Cisco Cisco Media Gateway Controller Node Manager 2.8 (1) Data Sheet
Data Sheet
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Cisco Media Gateway Control Node Manager 2.7(3)
Cisco
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Media Gateway Control (MGC) Node Manager is a Cisco element manager for the
fault, configuration, and performance management of the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch.
Cisco MGC Node Manager integrates management access to all PGW 2200
components, effectively representing them as nodes to the network operator.
Product Overview
Cisco MGC Node Manager is a Cisco element manager for fault, configuration, and performance
management of the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch. Cisco MGC Node Manager integrates
management access to all node components, effectively representing them as a single entity to
the network operator. The 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 control node.
The devices managed are the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch (MGC), Cisco IP Transfer Point Link
Extender (ITP-L), 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), the provisioning graphical user interface for
the Cisco PGW 2200 Softswitch and Cisco BAMS, facilitating more effective deployment of voice
services.
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, e-mail, or pages to reduce missed
events.
events.
Event groups
Graphic fault summaries tailor fault displays to increase NOC productivity.
Cisco MGC Node Manager makes available the diagnostic toolbar, which is easily accessible from
the MGC host object icon. A set of diagnostic tools, described in Table 2, is grouped for convenient
access under the toolbar.
Table 2.
Cisco MGC Node Manager Diagnostic Tools