VPLS doesn't work on Catalyst 6500

Hello everybody
I'd like to setup VPLS between 3 points. Our switches are 6504E with Sup720-3BXL
and the the following modules and IOS:
6504# show module
Mod Ports Card Type                              Model              Serial No.
1    2 Supervisor Engine 720 (Active)         WS-SUP720-3BXL     SAL134322F9
3   24 CEF720 24 port 1000mb SFP              WS-X6724-SFP       SAL1219PUZU
4   48 48-port 100FX SFP Ethernet Module      WS-X6148-FE-SFP    SAL1216N2QD
Mod MAC addresses                       Hw    Fw           Sw           Status
1 001a.a22d.90c4 to 001a.a22d.90c7   5.9   8.5(3)       15.1(2)SY1   Ok
3 0021.5593.b6c8 to 0021.5593.b6df   3.1   12.2(18r)S1 15.1(2)SY1  Ok
4 001f.6cae.3340 to 001f.6cae.336f   3.3   8.4(1)       15.1(2)SY1   Ok
Mod Sub-Module                  Model              Serial       Hw     Status
1 Policy Feature Card 3       WS-F6K-PFC3BXL     SAL134325LA 1.11 Ok
1 MSFC3 Daughterboard         WS-SUP720          SAL13421LZN 4.0    Ok
3 Centralized Forwarding Card WS-F6700-CFC       SAL1218PC9H 4.0 Ok
my problem is that when i configure VPLS according to CISCO-Documents, the VFI and L2 VCs comes up,
but i can't ping between end points located in Customer-Switches.
Is any problem with Hardware-Configuration, IOS or platform support ?
I have just studied the following link about this, but i'm not sure about that. (at least i can't believe that ! )
http://afnog.org/pipermail/afnog/2013-February/001006.html
Any comments will be appreciated. thanks
Arshin

Hi there,
Could you provide the community with a little more information to help narrow troubleshooting? What operating system are we using?
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