Cisco MPLS Tunnel Builder Product Details

ITD Product Management

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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-topt), 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

Network Management

Tunnel Builder Configuration

Tunnel Builder PRO Planning - Backup

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Tunnel Builder Architecture

Control Data Solaris WorkStation Web Server TB Server
Application Commands

Browser http TB Applet

Telnet SNMP

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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

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Version 1.x Functionality (contd)

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

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Tunnel Builder Virtual Demo

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Setup: Initial Logon Screen

Seed Routers

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Setup: Fetch from Server

Fetch Options

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Tunnels: View & Create

View Exiting Tunnels Selected Node

Create Tunnel Button

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Tunnels: Create Tunnel

Pop-up Window

Path Generation

M odify Tunnel attributes

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Tunnels: Create Explicit Path

Pop-up Window

IP Addresses captured by clicking on map

Selected Path (Green Links)

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Delay/Jitter: Measure & Plan using SAA

Choose Source / Destination Routers

Select Routers from the map (highlighted routers)

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Links: Display / Modify TE

Link Information (Link selected from the map Green link)

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Nodes: Display / Modify TE

Node Information (Node selected from the map Red node)

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Views: Different Network Maps

Network Display Options

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Views: MPLS Topology

MPLS Topology option

Select and Monitor Different attributes

This shot shows 2 dark blue links with 4000 Kbps of Available BW
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Views: Tunnel Overlay

Display & M onitor Tunnels in the network

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Views: CDP Topology

CDP Topology Display can discover nonMPLS TE enabled devices

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Tunnel Builder at work in a really really large network

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BRG: part of Tunnel Builder PRO

Compute Backup Tunnels that meet bandwidth constraints

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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

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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

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