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Product Bulletin No. 3013
Product Overview
Cisco Systems® announces the availability of the Cisco® Mobile Wireless Fault Mediator (MWFM) 4.1 release which is part of the Mobile Wireless Center for Cisco Mobile Exchange suite of applications that complements CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution (LMS) to provide end-to-end management of the Cisco Mobile Exchange. The Mobile Wireless Center for Cisco Mobile Exchange addresses the element-management requirements of mobile operators and provides fault and configuration capability as mobile operators transition their wireless service delivery networks from second-generation (2G) circuit-based traffic to 2.5G and third-generation (3G) IP-based services.
Cisco MWFM uses a policy-based management system where all aspects of the network are controlled and administered from a single point. This approach relies on active object classes (AOCs) to monitor network elements and define polling requirements. AOCs describe how to identify devices, determine connectivity, and monitor the devices for problems. The Cisco MWFM discovery engine finds all Cisco Mobile Exchange nodes, such as Cisco Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN), Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN), or Cisco Content Service Gateway (CSG), capturing not only what is present, but also the port-to-port connectivity between devices on the Cisco Mobile Exchange network. This information is stored in a database designed to allow rapid storage, retrieval, and updating of data concerning connectivity between devices.
Cisco MWFM consistently provides an accurate logical representation of the network topology. Even as the network evolves, ongoing passive discovery detects when new Cisco Mobile Exchange devices are added and triggers a partial rediscovery of that portion of the network. Cisco MWFM can perform aggregated polling, which consolidates polling requests for multiple applications, thereby minimizing the unnecessary use of network and device bandwidth. To further minimize unnecessary polling, Cisco MWFM uses caching technology to store the most recent device information. Standard polling methods include Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) ping and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). Cisco MWFM monitoring also accepts SNMP traps and reads device syslog files.
Features
Table 1 lists the features of the Cisco MWFM 4.1.
Table 1. Cisco Mobile Wireless Fault Mediator 4.1 Features
Upgrade Options
The new Cisco Mobile Wireless Fault Mediator 4.1 release broadens device support and significantly improves the network uptime of the Cisco Mobile Exchange framework. Additional details on the Cisco Mobile Wireless Fault Mediator 4.1 can be found at http://www.cisco.com/go/mwc-cmx.
Availability
The Cisco Mobile Wireless Fault Mediator 4.1 will begin shipping on August 08, 2005. Customers can order these new products through normal Cisco sales channels beginning July 20, 2005.
Ordering Information
Table 2 lists ordering information for the Cisco Mobile Wireless Fault Mediator 4.1.
Table 2. Ordering Information
For More Information
For more information about the Cisco Mobile Wireless Fault Mediator, visit http://www.cisco.com/go/mwc-cmx or contact your local account representative or send an e-mail to the Customer Support group at cs-mwc@cisco.com.
