Cisco Cisco Prime Provisioning 6.6 Documentation Roadmaps
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Cisco Prime Provisioning 6.6
Documentation Overview
This document is a roadmap that summarizes the steps required to use Prime Provisioning and provides
a suggested reading order for the Cisco Prime Provisioning 6.6 documentation set.
a suggested reading order for the Cisco Prime Provisioning 6.6 documentation set.
Cisco Prime Provisioning 6.6 is a follow-on release to Cisco Prime Provisioning 6.5.
Details of added, changed, and dropped functionality are provided in the
Note
All documentation might be upgraded over time. All upgraded documentation will be available at the
same URLs specified in this document.
same URLs specified in this document.
Note
Prime Provisioning can be used as a standalone product or as part of the Cisco Prime Carrier
Management suite. When installed as part of the suite, you can launch Prime Provisioning from the
Prime Central portal as well as from the right-click menu on devices in Prime Network. For more
information about Prime Central, see the documentation for
Management suite. When installed as part of the suite, you can launch Prime Provisioning from the
Prime Central portal as well as from the right-click menu on devices in Prime Network. For more
information about Prime Central, see the documentation for
Cisco Prime Provisioning is an intelligent network management application that helps reduce overall
administration and management cost by providing automated resource management and rapid
profile-based provisioning capabilities. Prime Provisioning enables fast deployment and time to market
of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) and Carrier Ethernet technologies. In addition, the
Prime Provisioning Traffic Engineering Management application is Cisco's exclusive planning and
provisioning application for Cisco MPLS Traffic Engineering (MPLS-TE)-enabled routers. Cisco Prime
Provisioning also leverages Cisco Prime Network to manage MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS TP)
network topologies and offers RAN Backhaul capabilities via ATM and Expand to Time Division
Multiplexing and Circuit EMulation (TDM-CEM) services.
administration and management cost by providing automated resource management and rapid
profile-based provisioning capabilities. Prime Provisioning enables fast deployment and time to market
of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) and Carrier Ethernet technologies. In addition, the
Prime Provisioning Traffic Engineering Management application is Cisco's exclusive planning and
provisioning application for Cisco MPLS Traffic Engineering (MPLS-TE)-enabled routers. Cisco Prime
Provisioning also leverages Cisco Prime Network to manage MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS TP)
network topologies and offers RAN Backhaul capabilities via ATM and Expand to Time Division
Multiplexing and Circuit EMulation (TDM-CEM) services.
The primary applications in Prime Provisioning include:
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Carrier Ethernet Management
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Radio Access Network (RAN) Backhaul Management
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Layer 3 Virtual Private Network (Layer 3 VPN) Management
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MPLS Transport Profile (MPLS TP) Management