Interdomain VPLS and deployment experiences
Serrano Laura, Sotos Miguel Angel
RedIRIS Network Engineer, C/ Plaza Manuel Gómez Moreno s/n , Madrid, Spain
e-mail: {laura.serrano|miguel.sotos}@rediris.es
DOI: 10.12921/cmst.2005.11.02.153-159
OAI: oai:lib.psnc.pl:591
Abstract:
The main objective of emergent standard Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) is the interconnection of users located in different geographic points as if they were in the same local area network. In this sense, the investigations and tests that have been done are mainly focused on point to point interconnection scenarios using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), being few the tests that until the moment have been done in academic and research networks with multipoint scenarios and they have been done mainly in the same domain, but not between different domains. With this paper we describe the process to put in production VPLS service for testing purpose in interprovider environment, doing initial tests on a real scenario. With it, one hopes to verify its behaviour in a real production network, analyzing the benefits can be provided to the customers specially with respect to advanced applications and distributed computing, as it is the case of Grid applications.
Key words:
Grid Applications, Virtual Private LAN Service, Virtual Private Networks
References:
[1] K. Kompella, et al, Virtual Private LAN Service, draft-ietfl2vpn-vpls-bgp- 02, Work in Progress.
[2] W. Augustyn et al, Architecture and Model for Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS), draft-augustyn-vpls-arch, Work in Progress.
[3] W. Augustyn et al, Requirements for Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS), draft-ietf-ppvpn-vpls-requirements, Work in Progress.
[4] P. Knight et al, Logical PE Auto-Discovery Mechanism, draft-knight-l2vpn- lpe-ad, Work in Progress.
[5] K. Kompella et al, Decoupled Virtual Private LAN Services draft-kompella- ppvpn-dtls, draft-kompella-ppvpn-dtls, Work in Progress.
[6] K. Kompella et al, Layer 2 VPNs Over Tunnels, draftkompella-ppvpn-l2vpn, Work in Progress.
[7] M. Lasserre, V. Kompella et al, Virtual Private LAN Services over MPLS, draft-ietf-l2vpn-vpls-ldp, Work in Progress.
[8] L. Martini et al, Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Layer 2 Frames Over IP and MPLS Networks, draftmartini-l2circuit-encap-mpls, Work in Progress.
[9] L. Martini et al, Transport of Layer 2 Frames Over MPLS, draft-martini-l2circuit- trans-mpls, Work in Progress.
[10] E. Rosen, Y. Rekhter, BGP/MPLS VPNs, RFC2547, Mars 1999.
[11] E. Rosen, Y. Rekhter Y. et. al., BGP/MPLS IP VPNs, draftietf-l3vpn-rfc2547bis, Work in Progress. Interdomain VPLS and deployment experiences.
[12] Opera Oberta Project. The project consists on regular Opera live transmissions from the Liceo Opera theaters in Barcelona. The Operas are transmitted using multicast to the Universities and Research Centers connected to RedIRIS. It’s not an open transmission, the centers use special cards for deencription.
The main objective of emergent standard Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) is the interconnection of users located in different geographic points as if they were in the same local area network. In this sense, the investigations and tests that have been done are mainly focused on point to point interconnection scenarios using Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), being few the tests that until the moment have been done in academic and research networks with multipoint scenarios and they have been done mainly in the same domain, but not between different domains. With this paper we describe the process to put in production VPLS service for testing purpose in interprovider environment, doing initial tests on a real scenario. With it, one hopes to verify its behaviour in a real production network, analyzing the benefits can be provided to the customers specially with respect to advanced applications and distributed computing, as it is the case of Grid applications.
Key words:
Grid Applications, Virtual Private LAN Service, Virtual Private Networks
References:
[1] K. Kompella, et al, Virtual Private LAN Service, draft-ietfl2vpn-vpls-bgp- 02, Work in Progress.
[2] W. Augustyn et al, Architecture and Model for Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS), draft-augustyn-vpls-arch, Work in Progress.
[3] W. Augustyn et al, Requirements for Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS), draft-ietf-ppvpn-vpls-requirements, Work in Progress.
[4] P. Knight et al, Logical PE Auto-Discovery Mechanism, draft-knight-l2vpn- lpe-ad, Work in Progress.
[5] K. Kompella et al, Decoupled Virtual Private LAN Services draft-kompella- ppvpn-dtls, draft-kompella-ppvpn-dtls, Work in Progress.
[6] K. Kompella et al, Layer 2 VPNs Over Tunnels, draftkompella-ppvpn-l2vpn, Work in Progress.
[7] M. Lasserre, V. Kompella et al, Virtual Private LAN Services over MPLS, draft-ietf-l2vpn-vpls-ldp, Work in Progress.
[8] L. Martini et al, Encapsulation Methods for Transport of Layer 2 Frames Over IP and MPLS Networks, draftmartini-l2circuit-encap-mpls, Work in Progress.
[9] L. Martini et al, Transport of Layer 2 Frames Over MPLS, draft-martini-l2circuit- trans-mpls, Work in Progress.
[10] E. Rosen, Y. Rekhter, BGP/MPLS VPNs, RFC2547, Mars 1999.
[11] E. Rosen, Y. Rekhter Y. et. al., BGP/MPLS IP VPNs, draftietf-l3vpn-rfc2547bis, Work in Progress. Interdomain VPLS and deployment experiences.
[12] Opera Oberta Project. The project consists on regular Opera live transmissions from the Liceo Opera theaters in Barcelona. The Operas are transmitted using multicast to the Universities and Research Centers connected to RedIRIS. It’s not an open transmission, the centers use special cards for deencription.
