The Alcatel-Lucent 5650 CPAM
routing topology map displays
relationships between all reach -
able routers in the administrative
areas, including third party routers.
This multi-vendor feature enables
operators to unify control plane
management under one manage -
ment model and further simplifies
multi-vendor, routed core
management.
Key FeaturesProactive Control Plane Surveillance
The Alcatel-Lucent 5650 CPAM provides a number of mechanisms that
monitor control plane health.
With proactive control plane surveillance, an alarm generated by the
5650 CPAM alerts operators that the routing plane is undergoing changes
that exceed a configurable limit. Operators can navigate to a control plane
topology map where all new or deleted IP routes are color coded to help
them zero in on the routes affected by the routing updates [Figure 5].
The collected routing events can then be inspected for details about the
changes that have occurred. In addition, operators can locate specific routes
and LSPs that were affected by the changes and highlight the changes to
discover whether the control plane behaved as expected.
The 5650 CPAM also enables specific source destination combinations
to be actively monitored for routing changes using the MPLS tunnel and
IP route monitoring feature. Should changes be detected, the 5650 CPAM
records the new route, which can later be highlighted and compared to the
previous (historical) routes.
Control Plane Visualization, Validation and Diagnosis
The Alcatel-Lucent 5650 CPAM graphically displays the entire control
plane topology, including routers from third party vendors. It uses different
colors for each administrative routing area and different icons to represent
different router roles [Figure 6].
Figure 6. Multi-area OSPF Topology DisplayFigure 5. Color-Coded Route Changes From Baseline
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