Bumblebee Private Line

Bumblebee Private Line Use Cases

Bumblebee Private Line is a use case in which a Bumblebee CPE is deployed in a strict Layer 2 network, such as Metro Ethernet, L2 cellular backhaul, or private-line connectivity, where no IP address is involved.

In these pure Layer 2 Ethernet switching scenarios, the Bumblebee CPE must use its built-in 5G cellular modem for the management plane so that customers still have visibility into Ethernet carrier loss, link utilization, and Application Visibility.

The Private Line deployment is shown below where 5G cellular is used as the management interface.

Bumblebee Private Line deployment

Bumblebee Private Line Configuration

Bumblebee Private Line is only supported on the Bumblebee CPE that has built-in 5G modem. They are CPE-1000C, BN-CPE-1000FC and BN-CPE-10GFC.

Follow the steps below to configure:

1. Login to the Bumblebee portal

2. On the left navigation menu, click Intelligent Edge -> Internet CPE

3. Click Create CPE. Select Product Code: BN-CPE-1000C, BN-CPE-1000FC or BN-CPE-10GFC

4. For the CPE mode options: Pass Through, Router Mode and Private Line, select Private Line

5. Fill in the required field.

6. Click Create.