Contrail Networking Controller peers with Multi-Protocol BGP
(MP-BGP) routers with both data center devices, such as underlay switches
(leaf and spine), as well as SDN gateways. The controller receives
and advertises the routes through control nodes. Starting with Contrail Networking Release 1910, you
can view, filter and search the overlay MP-BGP routes on Contrail
Command.
Being able to view control node data enables you to debug and
troubleshoot networking issues.
To view the overlay routes, perform the following steps.
- Navigate to the Infrastructure > Cluster page.
The Overview tab is displayed with an overview of the cluster
infrastructure components, including the numbers of control nodes,
compute nodes, analytics nodes, config nodes, and database nodes currently
operational and also virtual networks. You can also view charts displaying
config nodes response sizes against response time as well as analytics
message sizes against time.
- Click Cluster Nodes to view more details on
each of these nodes. The Cluster Name Nodes page appears with lists of control nodes, compute nodes, service
nodes, multicloud gateway nodes, and baremetal servers in their separate
respective tabs.
- To view more details on control nodes, select a control
node on the Control Nodes tab. The Control_Node Details page appears.
- The Control_Node Details page has multiple tabs.
The Summary tab provides a summary of the status
and activity on the selected node. It also displays charts detailing
host CPU usage, memory usage, and so on. In the Contrail Web UI, similar
information was available under Monitor > Infrastructure > Control
Nodes > Summary. However, Contrail Command displays more details
since it uses Contrail Insights to generate the data.
Click the Peers tab to view information about
peers established for this control node. The Peers tab
displays the peers for an individual control node and their peering
state. Click the ▸ icon next to the peer name to
expand, view, and copy peer information. You can use the search field
on the top right of the page to search for peers based on specified
input strings.
Click the Routes tab to view information on
the routes. The Routes tab displays active routes for this
control node and lets you query the results. Click the filter icon
on the top right of the page to apply filters while searching for
routes. You can also apply multiple filters.
Click the Alarms tab to view all alarms on
the control node. Click the ▸ icon next to the alarm
name to expand and view alarm details.
Change History Table
Feature support is determined by the platform and release you are using. Use Feature Explorer to determine if a feature is supported on your platform.
1910
Starting with Contrail Networking Release 1910, you
can view, filter and search the overlay MP-BGP routes on Contrail
Command.
