Cisco Cisco Media Gateway Controller Node Manager 2.8 (1) Data Sheet
Data Sheet
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Cisco Media Gateway Controller Node Manager 2.8(1)
Cisco
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Media Gateway Controller (MGC) Node Manager is a Cisco element manager for
the fault, configuration, and performance management of the Cisco
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PGW 2200
Softswitch. Cisco MGC Node Manager integrates management access to the separate
PGW 2200 components, effectively representing the individual components as part of a
logical PGW 2200 Softswitch node to the network operator.
Product Overview
Cisco MGC Node Manager software provides views of individual managed devices and logical
objects, such as trunk groups and signaling links, making it easier to manage the components that
make up a voice-over-IP (VoIP) media gateway controller node.
The devices managed are the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch (PGW), Cisco IP Transfer Point Link
Extender (ITP-L), Cisco Integrated ITP, Cisco Billing and Measurement Server (BAMS), the Cisco
PGW 2200 H.323 Signaling Interface (HSI), and the Cisco Catalyst
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LAN switches. Cisco MGC
Node Manager also includes the Voice Services Provisioning Tool (VSPT), a graphical user
interface for provisioning the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch and Cisco BAMS, facilitating more
effective deployment of voice services, including measurements and billing.
Key Features and Benefits
Table 1 lists advantages made possible by the network surveillance features in Cisco MGC Node
Manager software.
Table 1.
Network Surveillance
Feature
Benefit and Application
Alarm and event browser
Rapid fault detection helps increase service availability and customer satisfaction.
Alarm collection
Comprehensive fault detection, collection, and storage simplify activities in the network
operations center (NOC) and help ensure faster response to problems.
operations center (NOC) and help ensure faster response to problems.
Presence polling
Helps ensure that management communication is available and notifies if there is an
interruption.
interruption.
Map viewer
Easy access to important fault and inventory associations simplifies management of a large,
evolving network.
evolving network.
Thresholding regimes
Proactive surveillance that detects trends before they begin to affect service can increase
service availability.
service availability.
Notification profiles
Notification can be in the form of alarms, display messages, email, or pages to reduce missed
events.
events.
Event groups
Graphic fault summaries tailor fault displays to increase NOC productivity.
Cisco MGC Node Manager launches the PGW 2200 diagnostic toolbar, which is easily accessible
from the PGW 2200 host object icon. A set of diagnostic tools, described in Table 2, is grouped for
convenient access under the toolbar.