Cisco Cisco Prime Network 4.2.2 Getting Started Guide
At-A-Glance
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What Is the Value of Cisco Prime Network?
Cisco Prime™ Network provides cost-effective device operation, administration
and network fault management for today’s complex and evolved programmable
networks (EPNs). It is a single solution to support both the traditional physical network
components, as well as compute infrastructure, and the virtual elements found in data
centers. Automated configuration and change management combined with advanced
troubleshooting and diagnostics greatly help service providers enable proactive service
assurance. Additionally, the flexible and extensible architecture is designed to support
the multivendor environment, helping to lower operational costs.
and network fault management for today’s complex and evolved programmable
networks (EPNs). It is a single solution to support both the traditional physical network
components, as well as compute infrastructure, and the virtual elements found in data
centers. Automated configuration and change management combined with advanced
troubleshooting and diagnostics greatly help service providers enable proactive service
assurance. Additionally, the flexible and extensible architecture is designed to support
the multivendor environment, helping to lower operational costs.
What Problems Does It Help Solve?
With the accelerated pace of virtualization and the convergence of physical and
virtual infrastructure, service providers are under increasing pressure to realign their
operational processes to build a more profitable operational model. However, today’s
disjointed management systems make it difficult to achieve the cost effectiveness while
simultaneously meeting the requirements to deliver data, voice, video, mobile, and
cloud services. Cisco Prime Network is a comprehensive and feature-rich management
solution that helps drive operational efficiencies to address these challenges.
virtual infrastructure, service providers are under increasing pressure to realign their
operational processes to build a more profitable operational model. However, today’s
disjointed management systems make it difficult to achieve the cost effectiveness while
simultaneously meeting the requirements to deliver data, voice, video, mobile, and
cloud services. Cisco Prime Network is a comprehensive and feature-rich management
solution that helps drive operational efficiencies to address these challenges.
Cisco Prime Network
• Comprehensive, graphical views of the entire network from topology down to the
device level with centralized inventory, status, and fault information (refer to Figure 1)
• GUI-based device component configuration with more than 200 prebuilt and
downloadable configuration plug-ins
• Automated discovery, device configuration, and change management with
up-to-date displays of network events, states, and configuration changes
• Topology-guided troubleshooting, automatic root-cause identification, and alarm
reduction through de-duplication
• Optimization for multilayer, multitechnology, and multivendor networks, supporting
major device types and configurations
• Support for standards-based northbound interfaces (NBIs) for third-party operations
support system (OSS) applications
Cisco Prime Network is available as a standalone product or as a preintegrated
component of the
component of the
suite.
Figure 1. Cisco Prime Network Topology View
What Are the Benefits of Cisco Prime Network?
• Increased operational scale and efficiency through simplified and automated
network discovery, configuration, and change management
• Proactive service assurance in combination with
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Highly effective postevent fault management and trend information help providers
avoid future service disruptions.
avoid future service disruptions.
• Lower costs through preintegration with the other components of the Cisco Prime
Carrier Management suite and through standards-based NBIs to third-party OSSs
Why Cisco?
The Cisco Prime portfolio of IT and service provider management offerings empowers
organizations to more effectively manage their networks and the services they deliver.
Built on a service-centered foundation, Cisco Prime supports integrated lifecycle
management through an intuitive workflow-oriented user experience, providing A-to-Z
management for EPNs, mobility, video, cloud, and managed services.
organizations to more effectively manage their networks and the services they deliver.
Built on a service-centered foundation, Cisco Prime supports integrated lifecycle
management through an intuitive workflow-oriented user experience, providing A-to-Z
management for EPNs, mobility, video, cloud, and managed services.
For more information about Cisco Prime Network, contact your local account
representatives or visit the overview at
representatives or visit the overview at
.