Alcatel-Lucent manual Alcatel-Lucent 5650 Cpam Solves Control Plane Issues

While provisioning network infra- structure or services, network oper- ators now have visualization and diagnostic tools at their fingertips that allow them to identify what is causing provisioning fall-outs. For example, should an LSP fail to become operational, the network operator can verify that all IP and MPLS protocols are operational, and use path computations with different parameters to identify whether the lack of available bandwidth is caus- ing the problem.

In short, whether solving provi- sioning fall-outs, service failures or proactively detecting control plane issues, the Alcatel-Lucent 5650 CPAM offers a range of features that enable routing architects and network operators to link service and control plane management and simplify IP/MPLS operations [Table 2].

Table 2. Alcatel-Lucent 5650 CPAM Solves Control Plane Issues

	PROACTIVE CONTROL	VISUAL VALIDATION	TROUBLESHOOTING SERVICES
5650 CPAM FEATURE	PLANE SURVEILLANCE	AND DIAGNOSIS	& TUNNELS FOR OPERATORS
Multi-Area, Color Coded Graphical Topology Views		x	x
Superimposed MPLS and IGP Views		x	x
Multi-vendor IP Topology Display		x	x
MPLS Tunnel & IP Route Monitoring	x		x
Real-time Topology Tracking from Baseline	x		x
Routing Event Browser	x	x	x
Threshold Crossing Alarms on Routing Events	x		x
SPF, Equal Cost Route, Forward Reverse Highlights		x	x
MPLS Tunnel and IP Route Highlight		x	x
Incomplete IGP, LDP, RSVP Perrring Detection		x	x
Control Plane Parameter Search/Highlight		x	x
VPRN, VPLS, VPWS, Composite Service Highight			x
MPLS Tunnel, LSP and Protection Path Highlight			x
Service and MPLS Tunnel OAM Trace Highlight	x		x

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