The VRF External Setting serves two purposes:

  • Provides a means of testing the VRF instrumentation and analysis functionality of MPLS Manager.

  • Provides a means for MPLS Manager to import VRF status updates from an VMware Smart Assurance adapter, such as the VMware Smart Assurance Adapter for Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SAM EMS.

    VRF External Setting parameters and their values lists the VRF External Setting parameters.

Table 1. VRF External Setting parameters and their values

Parameter

Values

Description

AnalysisMode

ENABLED,DISABLED

Default: ENABLED

Enables or disables the availability analysis of the VRF data collected from an external source.

MaxRoutes

Integer

Default: 2000

Determines the initial value of the maximum routes for the stored instrumentation objects that represent VRFs.

MidRouteThreshold

Integer

Default: 100

Determines the initial value of the mid-route threshold for the stored instrumentation objects that represent VRFs.