Cisco Cisco IP Solution Center 6.0 Leaflet

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The Business Problem: Overview
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Outage detection 
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Complexity of IP/MPLS networks –
e.g., LSP Black holes in MPLS core
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Network configuration changes …
typically cause 50% of network 
outages
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Access circuit issues – typically 90% 
of customer support calls
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Customer network problems – all too 
often “MPLS VPN outage” root cause 
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Need for MPLS skills on the helpdesk
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NOC organizational “hand-overs”
Front-line helpdesk -> Level 2 support - 
> Level 3 support/design engineering)
LSP
LSP
PE
P
CE
Real-life customer problem … 
Deleted VPNV4 address family 
on route reflector … took hours 
to find and diagnose
Real-life customer problem … 
Inconsistency between MPLS 
forwarding table on CPU and line 
card … several hours outage