Chapter 5 Correlation Over Unmanaged Segments

Cloud VNE

Table 5-1

Cloud Types Supported

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technology Type

 

Supported When...

Logical Inventory

Physical Inventory

 

 

 

 

 

ATM

 

An ATM cloud (representing

The IP interface connected to a

The ATM port connected to the

 

 

unmanaged network segments)

routing entity or VRF

VC encapsulation, for the ATM

 

 

comprised of ATM switches is

component, for the ATM

interface or sub-interface.

 

 

connected to routers (managed

interface or sub-interface.

 

 

 

segments) with ATM interfaces.

 

 

 

 

The ATM interface or

 

 

 

 

sub-interface in the router is IP

 

 

 

 

over an ATM VC encapsulation

 

 

 

 

interface with a VC (VPI or VCI)

 

 

 

 

or VP (VPI) configuration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frame Relay

 

A Frame Relay cloud

The IP interface connected to a

The Frame Relay port connected

 

 

(representing unmanaged

routing entity or VRF

to the VC encapsulation, for the

 

 

network segments) comprised of

component, for the Frame Relay

Frame Relay interface or

 

 

Frame Relay switches is

interface or sub-interface.

sub-interface.

 

 

connected to routers (managed

 

 

 

 

segments) with Frame Relay

 

 

 

 

interfaces. The Frame Relay

 

 

 

 

interface or sub-interface in the

 

 

 

 

router is IP over a Frame Relay

 

 

 

 

VC encapsulation interface with

 

 

 

 

a DLCI configuration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ethernet

 

A Ethernet LAN cloud

The IP interface connected to a

The ethernet port connected to

 

 

(representing unmanaged

routing entity or bridges, for the

the VLAN encapsulation, for the

 

 

network segments) comprised of

ethernet interface or

ethernet interface or

 

 

Ethernet LAN switches is

sub-interface.

sub-interface.

 

 

connected to routers (managed

 

 

 

 

segments) with Ethernet

 

 

 

 

interfaces. The ethernet interface

 

 

 

 

or sub-interface in the router can

 

 

 

 

be either native or VLAN

 

 

 

 

interfaces.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fault Correlation Across the Frame Relay or ATM or Ethernet Cloud

When a Layer 3 or Layer 2 event (for example, reachability problem, neighbor change, Frame Relay DLCI down, ATM PVC down) occurs, it triggers a flow along the physical and logical path modeled on the VNEs. This is done in order to correlate to the actual root cause of this fault. If the flow passes over a cloud along the path flow, it marks it as a potential root cause for the fault. If there is no other root cause found on the managed devices, then the cloud becomes the root cause. A ticket is then issued and the original event correlates to it.

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Cisco Systems 3.6 specifications Supported When Logical Inventory Physical Inventory

3.6 specifications

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