VPLS can be used to transport Ethernet frames to and from multiple, geographically dispersed sites belonging to a customer Virtual Private Network (VPN). The Provider Edge (PE) devices connecting the customer sites provide functions similar to a Layer 2 switch.
Equivalent Ranks to an Army Master Sergeant A Master Sergeant is a Noncommissioned Officer, with a military paygrade of E-8. The civilian equivalent of this military rank is roughly GS-6 under the federal government's General Schedule payscale.
The equivalent of a lance corporal in the Finnish Defence Forces is a korpraali (literally, corporal). Korpraali is not considered an NCO rank. India and Pakistan Edit. The equivalent to lance-corporal in the British Indian Army was acting lance-daffadar in cavalry regiments and lance-naik in other units. These ranks are still used in the Indian Army and Pakistan Army. Portugal and Brazil Edit. Until the end of the 19th century, in the Portuguese Army, the equivalent of a lance corporal rank was that of anspeÃ§ada.