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Provisioning Manager can be for various reasons, including integrating into business, directory, or security systems.
Some typical examples:
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Integration with front-end business applications such as human resource systems that contain employee
information, or existing web service portals that consolidate various IT services across an enterprise
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Integration with back-end systems to manage non Cisco or legacy voice applications
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Custom/branded web interface for subscriber self-service provisioning and password management
The general features Unified Provisioning Manager provides are listed in Table 1.
Table 1.
Features and Benefits
Feature
Benefit
General
Virtualization
UPM can be deployed with other Unified Communications or management applications in
a virtualized/blade server environment including Cisco UCS
a virtualized/blade server environment including Cisco UCS
Northbound API
Allows integration with custom applications, web service portals, and human resources
systems for automated provisioning
systems for automated provisioning
Active Directory integration
Subscribers and administrators can authenticate against Active Directory. Additionally,
subscribers can be synced into UPM based on filter criteria and automatically be placed
into the appropriate UPM domains. Each domain can be synced to a different Active
Directory source.
subscribers can be synced into UPM based on filter criteria and automatically be placed
into the appropriate UPM domains. Each domain can be synced to a different Active
Directory source.
Audit trail
Orders for subscriber and infrastructure changes placed through UPM are tracked and
can be referenced to determine what was changed, who changed it, and when.
can be referenced to determine what was changed, who changed it, and when.
Infrastructure Configuration (Day-1 Support)
Template-based provisioning
Consistent, rapid deployment of new infrastructure elements or sites
Consolidated view of Unified Communications devices Single view of a subscriber and the subscriber’s services
Role-based access
Delegation of infrastructure management and move, addition, change, and delete
(MACD) functions to domain administrators and domain help desk personnel
(MACD) functions to domain administrators and domain help desk personnel
Provisioning policy settable at several levels
Automated provisioning based on preset policies for services, service areas, and
subscriber types
subscriber types
Inventory tracking
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Access to information about all services, devices, and subscribers
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Inventory that can be searched and reported on
Autopopulation/synchronization
Easy addition of Unified Provisioning Manager to an existing Cisco Unified
Communications network
Communications network
Additions and Changes (Day-2 Support)
Subscriber Services Wizard
Simplified policy driven day 2 provisioning interface
Domain administration capability
Allows different administrators to manage different groups of subscribers
Batch provisioning
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Mass user additions or changes
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Consistent approach for easier system maintenance
Order workflow
Allows functional areas, such as finance, warehouse, or shipping, to be added to the
provisioning process.
provisioning process.
Products Managed by Cisco Unified Provisioning Manager 2.2
Cisco UPM manages Cisco Unified Communications Manager and the Cisco Unified Communications Manager side
of Presence provisioning and Unified Mobility, as well as client provisioning for Cisco Unified Personal
Communicator, Cisco Unity
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servers. Cisco Unified Communications Manager Express, Cisco Unity Express, and
Cisco Unity Connection. UPM can also sync to the Cisco Presence server to get presence settings and manage
subscribers’ presence settings. This release also adds support for dual-mode phones.
Note:
See the Cisco Unified Provisioning Manager Supported Devices Table for specific versions that have been
.