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 Network management tool interface showing tabs for Summary, Nodes, Links, Interfaces, Demands, Tunnels. Demands table lists network flows with ID, NodeA.ID, NodeZ.ID, IP_A, IP_Z, BW, Type, Pri, Pre, Current_Route. Statistics View displays Total BW 124.159M, Placed BW 124.159M, Unplaced BW 0, Disabled BW 0. Buttons for adding, modifying, deleting entries.

Network management tool interface showing tabs for Summary, Nodes, Links, Interfaces, Demands, Tunnels. Demands table lists network flows with ID, NodeA.ID, NodeZ.ID, IP_A, IP_Z, BW, Type, Pri, Pre, Current_Route. Statistics View displays Total BW 124.159M, Placed BW 124.159M, Unplaced BW 0, Disabled BW 0. Buttons for adding, modifying, deleting entries.

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 showing US cities with abbreviations like SFO, DEN, NYC connected by color-coded routes, indicating different connection types. Symbols denote city roles.

Network diagram showing US cities with abbreviations like SFO, DEN, NYC connected by color-coded routes, indicating different connection types. Symbols denote city roles.