Inmanta Connect Documentation

Introduction

Inmanta connect provides a means to seamlessly employ MEF standards covering Carrier Ethernet services. Carrier Ethernet is a service provided by ISPs to customers who want to extend their local networks over long (MAN and WAN) geographical locations.

The Carrier Ethernet service comes in three flavors:

• Ethernet Virtual Private Line or E-Line: a service connecting two customer Ethernet ports over a WAN.

• Ethernet Virtual Private LAN or E-LAN: a multi-point service connecting a set of customer endpoints, giving the appearance to the customer of a bridged Ethernet network connecting the sites.

• Ethernet Virtual Private Tree or E-Tree: a multi-point service connecting one or more roots and a set of leaves, but preventing inter-leaf communication.

More information regarding the Carrier Ethernet standards defined by MEF can be found here.

Contents:

• Prerequisites
  • Planning
  • Development
• Supported Features and Platforms
• Inmanta Connect Lab
  • Virtual Lab Setup
  • External lab
• Inventory
  • Purpose
  • Inventory integration
• Testing
  • Constructing A LAB File
  • LAB Topology Constraints
  • Vendor specific tests
  • Topology File Structure
  • Assembling A Basic Test
  • Running Tests
  • Running Mypy Type Check
• Configuration and Customization
  • General Structure
  • Configuration File Content
  • Generating A Default Configuration File
  • Special values
  • Using templates
• Extension
  • Developing Plugins
  • Writing Unit Tests
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Additional resources

• Inmanta User Mailinglist

• Inmanta Developer Mailinglist

• Inmanta Twitter

PDF version

Download: inmanta.pdf