Cisco Cisco Prime Network 3.8 Leaflet
Q&A
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Cisco Prime Network 4.1
The following list of frequently asked questions is meant to help quickly address some
of the commonly asked questions regarding Cisco Prime
of the commonly asked questions regarding Cisco Prime
™
Network Release 4.1. For
more information on the product, please refer to the Cisco Prime Network page at
Q. What is Cisco Prime Carrier Management?
A. The Cisco Prime Carrier Management suite is one of the solutions in the Cisco Prime for Service Providers
portfolio. It simplifies and automates service lifecycle management of design, fulfillment, assurance, and
analysis. It also provides end-to-end management for evolved programmable networks (EPNs), mobility, and
data center. For more information on Cisco Prime Carrier Management, please refer to
Q. What is Cisco Prime Network?
A.
Cisco Prime Network is Cisco’s offering to provide service providers and other network operators a
comprehensive assurance and device management solution for EPNs. Cisco Prime Network is the evolution of
Cisco
®
Active Network Abstraction (ANA) and includes all of the powerful capabilities of ANA combined with
significant enhancements.
Q. How is Cisco Prime Network offered?
A. Cisco Prime Network can be sold as standalone software as well as a preintegrated component of the Cisco
Prime Carrier Management suite, which offers service providers end-to-end network management lifecycle
capabilities including design, fulfillment, assurance (fault and performance), and analysis tasks.
Q. What are the components included in the Cisco Prime Carrier Management suite that directly interact with
Cisco Prime Network?
A. Cisco Prime Network directly relates to the following products in the Cisco Prime Carrier Management suite:
Cisco Prime Central, Cisco Prime Performance Manager, and Cisco Prime Optical.
Q. What new features have been introduced in Cisco Prime Network 4.1?
A. The following are the major highlights from Cisco Prime Network 4.1:
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Parse and view all syslogs and traps as generic events
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Alarm synchronization for ASR 5500 and ASR 5550
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Enhanced Operations Report to include generic traps and syslogs
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Cisco Packet Transport 9.7 ring support
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Cisco Prime Network and its Integration Layer GUI installation with InstallAnywhere
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Linux Red Hat 6.4 support
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License control removal
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Change and configuration management enhancements to support Cisco Packet Transport and Gigabit-
capable Passive Optical Networks (GPONs)