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WOCC 2007 Talk WOCC 2007 Talk WOCC 2007 Talk A Management Strategy - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
WOCC 2007 Talk WOCC 2007 Talk WOCC 2007 Talk A Management Strategy - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
WOCC 2007 Talk WOCC 2007 Talk WOCC 2007 Talk A Management Strategy for A Management Strategy for A Management Strategy for MPLS Networks MPLS Networks MPLS Networks Tony Lin Tony Lin Tony Lin WANDL Systems Engineering WANDL Systems
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Outline Outline
Introduction Introduction Life Cycle Management of MPLS Networks Life Cycle Management of MPLS Networks MPLS Network Management Strategies MPLS Network Management Strategies
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Introduction Introduction
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WANDL Overview WANDL Overview
Founded in 1986 Founded in 1986 Headquarters in Piscataway, New Jersey Headquarters in Piscataway, New Jersey Locations Locations
– – Domestic Domestic
New Jersey, Washington D.C., Illinois, California New Jersey, Washington D.C., Illinois, California
– – International International
United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy, Taiwan, China United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy, Taiwan, China
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WANDL Overview WANDL Overview
Focus is multi Focus is multi-
- vendor multi
vendor multi-
- protocol OSS:
protocol OSS:
– – Planning: Planning:
Network Modeling & Simulation Network Modeling & Simulation Network Planning, Design, & Analysis Network Planning, Design, & Analysis Network Optimization Network Optimization
– – Operations: Operations:
Fault, Configuration, & Performance Management Fault, Configuration, & Performance Management MPLS MPLS TE/FRR, TE/FRR, VPN Management VPN Management Provisioning Support Provisioning Support
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Life Cycle Management of Life Cycle Management of MPLS Networks MPLS Networks
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MPLS Network Management System MPLS Network Management System
MPLS Network Management System (NMS) needed to MPLS Network Management System (NMS) needed to effectively manage Life Cycle effectively manage Life Cycle
– – Inception Inception Deployment Deployment Operations Operations Post Deployment Post Deployment
- Improvement/Growth
Improvement/Growth
NMS Desired Characteristics NMS Desired Characteristics
– – Integrated Online (Real Integrated Online (Real-
- time) Management and Offline Design &
time) Management and Offline Design & Simulation System Simulation System – – Multi Multi-
- technology support
technology support – – Multi Multi-
- vendor support
vendor support – – High Scalability High Scalability – – High Performance High Performance – – Manage changes and growth Manage changes and growth
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Why Integrated Online Management/ Why Integrated Online Management/ Offline Design & Simulation? Offline Design & Simulation?
Pro Pro-
- active (online)
active (online)
– – Ability to timely report network events Ability to timely report network events – – Ability to timely alleviate potential bottlenecks Ability to timely alleviate potential bottlenecks – – Ability to timely allocate resources needed Ability to timely allocate resources needed – – Ability to re Ability to re-
- arrange or load balance the network
arrange or load balance the network – – Ability to quickly access the network to diagnose problems Ability to quickly access the network to diagnose problems
Predictive (offline) Predictive (offline)
– – Ability to predict if network can survive when a failure occurs Ability to predict if network can survive when a failure occurs – – Ability to predict if network can sustain traffic growth in near Ability to predict if network can sustain traffic growth in near or
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long term long term
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MPLS Network MPLS Network Management Strategies Management Strategies
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MPLS Management MPLS Management
Tunnel CLI Live/Monitoring and Configuration Collection Traffic Analysis MPLS Design and Modeling
Statistics Statistics Statistics
MPLS Management System MPLS Network
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Types of data collected: SNMP, Configuration Types of data collected: SNMP, Configuration Configuration data: Configuration data:
– – Auto Auto-
- discover the network
discover the network or
- r Import a set of config files
Import a set of config files – – Intelligent parser to extract Nodes, Interfaces, Tunnels, Intelligent parser to extract Nodes, Interfaces, Tunnels, VPNs, routing configuration, etc VPNs, routing configuration, etc
Network Data Collection Network Data Collection
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Model Construction and Visualization Model Construction and Visualization
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MPLS Design & Modeling MPLS Design & Modeling
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Considerations Considerations
Network design & capacity planning Network design & capacity planning
– – Satisfy traffic demands, resiliency requirements, Satisfy traffic demands, resiliency requirements, reduce cost, improve efficiency reduce cost, improve efficiency
Survivability and resiliency Survivability and resiliency
– – Simulate failure scenarios, analyze peak utilization Simulate failure scenarios, analyze peak utilization – – Design diverse paths, FRR Design diverse paths, FRR
Optimization Optimization
– – Optimize tunnel paths Optimize tunnel paths – – Size tunnels Size tunnels
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Design/Simulate Design/Simulate Protection Tunnels Protection Tunnels
Design path, link, and node protection Design path, link, and node protection
– – Specify primary tunnels to be protected Specify primary tunnels to be protected – – Set site/link/facility diversity level Set site/link/facility diversity level
Verify computed protection tunnel (FRR or bypass Verify computed protection tunnel (FRR or bypass
- r detoured)
- r detoured)
FRR Node Protection FRR Node Protection FRR Link Protection FRR Link Protection
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Live/Online Live/Online Management and Monitoring Management and Monitoring
MPLS TE/FRR Management MPLS TE/FRR Management MPLS VPN Management MPLS VPN Management
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FCAPS/Management Flow FCAPS/Management Flow
Provisioning System
Interface/Tunnel Traffic Collection
MPLS
Auto-discovery Router Config, interface Tunnel path collection Diagnostics Control Topology Routing/Design/TE Simulation/Optimization Module SNMP CLI CLI (ssh/telnet) Trap Events Traffic Data Commands Ping Traceroute Etc. LSP VPN Configlets In CLI Or XML configuration Changes
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VPN1 VPN1 VPN2 VPN2
PM Module
FM Module
SNMP Traps Delay/loss CPU/Mem
CM Module
SNMP
1’ 1’’ 3 4 4’ 4’ 5’
TCA Events
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MPLS TE/FRR Management MPLS TE/FRR Management
LSP statistics and traffic LSP statistics and traffic LSP routes, status changes LSP routes, status changes LSP FRR protection LSP FRR protection LSP events LSP events LSP diagnostics LSP diagnostics LSP configuration and change management LSP configuration and change management
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Fault Management Fault Management
Fault Management Fault Management
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MPLS TE Management MPLS TE Management
LSP Status and Route changes LSP Status and Route changes
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MPLS FRR MPLS FRR
Visualize FRR Visualize FRR Protection tunnel Protection tunnel
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MPLS TE Management MPLS TE Management
Exa Examine link traffic c ine link traffic contribution from tunnels ntribution from tunnels
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MPLS VPN Management MPLS VPN Management
VPN topology discovery VPN topology discovery VPN views VPN views VPN traffic VPN traffic VPN diagnostics VPN diagnostics VPN SLA VPN SLA VPN events VPN events VPN model/configuration VPN model/configuration
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MPLS VPN Management MPLS VPN Management
VPN Traffic VPN Traffic bound with LS bound with LSP
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MPLS VPN Configuration MPLS VPN Configuration
VPN Configuration Management VPN Configuration Management
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MPLS VPN Management MPLS VPN Management
VPN Configlet Generation VPN Configlet Generation
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VPN Diagnostics VPN Diagnostics
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VPN SLA: Delay, Loss, Jitter VPN SLA: Delay, Loss, Jitter
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Roles of IP/MPLSView Roles of IP/MPLSView
Traffic and Event Mgmt Network Data, Integrity & Topology Mapping Provisioning Support (configlets)
IP/MPLSView IP/MPLSView
Inventory Mgmt & Config/ Conformance Planning, Design & Simulation
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WANDL WANDL’ ’s IP/MPLSView s IP/MPLSView
Single Platform accommodates Multi Single Platform accommodates Multi-
- vendors
vendors and Multi and Multi-
- Technologies
Technologies Integrated Functionality Integrated Functionality
– – Online management and monitoring, with offline Online management and monitoring, with offline planning, simulation, design and optimization planning, simulation, design and optimization – – Integrated Fault, Configuration, Performance Integrated Fault, Configuration, Performance Management Management
High Scalability High Scalability
– – System can handle large sized router networks System can handle large sized router networks
High Performance High Performance
– – Network Network-
- wide integrity checking, routing simulation
wide integrity checking, routing simulation and failure simulation and failure simulation
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