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Interface Encapsulations Overview
Table 1 lists encapsulation support by interface type.
Table 1: Encapsulation Support by Interface Type
Interface Type | Physical Interface Encapsulation | Logical Interface Encapsulation |
|---|---|---|
ae—Aggregated Ethernet interface | ethernet-ccc—Ethernet cross-connect extended-vlan-ccc—Nonstandard TPID tagging for a cross-connect extended-vlan-vpls—Extended VLAN virtual private LAN service flexible-ethernet-services—Allows per-unit Ethernet encapsulation configuration vlan-ccc—802.1Q tagging for a cross-connect ethernet-vpls—Ethernet virtual private LAN service vlan-vpls—VLAN virtual private LAN service | dix—Ethernet DIXv2 (RFC 894) vlan-ccc—802.1Q tagging for a cross-connect |
as—Aggregated SONET/SDH interface | cisco-hdlc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing ppp—Serial PPP device | NA |
at—ATM1 interface | atm-ccc-cell-relay—ATM cell relay encapsulation for a cross-connect atm-pvc—ATM permanent virtual circuits ethernet-over-atm—Ethernet over ATM encapsulation | atm-ccc-cell-relay—ATM cell relay for CCC atm-ccc-vc-mux—ATM VC for CCC atm-cisco-nlpid—Cisco-compatible ATM NLPID encapsulation atm-nlpid—ATM NLPID encapsulation atm-snap—ATM LLC/SNAP encapsulation atm-tcc-snap—ATM LLC/SNAP for a translational cross-connect atm-tcc-vc-mux—ATM VC for a translational cross-connect atm-vc-mux—ATM VC multiplexing ether-over-atm-llc—Ethernet over ATM (LLC/SNAP) encapsulation |
at—ATM2 intelligent queuing (IQ) interface | atm-ccc-cell-relay—ATM cell relay encapsulation for a cross-connect atm-pvc—ATM permanent virtual circuits ethernet-over-atm—Ethernet over ATM encapsulation | atm-ccc-cell-relay—ATM cell relay for CCC atm-ccc-vc-mux—ATM VC for CCC atm-cisco-nlpid—Cisco-compatible ATM NLPID encapsulation atm-mlppp-llc—ATM MLPPP over AAL5/LLC atm-nlpid—ATM NLPID encapsulation atm-ppp-llc—ATM PPP over AAL5/LLC atm-ppp-vc-mux—ATM PPP over raw AAL5 atm-snap—ATM LLC/SNAP encapsulation atm-tcc-snap—ATM LLC/SNAP for a translational cross-connect atm-tcc-vc-mux—ATM VC for a translational cross-connect atm-vc-mux—ATM VC multiplexing ether-over-atm-llc—Ethernet over ATM (LLC/SNAP) encapsulation ether-vpls-over-atm-llc—Ethernet VPLS over ATM (bridging) encapsulation |
bcm—Gigabit Ethernet internal interfaces | NA | NA |
br—Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) interface | NA | NA |
ci—Container interface | cisco-hdlc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing ppp—Serial PPP device | aps—SONET interface required for APS configuration. |
ds—DS0 interface | cisco-hdlc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing cisco-hdlc-ccc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing for a cross-connect cisco-hdlc-tcc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing for a translational cross-connect extended-frame-relay-ccc—Any Frame Relay DLCI for a cross-connect extended-frame-relay-tcc—Any Frame Relay DLCI for a translational cross-connect flexible-frame-relay—Multiple Frame Relay encapsulations frame-relay—Frame Relay encapsulation frame-relay-ccc—Frame Relay for a cross-connect frame-relay-port-ccc—Frame Relay port encapsulation for a cross-connect frame-relay-tcc—Frame Relay for a translational cross-connect multilink-frame-relay-uni-nni—Multilink Frame Relay UNI NNI (FRF.16) encapsulation ppp—Serial PPP device ppp-ccc—Serial PPP device for a cross-connect ppp-tcc—Serial PPP device for a translational cross-connect | frame-relay-ccc—Frame Relay DLCI for CCC frame-relay-ppp—PPP over Frame Relay frame-relay-tcc—Frame Relay DLCI for a translational cross-connect |
dsc—Discard interface | NA | NA |
e1—E1 interface (including channelized STM1-to-E1 interfaces) | cisco-hdlc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing cisco-hdlc-ccc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing for a cross-connect cisco-hdlc-tcc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing for a translational cross-connect extended-frame-relay-ccc—Any Frame Relay DLCI for a cross-connect extended-frame-relay-tcc—Any Frame Relay DLCI for a translational cross-connect flexible-frame-relay—Multiple Frame Relay encapsulations frame-relay—Frame Relay encapsulation frame-relay-ccc—Frame Relay for a cross-connect frame-relay-port-ccc—Frame Relay port encapsulation for a cross-connect frame-relay-tcc—Frame Relay for a translational cross-connect multilink-frame-relay-uni-nni—Multilink Frame Relay UNI NNI (FRF.16) encapsulation ppp—Serial PPP device ppp-ccc—Serial PPP device for a cross-connect ppp-tcc—Serial PPP device for a translational cross-connect | frame-relay-ccc—Frame Relay DLCI for CCC frame-relay-ppp—PPP over Frame Relay frame-relay-tcc—Frame Relay DLCI for a translational cross-connect |
e3—E3 interface (including E3 IQ and IQE interfaces) | cisco-hdlc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing cisco-hdlc-ccc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing for a cross-connect cisco-hdlc-tcc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing for a translational cross-connect extended-frame-relay-ccc—Any Frame Relay DLCI for a cross-connect extended-frame-relay-tcc—Any Frame Relay DLCI for a translational cross-connect flexible-frame-relay—Multiple Frame Relay encapsulations frame-relay—Frame Relay encapsulation frame-relay-ccc—Frame Relay for a cross-connect frame-relay-port-ccc—Frame Relay port encapsulation for a cross-connect frame-relay-tcc—Frame Relay for a translational cross-connect ppp—Serial PPP device ppp-ccc—Serial PPP device for a cross-connect ppp-tcc—Serial PPP device for a translational cross-connect | frame-relay-ccc—Frame Relay DLCI for CCC frame-relay-ppp—PPP over Frame Relay frame-relay-tcc—Frame Relay DLCI for a translational cross-connect |
em—Management and internal Ethernet interfaces | NA | NA |
fe—Fast Ethernet interface | ethernet-ccc—Ethernet cross-connect ethernet-tcc—Ethernet translational cross-connect ethernet-vpls—Ethernet virtual private LAN service extended-vlan-ccc—Nonstandard TPID tagging for a cross-connect extended-vlan-tcc—802.1Q tagging for a translational cross-connect extended-vlan-vpls—Extended VLAN virtual private LAN service vlan-ccc—802.1Q tagging for a cross-connect vlan-vpls—VLAN virtual private LAN service | dix—Ethernet DIXv2 (RFC 894) vlan-ccc—802.1Q tagging for a cross-connect vlan-vpls—VLAN virtual private LAN service |
fxp—Management and internal Ethernet interfaces | NA | NA |
ge—Gigabit Ethernet interface (including Gigabit Ethernet IQ interfaces) | ethernet-ccc—Ethernet cross-connect ethernet-tcc—Ethernet translational cross-connect ethernet-vpls—Ethernet virtual private LAN service extended-vlan-ccc—Nonstandard TPID tagging for a cross-connect extended-vlan-tcc—802.1Q tagging for a translational cross-connect extended-vlan-vpls—Extended VLAN virtual private LAN service flexible-ethernet-services—Allows per-unit Ethernet encapsulation configuration vlan-ccc—802.1Q tagging for a cross-connect vlan-vpls—VLAN virtual private LAN service | dix—Ethernet DIXv2 (RFC 894) vlan-ccc—802.1Q tagging for a cross-connect vlan-tcc—802.1Q tagging for a translational cross-connect vlan-vpls—VLAN virtual private LAN service |
ixgbe—10-Gigabit Ethernet internal interfaces | NA | NA |
lo—Loopback interface; the Junos OS automatically configures one loopback interface (lo0) | NA | NA |
ls—Link services interface | multilink-frame-relay-uni-nni—Multilink Frame Relay UNI NNI (FRF.16) encapsulation | multilink-frame-relay-end-to-end—Multilink Frame Relay end-to-end (FRF.15) multilink-ppp—Multilink PPP |
lsq—Link services IQ interface | multilink-frame-relay-uni-nni—Multilink Frame Relay UNI NNI (FRF.16) encapsulation | multilink-frame-relay-end-to-end—Multilink Frame Relay end-to-end (FRF.15) multilink-ppp—Multilink PPP |
lt—Logical tunnel interface | NA | ethernet—Ethernet service ethernet-vpls—Ethernet virtual private LAN service ethernet-ccc—Ethernet cross-connect frame-relay—Frame Relay encapsulation frame-relay-ccc—Frame Relay for a cross-connect vlan—VLAN service vlan-ccc—802.1Q tagging for a cross-connect vlan-vpls—VLAN virtual private LAN service |
ml—Multilink interface (including Multilink Frame Relay and MLPPP) | NA | multilink-frame-relay-end-to-end—Multilink Frame Relay end-to-end (FRF.15) multilink-ppp—Multilink PPP |
se—Serial interface (including EIA-530, V.35, and X.21 interfaces) | cisco-hdlc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing cisco-hdlc-ccc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing for a cross-connect cisco-hdlc-tcc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing for a translational cross-connect frame-relay—Frame Relay encapsulation frame-relay-ccc—Frame Relay for a cross-connect frame-relay-port-ccc—Frame Relay port encapsulation for a cross-connect frame-relay-tcc—Frame Relay for a translational cross-connect ppp—Serial PPP device ppp-ccc—Serial PPP device for a cross-connect ppp-tcc—Serial PPP device for a translational cross-connect | frame-relay-ccc—Frame Relay DLCI for CCC frame-relay-ppp—PPP over Frame Relay frame-relay-tcc—Frame Relay DLCI for a translational cross-connect |
so—SONET/SDH interface | cisco-hdlc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing cisco-hdlc-ccc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing for a cross-connect cisco-hdlc-tcc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing for a translational cross-connect extended-frame-relay-ccc—Any Frame Relay DLCI for a cross-connect extended-frame-relay-tcc—Any Frame Relay DLCI for a translational cross-connect flexible-frame-relay—Multiple Frame Relay encapsulations frame-relay—Frame Relay encapsulation frame-relay-ccc—Frame Relay for a cross-connect frame-relay-port-ccc—Frame Relay port encapsulation for a cross-connect frame-relay-tcc—Frame Relay for a translational cross-connect ppp—Serial PPP device ppp-ccc—Serial PPP device for a cross-connect ppp-tcc—Serial PPP device for a translational cross-connect | frame-relay-ccc—Frame Relay DLCI for CCC frame-relay-ppp—PPP over Frame Relay frame-relay-tcc—Frame Relay DLCI for a translational cross-connect multilink-frame-relay-end-to-end—IQE SONET PICs support Multilink Frame Relay end-to-end (FRF.15) multilink-ppp—IQE SONET PICs support Multilink PPP |
t1—T1 interface (including channelized DS3-to-DS1 interfaces) | cisco-hdlc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing cisco-hdlc-ccc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing for a cross-connect cisco-hdlc-tcc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing for a translational cross-connect extended-frame-relay-ccc—Any Frame Relay DLCI for a cross-connect extended-frame-relay-tcc—Any Frame Relay DLCI for a translational cross-connect flexible-frame-relay—Multiple Frame Relay encapsulations frame-relay—Frame Relay encapsulation frame-relay-ccc—Frame Relay for a cross-connect frame-relay-port-ccc—Frame Relay port encapsulation for a cross-connect frame-relay-tcc—Frame Relay for a translational cross-connect multilink-frame-relay-uni-nni—Multilink Frame Relay UNI NNI (FRF.16) encapsulation ppp—Serial PPP device ppp-ccc—Serial PPP device for a cross-connect ppp-tcc—Serial PPP device for a translational cross-connect | frame-relay-ccc—Frame Relay DLCI for CCC frame-relay-ppp—PPP over Frame Relay frame-relay-tcc—Frame Relay DLCI for a translational cross-connect |
t3—T3 interface (including channelized OC12-to-DS3 interfaces) | cisco-hdlc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing cisco-hdlc-ccc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing for a cross-connect cisco-hdlc-tcc—Cisco-compatible HDLC framing for a translational cross-connect extended-frame-relay-ccc—Any Frame Relay DLCI for a cross-connect extended-frame-relay-tcc—Any Frame Relay DLCI for a translational cross-connect flexible-frame-relay—Multiple Frame Relay encapsulations frame-relay—Frame Relay encapsulation frame-relay-ccc—Frame Relay for a cross-connect frame-relay-port-ccc—Frame Relay port encapsulation for a cross-connect frame-relay-tcc—Frame Relay for a translational cross-connect ppp—Serial PPP device ppp-ccc—Serial PPP device for a cross-connect ppp-tcc—Serial PPP device for a translational cross-connect | frame-relay-ccc—Frame Relay DLCI for CCC frame-relay-ppp—PPP over Frame Relay frame-relay-tcc—Frame Relay DLCI for a translational cross-connect |
Controller-level channelized IQ interfaces (cau4, coc1, coc3, coc12, cstm1, ct1, ct3, ce1) | NA | NA |
Services interfaces (cp, gr, ip, mo, vt, es, mo, rsp, sp) | NA | NA |
Unconfigurable, internally generated interfaces (gre, ipip, learning-chip (lc), lsi, tap, mt, mtun, pd, pe, pimd, pime) | NA | NA |
 | Note: You can configure GRE interfaces (gre-x/y/z) only for GMPLS control channels. GRE interfaces are not supported or configurable for other applications. For more information about GMPLS, see the Junos OS MPLS Applications Library for Routing Devices and the Junos OS Feature Guides. |
Related Documentation
- J, M, MX, PTX, T Series
- Router Interfaces Overview
- Types of Interfaces Overview
- M, MX, T Series
- Understanding Transient Interfaces
Published: 2013-08-01
Supported Platforms
Related Documentation
- J, M, MX, PTX, T Series
- Router Interfaces Overview
- Types of Interfaces Overview
- M, MX, T Series
- Understanding Transient Interfaces
