Discovery and the VPN-Tagging Server
The
VMware Smart Assurance
VPN-Tagging
Server, which is an optional server
in the MPLS Management Suite
of products, assists the IP Manager
in the creation of certain overlapping IP-address
configurations. The VPN-Tagging Server discovers VPN routing and forwarding
(VRF) based network connections and sends the connection information
to the IP Manager
so that it can distinguish overlapping IPs in the managed MPLS network. An IP Manager deployment
that includes the VPN-Tagging Server shows the flow of information
for the VPN-Tagging Server.An
IP Manager
deployment
that includes the VPN-Tagging Server
You must explicitly
invoke the
Discover All
command on the IP Manager
to import
all the overlapping IP-address configuration information from the
VPN-Tagging Server. That is, after the initial topology synchronization
between an IP Manager
and the VPN-Tagging Server, you must explicitly invoke the Discover All
command on the IP Manager
to import
all IP tag and connection information from the VPN-Tagging Server.The procedure for invoking the
Discover All
command is given in the .The provides information about how the VPN-Tagging
Server solves the overlapping IP discovery problem.