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Closing The Loop for Effective Network Operations Management:
Cisco Prime Assurance Manager
Executive Summary
Networks have never been more critical to the smooth flow of IT operations than they are today. Making
sure networks are both available and performing expectations is an absolute essential. Networking
pros have long turned to management tools and technology to help them with this, starting with
solutions that are used to deploy their networks and then often turning to a completely separate set of
tools that are used for monitoring them. But many are reevaluating such separation and looking for
solutions that can bring together these two sets of capabilities and a fully integrated manner, adding
performance and availability monitoring on top of device and network element management. Such
integration represents a path towards responsible, reliable assurance of the network’s role and function
in serving the organization. This ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES
sure networks are both available and performing expectations is an absolute essential. Networking
pros have long turned to management tools and technology to help them with this, starting with
solutions that are used to deploy their networks and then often turning to a completely separate set of
tools that are used for monitoring them. But many are reevaluating such separation and looking for
solutions that can bring together these two sets of capabilities and a fully integrated manner, adding
performance and availability monitoring on top of device and network element management. Such
integration represents a path towards responsible, reliable assurance of the network’s role and function
in serving the organization. This ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES
®
(EMA™) paper
reviews Prime Assurance Manager, a new integrated monitoring solution offered by Cisco Systems,
and assesses the ways in which it can be used to achieve true network assurance.
and assesses the ways in which it can be used to achieve true network assurance.
Evolution of Network Management:
The Drive for Comprehensive Solutions
In today’s world of dynamic, virtualized, cloud-oriented IT, it seems that
there are few constants except change. This is certainly the case in the
upper layers of the stack, and all the while the network is expected to be
rock solid, high-performing, and absolutely 100% optimized so that the
New World order of agile IT can be delivered to expectations. And so the
gauntlet is laid at the feet of networking professionals to do everything
within their power to remove risk and ensure performance within the
network. Much of this work takes place in planning and architecture;
however, the true test comes when plans are put into action and live
production operations are underway.
there are few constants except change. This is certainly the case in the
upper layers of the stack, and all the while the network is expected to be
rock solid, high-performing, and absolutely 100% optimized so that the
New World order of agile IT can be delivered to expectations. And so the
gauntlet is laid at the feet of networking professionals to do everything
within their power to remove risk and ensure performance within the
network. Much of this work takes place in planning and architecture;
however, the true test comes when plans are put into action and live
production operations are underway.
EMA research indicates that raised expectations, in part driven by cloud and virtualization and the
frenetic pace of change they enable, are causing a resurgence in demand for better integration within
the network management tier. Though not everyone expects to find a silver bullet, multi-function
“unified” network management platforms are most preferred as a network management tools
architecture and strategy.
frenetic pace of change they enable, are causing a resurgence in demand for better integration within
the network management tier. Though not everyone expects to find a silver bullet, multi-function
“unified” network management platforms are most preferred as a network management tools
architecture and strategy.
Such integration and consolidation can happen in multiple ways, but one of the most promising
involves bringing together what have previously been the separate worlds of element management and
network management. This applies to both the configuration/provisioning aspect of operations as
well as sustained monitoring. The better job network management tools do at bringing precise, detailed
element-level features and controls directly into top-down and cross-domain operational workflows,
the less effort is required by operations staff to get new infrastructure and services up and running
quickly and to keep them operating smoothly. Along the way, accuracy of efforts is improved as less
manual effort is required to transition between tools during normal task processes, eliminating a key
source of errors and improving the likelihood of getting it right the first time.
involves bringing together what have previously been the separate worlds of element management and
network management. This applies to both the configuration/provisioning aspect of operations as
well as sustained monitoring. The better job network management tools do at bringing precise, detailed
element-level features and controls directly into top-down and cross-domain operational workflows,
the less effort is required by operations staff to get new infrastructure and services up and running
quickly and to keep them operating smoothly. Along the way, accuracy of efforts is improved as less
manual effort is required to transition between tools during normal task processes, eliminating a key
source of errors and improving the likelihood of getting it right the first time.
These efficiencies can quickly be translated into better responsiveness to business needs, faster
restoration of disrupted services, lower incident and problem rates, and improved opportunities for
proactively ensuring that the network – the essential delivery infrastructure for all IT services – plays
restoration of disrupted services, lower incident and problem rates, and improved opportunities for
proactively ensuring that the network – the essential delivery infrastructure for all IT services – plays
The gauntlet is laid at
the feet of networking
professionals to do
everything within their
power to remove risk and
ensure performance.