FA Clients Connected to BPEs with Extended Edge Switching Ring MLAG-Connected CB FA Proxy Peers

This configuration example shows how to configure Fabric Attach (FA) proxy controlling bridge (CB) Extended Edge Switching MLAG (Multi-switch Link Aggregation Group) Ring CB peers to receive and approve VLAN/NSI mappings from FA clients connected to BPEs.

In the following example:

The FA proxy/client connected to BPE port sent VLAN/NSI mappings.
The FA proxy CB MLAG peers see its LLDP neighbor as FA client.
When mappings are received on a BPE port, the FA proxy CB creates a dynamic VLAN and adds ISC ports, uplink MLAG ports, and extended port to the dynamic VLAN that matches received VLAN/NSI mappings.
The FA server approves the mappings and moves the VLAN/NSI mapping to the active state in FA database.
The FA server MLAG peers act as VXLAN VTEPs.
When creation of dynamic virtual networks is enabled (configure virtual-network dynamic on), Extended Edge Switching MLAG ring CB peers create dynamic virtual networks for VLAN-VNI pair that match the VLAN/NSI(I-SID) mappings in the FA database.

FA Clients Connect to BPE with Ring MLAG-Connected FA Proxy Peers

Controlling Bridge 1 FA Proxy

Slot-1 CB1-465.27 # show fabric attach assignments 
Fabric Attach Mode: Proxy
Port     VLAN  VLAN Name                         Type     ISID/NSI  Status
-------  ----  --------------------------------  -------  --------  --------
143:6     505  SYS_VLAN_0505                     Dynamic      5050  Active  
143:6     707  SYS_VLAN_0707                     Dynamic     70707  Active  
143:6    4004  SYS_VLAN_4004                     Dynamic     41414  Active

Slot-1 CB1-465.27 # show fabric attach elements 
Fabric Attach Mode: Proxy
                                                       Mgmt     Auto
System Id                     Port    Type             VLAN Tag Provision
----------------------------- ------- ---------------- ---- --- --------------
00-04-96-9c-d4-5a-00-01-00-12 1:26    Server (No Auth) 1000 Mix Disabled      
00-04-96-9a-8d-45-00-01-00-2f 1:27    Proxy (No Auth)  1000 Mix Disabled      
00-04-96-9a-8d-45-00-8f-00-19 1:28    Proxy (No Auth)  1000 Mix Disabled      
00-04-96-98-a9-1a-00-01-00-11 143:6   Switch           1000 Mix Disabled      
* (pacman debug) Slot-1 VPEX CB1-465.28 # 
* (pacman debug) Slot-1 VPEX CB1-465.28 # show fabric attach assignments 
Fabric Attach Mode: Proxy
Port     VLAN  VLAN Name                         Type     ISID/NSI  Status
-------  ----  --------------------------------  -------  --------  --------
143:6     505  SYS_VLAN_0505                     Dynamic      5050  Active  
143:6     707  SYS_VLAN_0707                     Dynamic     70707  Active  
143:6    4004  SYS_VLAN_4004                     Dynamic     41414  Active

Slot-1 CB1-465.29 # show lldp ports 143:6 neighbors detailed 

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
LLDP Port 143:6 detected 1 neighbor
  Neighbor: 00:04:96:98:A9:1A/17, age 20 seconds
    - Chassis ID type: MAC address (4)
      Chassis ID     : 00:04:96:98:A9:1A
    - Port ID type: ifName (5)
      Port ID     : "17"
    - Time To Live: 120 seconds
    - System Name: "FAClient-450G2"
    - System Description: "ExtremeXOS (X450G2-24t-G4) version 30.4.0.524 30.\
                           4.0.524 by release-manager on Fri Oct 25 15:01:31\
                            EDT 2019"
    - Avaya/Extreme Fabric Attach element
      Element Type   : 8
      State          : 0
      Management Vlan: 1000
      SystemId       : 00:04:96:98:a9:1a
      Link Info      : 00-01-00-11

    - Extreme Fabric Attach NSI(I-SID)/VLAN map
    Status  VlanID  NSI(I-SID)
    ------  ------  --------
         1     505      5050
         1     707     70707
         1    4004     41414

Controlling Bridge 2 FA Proxy

Slot-1 CB2-670.25 # show fabric attach assignments 
Fabric Attach Mode: Proxy
Port     VLAN  VLAN Name                         Type     ISID/NSI  Status
-------  ----  --------------------------------  -------  --------  --------
143:6     505  SYS_VLAN_0505                     Dynamic      5050  Active  
143:6     707  SYS_VLAN_0707                     Dynamic     70707  Active  
143:6    4004  SYS_VLAN_4004                     Dynamic     41414  Active

Slot-1 CB2-670.25 # show fabric attach elements 
Fabric Attach Mode: Proxy
                                                       Mgmt     Auto
System Id                     Port    Type             VLAN Tag Provision
----------------------------- ------- ---------------- ---- --- --------------
00-11-88-fe-f3-66-00-7b-00-19 1:5     Proxy (No Auth)  1000 Mix Disabled      
00-04-96-9c-d4-5a-00-01-00-05 1:24    Server (No Auth) 1000 Mix Disabled      
00-04-96-99-9e-31-00-01-00-33 1:33    Switch           1000 Mix Disabled      
00-11-88-fe-f3-66-00-01-00-1b 1:47    Proxy (No Auth)  1000 Mix Disabled      
00-04-96-98-a9-1a-00-01-00-11 143:6   Switch           1000 Mix Disabled

Slot-1 CB2-670.26 # show lldp ports 143:6 neighbors detailed 

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
LLDP Port 143:6 detected 1 neighbor
  Neighbor: 00:04:96:98:A9:1A/17, age 22 seconds
    - Chassis ID type: MAC address (4)
      Chassis ID     : 00:04:96:98:A9:1A
    - Port ID type: ifName (5)
      Port ID     : "17"
    - Time To Live: 120 seconds
    - System Name: "FAClient-450G2"
    - System Description: "ExtremeXOS (X450G2-24t-G4) version 30.4.0.524 30.\
                           4.0.524 by release-manager on Fri Oct 25 15:01:31\
                            EDT 2019"
    - Avaya/Extreme Fabric Attach element
      Element Type   : 8
      State          : 0
      Management Vlan: 1000
      SystemId       : 00:04:96:98:a9:1a
      Link Info      : 00-01-00-11

    - Extreme Fabric Attach NSI(I-SID)/VLAN map
    Status  VlanID  NSI(I-SID)
    ------  ------  --------
         2     505      5050
         2     707     70707
         2    4004     41414

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