[c-nsp] ME3600: EVC and PVST transparency

Vitkovský Adam adam.vitkovsky at swan.sk
Thu Oct 23 07:26:34 EDT 2014


Please try it with xconncet under the EVC to see whether the BD is the problem or if accepting the BPDU frames on EVC is the problem. 

adam
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of
> Lukas Tribus
> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2014 12:43 PM
> To: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [c-nsp] ME3600: EVC and PVST transparency
> 
> Hi guys,
> 
> 
> I understand ME3600 only supports MST on EVC's, however I am quite
> surprised that I cannot even l2protocol "tunnel" or "forward" the (tagged)
> rapid-pvst BPDU's (DA: 01000CCCCCCD).
> 
> Is this really expected behavior? I'm mapping the service instance into a
> bridge-domain, its not an xconnect, but I expected this to work anyway.
> 
> 
> It currently looks like I can't provide PVST transparency on a bridge-domain
> based A to B transport, which works fine on non-EVC platforms (even on
> extinct dinosaurs like a Catalyst 3550).
> 
> 
> Maybe this works only on xconnect based EVCs (I don't know), but my actual
> requirement is to achieve this on a bridge-domain based transport.
> 
> Running 15.3(3)S3 btw.
> 
> 
> 
> Any hints appreciated.
> 
> 
> Lukas
> 
> 
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