SPB Profile

The Unified Profile SPB Profile Screen displays all configured Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) Profiles and is used to create, edit, and delete SPB Profiles. When you create an SPB Profile, you configure the parameters that can be mapped to an Access Role Profile. When a device is dynamically assigned to the profile through authentication or classification, and SPB Service Access Point (SAP) is automatically created using the specified profile parameters. Traffic from the device is then forwarded on the SAP.

Creating an SPB Profile

Click on the Create icon and complete the fields as described below. When you are finished, click on the Create button.

• SPB Profile Name - The SPB Profile name.
• Tag Value - The VLAN tag information from classified traffic used to create the Service Access Point (SAP) for the traffic. If the traffic is untagged, the SAP is created with 0 as the encapsulation value (for example, 1/12:0).
• ISID - A service instance identifier (ISID) that is used to identify an SPB service in a provider backbone bridge (PBB) network. The valid range is 256 - 16777214.
• BVLAN - The VLAN ID number of an existing SPB backbone VLAN (BVLAN).
• VLAN Translation - Enables/Disables egress VLAN translation for the service.
• Multicast Mode - Select the multicast mode from the drop-down menu:
  • Headend - Specifies the head-end replication mode for the service.
  • Tandem - Specifies the tandem replication mode for the service.

Editing an SPB Profile

Select the profile in the SPB Profile List and click on the Edit icon to bring up the Edit SPB Profile Screen. Edit the fields as described above then click on the Apply button. Note that you cannot edit the profile name.

Deleting an SPB Profile

Select the profile in the SPB Profile List and click on the Delete icon, then click OK at the confirmation prompt.