MPLS VPN Monitoring

	MPLS VPN Monitoring
	Two different MPLS VPN monitoring requirements occur based on whether an organization is deploying MPLS VPNs across its own core network infrastructure, or if it is utilizing MPLS VPN services from a Service Provider. In the first case, one of the key challenges is to monitor the routing integrity of multiple, separate MPLS VPNs for service assurance to MPLS VPN end customers. MPLS VPN-aware route analytics can help by providing per-VPN visibility for monitoring MPLS VPN routing integrity metrics such as PE membership and routing reachability. In the second case, organizations need to monitor the routing integrity for their partiuclar VPN, with the challenge being that there is no routing visibility from the Customer Edge (CE) router through the Provider Edge (PE) router across the Service Provider core. BGP route analytics can help by providing multi-AS hop visibility and routing event analysis to understand how routing is working (or not!) across the MPLS VPN service. Packet Design's Route Explorer provides unprecedented visibility and analysis features for BGP routing. Route Explorer's BGP route analytics features include: BGP RIB Visualization -- See a graphic illustration of your multi AS-hop BGP topology BGP Event History Navigation -- Move back in time to analyze past BGP event streams exactly as they happened BGP Root Cause Analysis -- Automated the analysis of hundreds of thousands of BGP events to discover the true BGP root cause event(s) Download the BGP Root Cause Analysis and other white papers here Packet Design's VPN Explorer delivers per MPLS VPN layer 3 and routing reachability and PE membership baselining, monitoring and analysis, as well as core network IGP/BGP route analysis and modeling. VPN Explorer helps Service Providers and large enterprises deploying their own MPLS VPN core network to effectively manage the complex, virtualized routing deployed to support MPLS VPN services to their customers. Download the MPLS VPN Route Analysis, BGP Route Analysis and other white papers here © 2007 Packet Design Inc., All Rights Reserved - Privacy Policy

Two different MPLS VPN monitoring requirements occur based on whether an organization is deploying MPLS VPNs across its own core network infrastructure, or if it is utilizing MPLS VPN services from a Service Provider. In the first case, one of the key challenges is to monitor the routing integrity of multiple, separate MPLS VPNs for service assurance to MPLS VPN end customers. MPLS VPN-aware route analytics can help by providing per-VPN visibility for monitoring MPLS VPN routing integrity metrics such as PE membership and routing reachability.

In the second case, organizations need to monitor the routing integrity for their partiuclar VPN, with the challenge being that there is no routing visibility from the Customer Edge (CE) router through the Provider Edge (PE) router across the Service Provider core. BGP route analytics can help by providing multi-AS hop visibility and routing event analysis to understand how routing is working (or not!) across the MPLS VPN service.

Packet Design's Route Explorer provides unprecedented visibility and analysis features for BGP routing. Route Explorer's BGP route analytics features include:

BGP RIB Visualization -- See a graphic illustration of your multi AS-hop BGP topology
BGP Event History Navigation -- Move back in time to analyze past BGP event streams exactly as they happened
BGP Root Cause Analysis -- Automated the analysis of hundreds of thousands of BGP events to discover the true BGP root cause event(s)

Download the BGP Root Cause Analysis and other white papers here

Packet Design's VPN Explorer delivers per MPLS VPN layer 3 and routing reachability and PE membership baselining, monitoring and analysis, as well as core network IGP/BGP route analysis and modeling. VPN Explorer helps Service Providers and large enterprises deploying their own MPLS VPN core network to effectively manage the complex, virtualized routing deployed to support MPLS VPN services to their customers.

Download the MPLS VPN Route Analysis, BGP Route Analysis and other white papers here