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Layer-2 Protocol Tunneling Mode
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Chapter 29 Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling To emulate a point-to-point topology between two customer switches at different sites, such as A and B, you can enable protocol tunneling on edge switches 1 and 2 for PAgP (Port Aggregation Protocol), LACP or UDLD (UniDirectional Link Detection). Figure 133 L2PT Network Example A STP B STP STP D 1 Service Provider's 2 Network C 29.1.1 Layer-2 Protocol Tunneling Mode Each port can have two layer-2 protocol tunneling modes, Access and Tunnel. • The Access port is an ingress port on the service provider's edge device (1 or 2 in Figure 133 on page 242) and connected to a customer switch (A or B). Incoming layer-2 protocol packets received on an access port are encapsulated and forwarded to the tunnel ports. • The Tunnel port is an egress port at the edge of the service provider's network and connected to another service provider's switch. Incoming encapsulated layer-2 protocol packets received on a tunnel port are decapsulated and sent to an access port. 242 MES3500-24/24F User's Guide