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.
Yet, one rank in the Army still caters to the lazy person in all of us â Â­ the Specialist. If youâve served in the Army, youâve most likely heard the terms âSham Shieldâ or âE-4 Mafia.â You may have even been a ring leader at one point, I know I was.