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Virtual transport connection

Table with one row for each element of the type: 'Virtual transport connection'.

Columns

Name Description
Carried traffic (Gbps) Indicates the current carried traffic in Gbps.
A Origin node
B Destination node
Description A user-defined text description (potentially long) that can be assigned to this element
Hit option rule The design option matching this element. If no design option is matched, it is assumed that the element is not confirming the design rules
Attributes User-defined attributes associated to this element
Intra-node Indicates if both end nodes are the same or not
Bidi pair If this element is bidirectional, contains its bidirectional pair
JSON An optional JSON content describing this element
SRGs The Shared Risk Groups (SRGs) this element belongs to: the SRGs that mandate the shutdown (set in failure state) of this element
Rate (Gbps) The rate in Gbps of the end ports of the element
Name A user-defined name (typically short) that can be assigned to this element
Identifier A unique identifier set to the element, and never changed
Length (km) The length in km of this element
Latency (ms) The latency in miliseconds added to the traffic traversing this element
IP port (A) Attached IP port in link origin
Installed Indicates if the element is installed. If not installed, the element behaves as if it did not exist, being unable to e.g. handle traffic or reserve any bandwidth
IP port (B) Attached IP port in link destination
Show Show the element in the canvas, or else hide it
Up Indicates if the element is up (active) or down (failed)
Traversing IP Links IP links traversing this virtual transport connection
External links Indicates if this element has one or more user-defined external URLs associated to it. If so, when the user clicks this cell, and selects the URL (if more than one), a navigator is launched and the URL page is shown. External links are not editable in the GUI, but via API.
Utilization (%) Indicates the point-to-multipoint utilization (maximum utilization of all attached IP logical ports of the virtual transport link)
Tags User-defined tags associated to this element

Views

Name Columns Description
Full view Name, Identifier, Description, ExternalLinks, Show, A, B, Intra-node, BidiPair, IpPort(a), IpPort(b), Length(km), Latency(ms), HitOptionRule, Up, Installed, Srgs, Rate(gbps), CarriedTraffic(gbps), Utilization(%), TraversingIpLinks, Tags, Attributes, Json This table view corresponds to a view with all the table columns. In some occassions, this may imply an impractically large number of columns for human inspection.
Failure status A, B, Up, Installed, Srgs, Rate(gbps), CarriedTraffic(gbps), Utilization(%) Columns associated to the risks this element belongs to, and its failure status
Connectivity A, B, BidiPair, IpPort(a), IpPort(b), Up, Rate(gbps), CarriedTraffic(gbps), Utilization(%), TraversingIpLinks Columns associated to the element related paths, links, neighbor nodes and alike
Design info A, B, HitOptionRule, Up, Rate(gbps), CarriedTraffic(gbps), Utilization(%) Columns associated to design algorithms, or design rules imposed to the network
Description & tags & attributes Name, Identifier, Description, ExternalLinks, A, B, Up, Rate(gbps), CarriedTraffic(gbps), Utilization(%), Tags, Attributes, Json Columns associated to side information like element names, descriptions, user associated tags or attributes
KPIs A, B, Length(km), Latency(ms), Up, Installed, Rate(gbps), CarriedTraffic(gbps), Utilization(%) Columns associated to traffic-related KPIs of the multicast flows
Default view Show, A, B, IpPort(a), IpPort(b), Latency(ms), Up, Rate(gbps), CarriedTraffic(gbps), Utilization(%), Tags This table view corresponds to a subset of columns selected as representative for a default table view. They typically include the most typical required values

Table right-click menu

  • Set for selected elements...: Menu with options for setting values to different parameters of the selected elements
    • Value at column 'Name': This option sets the value at column 'Name'
    • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Name' for: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
    • For all table elements: Set the value at column 'Name' for: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
    • Value at column 'Identifier': This option sets the value at column 'Identifier'
    • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Identifier' for: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
    • For all table elements: Set the value at column 'Identifier' for: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
    • Value at column 'Description': This option sets the value at column 'Description'
    • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Description' for: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
    • For all table elements: Set the value at column 'Description' for: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
    • Value at column 'Show': This option sets the value at column 'Show'
    • As true:
      • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Show' for: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
      • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Show' for: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
    • As false:
      • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Show' for: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
      • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Show' for: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
    • Value at column 'Length (km)': This option sets the value at column 'Length (km)'
    • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Length (km)' for: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
    • For all table elements: Set the value at column 'Length (km)' for: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
    • Scale link length by a multiplicative factor: This option sets the value at column 'Length (km)'
    • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Length (km)' for: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
    • For all table elements: Set the value at column 'Length (km)' for: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
    • Set link length from geographical distance of end nodes: This option sets the value at column 'Length (km)'
    • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Length (km)' for: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
    • For all table elements: Set the value at column 'Length (km)' for: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
    • Value at column 'Latency (ms)': This option sets the value at column 'Latency (ms)'
    • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Latency (ms)' for: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
    • For all table elements: Set the value at column 'Latency (ms)' for: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
    • Scale latency by a multiplicative factor: This option sets the value at column 'Latency (ms)'
    • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Latency (ms)' for: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
    • For all table elements: Set the value at column 'Latency (ms)' for: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
    • Set link latency as proportional to link length: This option sets the value at column 'Latency (ms)'
    • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Latency (ms)' for: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
    • For all table elements: Set the value at column 'Latency (ms)' for: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
    • Value at column 'Up': This option sets the value at column 'Up'
    • As true:
      • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Up' for: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
      • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Up' for: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
    • As false:
      • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Up' for: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
      • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Up' for: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
    • Value at column 'Installed': This option sets the value at column 'Installed'
    • As true:
      • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Installed' for: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
      • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Installed' for: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
    • As false:
      • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Installed' for: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
      • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Installed' for: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
    • Value at column 'Rate (Gbps)': This option sets the value at column 'Rate (Gbps)'
    • For selected elements: Set the value at column 'Rate (Gbps)' for: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
    • For all table elements: Set the value at column 'Rate (Gbps)' for: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
  • Add...: Different options for adding links
    • Add virtual transport link: Adds a virtual transport link between user-selected end nodes
    • Add SRG from selected links: Creates a new SRG associated to a simultaneous failure in all selected links.
  • Remove: Different remove options
    • Selected elements: Remove elements: Selected elements (The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action)
    • All table elements: Remove elements: All table elements (All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination)
  • Set nominal rate (bidirectional case): This option sets the nominal rate of this element, and if bidirectional, also to the opposite element
  • Bidirectional relations: Different options to manage bidirectionality relations between elements
    • Remove bidirectional association to selected elements: For all selected elements that are bidirectional, removes such bidirectional association leaving two unidirectional independent elements
    • Set bidirectional pair to selected element: For all selected elements that are not currently bidirectional, are arranged into pairs of opposite elements (with opposite end nodes), and are set as bidirectional.
  • Tags: Different menu options related to user-defined tags
  • Attributes: Different menu options related to user-defined attributes
    • Add attribute: Adds a user-defined attribute (key-value pair) to all the selected elements. Any attribute with the same key is replaced by the new value.
    • Remove attribute: Removes a user-defined attribute (key-value pair) from all the selected elements.
    • Remove all attributes: Removes all the user-defined attributes (key-value pair) from the indicated elements.

Form-required interactions

Virtual transport connection-AddVtl

Form to complete:

  • Link node A: One of the end nodes of the link (which is always bidirectional).
  • Link node B: One of the end nodes of the link (which is always bidirectional).
  • Nominal rate (Gbps): The nominal rate in Gbps.
  • Add IP ports: If marked, two new IP ports with the same nominal rate as the transport link rate are created at the end nodes, and attached to the newly created virtual transport link.
  • Add IP interfaces: If marked, the newly created ports also have a new IP interface, with the information provided.
  • Unnumbered interfaces: If marked, the newly created interfaces are unnumbered, i.e. have no IP address.
  • Origin IP address: The IP address to set in the origin node.
  • Destination IP address: The IP address to set in the destination node.

Virtual transport connection-SetNominalRate-VTL

Form to complete:

  • Nominal rate (Gbps): The nominal rate in Gbps.

Network Controller-AddTag

Form to complete:

  • Tag: The tag string.
  • Applicable elements: This selector indicates the elements to which this action is going to be applied. Options:
    • Selected elements: The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action.
    • All table elements: All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination.

Network Controller-RemoveTag

Form to complete:

  • Tag: The tag string.
  • Applicable elements: This selector indicates the elements to which this action is going to be applied. Options:
    • Selected elements: The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action.
    • All table elements: All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination.

Network Controller-RemoveAllTags

Form to complete:

  • Applicable elements: This selector indicates the elements to which this action is going to be applied. Options:
    • Selected elements: The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action.
    • All table elements: All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination.

Form to complete:

  • Tag: The tag string.
  • Applicable elements: This selector indicates the elements to which this action is going to be applied. Options:
    • Selected elements: The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action.
    • All table elements: All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination.

Form to complete:

  • Tag: The tag string.
  • Applicable elements: This selector indicates the elements to which this action is going to be applied. Options:
    • Selected elements: The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action.
    • All table elements: All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination.

Network Controller-AddAttribute

Form to complete:

  • Key: The attributes key, or name.
  • Value: The attribute value, to associate to the attribute name.
  • Applicable elements: This selector indicates the elements to which this action is going to be applied. Options:
    • Selected elements: The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action.
    • All table elements: All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination.

Network Controller-RemoveAttribute

Form to complete:

  • Key: The attributes key, or name.
  • Applicable elements: This selector indicates the elements to which this action is going to be applied. Options:
    • Selected elements: The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action.
    • All table elements: All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination.

Network Controller-RemoveAllAttributes

Form to complete:

  • Applicable elements: This selector indicates the elements to which this action is going to be applied. Options:
    • Selected elements: The elements already selected by the user in the table before calling this action.
    • All table elements: All the elements in the table, not applying any filter, and not considering any pagination.