VPLS (Virtual Private LAN Service)

VPLS (Virtual Private LAN Service) L2VPN enables enterprises to link together their Ethernet-based LANs from multiple sites via the infrastructure provided by their service provider.
In this video, i set up a simple topology to demonstrate this feature.

[@sanjayprima]

Excellent Video . Nothing else required to understand VPLS and Its configuration . Way of Presentation is really excellent . Keep it up . Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@rajhansshere7094]

Thank you for sharing. Your expertise can be seen in the simplicity of your explanation.

[@sakamuhammed2910]

This is a complex issue made so simple and very informative. Great job. Well Done.

[@billybob2916]

Awesome video. Clearly you are good at configuring and explaining. I caught on pretty quickly from your video much faster than reading the manual. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us.

[@ramamoorthyvenkatesan3394]

very simple and clearly explained. good job.. continue with more videos

[@om_akude5661]

Too good explanation... Simple and straight to point

[@mohsinqureshi2320]

Explained Nicely & easy to understand ..

[@flgodo562]

Excellent explanation. Well done

[@matinpawaskar6125]

so clearly explained thankyou so much

[@deshanthapradeep4823]

Very well explained, really helpful.

[@chrischeng500]

Great job! Simplified VPLS for me

[@GopalSharma-vq5hs]

Nice video sir.. Really helpful

[@nikhilag8354]

loop back /32 15:33 tnks for sharing information

[@mohandassvit]

Great..!

[@rim2win]

Excellent Video.

[@gjbm1782]

great video!

[@jaymayugaphoto]

Thank you!

[@rochajr36]

Hello, great explanation. Can you make a video using 'l2 vfi autodiscovery' with BGP 'address-family l2vpn vpls'? Thank you.

[@ahmedmtpk]

Really informative. From where, I can get the GNS VM/image of Cisco CSR/IOS used in this video? please share the link if u have. thanks

[@aakashgautam2200]

Hi why did we created sub interfaces on the Customer Router instead of Provider Router ? The provider router is supposed to be connected to multiple customers so is not it like we need to make sub interfaces in the provider router ? If i have multiple customer i will put the switch between provider router and customer edge routers so that customers will connect to the switch and switch will now connect to the router with trunk link and we configure sub interface on the provider router for each customer. Am i correct can you please give me more clear picture ?

[@BitsPlease]

Sub-interface is used since the same customer might wanna extend multiple vlans between sites. The other option is to use SVI per vlan and trunk the interface towards PE. On the provider side, we are catering to multiple vlan per customer by using different bridge domains and catering to multiple customers by using different VFI.

[@SEAsia_RTS]

i work as NOC and do troubleshooting involving some of VPLS circuits, just by show VPLS connection instance. May I know if the video theory and design are the same? I want to get more understanding. Could you do more on service provider side, like BGP, prefix routing,etc.. Thanks.

[@rajdhingra00]

Q1 - is it possible to have multiple vlans in the same service instance ? Q2 - If the same customer has multiple attachment circuits with the same PE ( for instance R1) with different VLANs - does it need different VPLS Service Instance & BD or is it possible to have those AC with diff. VLANs use the same service instance?

[@shuam01]

Very nice

[@665skm]

Awesome explanation on what is going on behind the command. I tried to combine this L2VPN with your VRF aware L3VPN video. Using a ISR4300 with a 3560e embedded switch. This config is not working if the L2VPN Clients (another ISR) connect thru the 3560e switch on a VLAN. I got this working after connecting these L2VPN clients directly to a physical L3 port in the PE router and not thru the embedded switch within the PE router. This is for a project and I have basic networking skill. Do you have email so I can contact you.

[@dherendrasingh4761]

why we config eigrp b/w ce and PE , if this is l2vpn , we will send l2 packet then why we config routing .

[@musicartificial796]

Nice

[@kumbika]

Thanks a lot for uploading the video tutorial of the VPLS. I have a very bad understanding of l2vpn, VPLS etc. I wanted to follow your tutorial and downloaded the cisco csr 1000v from Cisco’s website but I am getting an error ‘Unsupported file extension 03 for C:\Users\Joned\Downloads\csr1000v-universalk9.03.14.01.S.155-1.S1-std.qcow2’. I am stuck. Could you please help me with that ? Thanks in advance.

[@umiseaz]

what is the difference using the syntax l2 vfi vs l2vpn vfi context ?

[@varigondaphanibhargav3990]

can u make a video same concept with ip multicasting ssm

[@anjilkhadka3633]

show me the version of routers you are using

[@gupttura2766]

are PE devices (routers) configured by provider? Just trying to understand the whole setup

[@BitsPlease]

Yes they are set up by the provider.

[@gupttura2766]

@@BitsPlease much appreciated your quick reply....I would appreciate if you can answer this one----I have a branch site connecting using VPLS. My provider has installed a modem look like device lets call it VPLS box. So, from this box---I would connect my ISR (4000 series) and then switches etc. How do I advertise subnets for this branch office? Do I have to use OSPF?

[@BitsPlease]

@@gupttura2766 VPLS helps you connect your sites at L2 so imagine your ISR4ks from all the branches are connected to a giant switch. Now you can peer your routers across the sites over this VPLS subnet (192.1.100.0 in the video) using any routing protocol like EIGRP/OSPF and you will be able to advertise your LAN subnets via the protocol

[@gupttura2766]

@@BitsPlease thank you so much

[@binodranabhat341]

Excellent, exactly same sito, provider configured core part and said good to go.. On our end (customer) we already have L3vpn configured, to be replaced to vpls now 1. Created a new vlan for vpls in each side. 2. Configured IP on each site with same IP class , do we need to do this or not ? 3. Routing part: all the static routes already stand, do we need to reconfig ? Would appreciate your help/suggestion

[@sokeatvofficiall8577]

i am face error with l2vpn vfi........ don't what wrong used CSR1000v

[@user-oq6ki9ix6q]

it also did not work with my lab of CSR1000V

[@ramzansmart1]

Is this also called EVPN??? if not can you please make a video like same on EVPN??

[@BitsPlease]

Nope, this is not EVPN. EVPN is essentially an address family added to support MAC in a MP-BGP setup. Will try to create one soon.

[@ramzansmart1]

@@BitsPlease thank you i will be waiting

[@icered2k957]

Great job! You can drop your contacts (I need to contact you)

[@BitsPlease]

Thanks ! You can drop me note on [e-mail].

[@vineetanand6969]

BS