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Closing The Loop for Effective Network Operations Management:
Cisco Prime Assurance Manager
its essential role without interruption. In this sense, traditional network monitoring practices, which are
largely reactive in nature, can and must be transformed into network assurance practices, by bringing
together availability, performance, and change history data across the network and element levels, and
empowering engineers, managers, and operators to meet the high standards to which the network is
being held.
largely reactive in nature, can and must be transformed into network assurance practices, by bringing
together availability, performance, and change history data across the network and element levels, and
empowering engineers, managers, and operators to meet the high standards to which the network is
being held.
An excellent example of how an integrated network assurance approach can be of benefit is the
challenge in dealing with converging service technologies, such as the way that voice, video, and
application data must all share a common IP-based network delivery infrastructure. In such settings,
specific network design/configuration accommodations are required to make sure that voice and live,
interactive video conferencing traffic, which is highly sensitive to latency and packet loss, is delivered
with sufficient priority to ensure adequate end user quality of experience. Other traffic types, such
as streaming video, file transfers, web applications, etc., will commonly be traveling across the same
network links at the same time. Integrated network assurance approaches deliver a holistic view of all
such “netizens” so that operators can quickly recognize all simultaneous activity, recognize adverse
influences and interactions between applications, isolate likely root causes, and make informed
decisions about courses of corrective action. Further, close integration with device provisioning and
configuration functions shortens the time required to make necessary adjustments to restore service
levels following an interruption or degradation.
challenge in dealing with converging service technologies, such as the way that voice, video, and
application data must all share a common IP-based network delivery infrastructure. In such settings,
specific network design/configuration accommodations are required to make sure that voice and live,
interactive video conferencing traffic, which is highly sensitive to latency and packet loss, is delivered
with sufficient priority to ensure adequate end user quality of experience. Other traffic types, such
as streaming video, file transfers, web applications, etc., will commonly be traveling across the same
network links at the same time. Integrated network assurance approaches deliver a holistic view of all
such “netizens” so that operators can quickly recognize all simultaneous activity, recognize adverse
influences and interactions between applications, isolate likely root causes, and make informed
decisions about courses of corrective action. Further, close integration with device provisioning and
configuration functions shortens the time required to make necessary adjustments to restore service
levels following an interruption or degradation.
Cisco’s Next Generation Solution: Prime Network Management
Cisco Systems is so well known for its networking solutions that few realize the company has been
working diligently over the past several years to build and offer an advanced suite of network and service
management solutions. Cisco’s Network Management Technology Group has brought forth a next
generation of management tools under the Cisco Prime banner which
have been completely redesigned, fully integrated, and fully modernized.
working diligently over the past several years to build and offer an advanced suite of network and service
management solutions. Cisco’s Network Management Technology Group has brought forth a next
generation of management tools under the Cisco Prime banner which
have been completely redesigned, fully integrated, and fully modernized.
The objective of the Cisco Prime initiative is to empower networking
professionals to more effectively manage both their networks as well as
the services that those networks are intended to deliver. Further, Cisco
has sought to take full advantage by the advanced capabilities offered
by their network infrastructure solutions, allowing those who adopt and
deploy the technology to capture its full value as easily and efficiently
as possible. This approach starts with a foundation of common network management technologies,
layers in features that leverage advanced Cisco capabilities and capitalizes on Cisco’s unparalleled
technical knowledge base, and ultimately delivers expansive visibility coupled with rapid access to
relevant controls.
professionals to more effectively manage both their networks as well as
the services that those networks are intended to deliver. Further, Cisco
has sought to take full advantage by the advanced capabilities offered
by their network infrastructure solutions, allowing those who adopt and
deploy the technology to capture its full value as easily and efficiently
as possible. This approach starts with a foundation of common network management technologies,
layers in features that leverage advanced Cisco capabilities and capitalizes on Cisco’s unparalleled
technical knowledge base, and ultimately delivers expansive visibility coupled with rapid access to
relevant controls.
Cisco’s Prime product initiative represents substantial evolutionary thinking and advancement versus
the prior portfolio of management tools. In particular, a standard user interface has been applied
across every element in the suite, eliminating learning curves and the need to change approaches
when moving from one set of functions to the next. Further, all consoles and dashboards have been
redesigned to reflect a task-oriented paradigm, focusing on Design, Deployment, and Operations
activities. The result is that consoles can now support multiple Prime products in a truly seamless
manner, to the point that it becomes nearly impossible to tell where one product’s features end and the
next picks up.
the prior portfolio of management tools. In particular, a standard user interface has been applied
across every element in the suite, eliminating learning curves and the need to change approaches
when moving from one set of functions to the next. Further, all consoles and dashboards have been
redesigned to reflect a task-oriented paradigm, focusing on Design, Deployment, and Operations
activities. The result is that consoles can now support multiple Prime products in a truly seamless
manner, to the point that it becomes nearly impossible to tell where one product’s features end and the
next picks up.
Cisco has brought forth
a next generation of
management tools under
the Cisco Prime banner.