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Cisco Prime Optical Release 9.8 
The following list is meant to help quickly address some of the commonly asked 
questions regarding Cisco Prime
™
 Optical Release 9.8. For more information on the 
product refer to the Cisco Prime Optical page at 
. 
General Questions 
Q.  What is Cisco Prime Carrier Management? 
A.  The Cisco Prime Carrier Management is a powerful suite of software applications that simplifies the design, 
provisioning, and management of carrier-grade networks. It facilitates efficient operations across multiple 
service domains to lower operating costs while meeting the highest level of customer expectations. It is a 
comprehensive, end-to-end network management solution that centralizes and automates the service lifecycle 
of design, fulfillment, assurance, and analysis. 
Q.  What is Cisco Prime Optical? 
A.  Cisco Prime Optical is a component of the Cisco Prime Carrier Management suite that provides end-to-end 
configuration and provisioning capabilities and fault management for the optical domain, giving service 
providers and other organizations that require carrier-grade capabilities advanced, integrated tools for 
managing converged IP and optical networks. Cisco Prime Optical is the evolution of Cisco
®
 Transport 
Manager and includes all of the powerful capabilities of that offering combined with significant enhancements. 
Q.  What is Cisco Prime Optical Release 9.8? 
A.  Cisco Prime Optical 9.8 is the latest evolution of Cisco Prime Optical. Customers on versions 9.x of Cisco 
Transport Manager or on Cisco Prime Optical Release 9.x are entitled to no-cost upgrades to Cisco Prime 
Optical 9.8 as long as they have current support contracts. 
Q.  What are the major enhancements for Cisco Prime Optical 9.8? 
A.  New features in Cisco Prime Optical 9.8 include: 
● 
Support for the Cisco Optical Network System (ONS) product family Release 9.8 and Cisco Carrier Packet 
Transport (CPT) product family Release 9.5.2 
● 
Wire Speed Encryption (
) card support 
● 
Support for the 100G_LC_C card (enhancements to 
) 
● 
Ability to customize views on circuit reports 
● 
Audit log support, including extensive filtering options; customizable views to create, filter, save, copy, and 
manage audit logs; and configurable settings 
For a complete listing of new capabilities, refer to the Cisco Prime Optical 9.8 data sheet and the 
“New 
Features and Enhancements
” section in the Cisco Prime Optical Release Notes document located at 
. 
Q.  What features are no longer supported in Cisco Prime Optical 9.8? 
A. 
Please refer to the “Deprecated and Removed Features” of the Cisco Prime Optical Release Note at 
.