BGP discovery overview

When the MPLS-BGP cross-domain correlation feature is enabled, the
MPLS Topology Server
component of
imports from
IP Availability Manager
a BGP topology collection set named BGP-System. BGP-System contains BGP-enabled router and switch devices.
The
MPLS Topology Server
uses SNMP and the BGP4-MIB to query the imported routers and switches for BGP information, and uses instances of certain
VMware Smart Assurance
object classes to create within its repository a data model representation of the discovered BGP topology. The BGP data model is shown in BGP data model.
BGP data model
The
MPLS Topology Server
also invokes CLI commands to query the managed network for BGP route reflector information.