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CPAM User Guide

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Part I. Getting started

1. CPAM overview

Introduction to the NFM-P Control Plane Assurance Manager

CPAA under NFM-P management

Part II. Commissioning and system administration

2. CPAM commissioning configurations

Workflow to commission the CPAM

3. CPAM routine system maintenance

Overview

CPAM daily system maintenance workflow

CPAM weekly system maintenance workflow

CPAM monthly system maintenance workflow

To list all incoming alarms

To store alarms in an alarm history log and view alarm history logs

To create search filters for CPAM alarms

To create a CPAA backup policy

Part III. Topology

4. Topology management

CPAM topology overview

IGP topology overview

OSPF topology overview

OSPFv3 topology overview

ISIS topology overview

Topology map management workflow

To open a topology map from the NFM-P main menu

To configure topology window overlay type from the NFM-P main menu

To update the LSDB

To create user-defined groups on topology maps

To synchronize topology maps

To assign a router ID to ISIS routers with no TE router ID

To open a flat map

To create a filter for flat maps

To apply a filter to a flat topology map

To filter objects displayed on a topology map

To filter highlighted objects displayed on a topology map

To remove specific references displayed on a topology map

To configure link colors for OSPF areas or ISIS instances

To list objects using a selected link

To list or view object information from a map

To view the legends for a topology map

To configure and view CPAM topology map icon labels

To configure available menu options for IGP administrative domains

To configure a non-routed edge discovery policy

To override a non-routed edge discovery policy for a routing interface

5. MPLS topology management

MPLS topology overview

Workflow for MPLS topology map management

To identify missing MPLS/RSVP links

To identify missing LDP links

To highlight IGP links

6. Topology references

Topology references overview

Workflow for topology references

To manage topology references in an IGP administrative domain

7. Map highlighting

Map highlighting overview

Tunnel and service topology highlights

Dynamic RSVP LSP highlights

Audit of highlighted paths

Workflow for map highlighting

To highlight the shortest path between two IP addresses

To highlight the bidirectional shortest path between two IP addresses

To highlight the shortest path between two IP addresses and highlight LFA path

To highlight the LFA path

To highlight the shortest path between two IP addresses, run a ping, and highlight ping test results

To highlight the constrained shortest path between two IP addresses

To highlight the path for the default route from a source

To highlight the network route between two routers

To diagnose a CSPF failure

To highlight PTP Clock paths

To highlight PTP status

To create a Source Entry Point between Managed PTP Peers to an unmanaged PTP Peer

To highlight PTP Peers in a Sync Domain

To highlight the IPv6 shortest path between two routers

To highlight service tunnels

To highlight services

To highlight composite services

To highlight services from the topology map

To highlight a VPRN prefix path

To highlight IES IGP links

To highlight historical IP paths

To highlight LSP paths

To highlight S2L LSP paths

To highlight point-to-multipoint LSPs

To highlight point-to-multipoint LSPs from the topology map contextual menu

To perform a highlighted path audit

To manage active highlights on a topology map

To view highlights on a flat map

To use the Configure Info Tables button

To use the Global Info Tables button

To apply an info table configuration to a map object

To apply an info table configuration to a map highlight

8. Path and prefix monitoring

Overview

Workflow for path and prefix monitoring

To monitor an IP network path

To monitor a bidirectional IP network path

To monitor a dynamic LSP

To monitor a bidirectional LSP path

To monitor a P2MP LSP

To monitor an SDP tunnel

To create an IP path monitor between two routers on a topology map

To create a bidirectional IP path monitor from a unidirectional IP path monitor

To create an LSP path monitor from a dynamic LSP

To create LSP path monitors for multiple LSP paths

To create a P2MP LSP path monitor from a P2MP LSP

To create path monitors for multiple service tunnels

To configure BGP monitored prefixes

To configure the size constraint limit for path monitor records

To view IP path records

To view LSP path records

To view S2L path records

To view historical path records of a monitored LSP path binding

To view status change history of monitored prefixes

To view the total cost of IP paths and IP path segments

To navigate to a dynamic LSP on a topology map

To navigate to a monitored path on a topology map

To find the cause event of an IP or LSP path record

To find the cause event of a path record of a service tunnel

To find the IP or LSP path monitor record associated with a cause event

To sort IP path records by error code

To sort LSP path records by error code

To sort LSP path records by last reroute cause

To delete historical events

9. Prefix lists

Prefix lists overview

Workflow for prefix lists

To create an IGP prefix list filter

To retrieve a filtered IGP prefix list

To create a BGP prefix list filter

To retrieve a filtered BGP prefix list

To cancel an ongoing retrieval

Part IV. BGP

10. BGP management

BGP overview

BGP topologies in CPAM

Workflow for BGP management

To configure an IGP administrative domain

To create a BGP standard AS

To create a BGP confederation AS

To add a BGP sub-AS to a confederation AS

To deploy a CPAA to monitor a BGP AS

To retrieve BGP information from a CPAA

To view discovered ASN information

To view ASN link information

To view BGP RIB information

To view RT retrieval information

To view IP VPN route targets

To view L2-VPN route targets

To view BGP AS path topology

To view corrupted BGP update records

To view CPAA update times information

To view BGP routes

To view BGP paths

To navigate to PE routers advertising an RT on a topology map

To highlight advertising routers for BGP prefixes

11. BGP statistics

BGP statistics overview

CPAM MIB statistics policies

CPAM BGP statistics

Sample BGP network statistics configuration

Workflow for BGP statistics

To manage a specific MIB policy for BGP statistics collection

To create a retention policy for BGP statistics

To configure the global parameters for statistics graphing

To configure and plot a statistics graph

To plot BGP event statistics

12. BGP route profiles

BGP route profiles overview

Workflow for BGP route profiles configuration

To create a BGP route profile

To configure a BGP route profile to receive JMS-CPAM topic notifications

To configure a BGP route profile to raise an unreachable prefix alarm

To retrieve a filtered BGP prefix list from a BGP route profile

To configure BGP event retrieval from a BGP route profile

To associate a VPRN service with a BGP route profile

To associate a BGP route profile with a VPRN service

Part V. Fault management

13. OAM diagnostics

OAM diagnostics overview

IP, LSP, and P2MP LSP path test policies

OAM trace highlights

Global Info tables on highlighted OAM results

Workflow for OAM diagnostics

To create an IP path test policy

To create an LSP test policy

To create a P2MP LSP test policy

To configure an OAM test execution policy

To manually run an OAM diagnostic on an IP, LSP, or P2MP path monitor

To view OAM test results of an IP, LSP, or P2MP path monitor

To highlight the results of a multicast trace OAM diagnostic on a topology map

To highlight the results of an LSP trace OAM diagnostic on a topology map

To highlight the results of an ICMP route trace OAM diagnostic on a topology map

To highlight the results of an OAM trace diagnostic on a topology map from the NFM-P Service Test Manager

To highlight the results of a multicast trace diagnostic on a topology map from the NFM-P Service Test Manager

14. Root cause analysis

Root cause analysis overview

Workflow for root cause analysis

To configure next hop highlighting

15. RCA audit policies

RCA audit policies overview

Workflow for RCA audit policies

To create an RCA audit policy

To perform an RCA audit on an ISIS configuration in an IGP administrative domain

To perform an RCA audit on an OSPF area in an IGP administrative domain

To view completed RCA audit results

To highlight the results of an OSPF RCA audit on a topology map

To highlight the results of an ISIS RCA audit on a topology map

16. Threshold reaching alarms

Threshold reaching alarms overview

Workflow for threshold reaching alarms

To configure alarm thresholds

To view and configure alarm types

Part VI. Multicast management

17. Multicast manager

Multicast manager overview

Monitoring the multicast network

Workflow for multicast manager

To create a PIM domain

To create a multicast group

To automatically populate a multicast group

To resync the multicast network

To open the multicast topology view

To view a PIM interface

To view the IGP link associated with a PIM interface

To view an IGMP interface

To view an MSDP site

To view RP information

To view candidate RP information

To view anycast RP information

To view BSR information

To view multicast group information for a PIM domain

To highlight RPs

To highlight routers with mismatched RP tables

To highlight BSRs

To highlight routers with mismatched elected BSRs

To highlight the multicast tree

To highlight routers for a multicast group or mask

To highlight active sources for a group

To perform a highlighted multicast path audit

To view the legend for a topology map

Part VII. Impact analysis

18. Impact analysis

Impact analysis overview

Workflow for impact analysis

To configure an IGP impact analysis

To configure IGP history from the IGP topology map

To configure IGP event retrieval

To compare checkpoints on an IGP history topology map

To configure a historical BGP impact analysis

To configure the BGP event manager

To configure BGP event retrieval

To configure a VPRN BGP impact analysis

To configure a service impact analysis

To view specific topology changes on an IGP history topology map

To configure a composite service impact analysis

To create an OSPF checkpoint

To configure OSPF checkpoints in an IGP administrative domain

To create checkpoints from an OSPF topology map

To create an ISIS checkpoint

To configure ISIS checkpoints in an IGP administrative domain

To create checkpoints from an ISIS topology map

To create checkpoints from an IGP topology map

To create an Admin Domain checkpoint schedule policy

To force delete the IGP history

To view OSPF topology checkpoints

To view ISIS topology checkpoints

To view checkpointed topology objects

To compare checkpoints

19. Impact analysis simulation

Impact analysis simulation overview

MPLS model simulation

Workflow for impact analysis simulation

To create a scenario

To open a scenario

To view the status of an import

To create a simulated OSPF router

To create a simulated OSPF subnet

To add a simulated OSPF link

To add a simulated OSPF virtual link

To create a simulated ISIS router

To create a simulated ISIS subnet

To add a simulated ISIS link

To view simulated IGP network data

To view and configure a simulated OSPF area

To view and configure a simulated OSPF link

To view and configure a simulated OSPF virtual link

To view and configure a simulated OSPF subnet

To view and configure a simulated OSPF router

To view and configure a simulated ISIS link

To view and configure a simulated ISIS routing domain

To view and configure a simulated ISIS subnet

To view and configure a simulated ISIS router

To change the administrative state of a simulated network object

To create a simulated provisioned MPLS path

To create a simulated LSP

To simulate the impact of LSP bandwidth changes on link utilization

To import MPLS objects from the NFM-P

To import IP paths

To view historical LSP path records

To perform a manual resignal of an LSP

To capture the path of LSP paths associated with an LSP

To monitor a simulated IP path

To delete a simulated network object

To highlight a simulated LSP

To highlight a simulated historical LSP path record

To highlight a simulated LSP path

To highlight SPF links

To highlight CSPF

To highlight a historical simulated IP path record

To view the history of simulation events

To manage impact analysis sessions

Part VIII. XML API

20. XML API

XML API overview

XML API objects and configurations overview

Part IX. Appendix

Appendix A. CPAM MIB support for GNEs

CPAM MIB support for GNEs

RFCs

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