Creating an L3 VPN service

To create an L3 VPN service:

1. In the menu, go to the Infrastructure section.

   This opens the resource management page. By default, the Network resources tab is selected, which displays the table of controllers.

2. Click Management → Configuration menu next to the controller.

   This opens the controller configuration menu. By default, you are taken to the Controller nodes section, which displays a table of controller nodes.

3. Go to the L3 VPN services section.

   A table of L3 VPN services is displayed.

4. In the upper part of the page, click + L3 VPN service.
5. This opens a window; in that window, in the Name field, enter the name of the L3 VPN service.
6. In the Constraint drop-down list, select the created Manual-TE constraint or threshold constraint that you want to add to the L3 VPN service.
7. In the Balancing mode drop-down list, select the balancing mode for distributing traffic among the links:
   • Per-flow means the traffic streams (5-Tuple) are distributed among the links in accordance with the link cost. Default value.
   • Per-packet means the traffic packets are distributed among the links in accordance with the link cost.
   • Broadcast means the traffic packets are duplicated and transmitted simultaneously through all links to avoid loss.

   You can manually specify link cost.

8. Click Next to proceed to the next group of settings.
9. Add the L3 interface to the L3 VPN service:
   1. In the Mode drop-down list, select the type of the L3 interface:
      • M2M service means the L3 interface is mapped to an M2M service.
      • Service interface means the L3 interface is mapped to a service interface.
   2. If in the Mode drop-down list, you selected M2M service, in the M2M service drop-down list, select the created M2M service mapped to the L3 interface.
   3. If in the Mode drop-down list, you selectedService interface, configure the service interface:
      1. In the Switch and Port drop-down lists, select the CPE device and the created service interface to which the L3 interface is mapped.
      2. In the QoS drop-down list, select the created quality of service rule for the L3 interface.
      3. In the Inbound filter drop-down list, select the created traffic filter for the L3 interface.
      4. If you want to display service interfaces that were added to transport services in the Port drop-down list, select the Show used interfaces check box. This check box is cleared by default.
   4. In the IP field, enter the IP address of the L3 interface.
   5. In the Prefix length field, enter the length of the L3 interface prefix. Range of values: 0 to 32.
   6. In the MAC address field, enter the MAC address of the L3 interface. You can generate a MAC address by clicking Generate.
   7. In the ARP age (sec.) field, enter the time period in seconds during which entries are kept in the ARP table on the L3 VPN service. Range of values: 1 to 65,535. The default setting is 200.
   8. Click + Add.

   The L3 interface is added and displayed in the lower part of the window. You can add multiple L3 interfaces or delete an L3 interface. To delete an L3 interface, click Delete next to it.

10. Click Next to proceed to the next group of settings.
11. If you want to add a static route to the L3 VPN service:
    1. In the IP field, enter the destination IPv4 address of the static route.
    2. In the Prefix length field, enter the length of the IPv4 prefix of the static route. Range of values: 0 to 32.
    3. In the SVI drop-down list, select the added L3 interface followed by the IPv4 prefix of the static route destination. You added an L3 interface at step 9 of these instructions.
    4. In the Gateway field, enter the IPv4 address of the gateway for routing traffic packets to the IPv4 prefix of the static route destination.
    5. In the Metric field, enter a metric for the static route. The default setting is 0.
    6. Click + Add.

    The static route is added and displayed in the lower part of the window. You can add multiple static routes or delete a static route. To delete a static route, click Delete next to it.

12. Click Next to proceed to the next group of settings.
13. Click Create.

The L3 VPN service is created and displayed in the table.

See also Directing application traffic to a transport service

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