Re: Representation of VPLS attachment circuits in the VPLS MIB draft

Thomas Nadeau <tnadeau@lucidvision.com> Mon, 19 May 2014 14:11 UTC

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Subject: Re: Representation of VPLS attachment circuits in the VPLS MIB draft
From: Thomas Nadeau <tnadeau@lucidvision.com>
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	ACs are attached to the VPLS instances and are represented as IfMIB entries. 

	--Tom


On May 19, 2014:5:34 AM, at 5:34 AM, Alexander Vainshtein <Alexander.Vainshtein@ecitele.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I’ve looked up the current version of draft-ietf-l2vpn-vpls-mib and I did not find there any explicit reference to (local) attachment circuits of VPLS. (Neither the term “attachment circuit” nor its common abbreviation “AC” appear in the text.)
>  
> At the same time, to the best of my understanding, attachment circuits form a substantial component of any VPLS instance.
>  
> Did I miss something?
>  
> If yes, could somebody please explain how one could indicate that, say, a specific VLAN on a specific Ethernet port belongs to a given VPLS instance as defined in the draft?
>  
> If not, could somebody please explain why presenting such functionality is considered unnecessary in the VPLS MIB?
>  
> Regards, lots of thanks in advance,
>        Sasha
> Email: Alexander.Vainshtein@ecitele.com
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