Technologies Design Guide09186a008019c10a

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Cisco MPLS Tunnel BuilderProduct Details

ITD Product Management


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Background

Current configuration of MPLS TE via the most popularCisco CLI

Can very soon become cumbersome for large networks120-200 routers fully meshed

Largest TE customer has nearly 8,000 tunnels

Configuration of Guaranteed Bandwidth, L2VPN (pt-to-

pt), QoS

We need a network wide configuration/visualization tool


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TE Tunnel Configuration

Config Example

Need to execute x commands on the CLI

Need to map traffic onto the tunnel

Verify the tunnel operation

Close the case

What happens when a tunnel fails?

Wait till you get an error message

You get the idea

Can I reduce this process to just a few clicks?

...only a few clicks away


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Tunnel Builder Positioning

Planning - Primary

Configuration Planning - Backup

Network Management

Tunnel Builder

Tunnel Builder

PRO


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Version 1.x Display Features

Views: CDP, MPLS topology,Tunnels: Highlight links, nodes,tunnels

Tunnel status: Up/down, load, uptime, LSP path

Link status: Total b/w, b/w by priority, affinity

Monitor link interface Traps

Measure Delay/Jitter

Tunnel & Link Utilization displays

Use metrics to color links: utilization, #tunnels

Available bandwidth displays


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Version 1.x Configuration Features

Create Tunnels: using new or existing explicit paths; dynamic paths,set bandwidth, priority, affinity

Delete Tunnels

Static routes configuration: manual, autoroute

Multiple Path options

Explicit paths management

Link configuration

Modification of existing tunnels

Batch tunnel creation

Auto bandwidth, Affinity configuration



Version 1.x Functionality (contd)

Other

Password protection

License Key to determine functionalityOn-line help

O/S, Hardware

Server: Solaris 2.8, Win NT & Win2000

Clients: Win 98/ME/NT/2000 Dependent on Availability ofBrowser

Browser: Internet Explorer 5.0; Netscape 4.5



Tunnel BuilderVirtual Demo



Setup: InitialLogon Screen

Seed Routers



Setup: Fetchfrom Server

Fetch Options



Tunnels: View& Create

Create TunnelButton

View ExitingTunnels

SelectedNode



Tunnels:Create TunnelPop-upWindow

PathGeneration

ModifyTunnelattributes



Tunnels:CreateExplicit Path

Pop-upWindow

Selected Path(Green Links)

IP Addressescaptured byclicking onmap



Delay/Jitter:Measure & Planusing SAA

Choose Source /Destination Routers

Select Routersfrom the map(highlightedrouters)



Links: Display /Modify TE

Link Information(Link selectedfrom the map Green link)



Nodes:Display / ModifyTENode

Information(Node selectedfrom the map Red node)



Views:DifferentNetwork Maps

NetworkDisplayOptions



Views: MPLSTopology

Select andMonitorDifferentattributes

This shotshows 2dark bluel inks with4000 Kbps ofAvailable BW

MPLS Topologyoption


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Views: TunnelOverlay

Display &MonitorTunnels inthe network


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Views: CDPTopology

CDP TopologyDisplay candiscover non-MPLS TEenableddevices


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TunnelBuilder atwork in areally reallylarge network


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BRG: part ofRG: part ofTunnelunnelBuilder PROuilder PRO

ComputeBackupTunnels thatmeetbandwidthconstraints


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Radar Functionality

Configuration & Modification of Tunnels

Policy Routing

Password Protecting Tunnel from deletion

Creation of tunnels using templates(Template selection, saving of templates)

Enable TE on all routers and links/interfaces if source and destination is specified

SAA per Tunnel basis

Packet Loss

Correlate SAA path with PATH option

Display

List Tunnels that can be pre-empted given any source-destination pair, bandwidth and the priority

Display Max available bandwidth between any two nodes along all paths

APIs

CORBA, XML

Other

Forms printing, viewing of data

RADIUS Authentication

Template creation for defining tunnels

Setting of Alarms based on thresholds such as Tunnel utilization, link utilization, number of tunnels

MIB Support

Documents

Technologies Design Guide09186a008019c10a