Maintaining BGP/MPLS IP VPN

Collecting Statistics about L3VPN Traffic

Before collecting L3VPN traffic statistics, you need to enable the L3VPN traffic statistics function.

Checking L3VPN Traffic

This section describes how to collect traffic statistics on the interface at the user side of the VPN. Note that traffic statistics are collected only after the L3VPN traffic statistics function is enabled.

Clearing L3VPN Traffic

This section describes how to clear L3VPN traffic statistics. Exercise caution when performing the action because the cleared data cannot be restored.

Monitoring the Running Status of a BGP/MPLS IP VPN

Monitoring the running status of a BGP/MPLS IP VPN involves checking VPN instance information, VPNv4 peer information, and BGP peer log information.

Checking Network Connectivity and Reachability

This section describes how to use the ping command to check the network connectivity between the source and destination, and how to use the tracert command to check the devices through which data packets are sent from the source to the destination.

Clearing BGP Statistics of the VPN Instance IPv4 Address Family

The BGP statistics of the VPN instance IPv4 address family cannot be restored after being cleared. Exercise caution when clearing the statistics.

Checking Queue Rate Statistics in a VPN Instance

Check QoS profile statistics on all member interfaces in a VPN instance.

Resetting BGP Connections

After modifying BGP configurations, you can reset or softly reset the BGP connections for new configurations to take effect.