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.