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Table 1. UNI/ENI/NNI Default Behaviors
Default Behaviors Benefits
UNI/ENI default: down Ports must be activated by the service provider before customers can receive service.
UNI/ENI default: no local switching Circuit-like behavior protects customers from each other.
UNI/ENI default: configurable
control plane security enabled
Control-plane packets ingressing from the UNI/ENI are dropped in hardware to protect
against denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by default. Unlike UNI ports, ENI ports give
service providers the flexibility to selectively discard or peer with customer’s control
plane traffic on a per-port, per-protocol basis for the following Layer 2 protocols: Cisco
Discovery Protocol, Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP), Link Aggregation Control
Protocol (LACP), Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP), and Spanning Tree Protocol.
NNI default: up Enables automated configuration of the switch through a Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP) or BOOTP server.
Flexible Deployment Options for Software Features
The Cisco ME 3400E Series offers two different Cisco IOS Software feature images,
METROACCESS and METROIPACCESS, providing cost-effective, “pay-as-you-grow” upgrade
options for service providers deploying multiple services. The service providers do not have to pay
for the features they do not need today and still have the option in the future to receive those
features with a simple software upgrade.
Support for multiple software feature images allows service providers to standardize on the Cisco
ME 3400E Series, save on the operating expense of stocking multiple products, simplify training of
support technicians, and alleviate the complication of supporting different products for different
services.
Table 2 lists the key features in the Cisco IOS Software images for the Cisco ME 3400E Series.
Table 2. Key Features in Cisco IOS Software Images for Cisco ME 3400E Series
METROACCESS METROIPACCESS
UNI/ENI/NNI 802.1Q Tunneling, L2PT All METROACCESS features plus:
Internet Group Management Protocol
(IGMP) Filtering and Throttling
Ethernet OAM (802.1ag, 802.3ah, E-LMI
Y.1731)
Static routing
Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR) Configurable per VLAN MAC Learning Multi-VRF CE (VRF-lite)
Advanced QoS Flexlink PBR
Configurable control plane security Dynamic ARP Inspection, IP Source
Guard
RIP Versions 1 and 2
Configuration file security Per-Port, Per-VLAN Ingress Policing EIGRP, OSPF, and IS-IS
DHCP snooping Link-State Tracking BGPv4
Private VLAN Resilient Ethernet Protocol (REP) NNI configurable on all ports
IPv6
Configuration rollback Ethernet IP SLA TWAMP Source Specific Multicast
DHCP-based auto configuration and
image update
Embedded Event Manager Source Specific Multicast mapping
Configurable Control Plane Queue
Assignent
Multicast support for VRF (mVRF-Lite)
MAC address learning and aging
notifications
VRF-aware services (ARP, ping, SNMP,
HSRP, uRPF syslog, traceroute, FTP,
and TFTP)
Solutions for Next-Generation Business Access Services
The Cisco ME 3400E Series is designed to help service providers provide service availability,
service flexbility, service manageability, and service security for advanced Carrier Ethernet
business access.