Cisco Cisco Prime Central for HCS Assurance 9.2.1 Data Sheet
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Northbound interface including Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps in combination with a
web services API and syslogs for integration with a provider’s OSS/BSS
web services API and syslogs for integration with a provider’s OSS/BSS
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Seamless expansion to support hundreds of end customers and thousands of endpoints
Figure 2. Cisco Prime Central for HCS Assurance Dashboard
Table 1 provides additional details on features and benefits of Cisco Prime for HCS Assurance.
Table 1.
Features and Benefits
Feature
Details
Benefits
Architecture
Web-based interface
Intuitive interface to web-based dashboard.
● Eliminates the need to install client applications and
manage upgrades on multiple client machines.
● Provides quick and easy access to information
anywhere, any time.
Hardware platform
● Certified on Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating
systems.
● Ability to run on both virtualized (tested on the
VMware ESXi hypervisor) and bare-metal
(nonvirtualized) machines for large-scale
deployments.
(nonvirtualized) machines for large-scale
deployments.
● Offers deployment flexibility.
● Provides for scalability through addition of blades
● Provides for scalability through addition of blades
and/or virtual machines (VMs) to allow for more
customers and endpoint devices.
customers and endpoint devices.
Common User Management and Administration
Single sign-on access to
fully integrated domain
managers
fully integrated domain
managers
● Seamless access to the domain managers upon user
authentication through the portal.
● No requirement for further authorization to access the
different domain managers.
● Integration with external authentication servers,
supporting Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
(LDAP), TACACS+, and RADIUS plug-ins.
(LDAP), TACACS+, and RADIUS plug-ins.
● Provides robust and simplified security through a
central point of access for authentication and
authorization control.
authorization control.
● Accelerates service assurance tasks.
Common user
management services
with role-based access
control (RBAC)
management services
with role-based access
control (RBAC)
Ability to assign user and group rights as well as
associate roles/access rights to different components of
the suite from a central location.
associate roles/access rights to different components of
the suite from a central location.
Helps enable efficient rollout of role-based assignments.