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Cisco MPLS Tunnel Builder Product Details

Cisco MPLS Tunnel Builder Product Details. ITD Product Management. Background. Current configuration of MPLS TE via the most popular Cisco CLI Can very soon become cumbersome for large networks 120-200 routers fully meshed Largest TE customer has nearly 8,000 tunnels

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Cisco MPLS Tunnel Builder Product Details

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  1. Cisco MPLS Tunnel Builder Product Details ITD Product Management

  2. Background • Current configuration of MPLS TE via the most popular Cisco CLI • Can very soon become cumbersome for large networks • 120-200 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

  3. 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…”

  4. Tunnel Builder Positioning Planning - Primary Network Management Tunnel Builder PRO Tunnel Builder Configuration Planning - Backup

  5. Browser TB Applet Tunnel Builder Architecture Control Data Solaris WorkStation http Web Server Telnet TB Server SNMP Application Commands

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Version 1.x Functionality (cont’d) • Other • Password protection • License Key to determine functionality • On-line help • O/S, Hardware • Server: Solaris 2.8, Win NT & Win2000 • Clients: Win 98/ME/NT/2000 – Dependent on Availability of Browser • Browser: Internet Explorer 5.0; Netscape 4.5

  9. Tunnel Builder Virtual Demo

  10. Setup: Initial Logon Screen Seed Routers

  11. Setup: Fetch from Server Fetch Options

  12. Tunnels: View & Create View Exiting Tunnels Selected Node Create Tunnel Button

  13. Tunnels: Create Tunnel Pop-up Window Path Generation Modify Tunnel attributes

  14. Tunnels: Create Explicit Path Pop-up Window IP Addresses “captured” by clicking on map Selected Path (Green Links)

  15. Delay/Jitter: Measure & Plan using SAA Choose Source / Destination Routers Select Routers from the map (“highlighted routers”)

  16. Links: Display / Modify TE Link Information (Link selected from the map – “Green link”)

  17. Nodes: Display / Modify TE Node Information (Node selected from the map – “Red node”)

  18. Views: Different Network Maps Network Display Options

  19. This shot shows 2 “dark blue” links with 4000 Kbps of Available BW Views: MPLS Topology MPLS Topology option Select and Monitor Different attributes

  20. Views: Tunnel Overlay Display & Monitor Tunnels in the network

  21. Views: CDP Topology CDP Topology Display – can discover non-MPLS TE enabled devices

  22. Tunnel Builder at work in a really really large network 

  23. BRG: part of Tunnel Builder PRO Compute Backup Tunnels that meet bandwidth constraints FUTURE

  24. Tunnel Builder PRO - Planned Backup Route Generator (BRG) Used in conjunction with MPLS Fast ReRoute Link and Node Protection as well as DiffServ aware Traffic Engineering to provide Bandwidth Protection across a SP Cloud. Bandwidth Protection Module provides computation of Backup Paths for Guaranteeing Bandwidth based SLAs Backup Tunnel Provisioning – MPLS FRR Link and Node Protection Configure and display Shared Risk Link Group (SRLG) membership Provides complete protection for subpool for DS-TE Provide bandwidth protection in accordance with a specified overbooking factor Allows protecting traffic by one or more tunnels Analyze bandwidth & propagation delay protection of nodes, links, SRLGs Recommend/display/configure FRR backup tunnels for bandwidth protection

  25. 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

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