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This guide describes how to use the Cisco VPN Solutions Center: MPLS Solution software.
This chapter describes who should read this guide, how it is organized, and the document conventions used throughout this guide.
This guide is designed for service provider network managers and operators who are responsible for provisioning MPLS VPNs for their customers. The network manager and operators should be familiar with the following topics:
The major chapters of this guide are as follows:
Chapter 1 | Introduction to Cisco MPLS VPN Technology | Provides an overview of the major concepts that structure the Cisco VPN Solutions Center: MPLS Solution, a network management system that defines and monitors virtual private network (VPN) services for service providers. |
Chapter 2 | Cisco IP Manager Administration | Provides an overview of the Cisco IP Manager software. This chapter also provides instructions on installing and starting Cisco IP Manager. |
Chapter 3 | Getting Started with the MPLS VPN Solutions Center | Using a tutorial approach, this chapter describes how to start the MPLS VPN Solution software and then use the VPN Console to set up VPNs for provisioning. |
Chapter 4 | Defining and Deploying MPLS VPN Services Requests | Provides a detailed description of MPLS VPN service requests, as well as how to define and deploy them. This chapter also provides information about the Auditing function of the product. |
Chapter 5 | Monitoring VPN Performance | Provides a tutorial on collecting VPN accounting data, monitoring service related performance, and configuring traps. |
Chapter 6 | Administering Customer Edge Routers | This chapter provides the fundamental concepts and considerations, as well as our recommendations, for administering customer edge routers (CEs) in a service provider environment. Before MPLS VPN Solution software can be appropriately deployed to deliver services to customers, the question of whether the CEs are to be managed by the service provider or not must be answered. |
Chapter 7 | MPLS VPN Solution Troubleshooting Guide | Provides troubleshooting information in a question and answer format to help you resolve problems you may encounter when deploying MPLS VPNs. |
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Appendix A | Cisco IP Manager and MPLS VPN Solution Administration Model | Describes the administration model used to coordinate MPLS VPN Solution software and Cisco IP Manager. This chapter includes information on the configlet download process. |
Appendix B | Cisco MPLS VPN Solutions Command Reference | Provides information on the set of new Cisco IOS commands that were created for configuring MPLS VPNs. |
Appendix C | Glossary |
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This guide and the following documents comprise the MPLS VPN Solution documentation set:
This section discusses conventions and terminology used throughout this guide.
The Cisco VPN Solutions Center software supports a three-button mouse. The buttons are configured as follows:
This guide uses this terminology throughout (even though it is possible for individual users to customize their devices to use the buttons in an alternative manner).
In situations that allow more than one item to be selected from a list simultaneously, the following actions are supported:
Bold font is also used for keywords, names of commands, and names of keys on the keyboard.
Text displayed as on-screen examples is printed in courier font.
When set off from the main text, words and characters you should enter by the keyboard are printed in bold font. When the word or character string is in italics (for example, hostname), you should substitute your own character string for the example presented in the text.
For example, when you see:
you should specify the string root at the login prompt. However, when you see:
you should specify your own password in place of the italicized character string.
The italic style is used to emphasize words, to introduce new terms, and for titles of printed publications.
Command descriptions use the following conventions:
boldface font | Commands and keywords are in boldface. |
italic font | Arguments for which you supply values are in italics. |
[ ] | Elements in square brackets are optional. |
{x | y | z} | Alternative keywords are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars. |
[x | y | z] | Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and separated by vertical bars. |
string | A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string or the string will include the quotation marks. |
Screen examples use the following conventions:
| Terminal sessions and information the system displays are in |
boldface screen font | Information you must enter is in boldface screen font. |
italic screen font | Arguments for which you supply values are in italic screen font. |
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^ | The symbol ^ represents the key labeled Control---for example, the key combination ^D in a screen display means hold down the Control key while you press the D key. |
[ ] | Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets. |
!, # | An exclamation point ( ! ) or a pound sign ( # ) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line. |
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