Reference Guide
1392 | Service Provider Bridging
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• The default behavior is to disable protocol packet tunneling through the 802.1q 
tunnel.
• Rate-limiting is required to protect against BPDU attacks.
• A port channel (including through LACP) can be configured as a VLAN-Stack 
access or trunk port.
• ARP packets work as expected across the tunnel.
• FEFD works the same as with Layer 2 links.
• Protocols that use Multicast MAC addresses (OSPF for example) work as 
expected and carry over to the other end of the VLAN-Stack VLAN.
debug protocol-tunnel 
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Enable debugging to ensure incoming packets are received and rewritten to a new 
MAC address.
Syntax
debug protocol-tunnel interface {in | out | both} [vlan vlan-id] [count value] 
To disable debugging, use the 
no debug protocol-tunnel interface {in | out | both} [vlan 
vlan-id] [count value] command.
Parameters
Defaults
Debug Disabled
Command Modes
EXEC Privilege
interface
Enter one of the following interfaces and slot/port information:
• For a Fast Ethernet interface, enter the keyword 
FastEthernet followed 
by the slot/port information.
• For a 1-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword 
GigabitEthernet 
followed by the slot/port information. 
• For a Port Channel interface, enter the keyword 
port-channel followed 
by a number:
C-Series and S-Series Range: 1 to 128
E-Series Range: 1 to 32 for EtherScale, 1 to 255 for TeraScale and 1 to 
512 for ExaScale. 
• For a SONET interface, enter the keyword 
sonet followed by the slot/
port information. 
• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword 
TenGigabitEthernet followed by the slot/port information.
• For a 40-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword 
fortyGigE 
followed by the slot/port information.
in | out | both
Enter the keyword in, out, or both to debug incoming interfaces, outgoing 
interfaces, or both incoming and outgoing interfaces. 
vlan vlan-id  Enter the keyword vlan followed by the VLAN ID. 
Range: 1 to 4094
count value
Enter the keyword count followed by the number of debug outputs.
Range: 1 to 100










