MPLS single point to Monitor

[bilalzubair]

Hi,

Is there any single point or a way to monitor all the connections in MPLS cloud.

Like there are 5 Sites connecting to each other in MPLS and if any site wants to send a packets to remote sites then it directly sends the packets, as this is not a Hub and Spoke, its a MESH like in MPLS. So is there any single point where I can monitor all the 5 sites using any thing like IDS/ IPS, or any other monitoring tool?

[Harold Ritter]

You can also deploy MPLS VPN in a hub and spoke topology. This would be the only way to ensure that all traffic goes through the IDS located at the hub site. The same applies if you want to implement a FW or other centralized network services.

Hope this helps,