Table Of Contents

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - R - S - T - U - V - W - X -

Index

A

aagent properties C-36

about 1-6

access domain

create 3-125, 4-49

accessing reports 7-43

account 1-5

active users 1-16, 9-1, 9-30

admin 1-2

Administration 1-2, 1-3, 1-15, 9-1

advanced filter 9-32

advanced operation method 5-2

advanced task configuration method 7-3

append 5-6

as-number tag B-1

assigning 3-36

audience xvi

AutoDiscovery property C-1

autonomous system number B-1

auto refresh 1-8

B

background daemon 2-1

bootstrapping 2-1

broken state 3-3

buckets 7-15

C

CDP button 4-27

CDP Discovery

verifying CDP is running 4-16

CDP tag 4-19

CERC 1-11, 3-2, 3-136

access 3-137

delete 3-139

CE roles

assigning 4-42

DIRECT-CONNECTED-MGMT-HOST role 4-44

DIRECT-CONNECTED-REGULAR role 4-44

edit 4-44

MANAGED-MGMT-LAN role 4-44

MANAGED-REGULAR role 4-44

MULTI-VRF role 4-44

UNMANAGED 4-44

UNMANAGED-MGMT-LAN role 4-44

UNMANAGED-MULTI-VRF role 4-44

CE routing community 1-11, 3-2, 3-136

access 3-137

delete 3-139

cfr properties C-37

Cisco MPLS Diagnostics Expert 1-3, 1-14

Cleanup properties C-1

closed state 3-3

CNS attributes

edit 4-34

CNS device access protocol A-3

CNS IE2100 appliance A-1

create A-1

cnsserver server 2-8

collect config 7-3

Collect Config Task

creating and running 4-77

collection zones 1-16, 9-26

color coding 1-8

commands

startdb 2-1

startns 2-2

startwd 2-2

stopall 2-3

stopdb 2-3

stopns 2-4

stopwd 2-4

watchdog 2-1

wdclient 2-5

components, GUI 1-7

config audit 7-5

configuration files 3-6

configurations

view 6-4

configuration to display 5-8

connection tag 4-23

control center 1-16, 9-1, 9-21

copy

users 9-6

CPE devices

configuring SSH connectivity 3-72

create 3-106

template 6-5

user groups 9-8

user role 9-11, 9-16

create-customer tag B-1

create data file 6-3, 6-13

create-provider rule B-2

create-region rule B-2

create-site rule B-2

create template 6-3

customer 1-11, 3-2, 3-111

access 3-112

associating with devices 9-12

create 3-112

definition 9-10

delete 3-114

edit 3-113

customer context 1-6

customer-name tag B-2

customer site

create 3-115

custom reports 7-47

D

data file

delete 6-19

edit 6-18

data file name 6-15

dbpoller server 2-8

DCPL properties C-1, D-1

aagent C-36

AutoDiscovery C-1

cfr C-37

Cleanup C-1

DCS C-3

DeploymentFlow C-8

Discovery C-8

DistributionFramework C-12

GSAM C-14

GTL C-14

GUI C-16

JavaWebStart C-18

lockmanager C-37

Logging C-18

nbi C-38

notification C-40

pal C-41

Provisioning C-19

repository C-41

Scheduler C-33

Services C-33

SLA C-31

SnmpService C-33

SYSTEM C-31

TaskManager C-36

TE C-34

TE Topology C-35

VpnInvServer C-36

watchdog C-44

xml C-54

DCS properties C-3

decommission user operation 3-5

delete

template 6-3

user groups 9-9

user roles 9-14, 9-17

users 9-6

deployed state 3-4

DeploymentFlow property C-8

detailed reports 7-42

device 1-11, 3-2, 3-71

copy 3-104

creation 3-79

delete 3-100

deleting 4-54

edit 3-97

e-mail 3-110

inserting into an NPC topology 4-54

device.xml file

description 4-20

editing 4-21

sample file 4-20

Device/Topology button 4-27

device access protocol 5-9

device assignment display

changing 4-37

device configuration, edit 3-101

device configuration manager 1-12, 5-7

device configurations

editing 4-29

device console 1-12, 5-1

device configuration manager 5-7

download commands 5-2

download template 5-3

EXEC commands 5-9

reload 5-13

device discovery 4-24

device group 1-11, 3-2, 3-105, 3-106

access 3-106

delete 3-109

edit 3-109

device-name tag B-2

XML tags

device-name tag 4-21

device owner, e-mail 3-103

device roles

general description 4-39

Devices File field 4-27

device tag B-2

DHCP protocol 7-29

DIA-channelization template folder 6-21

Diagnostics Expert 1-3, 1-14

diagnostic tools 2-5

DIRECT-CONNECTED-MGMT-HOST role 4-44

DIRECT-CONNECTED-REGULAR role 4-44

disabled_dependent state 2-9

disabled state 2-9

Discovery 1-12

data collection 4-35

description of workflow

for ISC L2VPN Management 4-9

for ISC MPLS VPN Management 4-9

for MPLS Diagnostics expert 4-13

device discovery 4-24

L2VPN (Metro Ethernet) service discovery phase 4-64

launching Discovery 4-24

logs 4-5

MPLS VPN service discovery phase 4-55

NPC discovery phase 4-48

overview 4-1

preliminary steps 4-14

process illustrated 4-3

properties C-8

required XML files 4-17

role assignment 4-35

summary

for ISC L2VPN Management 4-7

for ISC MPLS VPN Management 4-7

for MPLS Diagnostics Expert 4-11

summary of methods 4-2

technical notes 4-4

using Restart button 4-5

using with Cisco ISC MPLS VPN Management 4-5

using with ISC L2VPN Management 4-6

using with ISC Traffic Engineering Management 4-7

using with MPLS Diagnostics Expert 4-6

DISCOVERY_METHOD tag 4-19, B-2

XML tags

DISCOVERY_METHOD B-2

discovery-protocol tag 4-23, B-2

discovery server 2-8

dispatcher server 2-8

DistributionFramework properties C-12

DNS protocol 7-28

documentation xv

download commands 1-12, 5-2

download template 1-12, 5-3

download to running 5-9

download to startup 5-9

E

edit

device configurations 4-29

user groups 9-8

user roles 9-14, 9-17

users 9-6

editing 3-26

edit template 6-3

e-mail, device group 3-110

e-mail device owner 3-103

e-mailing reports 7-46

enable traps 7-15

end-to-end wire

editing VPN associated with 4-70

examples template folder 6-21

EXEC commands 1-12, 5-9

exec time column 2-9

exporting reports 7-46

F

failed audit state 3-4

failed deploy state 3-4

falling threshold 7-15

filter 1-7

advanced 9-32

simple 9-32

float type 6-10

force deploy user operation 3-5

frequency 7-14

fromDevice tag 4-23, B-2

FromInterface tag 4-23, B-2

FromIP tag 4-23, B-2

ftp 5-9

FTP protocol 7-27

Full Mesh topology 4-57

functional state 3-4

G

gen column 2-9

general device attributes

edit 4-33

getting started 1-1

glossary 1

go to page 1-7

GSAM property C-14

GTL properties C-14

GUI components 1-7

GUI properties C-16

GUI reports 7-43

H

header check box 1-7

header row 1-7

help 1-6

Home screen 1-2, 1-3, 7-1, 8-1, 9-1

hop tag 4-19, B-3

hosts 1-16, 9-21

config 9-23

details 9-22

servers 9-24

Watchdog 9-25

HTTP CoS report 7-41

httpd server 2-8

HTTP protocol 7-28

HTTP report 7-39

Hub and Spoke topology 4-57

I

ICMP Echo protocol 7-25

icons 1-10

IE2100 appliance

create A-1

IM

accessing IM 3-6

assigning devices 3-36

importing devices with configuration files 3-6

launching IM 3-39

opening customers 3-26

opening devices 3-7

opening providers 3-16

importing devices with configuration files 3-6

index 1-5

integer type 6-9

inter-N-PE interfaces

edit 4-49

introduction 1-1

invalid state 3-4

inventory.xml file

editing 4-18

Inventory and Connection Manager 1-11, 3-1

Inventory Manager 1-11, 3-1, 3-2, 3-5

IOS 3-72, 3-73

IP address

create 3-128

IP address pool 3-126

ip-address tag 4-21, B-3

ipaddress tag 4-19, B-3

IPv4 type 6-11

ISC L2VPN Management

Discovery process for 4-6

ISC Traffic Engineering Management

using Discovery with 4-7

J

JavaWebStart properties C-18

jitter CoS report 7-41

jitter protocol 7-26

jitter report 7-39

K

keep history 7-15

keys 3-72

L

L2TPv3 functional audit 7-5

L2VPN (Metro Ethernet) service discovery 4-64

L2VPN (Metro Ethernet Discovery) button 4-28

L2VPN functional audit 7-5

L2VPN repository variables 6-22

Layer 2 end-to-end wires

deleting 4-72

joining 4-72

splitting 4-71

viewing 4-68

Layer 2 services

deleting 4-68

editing

grouped by VPN 4-67

viewing

grouped by VPN 4-65

Layer 2 VPLS links

deleting 4-75

editing 4-74

viewing 4-72

Licenses

installing for Discovery 4-16

licensing 1-16, 9-28

links 1-3

lockmanager properties C-37

lockmanager server 2-8

Logging properties C-18

logout 1-6

logs 9-26

Discovery logs 4-5

lost state 3-4

M

MANAGED-MGMT-LAN role 4-44

MANAGED-REGULAR role 4-44

manage TIBCO Rendezvous 1-17, 9-1, 9-33

manual, objective xv

manual, organization xvii

maps 3-67

maps, adding 3-71

missed column 2-10

Monitoring 1-3, 1-13, 7-1

MPLS Diagnostics Expert 1-3, 1-14

description of Discovery steps 4-13

summary of Discovery steps 4-11

MPLS functional audit 7-5

MPLS repository variables 6-24

MPLS VPN button 4-28

MPLS VPN service discovery 4-55

MPLS VPN view

filtering 4-57

Multicast pool 3-126

create 3-129

MULTI-VRF role 4-44

N

name column 2-8

Named Physical Circuit 3-144

access 3-145

create 3-146

delete 3-150

named physical circuit 1-11, 9-15

Named Physical Circuits 3-2

nbi properties C-38

node locations 3-70

notification properties C-40

NPC 1-11, 3-144, 9-15

access 3-145

adding a ring 4-53

adding devices to an NPC 4-52

create 3-146

creating 4-51

delete 3-150

inserting a device 4-54

inserting a ring 4-54

NPC discovery 4-48

preliminary steps for Metro Ethernet network with Ethernet core 4-48

NPC Topology File field 4-27

N-PE role 4-41

nspoller server 2-8

number of buckets 7-15

O

object groups 1-16

objective xv

one-dimensional array 6-16

opening 3-26

opening customers with configuration 3-7

opening devices with configuration providers 3-7

opening providers with configuration 3-7, 3-16

operation method, advanced 5-2

operation method, simplified 5-2

orbd 2-2

organization of manual xvii

P

pal properties C-41

parent role

definition 9-9

Partial Mesh topology 4-57

password attributes

setting 4-31

password management 7-3

PE-AGG role 4-41

PE device

create 3-124

PE devices

guidelines for device roles 4-39

pending state 3-4

PE Region Name

assigning 4-40

permission for others

definition 9-5

permissions

user roles 9-9

PE roles

assigning 4-39

editing 4-41

N-PE role 4-41

PE-AGG role 4-41

P role 4-41

U-PE role 4-41

pid column 2-10

ping 1-14, 7-1, 7-8

plug-and-play A-7

policies 1-13, 6-1

policy.xml file 4-18

editing 4-19

Policy File field 4-27

POPs

choosing all the POPs 4-19

precedence 7-14

prepend 5-6

printing reports 7-46

probes 7-12

create common parameters 7-13

create from any SA agent device 7-16

create from MPLS CPE 7-18

create from MPLS PE or MVRF-CE 7-22

delete 7-31

details 7-30

disable 7-34

enable 7-32

product categories 1-3

product introduction 1-1

product tabs 1-3

P role 4-41

properties C-1, D-1

aagent C-36

AutoDiscovery C-1

cfr C-37

Cleanup C-1

DCS C-3

DeploymentFlow C-8

Discovery C-8

DistributionFramework C-12

GSAM C-14

GTL C-14

GUI C-16

JavaWebStart C-18

lockmanager C-37

Logging C-18

nbi C-38

notification C-40

pal C-41

Provisioning C-19

repository C-41

Scheduler C-33

Services C-33

SLA C-31

SnmpService C-33

SYSTEM C-31

TaskManager C-36

TE C-34

TE Topology C-35

VpnInvServer C-36

watchdog C-44

xml C-54

protocol

DHCP 7-29

DNS 7-28

FTP 7-27

HTTP 7-28

ICMP Echo 7-25

jitter 7-26

TCP connect 7-25

UDP Echo 7-26

protocols 7-24

provider 1-11, 3-2, 3-119

access 3-120

create 3-120

definition 9-10

delete 3-122

edit 3-121

provider-name tag B-3

provider region

create 3-123

Provisioning properties C-19

purged user operation 3-5

R

RD pool 3-126

create 3-130

recommendations, system 1-1

region-name tag B-3

related documentation xv

reload 1-12, 5-13

Rendezvous agent 9-33

Rendezvous routing daemon 9-33

reports 1-14, 7-1, 7-41

accessing 7-43

custom 7-47

e-mailing 7-46

exporting 7-46

filters 7-43

graphical user interface 7-43

GUI 7-43

layout 7-43

output 7-45

output fields 7-44

printing 7-46

running 7-44

sorting 7-44

repository properties C-41

repository variables

L2VPN 6-22

MPLS 6-24

VPLS 6-32

requested state 3-5

resource pool 1-11, 3-2, 3-126

access 3-127

creating 4-49

delete 3-136

restart_delay state 2-9

Restart button 4-5

retrieve device attributes 5-3, 5-7

rgserver server 2-8

right to use 9-29

ring

adding 4-53

deleting 4-54

inserting 4-54

ro-community tag 4-21, B-3

role assignment 4-35

Route Distinguisher pool 3-126

create 3-130

Route Target pool 3-126

create 3-130

rows per page 1-7

RT pool 3-126

create 3-130

running reports 7-44

rva 9-33

rvrd 9-33

S

SA agents, enabling 3-77

sample topology.xml file 4-22

sample XML files

device.xml file 4-20

policy.xml file 4-18

topology.xml file 4-22

Scheduler properties C-33

scheduler server 2-9

security 1-2, 1-16, 9-1

seed device

choosing POPs 4-19

select & click go 6-7

select a version 5-8

server names 2-8

service deployment 7-3

Service Design 1-3, 1-12, 6-1

Service Inventory 1-3, 1-10

device console 5-1

service level agreement 1-14, 7-1, 7-11

collection 7-3

HTTP CoS report 7-41

HTTP report 7-39

jitter CoS report 7-41

jitter report 7-39

reports 7-36

setup 7-12

summary CoS report 7-40

summary report 7-36

service request 1-11, 3-2, 3-3

editing 4-77

states 3-3

service request states 3-3

services

L2VPN 6-16

MPLS 6-16

QoS 6-16

VPLS 6-16

Services property C-33

shortcuts 1-3

show button 6-3

show data file matching 6-3

show template matching 6-3

simple filter 9-32

simplified operation method 5-2

simplified task configuration method 7-3

site-name tag B-3

site of origin pool 3-126

create 3-132

SLA 1-14, 7-1, 7-11

collection 7-3

HTTP CoS report 7-41

HTTP report 7-39

jitter CoS report 7-41

jitter report 7-39

life 7-14

properties C-31

reports 7-36

setup 7-12

summary CoS report 7-40

summary report 7-36

SNMP

retrieving configuration collection information 7-5

setting up 3-75

SNMPv1 3-76

SNMPv3 3-76

snmp-info tag 4-21, B-3

SnmpService properties C-33

Split VPN button 4-57

SSH

configuring for CPE devices 3-72

configuring on Cisco routers 3-72, 3-73

SSH connections, configuring 3-72

start_depends state 2-9

startdb command 2-1, 2-2

started state 2-9

starting state 2-9

startns command 2-2

startwd 2-1

startwd command 2-2

state

broken 3-3

closed 3-3

column 2-9

deployed 3-4

disabled 2-9

disabled_dependent 2-9

failed audit 3-4

failed deploy 3-4

functional 3-4

invalid 3-4

lost 3-4

pending 3-4

requested 3-5

restart_delay 2-9

start_depends 2-9

started 2-9

starting 2-9

stop_depends 2-9

stopped 2-9

stopping_gently 2-9

stopping_hard 2-9

wait deploy 3-5

states of service requests 3-3

states transition diagram 3-3

stop_depends state 2-9

stopall command 2-3

stopdb command 2-3

stopns command 2-3, 2-4

stopped state 2-9

stopping_gently state 2-9

stopping_hard state 2-9

stopwd command 2-4

string type 6-8, 6-9

sub-template type 6-12

success column 2-10

summary CoS report 7-40

summary report 7-36

system-object-id tag 4-21, B-3

SYSTEM properties C-31

system recommendations 1-1

T

tabs 1-3

task, creating new 7-3

task configuration method, advanced 7-3

task configuration method, simplified 7-3

task logs 7-7

Task Manager 1-14, 7-1

starting 7-2

TaskManager

properties C-36

tasks 7-2

task Service Requests 7-4

TCP connect protocol 7-25

TE

discovery 7-3

functional audit 7-5

interface performance 7-3

performance report 1-14

properties C-34

Topology properties C-35

TEM 1-11

TEM performance report 7-1, 7-41

template 1-13, 6-1, 6-2

datafile chooser 5-6

data pane 6-3

delete 6-19

edit 6-18

examples 6-21

name 6-6

tree 6-3

tftp 5-9

threshold 7-14

falling 7-15

TIBCO port

verifying unique TIBCO port 4-16

timeout 7-14

toDevice tag 4-23, B-3

toIF tag 4-23, B-3

toIP tag 4-23, B-3

topology 3-2, 3-38

accessing 3-44

areas 3-45

conventions 3-41

filtering 3-63

introduction 3-39

logical view 3-52

maps 3-67

maps, adding 3-71

node locations 3-70

physical view 3-55

searching 3-66

tool 1-11

view types 3-46

VPN view 3-47

topology.xml file

description 4-22

editing 4-23

TOS category 7-14

traffic engineering

discovery 7-3

functional audit 7-5

interface performance 7-3

management performance report 7-41

Traffic Engineering Management 1-11

traps

disable 7-35

enable 7-15, 7-33

two-dimensional array 6-17

type

float 6-10

integer 6-9

IPv4 6-11

string 6-8, 6-9

sub-template 6-12

U

UDP Echo protocol 7-26

UNMANAGED-MGMT-LAN role 4-44

UNMANAGED-MULTI-VRF role 4-44

UNMANAGED role 4-44

U-PE role 4-41

upload config after download 5-3, 5-7

upload to customer 5-5

upload to site 5-5

user 1-16

active 9-30

assigned roles 9-5

copy 9-6

delete 9-6

edit 9-6

group membership 9-5

managing 9-2

permission for others 9-5

user access log 1-17, 9-1, 9-31

user group 1-16

creating 9-8

delete 9-9

editing 9-8

managing 9-7

user management

user groups 9-7

user roles 9-9

users 9-2

user operation

decommission 3-5

force deploy 3-5

force purge 3-5

purged 3-5

user role 1-2, 1-16

create 9-11, 9-16

customer 9-10

delete 9-14, 9-17

design example 9-18

edit 9-14, 9-17

managing 9-9

parent role 9-9

provider 9-10

V

validate 6-7

variables 6-7

VC ID pool

create 3-134

VC IP pool 3-126

Verifying CDP is running 4-16

view configurations 6-4

VLAN ID pool 3-126

VLAN pool

create 3-134

VPLS repository variables 6-32

VPN 1-11, 3-2, 3-140

access 3-140

console, overview 1-2

create 3-141

creating 4-60

creating or modifying 4-60

delete 3-144

edit 4-62

splitting 4-57

viewing link details 4-62

VpnInvServer properties C-36

W

wait deploy state 3-5

watchdog commands 2-1

startdb 2-1

startns 2-2

startwd 2-2

stopall 2-3

stopdb 2-3

stopns 2-4

stopwd 2-4

wdclient 2-5

watchdog properties C-44

wdclient command 2-5

wdclient disk subcommand 2-5

wdclient groups subcommand 2-6

wdclient group subcommand 2-6

wdclient health subcommand 2-6

wdclient -help 2-5

wdclient restart subcommand 2-7

wdclient start subcommand 2-7

wdclient status subcommand 2-8

wdclient stop subcommand 2-10

wdclient subcommands

exec time column 2-9

gen column 2-9

missed column 2-10

name column 2-8

pid column 2-10

state

column 2-9

success column 2-10

wdclient disk 2-5

wdclient group 2-6

wdclient groups 2-6

wdclient health 2-6

wdclient restart 2-7

wdclient start 2-7

wdclient status 2-8

wdclient stop 2-10

worker server 2-9

X

XML files

location of sample files 4-18

policy.xml file 4-18

required for Discovery 4-17

summary of files 4-17

topology.xml file 4-22

xml properties C-54

XML rules

create-provider B-2

create-region B-2

create-site B-2

XML tags

as-number B-1

CDP tag 4-19

connection tag 4-23

create-customer B-1

customer-name B-2

device-name tag B-2

device tag B-2

DISCOVERY_METHOD 4-19, B-2

discovery-protocol 4-23, B-2

fromDevice 4-23, B-2

FromInterface 4-23, B-2

FromIP 4-23, B-2

hop tag 4-19, B-3

ip-address tag 4-21, B-3

ipaddress tag 4-19, B-3

provider-name B-3

region-name B-3

ro-community 4-21, B-3

site-name B-3

snmp-info 4-21, B-3

system-object-id 4-21, B-3

toDevice 4-23, B-3

toIF tag 4-23, B-3

toIP 4-23, B-3