Cisco Cisco Prime Optical 10.6 Installation Guide

Note the following PM assumptions for optical NEs:

In a small network, PM data collection assumes 30 days of storage for PM data collected across 200 NEs, assuming an 
average of 200 interfaces per NE, up to a maximum of 40,000 interfaces (includes logical and physical interfaces).

In a medium network, PM data collection assumes 30 days of storage for PM data collected across 500 NEs, assuming an 
average of 100 interfaces per NE, up to a maximum of 40,000 interfaces (includes logical and physical interfaces).

In a large network, PM data collection assumes 30 days of storage for PM data collected across 2000 NEs, assuming an 
average of 100 interfaces per NE, up to a maximum of 200,000 interfaces (includes logical and physical interfaces).

In a high-end network, PM data collection assumes 30 days of storage for PM data collected across 5000 NEs, assuming 
an average of 100 interfaces per NE, up to a maximum of 500,000 interfaces (includes logical and physical interfaces).

The ctm_backup directory is a repository used by the Oracle user to back up the following main categories of information:

Prime Optical

 database backup and export dump

Configuration files

Database ARCHIVELOG files

The Oracle user must have read/write permissions or the database backup will fail. The database could be blocked if the 
ARCHIVELOG files cannot be moved to the /ctm_backup directory.

We recommend that the /ctm_backup size be equivalent to the sum of the single database partitions (that is, the sum of /oracle, 
/db01, /db02, /db03, /db04, /db05, and—if configured—/db01_rd and /db02_rd). 

The /ctm_backup directory can be a symbolic link to a user-defined directory and must have read/write permissions.

For more information on Ports and Protocols, see chapter 2 of the 

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Inbound ports are for operations initiated by the Prime Optical client and then directed to the Prime Optical server. Outbound ports 
are for operations initiated by the Prime Optical server and then directed to the Prime Optical client. 

Medium 140 GB 

(min)

12 GB 24 GB 20 GB 20 GB 16 GB 16 GB 12 GB 10 GB 10 GB 2 GB

2 GB

62 GB

196 GB 
(max)

Large

196 GB 
(min)

12 GB 48 GB 20 GB 20 GB 20 GB 26 GB 20 GB 18 GB 12 GB 3 GB

3 GB

90 GB

282 GB 
(max)

High end 292 GB 

(min)

12 GB 96 GB 20 GB 20 GB 24 GB 50 GB 28 GB 24 GB 18 GB 4 GB

4 GB

136 GB

426 GB 
(max)

1. Use swap when creating the partition. Do not use /swap.
2. Although 10 GB is required for /cisco, 20 GB is strongly recommended.
3. Do not increase the recommended size for /db05. Doing so can severely impact Prime Optical performance.