[nv-l] Survey questions on MPLS

[James Markham <markhaja@us.ibm.com>]

I am trying to gather information from
current NetView customers that manage networks in which they have 
MPLS routers deployed.

If you have a MPLS network that you
currently manage, I would appreciate it if you could take a few minutes

to respond to my survey questions below.


Please email your responses directly
to me at: markhaja@us.ibm.com

1 - Why do you use MPLS in your network,
VPNs, VoIP, Traffic Engineering...? 
1.a - What's important to you regarding
MPLS? 

2 - How many MPLS routers are in your
network?
2.a - How many are edge (PE) versus
core MPLS routers?
2.b - What brand of routers are they,
Cisco, Juniper...?

3 - If you use MPLS VPNs:
3.a - How many VPNs are normally configured
in the MPLS network?
3.b - Do you add/delete/modify VPNs
frequently?
3.c - Do you use VPNs to support external
customers? For example, your company is a service provider 
         for
other companies.
3.d - If you use VPNs to support external
customers, (ISP), do you also manage the customer's network?

4 - What type of information do you
gather today about your MPLS network/routers?
4.a - How frequently do you monitor/poll
the MPLS information?
4.b - What type of information are you
polling for?
4.c - What tools do you currently use
to monitor the MPLS routers?

5 - What types of problems do you experience
most often with MPLS?
5.a - How often do these problems occur?
5.b - How do you resolve these problems
today?
5.c - What tools do you use?  
     

6 - What types of problems cause you
the most trouble?
6.a - How often do these problems occur?
6.b - How do you resolve these problems
today?
6.c - What tools do you use?  
     

7 - What type of information would help
you the most in solving MPLS problems?

8 - What type of information/reports
do you need to know about your MPLS network on a daily, weekly or 
      monthly basis?
       

Jim Markham
Tivoli Systems
IBM Software Group
Email: markhaja@us.ibm.com