Cisco IP Solution Center Traffic Engineering Management User Guide, 5.1 - About This Guide [Cisco IP Solution Center]

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About This Guide

Objective

Audience

Organization

Related Documentation

Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

About This Guide

This guide describes how to administer and maintain the Cisco IP Solution Center Traffic Management (TEM) software.

This preface contains the following sections:

•Objective

•Audience

•Organization

•Related Documentation

•Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

Objective

The purpose of this guide is to enable you to take advantage of the features provided by TEM to enhance the traffic performance and predictability in an IP network.

Audience

This book is written as a resource for experienced users and administrators who must install, configure, deploy, and monitor the TEM software.

It is assumed you have a basic understanding of network design, operation, and terminology, a general familiarity with the ISC software, and that you are familiar with your own network configurations.

A general understanding of MPLS TE concepts and traffic engineering is also required.

Organization

This guide is organized as follows:

Chapter 1, "Getting Started," describes prerequisites and limitations and the preconfiguration process required to enable network data collection and deployment of TE configurations on the network.

Chapter 2, "TE Network Discovery," describes the process of discovering the network for a particular TE provider.

Chapter 3, "TE Resource Management," explains how to modify resource characteristics to optimize tunnel placement.

Chapter 4, "Basic Tunnel Management," provides an overview of the stages required to create and deploy primary and backup tunnels with a base license.

Chapter 5, "Advanced Primary Tunnel Management," describes the stages required to create and deploy primary tunnels using the planning functions.

Chapter 6, "Protection Planning," explains how to compute protection tunnels for network elements and deploy these on the network.

Chapter 7, "Traffic Admission," explains how to assign traffic to traffic-engineered tunnels.

Chapter 8, "Administration," describes various administrative tools and features.

Chapter 9, "Task Monitoring," explains how deployment and collection tasks are monitored and how task details are logged.

Chapter 10, "TE Topology," explains how to use the TE Topology tool to display the layout of the network.

Appendix A, "Sample Configlets," contains configlets for primary and backup tunnel creation and other operations for both IOS and IOS XR.

Appendix B, "Traffic Engineering Management GUI," describes the TEM GUI and provides definitions for the various fields and other GUI elements.

Appendix C, "Managing Service Requests," covers the various operations used to manage service requests.

Appendix D, "Warnings and Violations," lists warnings and violations that might be invoked when using the planning tools in TEM.

Appendix E, "Document Type Definition (DTD) File," contains a sample DTD file that specifies the structure and rules used for XML import.

Appendix F, "Background and Concepts," gives an overview of the TEM software and an explanation of key concepts.

Related Documentation

The entire documentation set for Cisco IP Solution Center, 5.1 can be accessed at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/netmgtsw/ps4748/
tsd_products_support_series_home.html

Tip To cut and paste a two-line URL into the address field of your browser, you must cut and paste each line separately to get the entire URL without a break.

The following documents comprise the ISC 5.1 documentation set.

General documentation (in suggested reading order)

•Cisco IP Solution Center Getting Started and Documentation Guide, 5.1.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/roadmap/docguide.html

•Release Notes for Cisco IP Solution Center, 5.1.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/release/notes/relnotes.html

•Cisco IP Solution Center Installation Guide, 5.1.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/installation/guide/
installation.html

•Cisco IP Solution Center Infrastructure Reference, 5.1.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/infrastructure/reference/
guide/infrastructure.html

•Cisco IP Solution Center System Error Messages, 5.1.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/system/messages/
messages.html

Application and technology documentation (listed alphabetically)

•Cisco IP Solution Center Carrier Ethernet and L2VPN User Guide, 5.1.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/carrier_ethernet/user/guide/
l2vpn51book.html

•Cisco IP Solution Center MPLS VPN User Guide, 5.1.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/mpls_vpn/user/guide/
mpls51book.html

•Cisco IP Solution Center Traffic Engineering Management User Guide, 5.1.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/traffic_management/user/
guide/tem.html

•Cisco MPLS Diagnostics Expert 2.1 Failure Scenarios Guide on ISC 5.1.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/mpls_failure_scenarios/user/
guide/mdefs.html

•Cisco MPLS Diagnostics Expert 2.1.3 User Guide on ISC 5.1.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/mpls_diagnostics/user/guide/
mdeuser.html

API Documentation

•Cisco IP Solution Center API Programmer Guide, 5.1.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/developer/guide/
api-gd.html

•Cisco IP Solution Center API Programmer Reference, 5.1.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/developer/reference/
xmlapi.zip

Note All documentation might be upgraded over time. All upgraded documentation will be available at the same URLs specified in this document.

Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

For information on obtaining documentation, obtaining support, providing documentation feedback, security guidelines, and also recommended aliases and general Cisco documents, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html

	Cisco IP Solution Center Traffic Engineering Management User Guide, 5.1
	About This Guide
Cisco IP Solution Center Traffic Engineering Management User Guide, 5.1 Index About This Guide Getting Started TE Network Discovery TE Resource Management Basic Tunnel Management Advanced Primary Tunnel Management Protection Planning Traffic Admission Administration Task Monitoring TE Topology Sample Configlets Traffic Engineering Management GUI Managing Service Requests Warnings and Violations Document Type Definition (DTD) File Background and Concepts	Download this chapter About This Guide Download the complete book Cisco IP Solution Center Traffic Engineering Management User Guide, 5.1 - Book-length PDF (PDF - 5 MB) Feedback Table Of Contents About This Guide Objective Audience Organization Related Documentation Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines About This Guide This guide describes how to administer and maintain the Cisco IP Solution Center Traffic Management (TEM) software. This preface contains the following sections: •Objective •Audience •Organization •Related Documentation •Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines Objective The purpose of this guide is to enable you to take advantage of the features provided by TEM to enhance the traffic performance and predictability in an IP network. Audience This book is written as a resource for experienced users and administrators who must install, configure, deploy, and monitor the TEM software. It is assumed you have a basic understanding of network design, operation, and terminology, a general familiarity with the ISC software, and that you are familiar with your own network configurations. A general understanding of MPLS TE concepts and traffic engineering is also required. Organization This guide is organized as follows: Chapter 1, "Getting Started," describes prerequisites and limitations and the preconfiguration process required to enable network data collection and deployment of TE configurations on the network. Chapter 2, "TE Network Discovery," describes the process of discovering the network for a particular TE provider. Chapter 3, "TE Resource Management," explains how to modify resource characteristics to optimize tunnel placement. Chapter 4, "Basic Tunnel Management," provides an overview of the stages required to create and deploy primary and backup tunnels with a base license. Chapter 5, "Advanced Primary Tunnel Management," describes the stages required to create and deploy primary tunnels using the planning functions. Chapter 6, "Protection Planning," explains how to compute protection tunnels for network elements and deploy these on the network. Chapter 7, "Traffic Admission," explains how to assign traffic to traffic-engineered tunnels. Chapter 8, "Administration," describes various administrative tools and features. Chapter 9, "Task Monitoring," explains how deployment and collection tasks are monitored and how task details are logged. Chapter 10, "TE Topology," explains how to use the TE Topology tool to display the layout of the network. Appendix A, "Sample Configlets," contains configlets for primary and backup tunnel creation and other operations for both IOS and IOS XR. Appendix B, "Traffic Engineering Management GUI," describes the TEM GUI and provides definitions for the various fields and other GUI elements. Appendix C, "Managing Service Requests," covers the various operations used to manage service requests. Appendix D, "Warnings and Violations," lists warnings and violations that might be invoked when using the planning tools in TEM. Appendix E, "Document Type Definition (DTD) File," contains a sample DTD file that specifies the structure and rules used for XML import. Appendix F, "Background and Concepts," gives an overview of the TEM software and an explanation of key concepts. Related Documentation The entire documentation set for Cisco IP Solution Center, 5.1 can be accessed at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/netmgtsw/ps4748/ tsd_products_support_series_home.html Tip To cut and paste a two-line URL into the address field of your browser, you must cut and paste each line separately to get the entire URL without a break. The following documents comprise the ISC 5.1 documentation set. General documentation (in suggested reading order) •Cisco IP Solution Center Getting Started and Documentation Guide, 5.1. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/roadmap/docguide.html •Release Notes for Cisco IP Solution Center, 5.1. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/release/notes/relnotes.html •Cisco IP Solution Center Installation Guide, 5.1. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/installation/guide/ installation.html •Cisco IP Solution Center Infrastructure Reference, 5.1. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/infrastructure/reference/ guide/infrastructure.html •Cisco IP Solution Center System Error Messages, 5.1. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/system/messages/ messages.html Application and technology documentation (listed alphabetically) •Cisco IP Solution Center Carrier Ethernet and L2VPN User Guide, 5.1. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/carrier_ethernet/user/guide/ l2vpn51book.html •Cisco IP Solution Center MPLS VPN User Guide, 5.1. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/mpls_vpn/user/guide/ mpls51book.html •Cisco IP Solution Center Traffic Engineering Management User Guide, 5.1. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/traffic_management/user/ guide/tem.html •Cisco MPLS Diagnostics Expert 2.1 Failure Scenarios Guide on ISC 5.1. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/mpls_failure_scenarios/user/ guide/mdefs.html •Cisco MPLS Diagnostics Expert 2.1.3 User Guide on ISC 5.1. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/mpls_diagnostics/user/guide/ mdeuser.html API Documentation •Cisco IP Solution Center API Programmer Guide, 5.1. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/developer/guide/ api-gd.html •Cisco IP Solution Center API Programmer Reference, 5.1. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/net_mgmt/ip_solution_center/5.1/developer/reference/ xmlapi.zip Note All documentation might be upgraded over time. All upgraded documentation will be available at the same URLs specified in this document. Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines For information on obtaining documentation, obtaining support, providing documentation feedback, security guidelines, and also recommended aliases and general Cisco documents, see the monthly What's New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html
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