Chapter 17 Configuring IEEE 802.1Q and Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling

Configuring Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling

Configuring Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling

Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure a port for Layer 2 protocol tunneling:

 

Command

Purpose

Step 1

 

 

configure terminal

Enter global configuration mode.

Step 2

 

 

interface interface-id

Enter interface configuration mode, and enter the interface to be configured

 

 

as a tunnel port. This should be the edge port in the service-provider

 

 

network that connects to the customer switch. Valid interfaces can be

 

 

physical interfaces and port-channel logical interfaces (port channels 1 to

 

 

48).

Step 3

 

 

switchport mode access

Configure the interface as an access port or an IEEE 802.1Q tunnel port.

 

or

 

 

switchport mode dot1q-tunnel

 

Step 4

 

 

l2protocol-tunnel [cdp stp vtp]

Enable protocol tunneling for the desired protocol. If no keyword is entered,

 

 

tunneling is enabled for all three Layer 2 protocols.

Step 5

 

 

l2protocol-tunnel

(Optional) Configure the threshold for packets-per-second accepted for

 

shutdown-threshold [cdp stp vtp]

encapsulation. The interface is disabled if the configured threshold is

 

value

exceeded. If no protocol option is specified, the threshold applies to each of

 

 

the tunneled Layer 2 protocol types. The range is 1 to 4096. The default is

 

 

to have no threshold configured.

 

 

Note If you also set a drop threshold on this interface, the

 

 

shutdown-threshold value must be greater than or equal to the

 

 

drop-threshold value.

Step 6

 

 

l2protocol-tunnel drop-threshold

(Optional) Configure the threshold for packets-per-second accepted for

 

[cdp stp vtp] value

encapsulation. The interface drops packets if the configured threshold is

 

 

exceeded. If no protocol option is specified, the threshold applies to each of

 

 

the tunneled Layer 2 protocol types. The range is 1 to 4096. The default is

 

 

to have no threshold configured.

 

 

If you also set a shutdown threshold on this interface, the drop-threshold

 

 

value must be less than or equal to the shutdown-threshold value.

Step 7

 

 

exit

Return to global configuration mode.

Step 8

 

 

errdisable recovery cause l2ptguard

(Optional) Configure the recovery mechanism from a Layer 2

 

 

maximum-rate error so that the interface is re-enabled and can try again.

 

 

Errdisable recovery is disabled by default; when enabled, the default time

 

 

interval is 300 seconds.

Step 9

 

 

l2protocol-tunnel cos value

(Optional) Configure the CoS value for all tunneled Layer 2 PDUs. The

 

 

range is 0 to 7; the default is the default CoS value for the interface. If none

 

 

is configured, the default is 5.

Step 10

 

 

end

Return to privileged EXEC mode.

Step 11

 

 

show l2protocol

Display the Layer 2 tunnel ports on the switch, including the protocols

 

 

configured, the thresholds, and the counters.

Step 12

 

 

copy running-config startup-config

(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.

 

 

 

 

 

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