Setting Up Virtual Connection Access (VCAs) VLAN
  • 25 Sep 2024
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Setting Up Virtual Connection Access (VCAs) VLAN

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To view a summary of existing VCA VLANs

  1. Access the page Virtual Connection ▶ VCA VLAN ▶ Configuration.

  2. From the top right corner, in the Remote Device drop-down list, click None.
    A list of existing VCAs displays.


To add a new VCA VLAN


Note: The Cisco Provider Connectivity Assurance Sensor SFP 10G does not support VCA VLAN service creation. For this module, you can create a VCE service instead. For more information, see Setting Up Virtual Connection Endpoints (VCEs)

  1. Access the page Virtual Connection ▶ VCA VLAN ▶ Configuration.

  2. From the top right corner, in the Remote Device drop-down list, select the remote device that needs a new VCA VLAN.

  3. Click Add.
    The VCA VLAN dialog opens.

  4. Enter your settings for VCA-VLAN configuration.

  5. Click Apply under the VCA-VLAN settings.
    The VCA VLAN is saved in the Cisco Provider Connectivity Assurance Sensor Control's configuration.


    Note: You must click the Apply button before you can configure other sections in the page.


To add or delete all policies

  1. Access the page Virtual Connection ▶ VCA VLAN ▶ Configuration.

  2. On the top right, from the Remote Device drop-down list, select the device you require.

  3. Click the VCA-VLAN name.

  4. Click Add Policies button.

  5. Access the Traffic ▶ Policies page to verify that policies were added.
    The policies have been added (or removed) and the Sensor Control's configuration file has been updated.


    Note: If policies are already existing you can click the delete policies button, and then access the Traffic Policies page to verify the policies were deleted.

For more information on specific parameters, refer to the following table.

VCA VLAN Configuration Virtual Connection ▶ VCA VLAN ▶ Configuration

ParameterDescription
VCA NameA name that uniquely identifies the VCA on the Sensor Control.
Remote Device NameA name that uniquely identifies the remote device where the VCA is associated.
Contain TunnelAllows the user to configure performing bandwidth regulation on the outer or inner VLAN.

When contain-tunnel is enabled, a VCA-VLAN tunnel is created. The bandwidth regulation can be performed on the VCA-VLAN tunnel (outer VLAN) or the inner VLAN.

When contain-tunnel is not enabled, bandwidth regulation can be performed only on the outer VLAN.

VLAN Stack SizeIndicates the number of VLAN tags in the incoming frame (1-3), or the value untag to indicate the frame contains no VLAN tags. The value all-to-one matches all incoming frames.

Values:

  • Untag
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • all-to-one
VLAN TP-A-1 tpid

VLAN TP-A-2 tpid

VLAN TP-A-3 tpid

VLAN TP-Z-1 tpid

VLAN TP-Z-2 tpid

VLAN TP-Z-3 tpid

Ethertype used:
  • None
  • 0x8100
  • 0x88a8
  • 0x9100
A12

A23

Z12

Z23

Z1A1

A1Z1

  • None
  • 8P0D-8P0D
  • 8P0D-7P1D
  • 8P0D-6P2D
  • 8P0D-5P3D
  • 8P0D-8P0D-DECODE
  • User-defined PCP mapping
VLAN TP-A-1 id

VLAN TP-Z-1 id

Single VLAN ID or VLAN ID range.

The allowed range is 1-4095.

VLAN TP-A-2 id

VLAN TP-A-3 id

VLAN TP-Z-2 id

VLAN TP-Z-3 id

Single VLAN ID.

The allowed range is 1-4095. A value of 0 is used to indicate that this VLAN-TP is not used

TP-A PortSelect NNI or UNI

The port used by the TP-A.

TP-Z PortNNI or UNI

The opposite of TP-A port.


To edit an existing VCA VLAN

  1. Access the page Virtual Connection ▶ VCA VLAN ▶ Configuration.

  2. On the top right, from the Remote Device drop-down list, select the device you require.

  3. From the list click on the VCA VLAN requiring changes.

  4. Make your edits, then click Apply.

Setting up Classification

Classification is defining which incoming traffic shall be mapped to which VCA-VLAN. On a pure layer-2 network, only the incoming traffic matching the VCA-VLAN stack shall be accepted.
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For flexibility and simplicity, you may define the incoming traffic filter with the following options:

  • Select the VCA-VLAN filter option (that corresponds to the VCA-VLAN stack on the incoming port) with Filter None.
  • Deselect the VCA-VLAN filter option and choose Filter type and Filter Name.
  • Select the VCA-VLAN filter option (that corresponds to the VCA-VLAN stack on the incoming port) with an additional filter by selecting Filter Type + filter.

Classifications are applied in priority. It is recommended to:

  1. Filter out undesired incoming traffic.

  2. Classify the incoming traffic matching the filter for the highest class of service to the lowest class of service.

The classifications, combined with the derived EVC action, contain all of the information required to create a policy. The policy can be created manually by instantiating a policy for each classification or you can click the Add Policies button to create all the policies at once from the VCA-VLAN.


To add a classification profile configuration

  1. Access the page Virtual Connection ▶ VCA VLAN ▶ Configuration.

  2. On the top right, from the Remote Device drop-down list, select the device you require.

  3. Click the VCA-VLAN name to display the detailed information for the VCA-VLAN.

  4. Click Add to add a new Classification AtoZ or ZtoA, in the selected VCA-VLAN.
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  5. In the Select Classification Profile Configuration dialog that displays, enter the name of your configuration in the Name field.

  6. Enter your settings.
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  7. Click Apply to accept the new Classification Profile configuration changes.

  8. Click Apply again to save changes.


To edit a classification profile configuration

  1. Access the page Virtual Connection ▶ VCA VLAN ▶ Configuration.

  2. On the top right, from the Remote Device drop-down list, select the device you require.

  3. Click the VCA-VLAN name to display the detailed information for the VCA-VLAN.

  4. Under AtoZ classification or ZtoA classification, click on the configuration you would like to edit.

  5. Click Edit to the right of the box.

  6. Make your modifications and click Apply to accept the new configuration.

  7. Click Apply again to save changes.


To delete a classification profile configuration

  1. Access the page Virtual Connection ▶ VCA VLAN ▶ Configuration.

  2. On the top right, from the Remote Device drop-down list, select the device you require.

  3. Click the VCA-VLAN name.

  4. Under AtoZ classification or ZtoA classification, click on the configuration you would like to delete.

  5. Click Delete to the right of the box.
    A new dialog window opens.

  6. Click Apply again to save changes.


    Note: To modify a classification, you must delete or disable the policy.


To reorder the classification profiles

  1. Select the classification you want to move.

  2. Click the + or - to move the selected classification up or down.

  3. Click Apply.

For more information on specific parameters, refer to the following tables.

Classification Profile (Virtual Connection ▶ VCA VLAN ▶ Configuration)

ParameterDescription
A to Z

Z to A Classification

Classification is configured for the AtoZ direction or the ZtoA direction.
NameIdentifies the classification profile on the VCA-VLAN. A classification profile name must be unique inside a VCA-VLAN.
Filter TypeThe filter type (None, Layer-2 filter, IPv4 filter, or IPv6 filter) used to classify traffic.
Filter NameThe name of the filter. You must select a filter name from the drop-down list.

Tip: The catch-All filter enables you to monitor all traffic on a port

Use VCA VLAN filterWhen enabled, the classification will take the VLAN-related filter parameters from the VCA-VLAN configuration.
ActionThe action applied to traffic that matches the filter. Make a selection from the drop-down list:
  • Drop Traffic: The traffic matching the filter is dropped.
  • Permit Traffic: The traffic matching the filter is counted in the statistics and then forwarded.
PriorityClassification priority inside the VCA-VLAN. The priority is used when creating all the policies of a VCA. If the policies can be in any order, set the priority to 0.
RegulatorBandwidth regulator used for all classified packets if the classification uses a Multi Bandwidth Profile (that is, when the Multi Regulator checkbox in Classification Profile Configuration is selected).

Mapping Settings

ParameterDescription
CoS Mapping OrderDefines the order for CoS mapping application.

For example: for an IP frame, with or without VLAN, the DSCP value will be used for cos mapping if DSCP/PCP/Direct is selected. If the PCP/DSCP/Direct is selected the PCP value will be used for CoS mapping.

Possible values:

  • DSCP/PCP/Direct
  • PCP/DSCP/Direct

Note: The selected order can only be applied if the DSCP/IP Mapping checkbox is checked; whereas, for PCP/DSCP/Direct to be applied, the PCP Mapping checkbox must be checked. See Table below, for more applicable mapping combinations.

PCP MappingSets the value for PCP field.
  • PCP: Priority Code Point.

Note: If PCP Mapping is not enabled or applicable, then Direct Mapping will be used.

DSCP/IP MappingSpecifies the type of mapping upon which the bandwidth regulator set is based. The type you choose may be one of the following:
  • IP Precedence: IP precedence mapping.
  • DSCP: Differentiated Services Code Point mapping. </UL

    Note: If DSCP/IP Mapping is not enabled or applicable, then Direct Mapping will be used.

Direct Mapping

Multi Regulator

Select the checkbox if the classification uses a Multi Bandwidth Profile.

Regulator

Only enabled if Multi Regulator is selected.

Select the bandwidth regulator to use for all classified packets. Use None (default) if not using a regulator.

Pre-marking

Select the direct pre-marking color assignment:

  • green (default)
  • yellow

CFI/DEI

Sets value for CFI/DEI field.

  • CFI: The Canonical Format Indicator.
  • DEI: Drop Eligibility Indicator.

Note: This value should be set to zero for connections to Ethernet switches. CFI is used to ensure compatibility between Ethernet-type networks and Token Ring-type networks. If a frame received at an Ethernet port has a CFI set to 1, the frame should not be forwarded "as-is" to an untagged port. In the context of bandwidth regulation, DEI can be used to carry the frame color.

Note: Enter the green and yellow encoding values. The default value is 0 for both green and yellow.

PCP

Sets the PCP (Priority Code Point) value.

Note: Enter the green and yellow encoding values. The default value is 0 for both green and yellow.

+/-Use these buttons to reorder the classifications up or down as required.

CoS Mapping Combinations

MappingDSCP/IPPCPDirect Type of TrafficTaggedResulting CoS
DSCP/PCP/DirectXXL3DSCP
DSCP/PCP/DirectXL3DSCP
DSCP/PCP/DirectXL3YesPCP
DSCP/PCP/DirectXL2YesPCP
DSCP/PCP/DirectXL2NoDirect
DSCP/PCP/DirectL2YesDirect
DSCP/PCP/DirectL2NoDirect
PCP/DSCP/DirectXXL3PCP
PCP/DSCP/DirectXL3DSCP
PCP/DSCP/DirectXL3YesPCP
PCP/DSCP/DirectXL2YesPCP
PCP/DSCP/DirectXL2NoDirect
PCP/DSCP/DirectL2YesDirect
PCP/DSCP/DirectL2NoDirect

Setting Up Policing

Incoming traffic can be policed per VCA-VLAN instance. The bandwidth profiles are configured
in the context of a VCA-VLAN, by creating bandwidth regulators. The bandwidth regulators
are then associated with an incoming PCP by configuring the bandwidth regulator set. Token
sharing between bandwidth regulators can be configured by enabling the hierarchical
bandwidth profile and configuring an envelope.

The incoming PCP can be retrieved from the most outer VLAN of the incoming traffic or the second-most outer VLAN. We will go through how to configure it in the VCA type section.

To add a policing configuration

  1. Access the page Virtual Connection ▶ VCA VLAN ▶ Configuration.

  2. On the top right, from the Remote Device drop-down list, select the device you require.

  3. Click the VCA-VLAN name requiring a new policing.

  4. To the right of Policing box, click Add.
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  5. In the Policing Configuration dialog that displays, enter the name of your configuration in the Name field.

  6. Enter your parameters. For details, refer to the table below.
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  7. Click Apply below the policing list to accept the configuration.
    Policing has now been confirmed and the dialog closes.

  8. Click Apply again to save the configuration.


To edit a policing configuration

  1. Access the page Virtual Connection ▶ VCA VLAN ▶ Configuration.

  2. On the top right, from the Remote Device drop-down list, select the device you require.

  3. Click the VCA-VLAN name to display the VCA-VLAN detail information.

  4. Under Policing, click on the configuration you would like to edit.

  5. Click Edit to the right of the box.

  6. Make your modifications, and click Apply to accept the policing configuration into the VCA-VLAN.
    Policing has now been edited and the dialog closes.

  7. Click Apply again to save the configuration.


    Note: The name, color mode, and coupling flag cannot be modified.


To delete a policing configuration

  1. Access the page Virtual Connection ▶ VCA VLAN ▶ Configuration.

  2. On the top right, from the Remote Device drop-down list, select the device you require.

  3. Click the VCA-VLAN name.

  4. Under Policing, click on the configuration you would like to delete.

  5. Click Delete to the right of the box.

  6. Click Apply again to save the configuration.

For more information on specific parameters, refer to the following table.

Policing and Policing Configuration (Virtual Connection ▶ VCA ▶ Configuration)

ParameterDescription
Bandwidth Regulator NameA name identifying the bandwidth regulator.
Committed Information Rate (CIR)The average rate up to which service frames are delivered by the bandwidth regulator. CIR-conformant frames are colored green.
  • Range: 0 to maximum port speed (steps of 125 kbps)
Maximum Committed Information Rate (CIR Max)The maximum CIR, expressed in kbps, that the regulator can achieve by using the shared tokens from its envelope
  • Range: CIR to maximum port speed (steps of 125 kbps)
Committed Burst Size (CBS)The maximum number of kibibytes available for a burst of frames that are sent at the port's speed and remain CIR conformant.

Note: The burst size must be greater than the port's Maximum Transfer Unit (MTU).

  • Range: 0 KiB to 2047 KiB (steps of 1 KiB) (1024 bytes)

Note: 1 KiB of CBS is required for every 500 Mbps of CIR. For example, if the CIR MAX is set to 1 Gbps, the minimum CBS value is 2 KiB.

Excess Information Rate (EIR)The average rate up to which excess service frames are delivered by the bandwidth regulator.

EIR-conformant frames are colored yellow.

Yellow traffic above this maximum is declared red by the regulator and then dropped.

  • Range: 0 to maximum port speed (steps of 125 kbps)
Maximum Excess Information Rate (EIR Max)The maximum EIR, expressed in kbps, that the regulator can achieve by using the shared tokens from its envelope or C bucket if the Coupling Flag of bandwidth regulator = true.
  • Range: EIR to maximum port speed (steps of 125 kbps)
Excess Burst Size (EBS)The maximum number of kibibytes available for a burst of frames that are sent at the port's speed and remain EIR conformant.

Note: The burst size must be greater than the port's MTU.

  • Range: 0 KiB to 2047 kB (steps of 1 KiB) (1024 bytes)

Note: 1 KiB of EBS is required for every 500 Mbps of EIR. For example, if the EIR Max is set to 1 Gbps, the minimum EBS value is 2 KiB.

Color Mode (CM)Make a selection from the drop-down list to indicate how the bandwidth profile should handle the color of the regulator's incoming traffic:
  • Color-Aware: The pre-determined level of bandwidth profile compliance for each frame is taken into account when evaluating its level of compliance.
  • Color-Blind: All incoming traffic is colored green when it initially enters the bandwidth regulator.
Coupling Flag (CF)Make a selection from the drop-down list to indicate how the regulator processes yellow traffic via the coupling flag:
  • False: Yellow data is limited according to the Excess Information Rate.
  • True: Yellow data is limited according to a combination of the Committed Information Rate and the Excess Information Rate.

Setting Up Bandwidth


To establish the Bandwidth Regulator Set

  1. Access the page Virtual Connection ▶ VCA VLAN ▶ Configuration.

  2. On the top right, from the Remote Device drop-down list, select the device you require.

  3. Click the VCA-VLAN name.

  4. Under Bandwidth Regulator Set, for each CoS ID, choose the BW Profile you would like to enable from the drop-down list.

  5. Check the State check box to enable the BW Profile.

  6. Click Apply to save changes.
    The Bandwidth Regulator Set has now been configured.

Bandwidth Regulator Set (Virtual Connection ▶VCA ▶Configuration)

ParameterDescription
AtoZ and ZtoAThe direction of the traffic flow.
CoS IDCoS ID of an/the incoming frame.
Bandwidth ProfileBandwidth Profile to select from a drop-down menu.

Bandwidth profile associated with the (specified) CoS ID

StateThe current state of this bandwidth: enabled or disabled


To enable Bandwidth Regulator Envelope

  1. Access Virtual Connection ▶ VCA VLAN ▶ Configuration.

  2. On the top right, from the Remote Device drop-down list, select the device you require.

  3. Click the VCA-VLAN name.

  4. Under Bandwidth Regulator Envelope, check the Enable AtoZ H-BWP or Enable ZtoA H-BWP check box, to enable the required bandwidth regulator envelope.

  5. Click Apply to save changes.
    The Bandwidth Regulator Envelope has now been configured.


To reorder Bandwidth Regulators

  1. Access Virtual Connection ▶ VCA VLAN ▶ Configuration.

  2. On the top right, from the Remote Device drop-down list, select the device you require.

  3. Click the VCA-VLAN name.

  4. Under Bandwidth Regulator Envelope, select the Bandwidth regulator you want to reorder.

  5. Click + for up and - for down.
    The Bandwidth Regulator Envelope has now been moved up or down.

  6. Click Apply to save changes.

For more information on specific parameters, refer to the following table.

Bandwidth Regulator Envelope (Virtual Connection ▶ VCA VLAN ▶ Configuration)

ParameterDescription
AtoZ Coupling Flag/ ZtoA

Coupling Flag

Use this box to indicate how the regulators in this envelope process yellow traffic:
  • Checked: Yellow data is limited according to a combination of the Committed Information Rate and the Excess Information Rate.
  • Unchecked: Yellow data is limited according to the Excess Information Rate. This is the default value.

Note: To enable the coupling flag for the envelope, you must disable the coupling flag in all regulators.

Enable AtoZ H-BWP/ Enable

ZtoA H-BWP

Use this box to indicate how the regulators in this envelope process the Bandwidth Profile:
  • Checked: Enabled.
  • Unchecked: Disabled.
+/-Use these buttons to reorder the bandwidth regulators up or down as required.

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