[c-nsp] ME 6514 and VPLS

[Phil Mayers]

Ray Burkholder wrote:
>> ME6524 is able to do point-to-point Ethernet L2 circuits (EoMPLS), not
>> point-to-multipoint (VPLS). ME6524 can be part of a H-VPLS hierarchy
>> as a leaf, not as a node, which is very similar to do point-to-point
>> because the multipoint decisions are made on th node.
>>
> 
> Going into feature navigator for the ME6524, is shows 12.2(33)SXH5 as being
> available with Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS) which links to
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios_xr_sw/iosxr_r3.8/mpls/configuration/guid
> e/gc38vpls.html as a configuration guide line.
> 
> Does that indicate that the ME6524 can indeed be a node?
> 
> Ray
> 
> 

No.

PFC3 hardware lacks the ability to do multipoint.

SXH lists VPLS as a feature because the chassis devices can take WAN 
cards, which do support VPLS.

The ME6524 obviously doesn't take WAN cards, so can't do it.