VMware Smart Assurance
MPLS VPN-Tagging Server
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.