Overlapping IP address support

Network Protocol Manager for BGP and Network Protocol Manager for OSPF both support tagged IP and IPNetwork objects that are created by IP Availability Manager.

Tagged IP and IPNetwork objects enable IP Availability Manager to discover overlapping IP addresses and store them in its modeled topology. By importing tagged IP and IPNetwork objects from IP Availability Manager, Network Protocol Manager for BGP and Network Protocol Manager for OSPF are able to store overlapping IP addresses in their modeled topologies.

The inclusion of overlapping IP addresses in the modeled topology results in a more accurate and more complete model of the topology, which enables IP Availability Manager, Network Protocol Manager for BGP, and Network Protocol Manager for OSPF to perform more accurate correlation analysis.

By default, IP Availability Manager is not enabled to perform discovery of overlapping IP addresses. The VMware Smart Assurance Network Protocol Manager Configuration Guide provides instructions for enabling this feature.