VMScope

Abstract

The growth of one-to-many applications in enterprise networks is fueling the demand for VPNs to support multicast applications. The deployment of such a Multicast VPN service creates the need for appropriate management tools and techniques including performance monitoring, problem isolation and troubleshooting. In this paper we present the MVPN monitoring problem, identify requirements for solutions to the problem, and describe VMScope, a virtual MVPN performance monitor designed to facilitate provider monitoring and debugging of the MVPN service.