VMware Smart Assurance
MPLS VPN-Tagging Server

The
MPLS VPN-Tagging Server
, an optional server in the
MPLS Management Suite
of products, enables
IP Availability Manager
to correctly represent in its repository certain overlapping IP-address configurations. Overlapping IP addresses are IP addresses that are reused and configured across multiple network devices in the same managed network environment.
The
MPLS VPN-Tagging Server
performs overlapping-IP and corresponding network-connection discovery in two vendor-specific environments: Cisco and Alcatel-Lucent. It can perform discovery in both environments at the same time.
The
MPLS VPN-Tagging Server
discovers VPN routing and forwarding (VRF) based network connections and sends the connection information to
IP Availability Manager
so that it can distinguish overlapping IPs in the managed MPLS network. An MPLS Manager deployment that includes the MPLS VPN-Tagging Server shows the flow of information for the
MPLS VPN-Tagging Server
in the Cisco environment.
An
deployment that includes the
MPLS VPN-Tagging Server
The
MPLS VPN-Tagging Server
creates no device or network instances. Its sole purpose is to solve the overlapping IP discovery problem.
The
provides more information about how the
MPLS VPN-Tagging Server
solves the overlapping IP discovery problem.