Cisco Prime for IP Next Generation Networks
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Cisco Prime for IP Next Generation Networks
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Simplify the Management of Carrier-Grade Networks
Cisco Prime for IP Next-Generation Networks (IP NGN) drastically simplifies the design, provisioning, and management of carrier-grade networks. This comprehensive solution centralizes and automates service design, fulfillment, assurance, and performance analysis to help you lower costs while meeting high customer expectations.
Cisco Prime for IP NGN includes the following:
Cisco Prime Central: Common management console for all components of Cisco Prime providing a single view of integrated operator workflows, common inventory and event and alarm management, and standard interfaces for easy OSS integration.
Cisco Prime Provisioning: A fulfillment solution that accelerates service deployments by providing automated resource management and rapid, profile-based provisioning capabilities.
Cisco Prime Performance Manager: A detailed reporting solution that gathers performance statistics for Cisco and multivendor network devices, providing actionable information for the entire network.
Cisco Prime Optical: A highly scalable assurance and fulfillment solution for the optical network domain providing GUI-based device configuration.
Cisco Prime Network: A comprehensive service assurance solution for the packet/IP domain providing advanced capabilities, including virtual connectivity discovery, root-cause identification, topology-driven troubleshooting, and alarm reduction through topology-based correlation and deduplication.Features and Benefits
Cisco Prime for IP NGN provides the following features and benefits:
- Accelerated service deployment: Significantly reduce the time to deploy services through automated network configuration and point-and-click provisioning.
- Lower capital expenditure (CapEx): Maximize the value of the existing investment in network infrastructure through efficient management of network resources and assets.
- Reduce operating expenses (OpEx): Lower operating costs through a central point of access to enable efficient execution of the service lifecycle management tasks, including design, fulfillment, assurance, and analysis.
- Improve quality of service (QoS): Enhance customer experience and meet stringent service-level agreements (SLAs) through rapid fault isolation and repair of network issues that cause service degradations or interruptions.
- Increase operational efficiency: Promote consistency in delivery and management of services through integration of domain managers and service lifecycle management.
Specifications at a Glance
- Automatic discovery and granular network visibility
- Intelligent fulfillment supporting TDM, DWDM, Carrrier Ethernet, RAN Backhaul, MPLS, and MPLS-TP deployments
- Change and configuration management
- Automated service assurance
Featured Content
Managing RAN Backhaul with Cisco Prime for IP NGN (PDF - 335 KB )
End-to-end network management that drastically simplifies the design, provisioning and management of complex, large scale, Unified Ran Backhaul networks.
Analysys Mason White Paper: Potential Business Benefits of Cisco Prime (PDF - 734 KB)
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