Cisco Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.0 Informationshandbuch
Cisco IT Case Study
Wired and Wireless Network Management
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CHALLENGE
● Integrated management of wired and wireless network
devices
● Improved configuration management
● Automated deployments everywhere
● Better management of IP addresses
● Automated deployments everywhere
● Better management of IP addresses
SOLUTION
● Implement Cisco Prime Infrastructure as part of a
broader deployment of the Cisco Prime framework for
network management
network management
RESULTS
● Lower total cost of network ownership
● Reduced costs for implementing network services
● Time savings for deploying branch offices and campus
● Reduced costs for implementing network services
● Time savings for deploying branch offices and campus
sites
● Faster recovery from network problems
● Fewer resources required for network administration
● Ability to introduce a new services automation model
● Fewer resources required for network administration
● Ability to introduce a new services automation model
and support the Internet of Everything
LESSONS LEARNED
● Plan for expanded wireless management
● Create more processes for automated deployment
● Test the planned deployment in a lab environment
● Provide training for the network management culture
● Create more processes for automated deployment
● Test the planned deployment in a lab environment
● Provide training for the network management culture
shift
NEXT STEPS
● Enhanced capabilities for configuration management
and service assurance
● Enable enterprise networking as a service (ENaaS)
● Comprehensive service assurance capabilities
● Comprehensive service assurance capabilities
Single Management with Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Cisco IT integrates network management for improved operations, lower costs, and
Internet of Everything readiness.
Internet of Everything readiness.
Challenge
The Cisco
®
core network continues to grow, with more users,
devices, applications, and services. In Cisco IT, we realized the
previous network management systems, which managed the
wired and wireless networks separately, would not be able to
keep pace.
Additionally, those management systems were built from a
combination of Cisco products, third-party products, and
internally developed scripts that focused on specific network
elements or management tasks. Many capabilities were not
integrated, which often meant duplicate or overlapping
management activities and other operational inefficiencies.
“We wanted an integrated management system for wired and
wireless network elements to help deliver the new services
model faster, reduce outages, and support a better network
operations experience,” says Mohit Agrawal, senior architect,
Cisco IT. “Also, as we prepare for the Internet of Everything
operations experience,” says Mohit Agrawal, senior architect,
Cisco IT. “Also, as we prepare for the Internet of Everything
[IoE], we need a management system that will scale to support
very large numbers of wireless devices and offer capabilities for
asset tracking and location services.”
asset tracking and location services.”
Cisco IT wanted to use the new system for managing wireless
devices initially, then transition over time from the traditional
system for wired network management. We defined several
requirements when looking for the new network management
system.
●
Integrated network management. A primary requirement was a single system and user interface to
manage the inventory and configuration of all wired and wireless elements. Also important was the ability to
integrate with other Cisco Prime
™ management tools.
●
Improved configuration management. We knew that a significant number of network outages are caused
by configuration changes and with as many as 7500 configuration templates used by Cisco IT, these
changes were very difficult to manage. We wanted improved tools for managing device configurations and
changes as well as for distributing new software images. These tools would help to reduce problems when
maintaining and upgrading network elements, especially in branch offices.