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Chapter 12 Monitoring Carrier Ethernet Services
Viewing Provider Backbone Bridge Properties
Viewing Provider Backbone Bridge Properties
Provider backbone bridges (PBBs), specified by IEEE 802.1ah-2008, provide a way t o in cr ease the
number of service provider supported Layer 2 service instances beyond the numbe r supported by QinQ
and VPLS. PBB adds a backbone VLAN tag and backbone destination and source MAC addresses to
encapsulate customer Ethernet frames and create a MAC tunnel across core switches.
Prime Network supports PBB inventory discovery and modeling for the following devices:
• Cisco 7600-series devices running Cisco IOS version 12.2(33)SRE1
• Cisco ASR 9000-series devices running Cisco IOS XR version 3.9.1
Prime Network models the IB type of Backbone edge bridges which includes both I-type and B-type
components.
To view PBB properties:
Step 1 In Prime Network Vision, double-click the element configured for PBB.
Step 2 In the inventory window, choose Logical Inventory > BridgeILans > PBB-bridge.
Figure 12-12 shows an example of PBB properties in logical inventory.
Figure 12-12 PBB Properties in Logical Inventory