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Feature Benefit
Intelligent Ethernet
Demarcation
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Industry standard OAM&P 802.1ag (CFM) feature supports end-to-end network monitoring and
troubleshooting. This greatly reduces OpEx for service providers by reducing the numbers of site visits
needed to troubleshoot network problems.
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E-LMI enables the service provider to automatically configure the customer-edge and CPE devices to match
the subscribed service.
Layer 2 VPN Service
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Standard 802.1Q Tunneling creates a hierarchy of 802.1Q tags. This feature helps service providers use a
single VLAN to support customers who have multiple VLANs, while preserving customer VLAN IDs and
segregating traffic from different customers within the service provider infrastructure even when they appear to
be on the same VLAN.
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Selective QinQ gives service providers more flexibility in segregating customer traffic in the network.
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L2PT allows for transport of the customers’ control protocols, thereby allowing for a true virtual-circuit service
across service providers’ shared infrastructure.
Layer 3 VPN Service
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Multi-VRF CE (VRF-lite) forms virtual packet-forwarding tables by associating one or more Layer 3 interfaces
with each VRF, allowing the creation of multiple Layer 3 VPNs on a single Cisco Catalyst 3750 Metro Series
Switch. Interfaces in a VRF could be either physical, as in an Ethernet port, or logical, as in a VLAN switch
virtual interface (SVI) – requiring the METROIPACCESS Cisco IOS Software feature image.
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IP Multicast support in Multi-VRF CE allows customers to migrate to Multi-VRF CE without affecting
application and services that depend on IP Multicast.
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VRF-aware services (ARP, Ping, SNMP, HSRP, uRPF, Syslog, Traceroute, FTP, and TFTP).
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Support for multiple IP routing protocols (RIPv1/v2, EIGRP, OSPF, IS-IS, and BGPv4) offers flexible options
for peering between end customers and service providers.
Availability and Scalability
Superior Redundancy for Fault
Backup
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IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) provides rapid spanning-tree convergence independent
of spanning-tree timers and offers the benefit of distributed processing.
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Per-VLAN Rapid Spanning Tree (PVRST+) allows rapid spanning-tree reconvergence on a per-VLAN
spanning-tree basis, without requiring the implementation of spanning-tree instances.
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Cisco Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) is supported to create redundant, fail-safe routing topologies.
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Unidirectional Link Detection Protocol (UDLD) and Aggressive UDLD allow unidirectional links caused by
incorrect fiber-optic connections or port faults to be detected and disabled on fiber-optic interfaces.
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Flex-Link provides fast failover of ports without overhead of control protocols such as the Spanning Tree
Protocol.
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VLAN Flex-Link Load Balancing provides high availability and load balancing based on VLAN.
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Switch-port autorecovery (errdisable) automatically attempts to reactivate a link that is disabled because of a
network error.
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Equal-cost routing provides for load balancing and redundancy.
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Bandwidth aggregation up to 800 Mbps through Cisco Fast EtherChannel
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technology enhances fault
tolerance and offers higher-speed aggregated bandwidth between switches and to routers and individual
servers.
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Accelerate Layer 3 reconvergence through the use of Link-State Tracking by taking down associated
downstream ports when all the corresponding upstream ports are down. Customer switches that are
connected to the downstream ports can then take the appropriate failover action.
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Resilient Ethernet Protocol (REP) provides fast Layer 2 reconvergence in a ring network and offers an
alternative to Spanning Tree Protocol.
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Pseudowire redundancy enables service providers to configure their Multiprotocol Label Switching) MPLS
network to detect a failure in the network and reroute Layer 2 service to another endpoint that can continue to
provide service.
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