Информационное Руководство для Cisco Cisco Prime Fulfillment 6.2
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Cisco Prime Order Fulfillment 6.3.1
The following list quickly addresses some of the commonly asked questions regarding
Cisco Prime
Cisco Prime
™
Order Fulfillment Release 6.3.1. For more information on the product
refer to the Cisco Prime Order Fulfillment page at
Q. What is Cisco Prime?
A. The Cisco Prime portfolio of enterprise and service provider management offerings empowers IT organizations
to manage their networks and the services they deliver more effectively. Built on a service-centered
foundation, the Cisco Prime portfolio of products supports integrated lifecycle management through an intuitive
workflow-oriented user experience.
The suite of Cisco Prime for Service Providers solutions provides A-to-Z management for IP next-generation
networks (NGNs), mobility, video, and managed services. For more information on Cisco Prime for Service
Providers refer to the Cisco Prime page at
Q. What is Cisco Prime Order Fulfillment?
A. Cisco Prime Order Fulfillment helps service providers to accelerate the design, assembly, and launch of new
and updated service offerings. When orders are subsequently placed for those services, Cisco Prime Order
Fulfillment has the ability to understand the inter-dependencies between different standalone processes and
advance them as efficiently as possible; it automatically separates them into their constituent parts so that it’s
advance them as efficiently as possible; it automatically separates them into their constituent parts so that it’s
able to automatically orchestrate the fulfillment of each part within the underlying technology domains involved.
In doing so, the product not only offers the traditional fulfillment capabilities of order management, service
inventory, and service activation, but also includes a comprehensive product lifecycle management solution.
Q. What is Cisco Prime Order Fulfillment version 6.3.1?
A. Cisco Prime Order Fulfillment 6.3.1 is a maintenance release of the 6.3 product. It contains the following
components:
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Active Catalog. This is a service creation and process orchestration platform. It allows network, service,
and other resource capabilities to be modeled as reusable service components and then aggregated into
publishable services and products. Cisco Prime Order Fulfillment then uses those service and product
specifications to assemble customer-facing products and product bundles.
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Order Management. This component monitors and controls all the detailed order processes and their
associated workflows that are involved in the end-to-end order fulfillment cycle. It manages complex task
interdependencies and exception processes and helps enable rapid creation and introduction of new
service order types.
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Service Inventory. This has the capability to manage all the related physical and logical resources required
for successful service delivery across all the multivendor equipment present in the NGN. It can also manage
the complex relationships between those physical and logical resources as well as the subscribers that
depend on them.
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Service Dashboard. This gives an up-to-date view of the service delivery function, including a complete,
real-time analysis of order status, resource usage, and trends.