Viewing Demands Through a Tunnel

To view all demands routed over a tunnel, right-click over the tunnel and select Show Demands Routed on Tunnel.

In the Demands window, examine the Current Route column which indicates the path taken bythe demands. Open and closed brackets in the path indicate where a tunnel is entered and exited.

Figure 1: Demands (or Flows) Routed Through a Particular Tunnel Screenshot of a network tool interface showing tabs for managing network aspects, a table listing network demands with details like ID, source and destination nodes, IPs, bandwidth, flow type, priority, and current route. Below is a bandwidth usage summary indicating total, placed, unplaced, and disabled bandwidth. Buttons for Add, Modify, and Delete actions are at the bottom.

Screenshot of a network tool interface showing tabs for managing network aspects, a table listing network demands with details like ID, source and destination nodes, IPs, bandwidth, flow type, priority, and current route. Below is a bandwidth usage summary indicating total, placed, unplaced, and disabled bandwidth. Buttons for Add, Modify, and Delete actions are at the bottom.

In Figure 1, the selected demand between HOU and NYC. has the route HOU[--DAL--CHI--]WDC--PHI--NYC, indicating that the demand traversed a tunnel from Houston (HOU) to Washington D.C. (WDC).

Clicking on “Show Path” displays the path of the demand on the map. Notice that a purple color is used to indicate the portion where the demand is travelling through a tunnel.

Figure 2: Path of Demand Through a Tunnel Network diagram of U.S. cities with abbreviations like SFO and DEN, color-coded routes, and symbols indicating city roles.

Network diagram of U.S. cities with abbreviations like SFO and DEN, color-coded routes, and symbols indicating city roles.