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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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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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- B9% (4)
- C20% (9)
- D66% (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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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