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1 Cisco IOS MPLS Virtual Private LAN Service Business Overview Enabling Innovative Services 1

2 Agenda Announcement Metro Ethernet Background Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Relationship to Metro Ethernet Deployment Scenario Relationship to Other Cisco IOS Technologies Future Directions Summary 2

3 What s New? Cisco IOS MPLS Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Multipoint-to-multipoint support transparent operation (based on split horizon at MPLS PE) Multipoint-to-multipoint non transparent operation Circuit multiplexing Q-in-Q support MAC-Address learning forwarding & aging Jumbo frames support Rate limiting for SLA requirement (per-vlan basis) Coexistence of point-to-point & multipoint-to-multipoint support in the same router Cisco 7600 Series Customer-facing interfaces (Customer Edge - Provider Edge) WS-X6548-RJ-45 WS-X6516-GBIC Core-facing interfaces (Provider Edge Provider Edge) OSM-4OC12-POS-MM OSM-4GE-WAN-GBIC OSM-1OC48-POS Operational Support System (OSS)/Network Management System (NMS) Enhanced MIB support Cisco IP Solution Center (ISC) 3.1 enhancements Industry s FIRST Comprehensive Solution 3

4 Agenda Announcement Metro Ethernet Background Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Relationship to Metro Ethernet Deployment Scenario Relationship to Other Cisco IOS Technologies Future Directions Summary 4

5 Metro Ethernet: Emerging Multiservice Access Opportunity Storage Hosting Web Hosting Videoconferencing Directory Services Secure Business Continuance Mobile Access Hosted Telephony Unified Messaging STB Internet PSTN Multitenant Unit (MTU) Basement Access Device Regional Headquarters 100 Mbps Ethernet Residential CPE Ethernet, SONET/SDH, RPR, DWDM/CWDM, MPLS/IP SP Metro Ethernet Network Remote Office 1 10 Mbps Ethernet Subscriber Remote Office 2 Remote Worker Ethernet- Connected Branch Ethernet- Connected Branch 5

6 Metro Ethernet: Business Drivers* Service Provider Revenue growth New, differentiated services Expanded enterprise penetration Cost efficiencies Network convergence Flexible bandwidth provisioning Best value for increased bandwidth STB Internet Enterprise Business demands Increased productivity Peer-to-peer applications Service expectations Scalable bandwidth (from 1Mbps to 1Gbps) Customized services Multipoint connectivity Operational simplicity PSTN Multitenant Unit (MTU) Basement Access Device 100 Mbps Ethernet Residential CPE SP Metro Ethernet Network Remote Office 1 Remote Office 2 Ethernet- Connected Branch Regional Headquarters Ethernet, SONET/SDH, RPR, DWDM/CWDM, MPLS/IP 10 Mbps Ethernet Subscriber Remote Worker Ethernet- Connected Branch *Cisco VPLS Statement of Direction 2004 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 6

7 Metro Ethernet: Revenue Opportunity $M Worldwide Metro Ethernet Services Revenue * /1/ /2/ /3/ /4/ /5/ /6/ * Combines IDC US & Asia Reports, 2002 & 2003 Growing to Over $8 Billion in 3 Years 7

8 Metro Ethernet: Cost Savings for Enterprise Customers * Metro Ethernet Services for Enterprises White Paper, Metro Ethernet Forum, Oct

9 The Ethernet Advantage Connectionless, IP aware-operation Distributed intelligence Inexpensive, scalable bandwidth options L2 VPNs Point-to-point Multipoint L3 VPNs High speed transport enables innovative services and applications Storage, IP video conferencing Value added services IP Telephony IP video conferencing High speed, bbusiness class Internet Managed Security Managed Storage 9

10 Metro Ethernet: Existing Architectures Based on L2 Switching Architecture A: GE Ring Architecture B: Hub & Spoke Si Architecture C: DWDM/CDWM Architecture D: SONET/SDH Ring Strengths Multipoint topologies Supports transparency Relatively low CapEx High bandwidth Weaknesses Limited scalability Number of customers Location of customers Limited service definitions L2 VPN only for now 10

11 VPLS Overview for Metro Ethernet Metro A u-pe PE-AGG Metro C 10/100/ 1000 Mpbs GE Ring Si n-pe P P n-pe Hub & Spoke u-pe 10/100/ 1000 Mpbs Metro B DWDM/ CDWM Cisco 7600 VPLS Network P n-pe P Cisco 7600 Cisco 7600 SONET/SDH Ring 10/100/ 1000 Mpbs 10/100/ 1000 Mpbs u-pe Delivers Ethernet-based multipoint L2 VPN service Uses familiar 2004 Cisco Systems, Ethernet Inc. All rights reserved. user network interface u-pe Enhances L2 VPN scalability (geographic sites & no. of customers) Uses existing SP MPLS Core Supports operational speeds of 1 Gbps to 10 Gbps Is on track for IETF standardization: Draft Lasserre Kompella Metro D 11

12 Agenda Announcement Metro Ethernet Background Relationship to VPLS Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Terminology & Service Definitions Deployment Scenarios Relationship to Other Cisco IOS Technologies Future Directions Summary 12

13 VPLS Terminology CE u-pe n-pe n-pe u-pe CE UNI VPLS Core UNI CE Customer Equipment PE Provider Edge u-pe User-Facing Provider Edge (Provider Edge Customer-Located Equipment) n-pe Network Provider Edge (Provider Edge Point of Presence) UNI User Network Interface Q-in-Q Q SP Ethernet encapsulation where a 2 nd 802.1Q header is added for customer identification CE-VLAN VLAN (tag) between CE and UNI PE-VLAN VLAN (tag) within Service Provider Network VEC Virtual Ethernet Circuit (Logical circuit between 2 UNIs. UNIs are based on Ethernet technology. Also referred to as EVC.) VSI Virtual Switch Instance (Association of multiple VECs in a n-pe n where forwarding decisions between associated VECs can occur based on Ethernet Switching mechanisms.) 13

14 VPLS Concepts: Point-to-Point Services Point-to to-point Service Types Ethernet Relay Service (ERS) Ethernet Wire Service (EWS) Similar to Frame Relay for point-to to-point services Circuit multiplexing allowed for ERS but not for EWS SP assigns VLAN value for ERS, but not for EWS Supported by original EoMPLS standard (Martini Draft) 14

15 VPLS Concepts: Multipoint-to-Multipoint Services Multipoint Service Types Ethernet Multipoint Service (EMS) Ethernet Relay Multipoint Service (ERMS) End customer sees service as an Ethernet broadcast domain End customer has transparency to Ethernet protocol with EMS, but not with ERMS Circuit multiplexing allowed for EMS, but not for ERMS End customer can connect Layer 2 or Layer 3 Ethernet devices 15

16 Metro Ethernet: Different L2 VPN Service Options Service Definition Multiplexed Services Point-to-Point (PtP) Ethernet Relay Service Multipoint (Mpt) Ethernet Relay Multipoint Service Transparent Services Ethernet Wire Service Ethernet Multipoint Service VPLS supports these multipoint services 16

17 Cisco VPLS Building Blocks Layer 2 VPN Point-to-Point Layer 2 VPN Multipoint Layer 2 VPN Layer 3 VPN Forwarding Mechanism Interface-Based/ Sub-Interface Ethernet Switching (VFI) IP Routing VPN Discovery Signaling Centralized DNS Radius Directory Services Label Distribution Protocol Distributed BGP NMS/ OSS Tunnel Protocol MPLS IP Hardware Cisco 7600 Catalyst 6500 A Comprehensive Solution: Robust, Flexible, Scalable, Manageable 17

18 Agenda Announcement Metro Ethernet Background Relationship to VPLS Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Overview Terminology & Service Definitions Deployment Scenario Relationship to Other Cisco Technologies Future Directions Summary 18

19 VPLS: Typical Deployment Scenario PE-CLE PE-POP 7600 PE-POP 7600 PE-CLE CE Ethernet Aggregation VPLS / MPLS Network Ethernet Aggregation CE CE PE-CLE PE-CLE PE-POP 7600 Ethernet Aggregation PE-CLE PE-CLE CE CE CE Benefits of VPLS: Improves scalability and reliability of traditional Switched Ethernet networks Simplifies provisioning for multipoint services for both SP and end user Takes advantage of outstanding price/performance of GE and 10GE VPLS is under evaluation in over 45 major service providers worldwide 19

20 Agenda Announcement Metro Ethernet Background Relationship to VPLS Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Overview Terminology & Service Definitions Deployment Scenario Relationship to Other Cisco Technologies Future Directions Summary 20

21 Policy-Based QoS for VPLS New policy-based QoS application QoS policy (profile) predefinition QoS implemented as separate service Constraint matrix-based implementation to validate end-to-end Implementation Customer 2) Match CoS (.1P); set MPLS EXP. Rate-Limit/Police and Apply Drop Policy VPLS Core QoS design QoS on access circuits QoS definition for core based on smart template utility QoS based on DiffServ architecture QoS implemented using MQC and non- MQC 1) Packet Classification Based on Ingress Ethernet Packet CoS Value 3) Invoke QoS Policy Action Based on Edge Classification (Based on MPLS EXP), e.g., LLQ, CBWFQ, Drop Policy via WRED 21

22 Cisco IOS Management Available to VPLS Fault Conf Perf & Acc CIC Customer OSS, NCON, ISC Concord, Infovista, Agilent, Digiquant, EMSs Infrastructure enhancements Performance SAA SNMP CNS Bus HTTP Telnet SSH MIBs SNMP XML IOS Programmatic Interface CLI Cisco IOS Software MPLS Embedded Management LSP Ping Traceroute VCCV MPLS FCAPS Protocol Enhancements AutoTunnel AutoMEsh Security Accounting Netflow 22

23 Unified MPLS Management Integrated network management platform to manage: Metro Ethernet Services (switched as well as Ethernet transport over MPLS Core) services. MPLS BGP VPN services AToM (ATM/FR transport over MPLS) services Diffserv/IP/ MPLS CoS treatment for MPLS services above 23

24 VPLS: One of Many Cisco IOS MPLS Service Types Layer 2 Point to Point PWES, including Ethernet over MPLS ATM/Frame Relay over MPLS Multipoint VPLS HDLC & PPP over MPLS L2 VPN Interworking Layer 3 L2TPv3 GRE IPSec MPLS L3 VPN ATM/Frame Relay Ethernet PPP Cisco HDLC IP MPLS ATM/Frame Relay Ethernet PPP Cisco HDLC IP 24

25 Cisco 7600 Metro Ethernet Router for VPLS Unique Multilayer Forwarding Architecture Layer 2 Ethernet switching IPv4, IPv6 MPLS L3 VPN EoMPLS, VPLS PPPoEoV (MWAM) Outstanding Price/Performance Mpps routing performance Up to 720 Gbps bandwidth Scalable & Diverse Physical Connectivity Leased-line interfaces from DS0 to OC-48/STM-16 High-density Ethernet from 10Mbps to 10Gbps High density for T3/E3, OC-3/STM-1 and OC-12/STM-4 Outstanding Investment Protection Support for Cisco 7500 port adapters Support for Catalyst 6000 LAN Modules Versatile Range of Network Services Per-subscriber QoS, including ACL, LLQ TS, and Layer 4-7 CDN Service blades: Firewall, IP Sec, NAM, SSL Term Cisco 7603 Cisco 7606 Cisco 7609 A comprehensive solution: Robust, flexible, scalable, manageable 25

26 Agenda Announcement Metro Ethernet Background Relationship to VPLS Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Overview Terminology & Service Definitions Deployment Scenario Relationship to Other Cisco IOS Technologies Future Directions Summary 26

27 VPLS Typical Deployment Cisco 7600 Cisco 7600 VPLS/MPLS Cisco 7600 Cisco 7600 Cisco 7600 STP STP NYC Domain Q-in-Q 14 STP Q-in-Q 20 Wash D.C. Domain San Francisco Domain Q-in-Q 10 A comprehensive solution: Robust, flexible, scalable, manageable 27

28 Integration of VPLS with Multiservice Access FR ATM DSL IP-VPN Cisco 7600 Internet Cisco 7600 Voice Gateway Cisco 7600 VPLS/ MPLS Cisco 7600 vlan 2100 vlan 2100 Cisco 7600 STP STP NYC Domain Q-in-Q 14 STP San Francisco Domain Q-in-Q 10 vlan 2100 Q-in-Q 20 Wash D.C. Domain vlan 1000 vlan 1000 vlan 1200 vlan 1000 A comprehensive solution: Robust, flexible, scalable, manageable 28

29 Agenda Announcement Metro Ethernet Background Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Relationship to Metro Ethernet Rationale Future Directions Relation to Other Cisco IOS Technologies Summary 29

30 Cisco VPLS Summary Metro A Metro D CE CE CE Metro E Metro B CE PE PE Cisco 7600 Metro C CE PE Cisco 7600 Cisco 7600 VPLS Over Service Provider Network PE PE Cisco 7600 CE Metro F Cisco 7600 Cisco IOS MPLS Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) with Cisco 7600 enables flexibility in deploying and managing innovative services that increase productivity and operational efficiencies by connecting geographically dispersed sites as one giant LAN over high-speed Ethernet in a robust and scalable IP/MPLS network. 30

31 World-Class Customer Support 2000 technical support professionals support engineers* (400 with CCIE certification) on 24 hours 630+ depots and 10,000 field engineers in 120 countries* 85,000+ assisted cases/month 321,000 customer issues resolved/month 75% TAC Web resolved: of 25% assisted, 64% were Web-initiated 98% material availability 92% orders submitted online, 55% no touch 60% change orders submitted online Customer Advocacy Mission Accelerate Accelerate customer customer success success with with Cisco Cisco through through innovative innovative services services and and world-class world-class people, people, partners, partners, process, process, and and tools. tools. * Internal & Outsource Partners 31

32 Cisco Leads in the MPLS Market Americas EMEA AsiaPac/Japan Some 200 Customers (MPLS Core & Layer2/3 Edge) EBT Korea Telecom 32

33 Cisco IOS MPLS Smarter The foundation for more services and more revenues Enabling Faster A flexible QoS framework to enable migration to a converged infrastructure Innovative Services Lasting Extensibility to different transports with standards- based open architecture for investment protection 33

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