Cisco Cisco Prime Home 2.4 Information Guide
Q&A
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Cisco Prime Home 6.3
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
™
Home Release 6.3.
For more information on the product refer to the data sheets.
General Information
Q. What is Cisco Prime?
A. 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 evolved programmable networks, mobility, video, cloud, and managed
services.
Q. What is Cisco Prime Home?
A. Cisco Prime Home provides service providers with management solutions that address the growing need for
home network configuration and support. The solution provides a feature-rich, TR-069-based remote
management and provisioning solution that provides visibility into the home network, reduces operational
costs, and improves the subscriber experience. A variety of powerful customer support tools and a unified view
of all in-home connected devices combine to make the home network easier to set up and support.
Q. Who should deploy Cisco Prime Home?
A. Service providers looking to reduce their operational costs associated with home networking support will
immediately see returns on their investment with Cisco Prime Home, through reduced call volumes, shorter
call times, and fewer truck rolls.
Q. What are the different deployment options for Cisco Prime Home?
A. Cisco Prime Home is available for onsite deployment in a service provider network or may be hosted by Cisco.
Under the hosted service offering, service providers subscribe to Cisco Prime Home services without providing
any hardware or networking equipment themselves. There are no associated capital costs for the service
provider.
Q. For service providers that previously deployed Cisco Prime Home onsite, can they migrate to a hosted
deployment?
A. Yes.
Q. What Broadband Forum protocols/data models are supported by Cisco Prime Home?
A. Cisco Prime Home supports the standard TR-069 protocol and is compatible with both the TR-098 and
TR-181i2 device object models. Cisco Prime Home also supports device-specific data models and topologies
such as TR-104, TR-111, TR-135, and TR-140.