Creating a P2M service or an M2M service in an SD-WAN instance template

To create a P2M service or an M2M service in an SD-WAN instance template:

  1. In the menu, go to the SD-WAN → SD-WAN instance templates section.

    A table of SD-WAN instance templates is displayed.

  2. Click the SD-WAN instance template in which you want to create a P2M service or an M2M service.

    The settings area is displayed in the lower part of the page. You can expand the settings area to fill the entire page by clicking the expand icon expand_panel_up_icon_2. By default, the Information tab is selected, which displays the name of the SD-WAN instance template.

  3. Select the Transport services tab.

    The X2M services tab with the table of P2M services and M2M services is selected by default.

  4. Click + Transport service.
  5. This opens a window; in that window, in the Name field, enter the name of the P2M or M2M service.
  6. In the Type drop-down list, select the type of the transport service:
    • P2M If you select this option in the Mode drop-down list, select whether the P2M service uses a DFI (Default Forwarding Interface), to which unknown unicast traffic is sent:
      • Classic if you do not want to use DFI. Default value.
      • DFI with FIB on root and leafs if you want to use DFI on the service interface with the root role.
      • DFI with FIB on leaf if you want to use DFI on the service interface with the root role. Service interfaces with the leaf role must be created on the same CPE device. Backup service interfaces with the leaf role must be created on the same CPE device, which must be different from the CPE device on which the primary service interfaces are created.
    • M2M
  7. If you want to make a P2M or M2M service the management service, select the Management transport service check box. This check box is cleared by default. Only one transport service can be the management service.
  8. In the MAC learn mode drop-down list, select the action that you want to apply to a series of frames when the first frame is sent to the controller to learn the source MAC address:
    • Learn and flood means the controller remembers the MAC address of the source and checks for the presence of the destination MAC address in the MAC table. If the destination MAC address is not in the MAC table, the series of frames is sent to all service interfaces added to the P2M service, except for the service interface on which the series of frames originally arrived. Default value.
    • Learn and drop means the controller remembers the MAC address of the source and checks for the presence of the destination MAC address in the MAC table. If the destination MAC address is not in the MAC table, the series of frames is dropped.

    If the destination MAC address is present in the MAC table, the series of frames is sent to the destination service interface.

  9. In the MAC table size field, enter the maximum number of entries in the MAC table on the controller. Range of values: 0 to 65,535. 0 means the number of records in the MAC table of the controller is not limited. Default value: 100.
  10. In the MAC age (sec.) field, enter the time period in seconds during which entries are kept in the MAC table of the controller. Range of values: 10 to 65,535. Default value: 300.
  11. In the MAC table overload drop-down list, select the policy for processing new MAC addresses when the MAC table of the controller is full:
    • Flood means traffic with destination MAC addresses that have not been learned is transmitted as BUM traffic (Broadcast, unknown-unicast, and multicast). Default value.
    • Drop means that traffic with destination MAC addresses that have not been learned is dropped.
  12. Click Create.

    A P2M service or an M2M service is created and displayed in the table.

  13. In the upper part of the settings area, click Save to save the settings of the SD-WAN instance template.
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