IBM 6 MPLS manual Creating FECs and Traffic Trunks

Specialized Models User Guide 6 MPLS Model User Guide

Creating FECs and Traffic Trunks

The traffic engineering bindings that govern how packets are labeled and forwarded in a network use FECs and traffic trunks to classify packets. All of the FECs and traffic trunks in a network are defined in the MPLS configuration object.

Procedure 6-4 Creating FECs

1Place an MPLS configuration object in the project workspace and open its Attributes dialog box.

2Double-click on the value for FEC Specifications.

➥ The FEC Specifications Table appears.

3Change the Rows value to the number of FECs you want to create.

4For each FEC, assign a name, then double-click in the Details column to describe the FEC.

End of Procedure 6-4

To work correctly, the model requires that you set up at least one default traffic trunk. Additional trunks can be used to handle prioritized flows.

Procedure 6-5 Creating a Default Traffic Trunk

1Place an MPLS configuration object in the project workspace and open its Attributes dialog box.

2Double-click on the value for Traffic Trunk Profiles.

➥ The Traffic Trunk Profiles Table appears.

3Change the Rows value to 1.

4Specify a name for the trunk, such as Default Traffic Trunk.

5Leave the Trunk Details attribute as “Default”.

End of Procedure 6-5

This procedure can be modified to set up separate trunks for traffic of different priorities. To do this, double-click on the Trunk Details attribute and specify the appropriate values for each traffic trunk.

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