Benefit From Complete Network Management

Cisco Prime Network provides service providers and other network operators with a comprehensive assurance and device management solution for IP next-generation networks (NGNs), supporting both Cisco and third-party devices.

This solution is offered both standalone and as a fully integrated component of the Cisco Prime for IP NGN suite, which provides end-to-end network management lifecycle capabilities that span:

• Design
• Fulfillment
• Assurance (fault and performance)
• Analysis operations tasks

Feature and Capabilities

Built on a service-centered foundation, Cisco Prime Network offers an intuitive workflow-oriented user experience that helps enable service providers to use their network to its fullest capacity while providing their customers with the highest level of service:

• Helps enable network operators to handle complex management tasks traditionally requiring highly skilled personnel by providing detailed, up-to-date information of every network element in a centralized inventory with network status and fault information
• Eliminates operator error and associated resolution costs by automating and accelerating common tasks such as device discovery to enable end-to-end assurance and provisioning of tasks with greater effectiveness and efficiency than custom-integrated network management systems (NMSs) allow
• Protects revenue sources through a unique combination of fault analysis, root-cause event identification, and topology-guided troubleshooting to help ensure a more stable and efficient network, shorten customer service interruptions, increase staff efficiency, and provide overall OpEx savings
• Reduces mean time to repair (MTTR), thus limiting the impact of outages and decreasing the cost of resolving trouble tickets
• Accelerates time-to-service while reducing the complexity of integrating with external OSSs such as inventory systems to eliminate the cost of building and maintaining direct interfaces to network elements

Specifications at a Glance

• Change and configuration management, plus logical and physical topology
• Inventory management, including abstract virtual network element (VNE) model and mediation layer, for both Cisco and third-party devices
• Image management, event management, and root cause analysis
• Standards-compliant northbound interface
• Part of Cisco Network Management Jumpstart, which supports a predictable, low-risk network management implementation

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Immediate Network Synchronization with Low Overhead: Cisco Prime Network Reduced Polling VNE

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Cisco Prime Network VNE Drivers

More information on how virtual network element (VNE) device drivers are a key enabler for Cisco Prime Network to manage end-to-end IP next-generation networks.

Cisco Prime Network Third Party Device Drivers

Have a multivendor environment? Cisco Prime Network delivers third-party VNE drivers that are available for common non-Cisco network devices.
For a complete list of third-party devices that are supported, please click here.