Relationships

Relationships enable
to associate the discovered logical routing topology objects with each other, and with the underlying physical network topology objects discovered by
IP Availability Manager
. Because the relationships establish dependencies between the routing topology objects and the network objects,
is able to correlate underlying network failures with routing-protocol service impairments.
BGP, EIGRP, IS-IS, and OSPF relationships describes some of the relationships that can appear in the
VMware Smart Assurance
class representation of BGP, EIGRP, IS-IS, and OSPF topology.
BGP, EIGRP, IS-IS, and OSPF relationships
Relationship sets
Examples
1**Endpoint1 and Endpoint2 do not have inverse relationships.
AccessedVia/Accesses
BGPService
  1. AccessedVia
BGPProtocolEndpointBGPProtocolEndpoint
  1. Accesses
BGPService
EIGRPService
  1. AccessedVia
EIGRPProtocolEndpointEIGRPProtocolEndpoint
  1. Accesses
EIGRPService
ISISService
  1. AccessedVia
ISISNeighborEndpointISISNeighborEndpoint
  1. Accesses
ISISService
OSPFService
  1. AccessedVia
OSPFNeighborEndpointOSPFNeighborEndpoint
  1. Accesses
OSPFService
ComposedOf/PartOf
Router
  1. ComposedOf
InterfaceInterface
  1. PartOf
Router
ConnectedTo/ConnectedVia
BGPSession
  1. ConnectedTo
BGPServiceBGPService
  1. ConnectedVia
BGPSession
EIGRPSession
  1. ConnectedTo
EIGRPServiceEIGRPService
  1. ConnectedVia
EIGRPSession
ISISNetwork
  1. ConnectedTo
ISISInterfaceISISInterface
  1. ConnectedVia
ISISNetwork
OSPFNetwork
  1. ConnectedTo
OSPFInterfaceOSPFInterface
  1. ConnectedVia
OSPFNetwork
ConnectedSystems
BGPSession
  1. ConnectedSystems
RouterRouter
  1. ConnectedVia
BGPSession
EIGRPSession
  1. ConnectedSystems
RouterRouter
  1. ConnectedVia
EIGRPSession
ISISAdjacency
  1. ConnectedSystems
RouterRouter
  1. ConnectedVia
ISISAdjacency
OSPFNeighborRelationship
  1. ConnectedSystems
RouterRouter
  1. ConnectedVia
OSPFNeighborRelationship
ConsistsOf/MemberOf
AutonomousSystem
  1. ConsistsOf
BGPServiceBGPService
  1. MemberOf
AutonomousSystem
AutonomousSystem
  1. ConsistsOf
RouterRouter
  1. MemberOf
AutonomousSystem
BGPSessionGroup
  1. ConsistsOf
BGPSessionBGPSession
  1. MemberOf
BGPSessionGroup
EIGRPDomain
  1. ConsistsOf
EIGRPNetworkEIGRPNetwork
  1. MemberOf
EIGRPDomain
EIGRPDomain
  1. ConsistsOf
EIGRPServiceEIGRPService
  1. MemberOf
EIGRPDomain
ISISArea
  1. ConsistsOf
ISISNetworkISISNetwork
  1. MemberOf
ISISArea
ISISArea
  1. ConsistsOf
ISISServiceISISService
  1. MemberOf
ISISArea
OSPFArea
  1. ConsistsOf
OSPFNetworkOSPFNetwork
  1. MemberOf
OSPFArea
OSPFArea
  1. ConsistsOf
OSPFServiceOSPFService
  1. MemberOf
OSPFArea
Endpoint1 or Endpoint2 1
BGPSession
  1. Endpoint1 or Endpoint2
BGPProtocolEndpoint
EIGRPSession
  1. Endpoint1 or Endpoint2
EIGRPProtocolEndpoint
ISISAdjacency
  1. Endpoint1 or Endpoint2
ISISNeighborEndpoint
OSPFNeighborRelationship
  1. Endpoint1 or Endpoint2
OSPFNeighborEndpoint
HostedBy/HostsServices
BGPService
  1. HostedBy
RouterRouter
  1. HostsServices
BGPService
EIGRPService
  1. HostedBy
RouterRouter
  1. HostsServices
EIGRPService
ISISService
  1. HostedBy
RouterRouter
  1. HostsServices
ISISService
OSPFService
  1. HostedBy
RouterRouter
  1. HostsServices
OSPFService
LayeredOver/Underlying
BGPProtocolEndpoint
  1. LayeredOver
InterfaceInterface
  1. Underlying
BGPProtocolEndpoint
EIGRPProtocolEndpoint
  1. LayeredOver
InterfaceInterface
  1. Underlying
EIGRPProtocolEndpoint
ISISNeighborEndpoint
  1. LayeredOver
ISISInterfaceISISInterface
  1. Underlying
ISISNeighborEndpoint
OSPFNeighborEndpoint
  1. LayeredOver
OSPFInterfaceOSPFInterface
  1. Underlying
OSPFNeighborEndpoint
The examples given in BGP, EIGRP, IS-IS, and OSPF relationships are just a few of the many relationships that can appear in the
VMware Smart Assurance
class representation of routing-protocol topology. Generally, as demonstrated in the examples, for every relationship, there is an inverse relationship; for example, PartOf is the reverse relationship of ComposedOf.
The
provides detailed descriptions of
VMware Smart Assurance
classes and relationships.