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The system supports the following Ethernet functionality:

Ethernet traffic is all the traffic entering the MPR network from user Ethernet ports.

Ethernet traffic is switched using either 802.1D MAC Address Bridge, 802.1Q Virtual
Bridge, or 802.1ad Provider Bridge.

When the system is configured in 802.1D mode all Ethernet traffic is routed according to
the destination MAC address without regard to VLAN ID.
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The packets from the user Ethernet ports having the VLAN ID outside the allowed range
(0 and 2-4080) are dropped. The packets having a VLAN ID already used for a TDM flow
are accepted.

The 802.1D mode is not available with a CorEvo card.

When the system is configured in 802.1Q mode all Ethernet traffic is routed according to
the VLAN IDs.

When 802.1Q mode is enabled, VLAN 1 is automatically created. All user Ethernet ports
and all radio ports are members of VLAN 1. VLAN 1 is not editable. In egress VLAN 1 is
always removed from all ports.

The VLAN ID values configurable must be in the range 2 - 4080. The VLAN IDs already
defined to cross-connect internal flows (that is, TDM2TDM, TDM2ETH) cannot be used.
The management system prohibits the definition of VLAN ID already used. The VLAN ID
must also be different from the Flow Id associated with E1 tributaries not yet cross
connected.

The default configuration with the Core-E card is 802.1Q.

When the NE is configured in Provider Bridge mode, the forwarding of Ethernet traffic is
managed according to Service VLAN (S-VLAN). Each Service VLAN represents a service
instance that Ethernet traffic from a customer network is mapped to.

In Provider Bridge mode, an S-VLAN is assigned to all Ethernet frames managed by the
NE. The assignment of an S-VLAN to an Ethernet frame ingressing the NE is done
according to the type of the Provider Bridge port:

NNI: this is an interface internal to the Provider Bridged Network. S-VLAN is

assigned based on S-VLAN ID carried by S-VLAN Tag or based on the ingress
interface in case of S-VLAN untagged frames
UNI (port based): this is an interface at the edge of the Provider Bridged Network.
S-VLAN is assigned based on User Ethernet port (Port-based service interface)
regardless of the type of customer traffic (C-VLAN tagged or untagged)
UNI (VLAN-based): this is an interface at the edge of the Provider Bridged Network.
S-VLAN is assigned based on C-VLAN ID carried by C-VLAN Tag or based on User
Ethernet port in case of untagged frames (C-tagged service interface)
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You can change the type of a Provider Bridge port. The following rules apply:

An NNI can be changed to a port-based UNI only if the NNI was in the member set
and untagged set of only one S-VLAN.
An NNI can be changed to a VLAN-based UNI only if the NNI was in the untagged
set of all S-VLANs it belonged to.
A port-based UNI can be changed to an NNI or a VLAN-based UNI with no
restrictions about its S-VLAN membership. The new port type inherits the S-VLAN
membership and untagged set membership from the port-based UNI.
A VLAN-based UNI can be changed to an NNI with no restrictions about its S-VLAN
membership. The NNI inherits the S-VLAN membership and untagged set
membership from the VLAN-based UNI. Any C-VLAN to S-VLAN assignments
must be removed from the VLAN-based UNI before changing it to an NNI.
A VLAN-based UNI can be changed to a port-based UNI only if it was in the member
set and untagged set of only one S-VLAN. Any C-VLAN to S-VLAN assignments
must be removed from the VLAN-based UNI before changing it to a port-based UNI.

In the ETSI market the default configuration with the CorEvo card is 802.1ad.

A bridge whose ports are all NNIs or a mixture of NNIs and UNI (port based) is supported
by a single S-VLAN Component. An S-VLAN Component is a VLAN-aware bridge able
to recognize, insert, and remove S-VLAN tags. It is managed by an S-VLAN Table and by
parameters related to NNI and UNI (port based).

A bridge having one or more ports configured as UNI (VLAN-based) is supported by a

single S-VLAN Component and as many C-VLAN Components as the number of VLAN-
based ports. A C-VLAN component is a VLAN-aware bridge able to recognize, insert, and
remove C-VLAN tags. In the context of Provider Bridge management it is managed by
parameters related to the UNI (VLAN-based) port, mainly to define the C-VLAN to S-
VLAN mapping.

When the NE is working in Provider Bridge mode, all the switches process Ethernet frames
according to S-VLAN Tag. The tag of a single tagged Ethernet frame or the outer tag of a
double tagged frame is recognized as an S-VLAN Tag according to the port S-VLAN
TPID.
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When the NE is working in Provider Bridge mode, cross-connected flows are managed as
single S-VLAN tagged frames. This implies that User Ethernet ports being end-point of a
cross-connection must be NNIs. The NE does not allow the set of a cross-connection not
having a NNI as end-point.

Ethernet LAG interfaces that are the end-point of a cross-connection must also be NNIs.

You cannot change a NNI to a UNI (port based) when cross-connections are present that
use the NNI as an end-point.

You cannot change a NNI to a UNI (VLAN-based) when cross-connections are present that
use the NNI as an end-point.

User Ethernet interfaces added to an Ethernet LAG can have any port type. The interface
cannot belong to a member set of any S-VLAN other than S-VLAN 1. After it has been
added to an Ethernet LAG, the port is no longer managed as a Provider Bridge port.

When an Ethernet LAG interface is created, the default port type is NNI. When Ethernet
LAG is disabled the port type parameter is kept.

When a User Ethernet interface is removed from a LAG, it will be managed as a Provider
Bridge port with the default port type and default parameters.

To change the NE bridge mode from 802.1D (MAC Bridge) to 802.1ad (Provider Bridge)
all User Ethernet and Ethernet LAG interfaces are set as NNI with S-VLAN TPID equal to
0x8100. The S-VLAN Table is empty except for S-VLAN having S-VLAN ID 1.

The change from 802.1D to 802.1ad affects traffic in the following ways:

TDM Cross-Connected traffic is preserved

untagged Ethernet traffic is preserved
tagged Ethernet traffic is dropped
TMN in-band traffic is preserved

To re-establish the tagged Ethernet traffic, the S-VLAN table must be configured with the
definition of the VLANs.
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The change of NE bridge mode from 802.1Q (Virtual Bridge) to 802.1ad (Provider Bridge)
does not require the removal of existing cross-connections or the removal of VLANs
defined in the VLAN Table.

All User Ethernet and Ethernet LAG interfaces are set as NNI with S-VLAN TPID equal
to 0x8100. The S-VLAN Table is filled with S-VLANs having S-VLAN ID equal to the
VLAN ID of VLANs previously defined in the VLAN Table. Port VLAN ID and Port
Priority assigned to User Ethernet interfaces are assigned as Port S-VLAN ID and Port
Priority of NNIs. This allows continuing to deliver existing C-VLAN tagged Ethernet
traffic even if the NE bridge mode is changed to Provider Bridge. C-VLANs are seen by
the NE as S-VLANs since all the ports are NNI with an S-VLAN TPID the same as the C-
VLAN TPID.

To change the NE bridge mode from 802.1ad (Provider Bridge) to 802.1D (MAC Bridge)
all defined S-VLANs must be removed. The change does not require removal of cross-
connections.

The NE will check for S-VLANs before performing the change. If an S-VLAN is present,
the NE will refuse to migrate from Provider Bridge to MAC Bridge mode.

The change of NE bridge mode from 802.1ad (Provider Bridge) to 802.1Q (Virtual Bridge)
does not require the removal of existing cross-connections.

All defined S-VLANs must be removed from the S-VLAN table and from any other
parameters involving S-VLAN IDs.

All User Ethernet and Ethernet LAG interfaces previously configured as NNI will take Port
Priority and Acceptable Frame Type parameters from the NNI. The Port VLAN ID is set
equal to the Port S-VLAN ID of the NNI, which will be VLAN 1 due to the removal of
configured VLANs from the table.

All User Ethernet interfaces previously configured as either UNI (port-based) or UNI
(VLAN-based) will take Port Priority from either UNI (port-based) or UNI (VLAN-based).
The Port VLAN ID is set to the Port S-VLAN ID of the UNI, which is VLAN 1 after
removal of the S-VLAN IDs. The Acceptable Frame Type is set to the default value, Admit
all.

To change the bridge type from 802.1Q (Virtual Bridge) to 802.1D (MAC bridge), the
content of the VLAN table and the VLAN assigned to the user Ethernet ports have to be
deleted before the bridge type is changed.