Path Technologies for Different Vendors
Contents
NetworkBrain dynamic path feature visualizes the forwarding of the packet and emulates the real packet forwarding process by looking up route tables in your live network and provides end-to-end visibility across any network path. Besides looking up route tables to find the next hop, It can also look into PBR, NAT, ACL, firewall policy and other traffic control technologies to ensure the correctness of a path.
This document introduces the vendors and device types that the system supports to parse in terms of the following special path technologies when calculating a path:
▪Policy
▪ACL
▪PBR
▪NAT
▪SNAT
▪MPLS VPN
▪IPsec VPN
▪GRE VPN
▪MPLS TE
▪Fabricpath
Firewalls
Device Type |
Policy |
ACL |
PBR |
NAT |
SNAT |
MPLS VPN |
IPsec VPN |
GRE VPN |
Pure MPLS |
MPLS TE |
Virtual Server |
Fabricpath |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Checkpoint Firewall |
√ |
√ |
|
√ |
|
|
√ |
|
|
|
|
|
Cisco ASA Firewall |
|
√ |
|
√ |
|
|
√ |
|
|
|
|
|
Cisco PIX Firewall |
|
√ |
|
√ |
|
|
√ |
|
|
|
|
|
Fortinet FortiGate Firewall |
√ |
√ |
√ |
√ |
|
|
|
√ |
|
|
|
|
Juniper SRX Firewall |
√ |
√ |
√ |
√ |
|
√ |
√ |
√ |
|
|
|
|
NetScreen Firewall |
√ |
√ |
√ |
√ |
|
|
√ |
|
|
|
|
|
Palo Alto Firewall |
√ |
√ |
√ |
√ |
|
|
√ |
|
|
|
|
|
Sidewinder Firewall |
|
|
|
|
|
|
√ |
|
|
|
|
|
Routers
Device Type |
ACL |
PBR |
NAT |
SNAT |
MPLS VPN |
IPsec VPN |
Pure MPLS |
GRE VPN |
MPLS TE |
Virtual Router |
Fabricpath |
Policy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alcatel Lucent Service Router |
√ |
√ |
|
|
√ |
|
|
|
√ |
|
|
|
Cisco IOS XR |
√ |
|
|
|
√ |
|
√ |
|
√ |
|
|
|
Cisco Router |
√ |
√ |
√ |
|
√ |
√ |
√ |
√ |
√ |
|
|
|
Juniper Router |
√ |
√ |
√ |
|
√ |
√ |
|
√ |
√ |
|
|
|
Viptela |
|
|
|
|
|
√ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Switches
Device Type |
Policy |
ACL |
PBR |
NAT |
SNAT |
MPLS VPN |
Pure MPLS |
IPsec VPN |
GRE VPN |
MPLS TE |
Route Table |
Virtual Server |
Fabricpath |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adtran Switch |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3Com Switch |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Arista Switch |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Brocade Switch |
|
|
|
|
|
√ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ciena Switch |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cisco Catalyst Switch |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cisco IOS Switch |
|
√ |
√ |
√ |
|
√ |
√ |
√ |
√ |
|
|
|
|
Cisco Nexus Switch |
|
√ |
√ |
|
|
√ |
√ |
|
|
|
|
|
√ |
Dell Force 10 Switch |
|
√ |
√ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dell Networking Switch |
|
√ |
√ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dell Sonicwall |
√ |
|
|
√ |
|
|
|
√ |
|
|
|
|
|
Dell PowerConnect Switch |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enterasys Switch |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Extreme Switch |
|
√ |
|
|
|
√ |
|
|
|
√ |
|
|
|
HP Menu-Driven Switch |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HP ProCurve Switch |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Juniper EX Switch |
√ |
√ |
√ |
|
|
√ |
|
|
√ |
|
|
|
|
Nortel Switch |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Load Balancer
Device Type |
Policy |
ACL |
PBR |
NAT |
SNAT |
MPLS VPN |
Virtual Server |
IPsec VPN |
GRE VPN |
MPLS TE |
Fabricpath |
Pure MPLS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F5 Load Balancer |
|
|
|
|
√ |
|
√ |
|
|
|
|
|
Netscaler Load Balancer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
√ |
|
|
|
|
|
Cisco ACE Load Balancer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
√ |
|
|
|
|
|
Cisco CSS Load Balancer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A10 Load Balancer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tip:
▪See the Multiple-vendor Support List for details about the basic traffic path support of a device type. If a device type is in the Tier-2 level, it means that this device type supports the basic L2 or L3 traffic path in the system.
▪For devices that the system does not recognize these special technologies as described above, you can use the traceroute function to obtain the traceroute hops and diagram the path on a map with the traceroute hops.
