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A service provider wants to offer a service that allows customers to span VLANs across multiple campuses. Which configuration will allow this service provider to achieve its desired result with a mini

The correct answer is D. VPWS service, with QinQ between PE and CE. VPWS with QinQ (802.1ad) allows Layer 2 VLAN spanning across campuses by tunneling customer VLANs within a provider VLAN tag, minimizing PE scalability impact through tag stacking.

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Question

A service provider wants to offer a service that allows customers to span VLANs across multiple campuses. Which configuration will allow this service provider to achieve its desired result with a minimal impact on the scalability of PE routers?

Options

  • ARFC 2547-based service, with L2TPv3 between PE and CE
  • BRFC 2547-based service, with MPLS/LDP between PE and CE (in other words, CsC)
  • CVPWS service, with 802.1Q between PE and CE
  • DVPWS service, with QinQ between PE and CE

How the community answered

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  • A
    5% (2)
  • B
    9% (4)
  • C
    20% (9)
  • D
    66% (29)

Why each option

VPWS with QinQ (802.1ad) allows Layer 2 VLAN spanning across campuses by tunneling customer VLANs within a provider VLAN tag, minimizing PE scalability impact through tag stacking.

ARFC 2547-based service, with L2TPv3 between PE and CE

RFC 2547 defines MPLS Layer 3 VPNs which operate at the IP level and not Layer 2, making it unsuitable for transparently spanning customer VLANs across campuses.

BRFC 2547-based service, with MPLS/LDP between PE and CE (in other words, CsC)

Carrier Supporting Carrier (CsC) is an MPLS VPN architecture for carriers providing MPLS backbone services to other carriers, not a solution for customer Layer 2 VLAN extension.

CVPWS service, with 802.1Q between PE and CE

VPWS with 802.1Q requires the PE to maintain a separate service instance per customer VLAN (up to 4094), which significantly impacts PE scalability compared to QinQ's ability to aggregate many customer VLANs under a single provider tag.

DVPWS service, with QinQ between PE and CECorrect

VPWS (Virtual Private Wire Service) provides point-to-point Layer 2 connectivity suitable for spanning VLANs across sites. QinQ (IEEE 802.1ad) stacks an outer provider VLAN tag over the customer VLAN tag, allowing multiple customer VLANs to be tunneled within a single service provider identifier. This reduces the number of service instances PE routers must maintain, minimizing scalability impact compared to per-VLAN 802.1Q configurations.

Concept tested: VPWS with QinQ for Layer 2 VLAN extension

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/mp_l2_vpns/configuration/xe-16-9/mp-l2-vpns-xe-16-9-book/mp-vpws.html

Topics

#VPWS#QinQ#VLAN extension#PE scalability

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