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Alcatel 5620
Network Manager (NM) Release 4.1
The Alcatel 5620 Network Manager (NM)* is the cornerstone of the Alcatel
family of network TIA/EIAand service management products for data networks. An
integrated part of the Alcatel family of products, the 5620 manages wireline and
wireless broadband services originating on access devices and transported over
edge and core switches. The 5620 is a proven platform, currently installed in
more than 1,000 networks worldwide, including over 350 service providers. The
scope of the 5620 is exemplified by the broadest range of services offered on
one platform, and the ability to combine multiple access types (e.g. conditional
and unconditional copper, fiber, fixed wireless, mobile wireless) over a
multi-protocol core (e.g. IP, MPLS, ATM).
Distinguished by its open, scalable, reliable, multi-access, multi-technology
management capabilities, the industry leading 5620 empowers network operators to
add new service offerings without the overhead of introducing new management
systems and retraining staff. These capabilities also lead to lower overall
operating costs, reduced provisioning times and greater efficiency in the use of
the network infrastructure. Management functions span fault, configuration and
performance management, and accounting and security functions. All of these
functions are provided seamlessly across the network.
Multivendor support
The 5620 open management framework facilitates the integration of multivendor
devices. With the capability to extend management control across a wider network
footprint, network operators can reduce costs and consolidate their networks as
well as meet their contracted service levels. For example, the 5620 has a proven
record of integrating simple network management protocol (SNMP) and Transaction
Language 1 (TL1) manageable elements from other vendors.
Network restoration
The 5620 is designed to provide the highest availability at all times, even
during network failures, minimizing network downtime. The 5620 path and overlay
link group feature allows service providers and enterprise network managers to
quickly recover from disaster situations without complicated processes and
delays.
The 5620 allows operators to specify either an automatic or operator-selected
route at the time of service configuration, as TIA/EIAwell as alternate route
destinations for a particular service or path. TIA/EIAIn doing so, the 5620
ensures that critical paths and links TIA/EIAare highly protected.
Bandwidth can be reserved on an alternate or secondary TIA/EIAroute so that
if a failure occurs on a primary route, the 5620 TIA/EIAwill automatically
switch the connection to the alternate route.
Network simulation
The 5620's Network Simulator can be used to test and model network resources.
The Network Simulator looks and functions like the 5620, but it allows network
operators to simulate and test networks without attached equipment or bandwidth
resources.
The Network Simulator is useful for: training new operators without affecting
live network operations, studying changes to TIA/EIAthe existing network,
testing upgrade scenarios, simulating network failures and re-route scenarios,
and designing new networks.
Statistics collection
The Alcatel Statistics Collector is a scalable system used for collecting
path endpoint information for: permanent virtual circuits (PVCs), soft PVCs (SPVCs),
and switched virtual circuits (SVCs) (using ATM, frame relay and X.25); trunks
and access links (ATM, frame relay and TDM); Internet protocol (IP) VPNs
(IP-VPNs); TIA/EIAand X.25 resources. This includes statistics at the physical,
frame and cell switching layers of the network. These statistics provide
information about traffic volume, network congestion and error conditions.
The Alcatel Distributed Statistics Collector is an optional add-on TIA/EIAfor
distributed networks. The statistics collection functionality TIA/EIAco-resides
on the 5620 main platform. For larger networks, operators can use the
distributed version of the statistics collector.
Technical Summary
What's New in This Release
- Manages 10,000 core nodes, 500,000 edge nodes
- 500,000 PVC plus 1,000,000 SPVC connections
- Managed products include TIA/EIAthe Alcatel 7300 ASAM DSL Subscriber
Access Platform, TIA/EIAthe Alcatel 7410 Broadband Remote Access Server
(BRAS), and the Alcatel 7390 Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS)
platform.
- Enhanced private network TIA/EIAto network interface (PNNI) functionality
to support TIA/EIAnetwork load balancing
- A powerful new Alarm Surveillance System for TIA/EIAthe efficient
management TIA/EIAof network alarms
- Minimum platform requirement: Sun Solaris 2.7
- IP provisioning support for TIA/EIAthe Alcatel 7470 Multiservice Platform
(MSA) Release 4.3
Carrier Reliability
- Fault management capabilities including real time status reporting,
trouble tickets, alarms, fault notifications, real time performance
monitoring and diagnostics and maintenance
- Diagnostic tools for isolating network problems including loopbacks, busy
outs, centralized maintenance connections, forced error, forced reroute, TIA/EIAand
path diagnostics
- Automatic re-routing function activated on link or logical failures
- Accounting and data collection tools that allow for service level
performance monitoring, service level agreement (SLA) offerings and billing
information, in combination with CrossKeys Resolve Si and KeyBill
- Service management capabilities extended using the 5730 VPN Service
Manager (VSM) and the Alcatel 5740 Service Subscription Manager (SSM)
- Network trending and analysis functionality that supports efforts by
operations, planning and engineering to optimize quality TIA/EIAof service (QoS)
through CrossKeys Resolve Ni
Features
- Manages TDM, X.25, FR, ATM, and FR over ATM interworking from a common GUI
interface
- Multiservice core/backbone network consolidation (capable of managing an
integrated circuit, packet and cell switched network) and multi-access
network consolidation (providing comprehensive control of the entire network
from a single location)
- Multivendor element management in combination with the Alcatel 5520 SNMP
Element Manager (EM), descriptors, and CrossKeys CrossControl
- Open application programming interfaces (APIs), providing interfaces at
all levels of the Telecommunications Management Network (TMN) hierarchy to
automate business processes with the Alcatel 5611 CMIP and Alcatel 5612
CORBA Network OSS Interfaces
- Network management redundancy that ensures reliability using multiple
workstations (active and standby) that can be geographically dispersed
- Enhanced private network TIA/EIAto network interface (PNNI) functionality
to support TIA/EIAnetwork load balancing
- Online user documentation (based on SGML) for quick, customizable,
context-sensitive access
- Intuitive, sophisticated GUI
- Connection provisioning and activation for multiservice provisioning of
PVCs, TIA/EIASPVCs, SVCs and IP-VPNs
- Downloadable software upgrades to the network
- Network simulation functionality to test and model network resources
- Powerful network design, optimization, planning TIA/EIAand failure
analysis tools
Scalability
- Manages 10,000 core nodes, 500,000 edge nodes
- 500,000 PVC plus 1,000,000 SPVC connections
- 255 operator sessions
- 1,000 service level partitions (VSNs)
- 128 physical network TIA/EIApartitions (VBNs)
Network Management Compatibility
- 5611 CMIP Release 4.1
- 5612 CORBA Release 4.1
- 5520 EM Release 4.1
- Concord Network Health Release 4.5
- KeyInfo Release 4.0
- KeyNotes Release 4.0
- CrossKeys Resolve Ni TIA/EIARelease 3.0 and 4.0
- Alcatel 5660 Network Design System (NDS) Release 1.0
- CrossKeys CrossControl TIA/EIARelease 4.0
- Alcatel 5630 Secure VPN Management Suite (SVMS)
- Alcatel 5521 PC-based Element Manager (PC EM) Release 9.0
Service Management Compatibility
- 5730 VSM Release 1.0
- 5740 SSM Release 1.2
- Alcatel 5650 MultiNetwork Service Controller (MNSC)
- CrossKeys Resolve Si TIA/EIARelease 3.0 and 4.0
- KeyBill Release 4.0
Platform
- Minimum database workstation requirement: a Sun Ultra 10 workstation with
512 MB RAM, 18 GB hard drive, CD-ROM drive, LAN or WAN Ethernet TIA/EIAor
ATM connection
- Sun Solaris v.2.7
- X11R5-compliant X-server software (for X-terminal login support only)
- HP OpenView Network Node Manager (NNM), for enhanced LAN management
(optional)
Standards Compliance
- International Telecommunication Union Telecommunications TIA/EIA(ITU-T)
management network model, X11R5
- TeleManagement Forum Bandwidth Management Ensemble 038
- International Standards Organization CMIP and SGML
- Internet Engineering Task Force SNMP
- Distributed Statistics Collector standards:
- AT&T 54016
- ANSI T1.403
- ITU-T G.821/822
- In conjuction with KeyBill: TIA/EIAFR and ATm PVC, SPVC, Bellcore
Automatic Message Accounting Format (BAF)
- SVC Billing Mediation TIA/EIAstandards: BAF
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