The Cisco® 10000 Manager is a graphical user interface (GUI)-based, carrier-class element management system (EMS) for managing Cisco 10000 Series routers. This Cisco element manager provides a range of GUI features designed to increase network operations productivity. With real-time inventory discovery capabilities, this Cisco element manager ensures quicker deployment of Cisco networking equipment and provides comprehensive element service assurance to more quickly solve network problems.

Cisco 10000 Manager is one of the Cisco element managers that provide device-specific fault, configuration, accounting, performance, and security (FCAPS) management capability for Cisco service provider products. Cisco element managers are based on a highly scalable, tested, and field-validated common infrastructure. This flexible, modular model allows Service Providers to install the mix of element managers needed to support their business. It also enables cost-effective and rapid deployment of new element managers, which means new services can be rapidly introduced and managed. 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 existing operations support system (OSS) components.