN parameters when they are created by a running router: dynamic profiles. A dynamic profile is a conceptual container that includes parameters associated with a dynamic entity, parameters whose values are not known at the time the entity is configured.

A dynamic profile acts as a kind of template that enables you to create, update, or remove a configuration that includes client access (for example, interface or protocol) or service (for example, CoS) attributes. Using these profiles you can consolidate all of the common attributes of a client (and eventually a group of clients) and apply the attributes simultaneously. The router contains several predefined variables that enable dynamic association of interfaces and logical units to incoming subscriber requests. While configuring a dynamic profile, use the $junos-interface-ifd-name variable for a dynamic physical interface and the $junos-underlying-unit-number variable for a dynamic logical interface (unit). When a client accesses the router, the dynamic profile configuration replaces the predefined variable with the actual interface name or unit value for the interface the client is accessing.

Dynamic profiles for VPLS are supported only on MX Series routers. For more information about dynamic profiles, see Junos OS Broadband Subscriber Management and Services Library.