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Data Sheet
Cisco 7000 Series Manager
A Cisco Element Management System for High-Productivity Network Operations
Cisco 7000 Series Manager, one of the Cisco element managers, provides device-specific element management functions, such as fault, configuration, accounting, performance, and security (FCAPS), for the Cisco 7200, 7400, and 7500 series routers. The element manager has an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) (Figure 1) designed to increase network operations productivity. Cisco element managers are based on a highly scalable, tested, and field-validated common infrastructure. This flexible, modular model allows you to install the mix of element managers you need to support your business. It also enables cost-effective and rapid deployment of new element managers, which means you can more rapidly introduce and manage new services. Cisco element managers provide common interfaces and element management services to applications in the network- and service-management levels of the Cisco Internet OSS, as well as to your existing operations support system (OSS) components.
Figure 1
Cisco 7000 Series Manager Graphical User Interface
Manager
Cisco 7000 Series Manager runs on Sun Microsystems UltraSPARC servers with the Solaris 8 operating environment installed. For server specifications, visit:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/netmgtsw/ps5266/prod_release_note09186a00801c2ab1.html
Table 1 lists the features and benefits of the Cisco 7000 Series Manager.
Table 1 Features and Benefits of the Cisco 7000 Series Manager
Feature or Function
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Benefit or Application
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Fault management
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• Supports fault detection, logging and display, troubleshooting, and repair
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•Higher service availability
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Inventory management
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•Automatically discovers—and updates in real time—the elements in a network, as well as how each network element is configured in terms of field-replaceable units (for example, interface cards, power supplies, etc.) and installed software release
•Maintained inventory also includes logical inventory such as terminating permanent virtual circuits (PVCs) and virtual channel length (VCL)
•Inventory management function operates in real time and caters to online insertion and removal (OIR)
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•Ensures maximum use of network investment
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Provisioning and service activation
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•Provides provisioning of termination points for PVCs and VCLs
•Synchronizes services with the network elements
•Offers flow-through provisioning by using the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) interface
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•Provides better service to the customer and maximum revenue to the provider
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Threshold Monitor
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•Supports proactive checking for network capacity breaches
•Collects performance management data per interface as well as per ATM connection
•Offers a powerful troubleshooting feature, useful for service-level agreement (SLA) supervision
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•Higher service availability
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CiscoWorks Resource Management Essentials (RME) for network element administration
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•Includes Cisco IOS® Software image upgrade, configuration backup and restore, and management of Cisco IOS Software passwords
•Cisco element managers now includes CiscoWorks RME for network-element operations and administration tasks
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•Simplifies time-consuming administrative tasks
•Reduces reliance on the command-line interface (CLI)
•Reduces operator training costs
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Security
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•Gives the network operations center (NOC) manager fine-grained control over access to EMS applications based on operator role
•Access control can be customized based on any combination of individuals, groups, roles, and features rather than a more restricted user/administrator structure
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•Access security features reduce margin for error and prevent malicious access
•Increases reliability of service
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Multiple users
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•Supports multiuser, multisite NOC operations with up to 50 simultaneous users
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•Reduces costs and simplifies operations for several sites from 1 NOC
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High availability
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•Online EMS database backup without management interruption even when backup is in progress
•EMS self-monitoring to ensure all internal processes are up and running
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•Reduces management downtime to increase availability of service
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OSS integration interfaces
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•Enables integration into the service provider's OSS, and facilitates management using a single application. Based on industry standards, including CORBA, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), and File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
•Cisco CNS Configuration Engine integration
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•Reduces cost of operation
•Enables less skilled personnel to manage the network
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For Further Information
For more information about the Cisco 7000 Series Manager and Cisco routers, go to:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/netmgtsw/ps5266/index.html
and
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/index.html
A 30-day, free-trial version of the Cisco 7000 Series Manager is available by ordering part number EMSC7K-KIT-2.1DK9 from:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/ordering/index.shtml
