NetworkValet
Take Service Provisioning to a New Level with NetworkValet
"Our carrier customers are very focused on quick, reliable, and
cost-efficient provisioning—delivering services to end users rapidly to start
additional revenue streams. NetworkValet embraced addressing these criteria as a
top-level goal from day one." Ken Ferris, Carrier Access vice president of
terminal products.
NetworkValet™ is an all-new and user-friendly way to cut Network Element
(NE) management time, while slashing installation and maintenance costs. More
than a well-dressed GUI, NetworkValet EMS remotely configures, provisions,
manages and maintains all of the Carrier Access devices in your network, so you
can concentrate on more important issues.
NetworkValet Is All About Adding Value
Pack more revenue-generating installations into each day and bring high-customer
satisfaction to the provisioning process.
- Remotely configure and provision services
- Cut truck roll expenses
- Remotely trouble-shoot service problems
- Meet your customer’s highest uptime expectations
- Identify network outages as soon as they occur. Set your solution in
motion sooner rather than later
- Use installed management systems
- Works with TL1 over IP and SNMP
- Plan for the future
- Java™-based CORBA interfaces for easy OSS/NMS integration
Product Overview
NetworkValet will exceed your mission-critical network element management needs
with a Java-based framework that is CORBA-compliant and OSS-capable.
NetworkValet is a carrier-based, Java™-based software product that simplifies
the management of Carrier Access broadband access and service creation
equipment. It incorporates TL1, SNMP, and CORBA standard management system
interfaces to integrate with both existing and future operational support
systems. This is the robust solution you asked for—complete with all the NE
management, monitoring, configuration and provisioning capabilities needed to
oversee the Carrier Access products in your network.
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Remotely monitor, manage, maintain, configure
and provision NEs from multiple sites.
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- Speeds provisioning of new end-user services.
- Allows for convenient Network Operations Center (NOC) remote
management functionality.
- Virtually eliminates truck rolls for most remote-site problems.
- Simplifies network monitoring and troubleshooting with
hierarchical topology views.
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Developed entirely in Java.
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- Enables software platform interoperability allowing NetworkValet
to report to higher-level management systems.
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Real-time alarming
and filtering.
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- Gives you time to address network issues before your customers
notice service problems.
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Secure, customizable user permissions.
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- Balances security needs with productivity requirements to get the
job done quickly and securely.
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Backward compatible.
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- Accommodates multiple device revision levels.
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Total service business integration.
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- Northbound CORBA capability for integration with OSS packages.
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Ease of Use
An intuitive graphical representation of network and grouping elements makes
learning to use the system quick and easy.
Element Icons
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| Adit 600 |
Access Navigator |
Access Bank II |
Wide Bank 28 |
Grouping Icons
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| Backbone |
Region |
State |
Building |
City |
Subnet |
Customizable Topology Views
Monitoring
Keep track of history and monitor network performance with the log and
performance views.
Carrier-Grade Security
You’ll appreciate NetworkValet’s trustworthy security features as soon
as you login.
- You choose who can do what, when, where and to what.
Security isn’t about making life difficult for your staff. It’s about
enabling authorized personnel to do their job well while safeguarding your
network. With NetworkValet you can grant user permissions using tailored
configurations.
Security Features:
A. Multiple levels of permissions
- Admin, operator, etc.
- Geographical permissions
- Element permissions
- Feature permissions
B. Screen permissions
- Audit trails come standard.
Our login tracking makes monitoring user activities as easy as reading a
book. Users write that book with every keystroke and every command they enter.
More often than not, anomalies are honest mistakes so NetworkValet’s user
activity log becomes a ready-made training tool to prevent the same mistakes
from recurring. Events and alarms are also separately logged for reference at
your convenience.
Carrier Access Network Elements Supported
- Adit 600 R1.4.1
- Adit 600 R1.5
- Access Navigator R1.61
- Access Navigator R1.62
- Access Bank II
- Wide Bank 28 R2.0
- Wide Bank 28 R2.01
Operating Systems Supported
The NetworkValet EMS Server supports:
The NetworkValet EMS Client supports:
- Windows NT (recommended)
- Windows 98
- Windows 2000
Have
a product specialist contact me to learn more.
NetworkValet EMS Spec Sheet (PDF
236 KB)
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