VPWS VPN Form

The VPWS VPN form provides details the PseudoWire VCs participating in the selected VPWS VPN. This topic includes the following sections:

Use the VPWS VPN form to complete the following tasks:

  • Determine the health of the VPWS VPNs.
  • Check the Incidents tab to view the cause of the change in the status.
Basic Attributes
Attribute Description
Name, Number of PseudoWireVCs, Status, Status Last Modified

These attributes listed in the VPWS VPN form are same and available in the VPWS VPN inventory view. For more information, see VPWS VPN Inventory.

Management Mode

The NNM iSPI for MPLS supports management of VPWS VPNs. Possible values are:

  • Managed – The selected VPWS VPN is managed.
  • Not Managed – The selected VPWS VPN is not managed.

Note:To modify the Management Mode, select "Managed" or "Not Managed" respectively from the Management Mode list of the VPWS VPN form.

Management Type

Inheritance type for the selected VPWS VPN. An MPLS object inherits management mode of its container object. Possible values are:

  • Node Inherited
  • Self
Create Time Date and time on which the selected VPWS VPN was created.

Analysis Pane

Information shown for VPWS VPN form is same as that in VPWS VPN Inventory. For more information, see VPWS VPN Inventory.

PseudoWire VC Tab

The VPWS VPN form provides details about the selected VPWS VPN. The PseudoWire VCs tab lists the details of the PseudoWires VCs participating to form a VPWS VPN.

Basic Attributes
Attribute Description
Attributes

The attributes listed in the PseudoWire VC tab are same as available in PseudoWire VC Form. For more information about the attributes, see PseudoWire VC Form.

Analysis Pane

Information shown for PseudoWire VC tab is same as that in PseudoWire VC Inventory. For more information, see PseudoWire VC Inventory.

VC ID Tab

The VPWS VPN form provides details about the selected VPWS VPN. The VC ID tab provides details of the VC IDs participating to form a VPWS VPN.

Basic Attributes
Attribute Description
ID

The list of VC Ids participating to form a VPWS VPN.

Analysis Pane

Analysis Pane is not implemented for the VC ID tab.

PE Routers Tab

The VPWS VPN form provides details about the selected VPWS VPN. The PE Routers tab provides the attributes of the PE routers participating in the selected VPWS VPN.

Basic Attributes
Attribute Description
Status

The status of a PE node. Possible values are:

No Status 

Normal

Disabled

Unknown

Warning

Minor

Major

Critical

Name

The name of the PE router.

Device Profile

The name of the device, device type, model number, and vendor information that is assigned to the router to form a unique profile is displayed as a single string value. For more information, see NNMi Help for Operator, Device Profile Form.

Analysis Pane

Information shown in the Analysis Pane of PE Routers is inherited from the Network Node Manager i-Software (NNMi). For more information, see About the Analysis Pane in NNMi Online Help.

Status Tab

The VPWS VPN form provides details about the selected VPWS VPN. You can use the Status tab to view the status summary the selected VPWS VPN.

Overall Status Table
Attribute Description
Status

The status of an L2VPN is derived and calculated based on the status of all the PseudoWire VCs that participates to form the VPWS VPN. Possible values are:

 No Status - A VPWS VPN is newly formed and not polled, status of the L2VPN is No Status. In addition, when all the PseudoWires VCs participating to form an L2VPN are in an 'Not Managed mode, the derived status of the VPWS VPN is No Status.

Normal - The status of all the PseudoWires VCs participating to form a VPWS VPN is Normal.

Unknown - The status of all the PseudoWires VCs participating to form a VPWS VPN is Unknown.

Warning - The status of one or more PseudoWires VCs participating to form a VPLS VPN is Unknown. In addition, the status of none of the PseudoWire VC is Critical.

Minor - The status of one or more PseudoWires VCs participating to form a VPWS VPN is Critical.

Critical - The status of all the PseudoWires VCs participating to form a VPWS VPN is Critical.

 
Last Modified Date and time on which the status was last set.

Status History

Attribute Description
Status

List of last thirty status updates for the selected MPLS object. For more information, see NNMi Status tab.

Time Stamp Time when the status of the selected VPWS VPN was last modified.

Analysis Pane

Analysis Pane is not implemented for the Status tab.

Conclusions Tab

The VPWS VPN form provides details about the selected VPWS VPN. The Conclusions tab shows the results of the overall derived status. You can view a quick summary of the status and problem description for the selected VPWS VPN.

Conclusions Table
Attribute Description
Status The derived status of the selected VPWS VPN. For more information, see VPWS-VPN Form: Status tab.
Time Stamp The time when the status of the VPLS VPN is last set.
Conclusions

The conclusions are set by the Causal Engine after the status calculation. Possible conclusions are:

  • VPWSCritical 
  • VPWSNormal
  • VPWSUnknown
  • VPWSMinor
  • VPWSWarning

Analysis Pane

Analysis Pane is not implemented for the Conclusions tab.

Custom Attributes

The VPWS VPN form provides details about the selected VPWS VPN. Custom Attributes tab displays the set of name-value pairs of custom attributes associated with VPWS VPNs. You can set Custom Attributes using the webservice calls.

Custom Attributes
Attribute Description
Name Attributes Name of the Custom Attribute defined in the web services.
Value Value assigned to the Custom Attribute in the web services.

Analysis Pane

Analysis Pane is not implemented for the Custom Attributes tab.

Registration Tab 

The VPWS VPN provides details about the selected VPWS VPN.

Registration Table
Attribute Description
Create Time

Date and time on which the selected VPWS VPN was created.

Status Last Modified Status Last Modified shows the date and time on which the status of the selected VPWS VPN was last modified.

Analysis Pane

Analysis Pane is not implemented for the Registration tab.