- play_arrow Overview
- play_arrow Working with Connectivity Services Director
- Connectivity Services Overview
- Getting Started with Connectivity Services Director
- Connectivity Services Director REST API Overview
- Understanding the Need for Connectivity Services Director for Managing Services
- Benefits of a Unified User Interface for Routing and Tunnel Services with Connectivity Services Director
- Connectivity Services Director Overview
- Understanding the Connectivity Services Director User Interface
- Understanding the Usage and Layout of Connectivity Services Director Views and Tasks
- Understanding Task Categories in Connectivity Services Director
- Understanding Connectivity Services Director User Administration
- Logging In to Connectivity Services Director
- Accessing the Services Activation Director GUI
- Changing Your Password for Connectivity Services Director
- Logging Out of Connectivity Services Director
- Getting Started Assistant Overview in Services Activation Director
- play_arrow Service View Tasks and Lifecycle Modes
- Understanding the Service View Tasks Pane in Build Mode
- Understanding the Service View Tasks Pane in Deploy Mode
- Understanding the Service View Tasks Pane in Monitor Mode
- Understanding the Service View Tasks Pane in Fault Mode
- About Build Mode in Service View of Connectivity Services Director
- About Deploy Mode in Service View of Connectivity Services Director
- About Fault Mode in All Views of Connectivity Services Director
- About Monitor Mode in Service View of Connectivity Services Director
- play_arrow Network Services Overview
- Getting Started with Connectivity Services Director
- Prestaging Devices Overview
- Junos Space Layer 2 Services Overview
- Junos Space Layer 3 Services Overview
- Provisioning Process Overview
- Seamless MPLS Support in Junos Space Overview
- Service Attributes Overview
- Service Order States and Service States Overview
- Understanding VLAN Manipulation (Normalization and VLAN Mapping) on Ethernet Services
- VLAN Pool Profiles Overview
- Redundant Pseudowires for Layer 2 Circuits and VPLS
- VPLS over GRE Overview
- Junos Space Network Topology Overview
- Service Recovery Overview
- Multicast L3VPN Overview
- Multi-Chassis Automatic Protection Switching Overview
- Inverse Multiplexing for ATM Overview
- Rendezvous Point
- Understanding Multicast Rendezvous Points, Shared Trees, and Rendezvous-Point Trees
- Understanding PIM Sparse Mode
- Configuring Shared-Tree Data Distribution Across Provider Cores for Providers of MBGP MVPNs
- Configuring SPT-Only Mode for Multiprotocol BGP-Based Multicast VPNs
- Configuring VRF Route Targets for Routing Instances for an MBGP MVPN
- Static Pseudowire Provisioning for VPLS Services
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- play_arrow Getting Started With Connectivity Services Director
- play_arrow Understanding Connectivity Services Director System Administration and Preferences
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- play_arrow Working in Build Mode
- play_arrow About Build Mode
- play_arrow Discovering Devices
- play_arrow Creating Custom Device Groups
- play_arrow Configuring Quick Templates
- play_arrow Configuring Device Settings
- play_arrow Configuring Class of Service (CoS)
- play_arrow Configuring Link Aggregation Groups (LAGs)
- play_arrow Managing Network Devices
- Viewing the Device Inventory Page in Device View of Connectivity Services Director
- Viewing the Physical Inventory of Devices
- Viewing Licenses With Connectivity Services Director
- Viewing a Device's Current Configuration from Connectivity Services Director
- Accessing a Device’s CLI from Connectivity Services Director
- Accessing a Device’s Web-Based Interface from Connectivity Services Director
- Deleting Devices
- Rebooting Devices
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- play_arrow Building a Topology View of the Network
- play_arrow Downloading and Installing CSD-Topology
- CSD-Topology Installation and Configuration Overview
- Installation Prerequisites
- Installing the CSD-Topology Software Using the RPM Bundle
- Minimum Hardware and Software Requirements for Junos VM on VMWare
- Installing the JunosVM for CSD-Topology
- Connecting an x86 Server to the Network
- Interactive Method of Installing the RPM Image and CSD-Topology Software from a USB or DVD Drive
- play_arrow Configuring Topology Acquisition and Connectivity Between the CSD-Topology and Path Computation Clients
- play_arrow Accessing the Topology View of CSD-Topology
- Understanding the Network Topology in Connectivity Services Director
- Monitoring the Topology of Network Elements Managed by CSD-Topology Overview
- Specifying Topology Preferences
- CSD-Topology Topology Map Window Overview
- Working with the Graphical Image in the Topology View Window
- Expanding and Collapsing Groups by Using the Topology Map Grouping Shortcut Menu
- Filtering Links, LSPs, and Services by Using the Topology Map Node Shortcut Menu
- Removing the Highlighted LSPs by Using the Topology Map LSPs Shortcut Menu
- Viewing the Service Path by Using the Topology Map Service Shortcut Menu
- Filtering Devices, LSPs, and Services for Sorting and Segregating the Topology View
- Segregating the Displayed Devices by Searching the Entire Topology View
- Resynchronizing the Topology View
- Viewing Device Details of a CSD-Topology for Examining Traffic Transmission
- Viewing LSP Details of a CSD-Topology for Analyzing Network Changes
- Viewing Link Details of a CSD-Topology for Determining the Operational Status
- Viewing Service Details of a CSD-Topology for Monitoring and Troubleshooting Service Parameters
- Viewing Topology Map Group Details in a Pop-Up Dialog Box
- Viewing Topology Map Device Details in a Pop-Up Dialog Box
- Viewing Topology Map Link Details in a Pop-Up Dialog Box
- Viewing Topology Map LSP Details in a Pop-Up Dialog Box
- Viewing Topology Map Service Details in a Pop-Up Dialog Box
- Enabling the Collection of LSP and Service Association Details
- Using Custom Grouping for Devices in a CSD Topology
- Viewing Generated Alarms for Services in the Topology View
- Viewing the Optical Link Details for Examining the Performance of Optical Links
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- play_arrow Prestaging
- play_arrow Prestaging Devices Overview
- Prestaging Devices Process Overview
- Prestaging Workflow in Connectivity Services Director
- Prerequisites for Prestaging Devices in Connectivity Services Director
- Discovering and Assigning All N-PE Devices
- Discovering and Assigning N-PE Devices with Exceptions
- Prestaging ATM and TDM Pseudowire Devices
- Discovering and Assigning Provider Role or LSP Role for Devices with Exceptions
- Discovering and Assigning All Provider or LSP Devices
- Prestaging Rules
- play_arrow Prestaging: Managing Devices and Device Roles
- Discovering Tunnel Devices
- Adding a UNI
- Unassigning Device Roles
- Deleting UNIs
- Discovering Device Roles
- Excluding Devices from N-PE Role Assignment
- Excluding Interfaces from UNI Role Assignments
- Unassigning N-PE Devices
- Viewing N-PE Devices
- Viewing Prestaging Statistics
- Viewing Prestaging Rules
- Managing Prestage Device Jobs
- Specifying the Wait and Idle Times for Prestaging Devices
- play_arrow Prestaging: Managing IP Addresses
- play_arrow Device Configuration Prerequisites to Prestaging Examples
- play_arrow Prestaging Services
- Creating and Handling a Service Recovery Request
- Selecting a Service Definition in the Wizard for Creating a Service Recovery Request
- Specifying Devices and Filters in the Wizard for Creating a Service Recovery Request
- Reviewing the Configured Settings in the Wizard for Creating a Service Recovery Request
- Viewing Service Recovery Report
- Performing a Service Recovery on a Defined Service
- Processing of Device Change Notifications Overview
- Handling of Out-of-Band Notifications for Service Recovery
- Viewing Service Recovery Instance Details
- Managing Out-of-Band Notifications for Recovered Services
- Viewing Details of an Out-of-Band Notification for Recovered Services
- Viewing Services Rejected During a Service Recovery
- Viewing Service Recovery Jobs
- Performing a Configuration Audit for Recovered Services
- Viewing Configuration Audit Results of Recovered Services
- Recovering Modifications and Deletions Performed for Existing Endpoints
- REST API Changes in Connectivity Services Director for Service Recovery
- Sample XPath Notifications Received on Devices for Deleted Endpoints
- Sample XPath Notifications Received on Devices for a Modified E-LAN Service
- Sample XPath Notifications Received on Devices for a Created E-LAN Service
- Sample XPath Notifications Received on Devices for a Created IP Service
- Sample XPath Notifications Received on Devices for a Created E-Line Service
- Sample XPath Notifications Received on Devices for CFM Profiles Associated with an E-Line Service
- Sample XPath Notifications Received on Devices for CoS Profiles Associated with an E-Line Service
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- play_arrow Service Design: Working with Service Definitions
- play_arrow Service Design: Predefined Service Definitions
- play_arrow Service Design: Managing E-Line Service Definitions
- Choosing a Predefined Service Definition or Creating a New Service Definition
- Creating an E-Line ATM or TDM Pseudowire Service Definition
- Creating a Multisegment Pseudowire Service Definition
- Modifying a Custom Service Definition
- Publishing a Custom Service Definition
- Unpublishing a Custom Service Definition
- Deleting a Customized Service Definition
- Viewing Service Definitions
- play_arrow Service Design: Managing E-LAN Service Definitions
- play_arrow Service Design: Managing IP Service Definitions
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- play_arrow Service Provisioning: Working with Customers
- play_arrow Service Provisioning: Managing Customers
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- play_arrow Working in Deploy Mode
- play_arrow About Deploy Mode
- play_arrow Deploying and Managing Device Configurations
- Deploying Configuration to Devices
- Managing Configuration Deployment Jobs
- Deploy Configuration Window
- Approving Change Requests
- Enabling SNMP Categories and Setting Trap Destinations
- Understanding Resynchronization of Device Configuration
- Resynchronizing Device Configuration
- Managing Device Configuration Files
- Enabling or Disabling Network Ports on Routers
- play_arrow Deploying and Managing Software Images
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- play_arrow Service Provisioning: Working with Service Orders
- play_arrow Service Provisioning: Viewing the Configured Services and Service Orders
- play_arrow Service Provisioning: Managing E-Line Service Orders
- Creating a Service Order
- Creating an E-Line ATM or TDM Pseudowire Service Order
- Creating an E-Line Multisegment Pseudowire Service Order
- Creating an E-Line Service Order
- Creating a Bulk-Provisioning Service Order for Pseudowire Services
- Creating an Inverse Multiplexing for ATM Service Order
- Provisioning a Single-Ended E-Line Service
- Selecting Specific LSPs for Connectivity Services
- Stitching Two E-Line Pseudowires
- Creating and Deploying a Multisegment Pseudowire
- Deactivating a Service
- Reactivating a Service
- Force-Deploying a Service
- Recovering a Service Definition through Force Upload
- Decommissioning a Service
- Viewing Alarms for a Service
- Inline Editing of E-LAN and IP Service Orders
- Interconnecting an IP Service with an E-LAN Service
- Changing the Logical Loopback Interface for Provisioning
- play_arrow Service Provisioning: Managing E-LAN Service Orders
- play_arrow Service Provisioning: Managing IP Service Orders
- Stitching a Pseudowire to an IP Service
- Creating a Full Mesh IP Service Order
- Creating a Hub-and-Spoke IP Service Order
- Selecting a Published IP Service Definition for a Service Order
- Entering IP Service Order Information
- Selecting Endpoint PE Devices or Nodes
- Creating a Service Order Based on a Service Definition with a Template
- Deploying an IP Service Order
- Creating a Multicast VPN Service Order
- Creating Policies for an IP Service
- play_arrow Service Provisioning: Performing RFC 2544 Benchmark Testing
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- play_arrow Service Provisioning: Working with Services Deployment
- play_arrow Service Provisioning: Managing Deployed Services
- Managing Service Configuration Deployment Jobs
- Deploying Services Configuration to Devices
- Deploy Configuration Window
- Deleting a Partial Configuration of an LSP Service Order
- Deleting a Service Order
- Deploying a Service
- Validating the Pending Configuration of a Service Order
- Viewing the Configuration of a Pending Service Order
- Viewing Decommissioned E-Line, E-LAN, and IP Service Orders
- Modifying an E-Line Service
- Modifying a Multipoint-to-Multipoint Ethernet Service
- Modifying a Point-to-Multipoint Ethernet Service
- Modifying a Hub-and-Spoke IP Service Order
- Modifying a Full Mesh IP Service
- Understanding Service Validation
- Highlighting of Endpoints in the IP, RSVP LSP, and E-LAN Service Modification Wizards
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- play_arrow Auditing Services and Viewing Audit Results
- play_arrow Service Provisioning: Auditing Services
- Performing a Functional Audit
- Performing a Configuration Audit
- Troubleshooting N-PE Devices Before Provisioning a Service
- Modifying the Application Settings of Connectivity Services Director
- Troubleshooting the Endpoints of Services
- Basic Requirements of Operational Scripts
- Viewing Configuration Audit Results
- Viewing Functional Audit Results
- Viewing Functional Audit Results for an Inverse Multiplexing for ATM Service
- Modifying a Saved Service Order
- Viewing Service-Level Alarms
- play_arrow Troubleshooting Devices and Services
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- play_arrow Working in Monitor Mode
- play_arrow About Monitor Mode
- play_arrow Monitoring Traffic
- play_arrow Monitoring Devices
- play_arrow General Monitoring
- play_arrow Monitor Reference
- Error Trend Monitor
- Equipment Status Summary Monitor
- Equipment Summary By Type Monitor
- Port Status Monitor
- Port Utilization Monitor
- Status Monitor for Routers
- Traffic Trend Monitor
- Unicast vs Broadcast/Multicast Monitor
- Unicast vs Broadcast/Multicast Trend Monitor
- Session Trends Monitor
- Current Sessions by Type Monitor
- User Session Details Window
- Current Active Alarms Monitor (All Views Except Service View)
- Top Sessions by MAC Address Monitor
- Top APs by Session Monitor
- Radio Technology Type Statistics Monitor
- Top Talker - Wired Devices Monitor
- Top Users Monitor
- Top APs by Traffic Monitor
- Top Talker - Wireless Devices Monitor
- RF Interference Sources Monitor for Devices
- play_arrow Detecting and Examining the Health and Performance of Services
- Service Monitoring Capabilities in Connectivity Services Director
- Computation of Statistics Polled from Devices for Display in Widgets on Monitoring Pages
- Configuring the Aggregation Method for Viewing Monitoring Details
- Viewing the Service Monitoring Summary Page for a Consolidated Listing of Services
- Monitoring the Service Summary Details of E-Line Services for Optimal Debugging
- Monitoring the Service Summary Details of E-LAN Services for Optimal Debugging
- Monitoring the Service Summary Details of IP Services for Optimal Debugging
- Monitoring the Service Traffic Statistics of E-Line Services for Correlating Device Counters
- Monitoring the Service Traffic Statistics of E-LAN Services for Correlating Device Counters
- Monitoring the Service Traffic Statistics of IP Services for Correlating Device Counters
- Monitoring the Service Transport Details of E-Line Services for Easy Analysis
- Monitoring the Service Transport Details of E-LAN Services for Easy Analysis
- Monitoring the Service Transport Details of IP Services for Easy Analysis
- Viewing Y.1731 Performance Monitoring Statistics for E-Line Services
- Viewing Y.1731 Performance Monitoring Statistics for E-LAN Services
- Using Print Page
- Clearing Interface Statistics
- Viewing MAC Table Details
- Viewing Interface Statistics
- Viewing Interface Status Details
- MPLS Connectivity Verification and Troubleshooting Methods
- Using MPLS Ping
- Pinging VPNs, VPLS, and Layer 2 Circuits
- Monitoring Network Reachability by Using the MPLS Ping Capability
- Monitoring Network Reachability by Using the Layer 3 VPN Ping Capability
- Routing Table Overview
- Viewing Routing Table Details
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- play_arrow Working in Fault Mode
- play_arrow About Fault Mode
- play_arrow Using Fault Mode
- play_arrow Fault Reference
- Alarm Detail Monitor (All Views Except Service View)
- Alarm Detail Monitor (Service View)
- Current Active Alarms Monitor (Service View)
- Alarms by Category Monitor
- Alarms by Severity Monitor (Service View)
- Alarms by State Monitor
- Alarm Trend Monitor (Service View)
- Alarms by Severity Monitor (All Views Except Service View)
- Alarms by State Monitor (All Views Except Service View)
- Current Active Alarms Monitor (All Views Except Service View)
- Alarm Trend Monitor (All Views Except Service View)
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- play_arrow End-to-End Configuration Examples
- play_arrow Working with Chassis View
- play_arrow Working with Devices
- play_arrow Managing CLI Configlets
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- play_arrow Managing Optical Interfaces, OTUs, ODUs, ILAs, and IPLCs on MX Series and PTX Series Routers
- play_arrow Overview of Optical Interfaces, OTUs, and ODUs
- Optical Interfaces Management and Monitoring on MX Series and PTX Series Routers Overview
- Ethernet DWDM Interface Wavelength Overview
- Attenuation and Dispersion in a Fiber-Optic Cable on PTX Series Routers Overview
- Understanding Pre-FEC BER Monitoring and BER Thresholds
- DWDM Controllers Overview
- PTX5000 PIC Description
- PTX3000 PIC Description
- 100-Gigabit Ethernet OTN Optical Interface Specifications
- 100-Gigabit DWDM OTN PIC Optical Interface Specifications
- 100-Gigabit DWDM OTN PIC (PTX Series)
- 100-Gigabit Ethernet OTN PIC with CFP2 (PTX Series)
- 100-Gigabit Ethernet PIC with CFP2 (PTX Series)
- 100-Gigabit Ethernet PIC with CFP (PTX Series)
- 100GbE PICs for PTX Series Routers
- P2-10G-40G-QSFPP PIC Overview
- Understanding the P2-100GE-OTN PIC
- 100-Gigabit DWDM OTN PIC with CFP2 (PTX Series)
- 100-Gigabit DWDM OTN MIC with CFP2
- 100-Gigabit Ethernet OTN Options Configuration Overview
- Configuring the 10-Gigabit or 100-Gigabit Ethernet DWDM Interface Wavelength
- play_arrow Overview of Optical ILAs and IPLCs
- Optical ILA Hardware Component Overview
- Optical ILA Cooling System Description
- Optical ILA AC Power Supply Description
- Optical ILA DC Power Supply Description
- Optical ILA Chassis Status LEDs
- Optical ILA Component Redundancy
- Optical ILA Field-Replaceable Units
- Optical ILA Management Panel
- Optical ILA Management Port LEDs
- Optical Inline Amplifier Description
- Optical ILA Power Supply LEDs
- PTX3000 IPLC Description
- IPLC Architecture and Functional Components Overview
- Understanding IPLC Base and Expansion Modules
- Understanding the IPLC Configuration
- PTX3000 IPLC LED
- Communication of SNMP Traps Between Optical ILA and NMS Systems
- Communication of SNMPv2 and SNMPv3 Commands over OSC Between an Optical ILA and NMS
- Overview of Configuring and Managing Optical ILAs from Connectivity Services Director Using DMI
- IPLC Specifications
- Understanding the Performance Monitors and TCAs for IPLCs
- play_arrow Configuring and Monitoring Optical Interfaces, OTUs, and ODUs
- Viewing a Graphical Image of the Optical Interface Components
- Configuring and Managing OTN Port Details of MX Series and PTX Series Routers for Easy Administration
- Configuring and Managing OTU Details of MX Series and PTX Series Routers for Simplified Management
- Configuring and Managing ODU Details of MX Series and PTX Series Routers for Simplified Management
- Configuring and Managing Optical PIC Details for Effective Provisioning
- Configuring Threshold-Crossing Alarms for OTN Ports for Monitoring Link Performance
- Configuring Threshold-Crossing Alarms for OTUs for Monitoring Link Performance
- Configuring Threshold-Crossing Alarms for ODUs for Monitoring Link Performance
- Viewing Performance Monitoring Details of OTN Ports for Detecting and Diagnosing Faults
- Viewing Performance Monitoring Details of OTUs for Detecting and Diagnosing Faults
- Viewing Performance Monitoring Details of ODUs for Detecting and Diagnosing Faults
- Viewing a Graphical Image of the Chassis of PTX Series Routers
- Diagnosing, Examining, and Correcting Optical Interface Problems
- Changing Alarm Settings for the Optics and OTN Interfaces
- play_arrow Configuring and Monitoring Optical Inline Amplifiers
- Viewing a Graphical Image of Optical Inline Amplifier
- Viewing Optical ILA Configuration and Status Details for Simplified Administration
- Viewing Performance Monitoring Details of Optical ILAs for Detecting and Diagnosing Faults
- Configuring Threshold-Crossing Alarms for Optical ILAs for Monitoring Link Performance
- Changing Alarm Settings for the Optical ILAs
- play_arrow Configuring and Monitoring Optical Integrated Photonic Line Cards
- Viewing a Graphical Image of the Optical Integrated Photonic Line Card
- Configuring Optical IPLC for Easy and Optimal Deployment
- Viewing Performance Monitoring Details of Optical IPLCs for Detecting and Diagnosing Faults
- Configuring Threshold-Crossing Alarms for Optical IPLCs for Monitoring Link Performance
- Increasing the Add and Drop Port Capacity of the IPLC Node to 64 Channels
- Configuring a Two-Degree IPLC Node for Express Traffic by Increasing the Line Capacity
- Configuring Optical IPLC Line Connectivity for Interoperation with Optical ILAs
- Configuring the Wavelengths That Are Added and Dropped by the IPLC
- Configuring the IPLC to Add or Drop Wavelengths to an Optical Interface on a Remote Chassis
- Configuring the IPLC to Add or Drop Wavelengths to an Optical Interface on the Same Chassis
- Bypassing a Wavelength on the IPLC
- Changing Alarm Settings for the Optical IPLCs
- Viewing Routing Engine Switchover Indicators in the Chassis Image
- Viewing Alarm Indicators in the Chassis Image
- Viewing Port Statistics for OTN PICs
- Example: Configuring Two Fiber Line Terminations Using IPLCs for Optical Amplification in a Metro Linear Packet Optical Network
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- play_arrow Working with User Roles
- play_arrow Managing User Roles
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- play_arrow Working with Tunnel Services
- play_arrow Tunnel Services Overview
- Tunnel Services Overview
- Traffic Engineering Capabilities
- Components of Traffic Engineering
- Routers in an LSP
- MPLS and RSVP Overview
- Fast Reroute Overview
- Point-to-Multipoint LSPs Overview
- RSVP Operation Overview
- Link Protection and Node Protection
- Connectivity Services Director–NorthStar Controller Integration Overview
- play_arrow Service Design and Provisioning: Managing and Deploying Tunnel Services
- Managing Devices and Tunnel Services Overview
- Discovering Tunnel Devices
- Creating an LSP Service Definition
- Creating an LSP Service Order
- Creating Public and Private LSPs
- Viewing the Configured LSP Services
- Modifying an Explicit Path in RSVP LSP Services
- Modifying an RSVP LSP Service
- Viewing LSP Services in Deploy Mode
- Viewing LSP Service Orders in a Table
- Deactivating an LSP Service
- Reactivating an LSP Service
- Force-Deploying an LSP Service
- Cloning an LSP Service
- Viewing Alarms for an LSP Service
- Managing Deployment of LSP Services Configuration to Devices
- Deploying an LSP Service
- Deleting a Partial Configuration of an LSP Service Order
- Deleting an LSP Service Order
- Validating the Pending Configuration of an LSP Service Order
- Viewing the Configuration of a Pending LSP Service Order
- Viewing the Configuration Details of RSVP LSP Services
- Viewing Decommissioned LSP Service Orders
- play_arrow Monitoring and Troubleshooting Tunnel Services
- Performing a Functional Audit for LSP Services
- Viewing Functional Audit Results for LSP Services
- Examining the LSP Summary Details for Effective Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting the Endpoints of RSVP LSP Services
- Clearing LSP Statistics
- Monitoring Network Reachability by Using the MPLS Traceroute Capability
- Monitoring Network Reachability by Using the MPLS Ping Capability for RSVP LSPs
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- play_arrow Appendix: Managing Network Activate Features Using the Older Version of Services Activation Director
- play_arrow Service Design: Working with E-Line, IP, and E-LAN Service Templates
- Service Templates Overview
- Service Templates Workflow
- Applying a Service Template to a Service Definition
- Creating a Service Template
- Deleting a Service Template
- Exporting a Service Template
- Finding Configuration Options
- Importing a Service Template
- Modifying a Service Template
- Specifying Service-Specific Values
- User Privileges in Service Templates
- Provisioning Dynamic Attributes to Specify the Device XPath
- Viewing Service Template Inventory
- play_arrow Service Provisioning: Working with Threshold Alarm Profiles
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Device & Port Utilization Heatmap Widget
The Device & Port Utilization Heatmap widget provides a graphical view of device port utilization percentage. The heat map represents each device as a color-coded box. The color coding indicates the overall level of port utilization on a device. Cooler colors (for example, green) indicate lower port utilization , while hotter colors (for example, red) indicate higher port utilization.
You can view the utilization level for each port on a device by clicking on the box representing the device. A heat map is displayed that represents each port on the device as a color-coded box, with the color coding representing the level of port utilization.
Using the Global Controls
Use the controls in the upper right corner to make global changes to how the device and port heat maps are displayed. You can:
Select the time period over which device utilization and port utilization are shown.
Display information about the devices or the ports in either graphical heat map or tabular format by clicking either
(graphical) or
(tabular).
Select how to organize the heat map by clicking the Settings icon (
), and then selecting an option from the Group Devices By list. Each option creates a different view of the heat map, with device boxes grouped according to your selection.
Interacting with the Heat Maps
You can interact with the device and port heat maps as follows:
If you have grouped the devices by location, you can drill down into the heat map’s hierarchy by clicking one of the device container names (for example, a site or building). To move back up the hierarchy, click the navigation arrows above the heat map.
Mouse over a device box to see detailed device-level port utilization information in a pop-up window. In the pop-up window, you can click the View top 5 ports link to view the top five ports that use the most bandwidth on the device.
Click on a device box to display a heat map of the ports on the device. In this port-level heat map, each port is represented by a box that is color-coded to show its level of utilization. To return to the device view, click the navigation arrows above the heat map.
Mouse over a port box to display information about the port—such as port name, status, speed, and percent utilization—in a pop-up window. For ports on devices that support Cloud Analytics Engine, you can view any existing flow analysis results on flows through the port by clicking View active flows through this link. See Viewing Active Flows on a Port for more information.
Slide the circular controls along the bar under the heat map to Filter the devices or ports shown in the heat map by degree of port utilization..
Viewing Active Flows on a Port
For devices that support Cloud Analytics Engine, you can view the results of the most recent flow analysis traces on application flows on the port by mousing over the port and clicking View active flows through this link. The Current Active Flows window is displayed.
The Current Active Flows window lists only application flows for which flow analysis traces exist—there might be other active application flows on the port that are not shown. Each flow is uniquely defined by source IP address and TCP/UDP port, destination IP address and TCP/UDP port, and transport protocol. Table 1 describes the fields in this window.
Field | Description |
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Source IPSource Port | Source IP address and source TCP/UDP port for the flow. In the case of a flow between two VMS, the IP address is the source VTEP address. If the port is associated with a well-known service, the service name is also shown. |
Destination IPDestination Port | Destination IP address and destination TCP/UDP port for the flow. In the case of a flow between two VMS, the IP address is the destination VTEP address. If the port is associated with a well-known service, the service name is also shown. |
Protocol | Either TCP or UDP. |
Bandwidth | Bandwidth used by the flow. This is a count of the number of packets through the port for the flow up to this point in time. For a value to be displayed in this field, flow analysis must have been performed on flow with the Capture Bandwidth option enabled. |
Flow Analysis | Click View Results to see the results of the most recent flow analysis trace. The Flow Analysis Details window opens. Note: The View Results link is not available for VM to VM flows. |
Flow Analysis Details Window
The Flow Analysis Details window provides detailed information about a flow trace.
The Flow Analysis Details window is divided into three sections:
The flow path diagram—This diagram shows the path taken by a probe through the network. By default, the path shown is the path taken by the probe that experienced the highest per-hop latency in the trace. You can change this diagram to reflect the path taken by a different probe by selecting the probe from the top Latency Trend chart.
Latency Trend charts—These charts show the change in latency experienced by the probes during the trace. The bars in the top chart are grouped by completed probes, with each bar in a probe group representing the latency experienced by the probe at a hop. By clicking on a probe group, you can change the flow path diagram and the Analysis Results section to reflect the results of that probe. For traces of long duration, the bar chart shows only a portion of the trace results.
The bottom area chart graphs the highest latency experienced by each probe over the entire duration of the trace. You can use the provided controls to focus on a portion of the trace—the portion you choose is reflected in the top bar chart. By default, the focus is on the portion of the trace that had the highest latency. If the trace is ongoing, a rotating circle appears at the end of the plotted area and the chart is periodically refreshed to show new results.
Both charts display a path change icon (
) when the path a probe takes through the network differs from the path taken by the previous probe.
Analysis Results—This section provides details about the overall trace results and about the selected probe:
The Latency table provides overall latency information for the trace: the highest and lowest latency experienced at a single hop and the average latency of all hops.
The Latency for Selected Path table shows the latency experienced by the selected probe at each hop.
You can perform the following actions in the Flow Analysis Details window.
General actions:
For bidirectional traces, you can select the direction for which you want results by clicking one of the arrows at the top of the window (these arrows do not appear for unidirectional traces).
To stop an active flow analysis, click Stop Flow Analysis at the bottom of the window. When you stop an active flow analysis, the results up to the time you stopped the flow analysis are retained and the previously active trace is marked as complete.
On the flow path diagram, you can:
Reposition the topology diagram by dragging it or reposition devices by dragging them.
Zoom in or out by clicking the plus or minus signs on the left.
Mouse over the link connecting two devices to get the connecting port names. The names are displayed in green if the link is up and in red if the link is down.
Mouse over a device to view details about the device, such as name, connection state, and IP address. The details shown depends on the device type.
If a device in the flow path does not support Cloud Analytics Engine, it is shown in the diagram in light grey color and minimal details, such as IP address, are available.
Display the traffic statistics for switches by mousing over the device to display the device details and clicking the Show Traffic Data link. If you selected the Capture Bandwidth option when you started the flow analysis, the flow bandwidth is also displayed along with the traffic statistics.
Display the active flows associated with a VM, BMS, or virtualized host by mousing over the device and clicking Show Active Flows in the details box.
On the Latency Trend charts, you can:
Mouse over a bar group in the top bar chart. A pop-up box displays the latency figures for each hop taken by the probe.
Click a bar group in the top bar chart. The flow path diagram and the Analysis Results change to reflect the information for the probe.
Mouse over a path change icon in the top bar chart. Information about the old and new paths is displayed.
Change the span and position of the focus indicator on the bottom area chart:
To increase or decrease the time span of the focus—in other words, to zoom in or zoom out on a portion of the trace—click on one of the handle controls (
) and move it in either direction.
To change the focus to another time period, click on the arrows at either end of the slider bar.