Re: [spb-isis] Solana SmartHawk discovers Huawei SPB Switch Topology

Peter Ashwood-Smith <Peter.AshwoodSmith@huawei.com> Wed, 22 June 2011 12:59 UTC

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From: Peter Ashwood-Smith <Peter.AshwoodSmith@huawei.com>
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Subject: Re: [spb-isis] Solana SmartHawk discovers Huawei SPB Switch Topology
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Its actually pretty cool, you plug it into an NNI port and poof it discovers
and draws the network. It tracks link state through the LSPs via the NNI.
Basically it just listens to the link state updates so its as fast as IS-IS.
No SNMP.

 

I don't think they will have ECT tree drawing for this interop but we were
discussing it in the lab yesterday, once they have the data of course its
not too hard to add lots of useful bells and whistles.

 

Peter

 

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From: spb-isis-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:spb-isis-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf
Of Vargas, Edgard (Edgard)
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 10:43 PM
To: Biswajit Nandy; spb-isis@ietf.org
Subject: Re: [spb-isis] Solana SmartHawk discovers Huawei SPB Switch
Topology

 

Hi Bis,

 

Do Solana plan to provide visualization of the trees as seen by each of the
nodes for the different ECTs to illustrate the paths to reach any of the
possible targets?

 

Are the link events tracked via ISIS updates or via snmp?

 

How fast the link state propagation happens?

 

Congrats on the test. Looking forward for the interop validation

Edgard

 

From: spb-isis-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:spb-isis-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf
Of Biswajit Nandy
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 1:28 PM
To: spb-isis@ietf.org
Subject: [spb-isis] Solana SmartHawk discovers Huawei SPB Switch Topology

 

Hi all,

Here is another step towards successful interoperability
testing. Solana's SmartHawk network monitoring product 
is interoperable with Huawei SPB switches. The topology is
discovered and link up/sown is monitored.

It took us only about 30 minutes to setup, configure and create 
adjacency with a Huawei SPB switch. 

I am attaching two images:

1. A screen-shot of Solana's GUI with Huawei switch topology
2. A topology image with 6 Huawei SPB switches and 3 emulated switches.
    -- red link shows the link down.

We are hoping that it will be interoperable with other vendors as well.

Thanks Peter, for letting us install our appliance to your lab.
Also, your suggestion of "reflecting back" the SPB TLV in Hello worked.

Bis Nandy
Solana Networks