IP/MPLSView™ Modeling Essentials
Modeling Essentials is included with the standard Design & Planning package and
includes a powerful set of features for the network planner, designer, and engineer.
For advanced capabilities, check out the optional Modeling Packs.
Modeling Essentials includes:
Automatic Topology Construction
- Input from Spreadsheets, Configuration Files, or Manual Input via the Graphical Interface
- Automated Topology Layout Algorithms
- Fast - usually a matter of seconds or a few minutes depending on network size
Advanced Network Visualization
- Special Protocol-specific Views
- Geographical Maps and Coordinates
- Zooming, Panning, and Advanced Map Manipulation Tools
- Routing and Paths Displayed on Map
- Link Utilization and Traffic Displays on Map
Multi-Protocol, Multi-Layer Routing Simulation
- Protocols: OSPF, ISIS, EIGRP, RIP, BGP*, MPLS*, GRE*, etc.
- Static and default routes, policy-based routing (PBR), access control lists, etc.
Resiliency Simulation - Predict Network Resiliency to Outages
- Perform Multi-Layer failure simulation across both LSP tunnel* and IP layers. Reports/statistics are generated for both failed LSP tunnels* and failed flows.
- Fail network elements interactively from the topology map. Examine the routing/rerouting of flows and LSP tunnels*. Useful for troubleshooting individual failures.
- Run Exhaustive "Batch" Failure simulations (e.g. fail every node, site, interface, card, SRLG, etc.). Potentially problematic failure(s) are reported. Use IP/MPLSView to make adjustments to the network model or topology and rerun the failure simulation to ensure the problem is averted.
- Simulate multiple network element failures, randomized daily failures, etc.
- Perform Peak/Worst-case Utilization analysis. Study the impact of traffic routing and rerouting during failures. If end-to-end traffic load data is supplied, IP/MPLSView records the worst loading experienced on each link and the failure that caused the worst-case scenario.
- Perform Bottleneck Analysis.
Network Modification - Validate Changes Safely prior to Deployment
- Perform countless "What-if" Scenario Analyses
- Make modifications to the network topology (add, modify, delete)
- Make modifications to any network elements (nodes, links, LSPs*, VPNs*, etc.)
- Change routing protocols, protocol attributes, metrics, etc.
- Change traffic load patterns, CoS policies and assignments, etc.
- Perform a Design (e.g. LSP tunnels*, FRR, Multicast*, etc.) and view the impact on routing
[Report Manager] Peak Util Failure Simulation Report; [Map] Interactive failure Route and Reroute; [Barchart] Worst-case link utilization (red bar) experienced on a particular interface over multiple periods as a result of user-specified failure simulation scenario.
* May require an optional expansion pack.
