Bucharest, Romania April 24, Cisco Prime IP NGN

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1 Bucharest, Romania April 24, 2013 Cisco Prime IP NGN Alfred Fuchs NMS Consulting System Engineer Managing and monitoring a IP NGN Network Service Design, Fulfill, Assure and Analyse Live Demo on Prime Central, Prime Provisioning, Prime Network, Prime Performance Manager Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Connect 1

2 Agenda Cisco NMS/OSS Portfolio for Service Providers Cisco Prime for IP Next Generation Network (NGN) Design Fulfill Assure Analyze Design: the base for Service Fulfillment Fulfill: L2 and L3 VPN Services Assure: the NE, the Network and the Services Analyse: events and potential issues in the network Integration into NMS / OSS Live Demo following Design, Fulfill, Assure and Analyse

3 Service Provider Market Dynamics Exponential increases in bandwidth requirements driven by broadband and mobile connections Unrelenting subscriber demands for high-quality service bundles Higher dynamics in Service creation and monitoring Growing complexity in telecom service network ecosystem consisting of multi-technology and multi-vendor systems Ever-increasing competition among service providers 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Connect 3

4 Cisco Prime Modular Solution Analytics Business & Operational Analytics Operations Support System Cloud Automation Voice/Video Collaboration Carrier Management IT Management Core Services Business process and order management automation Catalog of service components, resource availability Customer impact database Policy driven activation of network services Unified service catalog and self-service portal Data center process automation and orchestration Automated provisioning for virtual and physical servers Create dynamic, multi-tenant virtualized services Video service monitoring, troubleshooting, & reporting Consistent, rapid deployment and change for Cisco UC Voice network discovery, monitoring and diagnostics Real-time voice quality monitoring and alerting Consolidated reporting, capacity planning and trending Centralized access for network information and control IP element and network management Network performance management & reporting Optical transport network management Lifecycle management of wired and wireless networks Visibility & troubleshooting of application services Broad industry standards compliance assessment Collection, analysis, troubleshooting of network traffic Cross-device, high-performance NetFlow analysis End-to-end management of home devices DNS, DHCP and IP Address Management (IPAM) Residential/SOHO equipment activation Authentication, Authorization, Accounting (Radius & Diameter) Subscriber policy and data management for SP Wi-Fi

5 Cisco Prime Carrier Management Lifecycle Management of Carrier-Grade Networks MOBILITY Prime for Mobility Mobile RAN Backhaul lifecycle (packet, optical, 3 rd -party microware radios) Mobile GW & packet core mgmt Zero-touch provisioning Mobile Prime AAA for for SP Mobility Wi-Fi [Sigtran] Diameter Prime Central Routing 1.1 Agent Femto/Small Prime Network cell 3.9/3.10 provisioning, mgmt Prime [TR-069] Performance & performance Manager Policy 1.2/1.3 & Subscriber Data Mgmt Analytics VIDEOSCAPE 5.3 Prime for Video and Connected Home Centralized Assurance and Inventory Management Broadband customer premise equipment (CPE) management (Data Prime over for Cable Videoscape Service Interface Specification [DOCSIS] Prime and TR-069) Central 1.2 ROSA Performance VSM 5.3 (Acquisition Suite) Management Conductor Analytics Mgmt Console 2.1 CDS-M 3.1 (Distribution Suite) VOS 1.1 (Video Origin Suite) DATA CENTER Prime for Cloud & Managed Services Next-generation DNS for cloud Hosted collaboration services on IaaS TelePresence as a service Prime Unified Central Computing for HCS System Assurance (UCS), Nexus, and Data Center Networking Prime for (DCN) Data management Center solutions Prime Central 1.1 Fulfillment Prime Network stack 3.10 driving Cloud domain Prime Performance provisioning Manager (LineSider) 1.3 IP NGN 1.1 Architectures Prime for IP NGN 1.0 Prime for Carrier Management Prime for IP Next Generation Network Cisco Prime IP NGN Suite Prime Central Prime Provisioning Prime Network MPLS Prime and Central Carrier 1.0 Ethernet Prime Network (Core, 3.8.x Distribution, Access) Prime Optical 9.3.1, 9.5 RAN Backhaul Prime Optical Prime Performance Manager 1.1.x Next Generation IPv6 Prime Performance Manager Residential Prime Provisioning Services 6.2.x Optical Transport Core Services Prime for IP NGN 1.1 Prime IP Prime Address Central Management 1.1 (IP Address Prime Management Network 3.9/3.10 and Configuration) Prime Network Registrar (IPv6 and Prime Optical 9.6 scalable DNS and DHCP Servers) Prime Access Prime Performance Registrar Manager (Authentication, 1.2/1.3 Authorization, Accounting) Prime Provisioning 6.3/6.4

6 Prime for Carrier Management 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Connect 7

7 Cisco Prime Carrier Management Lifecycle Management of Carrier-Grade Networks Design Fulfill Assure Analyze Design Resource pools RT, RD, IP, VLAN Service Policies Prime Performance Manager NBI Prime Provisioning Fulfill Apply Service Policy L2, L3 VPN Functional Audit Prime Optical Prime Central Prime Network Assure Event Management Service awareness Root Causes Analyse MPLS Troubleshooting Service restoration Mobile Services Video Services Cloud & Managed Services IP Next Generation Network

8 Cisco Prime Central Unified inventory view and fault management across the entire network, from access to core Event correlation and de-duplication across packet and transport domains Single sign-on access including external authentication supporting TACACS, LDAP and RADIUS probes Complete RBAC management and self monitoring/administration of components installed and registered to Prime Central Standards-based North Bound Interface (MTOSI) for inventory integration Standards-based probes to simplify OSS integration IBM Tivoli Netcool Integration Ready Prime Performance Manager Prime Optical Design Fulfill Assure Analyze Cisco Prime Central NBI Prime Provisioning Prime Network Access, Aggregation, Edge, and Core Consistency in Delivery and Management of Services Unified Inventory Common Event/Alarm management

9 Day to Day tasks in Engineering and Operation Needs to do new Service Modeling (here we discuss MPLS L2 and L3 Services only) Wants as much automation as possible in service rollout as business wants to monetise services Needs to monitoring the network and the services it is caring Wants automated Root Cause Analysis for faster service restoration Usage of analyse and troubleshooting workflows Make sure configs are saved and stored for use in emergency Must contain a base of well known and working images

10 What, How? Design a Service 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Connect 11

11 Prime Provisioning Architecture Policy Resource Pools Service Policies Service Requests Service Actions Scheduler Inventory Service Intent Network State 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Connect 13

12 Resource Management Design BGP AS Region Site Customer Interface IP Address Route Target Route Distinguisher Pseudowire/VFI VC ID Inner/Outer VLAN ID Policy Service Requests Inventory Resources Service Intent Service Actions Service Policies Network State Scheduler 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Connect 14 14

13 Providers, Customers, VPN s, Design A Provider in Prime Provisioning represents the BGP AS in L3VPN s. Each customer site belongs to exactly one customer. A customer site can contain one or more (for load balancing) edge device routers 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Connect 15

14 Resource Pools Information from resource pools will be used automatically in SR Design IP Address Pools per Provider Site Route Distinguisher and Route Targets can be created and individually added to SR VLAN pools have Device local significance, hence must be created for each Device individually VC ID 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Connect 16

15 17 Service Policies Design Cookie cutter define exactly how you want a certain service type to be provisioned E.g. ELINE Type X always provisions dot1q with auto-allocated VLAN ID The more restrictive the service policy, the less margin for error => increased provisioning accuracy Policy Service Requests Resources Service Actions Service Policies Scheduler Inventory Service Intent Network State

16 Service Policy Example L3 MPLS VPN Policy Design A policy shall be as simple as possible and only as complex as needed also. A policy can be as open, allowing a Operator to change anything or as closed as possible in order to allow only minimal changes such as comments. In this policy all required parameters will come from the resource pools

17 Semi automated Fulfill a Service 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Connect 19

18 Service Requests Fulfill Definition of the service instance Requested => Deployed => Modified => Decommissioned => Deleted Configuration preview Policy Resources Service Policies Automated provisioning using service policy 1. Read configuration from device 2. Compare with intent 3. Generate configuration differences 4. Apply configuration 5. Read configuration from device 6. Audit configuration 7. Report Provision / Modify / Decommission / Audit NOW or at future point in time Service Requests Inventory Service Intent Service Actions Network State Scheduler 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Connect 20 20

19 Service Request creation and configuration MPLS L3 Policy creation and deplyment on target devices Fulfill Point & Click by selecting the service nodes in the map, follow the Policy Wizard Link Attributes to be edited but nothing to be changed as all parameters are provided by the policy SR with Job ID in Requested state. Configlets created, ready to be deployed to Devices Deploy SR Requested In-Progress Pending Deployed. Service is configured on Devices Prime Network discovers the newly deployed MPLS VPN 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Connect 21

20 Service Intend & Service State Fulfill Service intent consists of relationships among Customers, Sites, UNIs, VPNs, circuits, etc. Network state is transient, and is collected only at the time of activation Scheduled audits detect unexpected device configuration deviations Policy Service Requests Inventory Resources Service Intent Service Actions Service Policies Network State Scheduler 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Connect 22 22

21 Automated Assure a Service 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Connect 23

22 Centraliced Alarm and Event Management Prime Central Assure Cross Domain Event Management Aggregation, Correlation and De-duplication Portlet with Customized Views and Filters Full Alarm Lifecycle Support Seamless X-Launch of Source Domain Manager

23 Network Browsing Detailed views from device list Topology Maps Context-sensitive right-click operations Assure Inventory clearly displayed Top alarms readily available

24 Detailed Networking Feature Discovery Assure Converged MPLS core and service edge MPLS-TP (working and protect configurations), MPLS/IP, OSPF, LDP, BGP, and Layer 2 and 3 VPNs Carrier Ethernet Dot1q, ISL, QinQ, LAG and EtherChannel, VTP, STP, VPLS, VLAN mappings, and E-OAM (E-LMI, IEEE 802.3ah, and IEEE 802.1ag) Access and RAN backhaul (IP-RAN) xdsl, ATM, Frame Relay, PPP, Ch-T1, Ch-T3, SONET (OC3-OC12), MLPPP, and ATM and TDMoPW (PWE3) Tunneling IPv6 GRE, L2TP, and pseudo wires 6VPE (IPv6 VPN over MPLS core) MPLS-TP View Example EVC Service View Example

25 Network Heath Status Correlated Alarms with RCA and affected Services Assure Network element list and status 2 1 Network health at a glance 4 Detailed views in symptom alarm hierarchy 5 Affected parties 3 Root-cause alarms

26 Fault Flow Correlation and affected Services Normal Service Path Interface GigE 0/0/0/1 on ASR9K-Agg3 down Corellation done Potentialy affected Service Romania- Expo-Day-1 Why only potential? Because of Network redundancy E2E Service Path Trace before fault E2E Service Path Trace after fault Link down Assure Correlation Affected Services

27 Service Functional Audit Assure To check Services if they would be able to be come operational It provides valuable information for troubleshooting and the ability to quickly restore the service

28 Service Discovery: Is key for Service Management Translate CLI configuration into a Service View PE3#show ethernet service instance id 41 int g1/7 detail Service Instance ID: 101 Service Instance Type: Dynamic EVC Identifier value Customer VLANs Ethernet Service Analyse Pre-authorization state: Preauthorization success (6) Policy Manager handle: 0xCC AAA ID: 13 Session created : TRUE Flag Indicating Session is created. Description: dynamic_instance_2001 Associated Interface: GigabitEthernet1/7 Associated EVC: Demo_41 Name of the EVC downloaded L2protocol forward cdp SP VLAN Pseudowire link CE-Vlans: Encapsulation: dot1q 41 vlan protocol type 0x8100 Encap Value and dot1q etype value Interface Dot1q Tunnel Ethertype: 0x8100 SVI State: Up EFP Statistics: Pkts In Bytes In Pkts Out Bytes Out VPLS Topology

29 Change and Configuration Management Archive/backup configurations View, differentiate, remove, export, search, and restore configurations Synchronize devices with different running and startup configurations Configuration change history, logs, and reports Schedule, i.e.: during authorized maintenance window Operations scheduled to act on dynamic device groups Dashboard Configuration Archive

30 Device software image installation lifecycle automation Cisco IOS XR Software SMU/PIE from cisco.com or Cisco Prime Network server Image distribution to selected network elements and activate (image upgrade or downgrade) now, via FTP Cisco IOS XR Software specific image lifecycle Install Add Install Activate Install Deactivate Install Remove Image Repository Install Commit Install Rollback Upgrade analysis Import images from a remote server Dynamic device group scheduling Cisco IOS XR Software Package Management

31 Supported Analyse a Service 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Connect 34

32 Virtual Connection (Services) Assurance Autodiscovery Layer 3 MPLS VPNs + CsC Ethernet Virtual Connections (EVCs) Pseudowires, VPLS and VLANs MPLS-TP and MPLS TE GRE tunnels Analyse Multilayer service maps Service path tracing Across circuits, layers, and technologies 1 Trace across VLAN and VPLS VLAN Logical Topology Example 3 From topology view, select source 2 Specify destination IP and MAC addresses VLAN Logical Topology Example

33 Virtual Connection (Services) Assurance Analyse Path Trace includes Multi Path if redundancy is in the network Each Path can be selected (other path is grayed out) Cisco Path Trace provides Layer 1, Layer 2, Layer 3 Information

34 Monitoring QBQoS Services Assure Analyse Network resource monitoring Device and interface utilization and availability Network congestion monitoring Class-based QoS and TE tunnels Network service monitoring Pseudowire, EVC and EVC QoS, IP SLA, Ethernet OAM, MPLS segments, LDP, and inline video monitoring Per NPU Port Policy Shared Group Policy EFP Policy EFP Policy Per - Class Policies Per -Class Policies Cell Site 10,000+ BTS Node B MWR 2941 or Partner Microwave Preaggregation 500+ Pseudowire over IP/MPLS Aggregation 30+ BSC RNC IP/MPLS Core Site 2+ MGW Voice ASR 5000 ASR 5000 BTS PW over IP/MPLS Data SGSN GGSN Node B Synchronous Ethernet and 1588 RAN Core Support for Multiple Technologies

35 Video Monitoring (VidMon) Metrics and Support Inline video monitoring Enhance customer experience through visibility into video quality issues Assure Analyse Metric Media delivery index (MDI) Applicability Measures MPEG-2 and -4 headers for loss and delay Media discontinuity counter (MDC) RTP loss and jitter Media rate variation (MRV) Measures MPEG-2 and -4 headers for the number of times loss was detected. Measures RTP loss and delay by examining the RTP header Measures IP/UDP packet for delivery variations. Example of Video Packet over IP Transport MPEG Header MPEG Payload Transport IP UDP RTP UDP Video Payload Content FCS (MPEG is not the only payload option)

36 Over 4000 Prepackaged Reports Examples Application traffic Y.1731 IP SLA Reports AAA, RADIUS, SNMP, TCP, and UDP Assure Analyse Availability IP QoS IP protocols IP SLA Resources Transport statistics Interfaces, MPLS Networks, OSPF Neighbor, Pseudowires, and SNMP Ping CAR, Class Map, EVC, and Video Monitoring (VidMon) BGP, ICMP, and OSPF Ethernet OAM, MPLS OAM, ICMP Jitter, UDP Jitter, UDP RTT, and Video Buffer, CPU, Memory, and Environment ATM Interface, ATM PVC, EVC, Ethernet Errors, IGMP, Interface, L3VPN, MPLS (Segment, LDP, and TE Tunnel), Pseudowire, Optical (DWDM, IPoDWDM, and Optical TDM), RMON, and VPDN QoS Reports Comprehensive Reporting

37 Bring it all together Example: Need to create a ELINE service between 2 nodes in a consistent and automated way Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Connect 40

38 Resource Pools Design 1. Customer 2. VPN can be attached to a customer Utility has 4 VPN s attached 3. VLAN Pool per Access Domain or per Device 4. Outer VLAN Pool 5. VC ID

39 Service Policy 1. Design 1. Create a Service policy and provide the Service Information 2. Select the Service Options. We will create a Pseudowire 3. Select the relevant Service Attributes. Note: AutoPick gets values from Resource Pool s 4. Interface and Pseudowire Information 5. Template section Here Templates for special Configs such as QoS Policies can be added 6. Save and exit

40 Provision a ELINE Service Fulfill 1. Select Devices from the Prime Network Map ASR9K-AGG1 ASR9L-AGG3 2. Select the VPN we want to use to transport the ELINE PW 3. Select Interfaces ASR9K-AGG1 GigE 0/1/0/0 ASR9L-AGG3 GigE 0/0/0/13 4. Edit Link Attributes. Here we use the Service Policy 5. Save the Service Request

41 Provision a ELINE Service 1. Saved Service Request is in Requested state. 2. SR can be Edited, Deployed, Decomissioned, Deleted,,, 3. Preview shows the created Configlet 4. Deploy pushes the configlet to the Devices States from Requested IN_Progress Pending to Deployed 5. Service is deployed Fulfill 5.

42 Discover and Visualise the ELINE Service Assure 1. Logical Inventory contains PW ID 5057, EFP ID Overlay Map on PW 5057, all other is grayed out 3. In case of a broken connection between ASR9K-AGG1 and ASR9L-AGG3 The PW will be rerouted

43 Assure and Monitor the ELINE Service Assure Analyse 1. Interface Down creates a Alarm Ticket 2. Correlated Alarm Ticket. Child Alarms correlated to Root Cause. Operator has Alarm Ticket and is able to drill down Alarm Ticket contains affected Parties. Our PW 5057 is only POTENTIALLY affected because we have redundancy in the Network. 4. Monitoring PW

44 Integration into Assurance, Inventory and Fulfillment 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Connect 47

45 Prime Central OSS Integration SNMP Trap Forwarder Provides simple plug and-play integration for IBM Tivoli Netcool ( Netcool Ready ) MTOSI 2.0 APIs/Web Service SOAP/JMS Data model MTOSI 2.0 MTOSI 2.0 extensions Cisco proprietary Coverage for physical inventory, with extensions planned in each new release Support for secured communications 3GPP Physical Inventory APIs getallinventory ( ) getallmanagedelementnames ( ) getmanagedelement ( ) 3GPP Interface for Mobility

46 Prime Network and IBM Tivoli Netcool Integrated Prime Network and IBM Netcool Single view to Prime Network and Netcool assurance functionality Single Netcool interface to Cisco network Near real-time monitoring & topology-based correlation Multi-vendor support Leverage Netcool probes for devices/technologies not yet covered by Prime Network IBM Netcool Common console to combined assurance functionality Single connector to entire network Prime Network Topology-based root cause analysis & deep correlation 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Connect 49

47 Tivoli Netcool - Mttrapd and viewer Prime Network Netcool Probe (Mttrapd) DB RCA Mttrapd is rolled parses up into the trap Trap and and sent Clients from can the Prime view alarms stores a new alarm Network in the according Netcool system DB to to the defined accordingly Netcool views Netcool has a probe that listens to traps Multi-Thread Trap Daemon (also known as Mttrapd) Mttrapd Probe has parsing rules Mttrapd parses any trap that it receives and stores it in the TivoliDatabase as an alarm with the Prime Network parent/child identifiers Multiple users can view the DB according to a defined view 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Connect 50

48 Prime Network and Amdocs Cramer Integration Network Inventory Update Data Integrity Management Discover: Extracting reality from network (or OSS/BSS) Sync: Reconcile with inventory to generate discrepancy report Analyze: Analyzing discrepancies to determine resolution process required Change: Managed processes to resolve discrepancies, and automated processes for network build and fulfillment 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Connect 51

49 Network Inventory Update General Inventory Fault Cramer Logical network modelling Information storage Process management Business aware Comprehensive Service, Asset & Capacity DB Capacity allocation management Service & Business fault context Prime Network Physical network access Real-time information Order execution Network aware Real-time network resource & connectivity information Detailed network reporting Service-aware Fault Rootcause & Impact analysis 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Connect 52

50 Inventory Sync Engine Amdocs Cramer 1 Network Upload 2 Inventory Reconciliation SERVICE NETWORK Prime Network ELEMENT EVC Real Network 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Connect 53

51 Why Cisco Prime What makes the difference Outstanding operational scale Integrated operator workflows across the entire network, from subscriber access to the core and data center following the Design, Fulfill, Assure and Analyse Flow on Network Service s Improved operator experience Centralized network and service visibility and advanced troubleshooting and diagnostics capabilities Accelerated MPLS L2/L3 service deployment through automated network configuration and point-and-click provisioning Comprehensive service assurance fault analysis, root-cause event identification, and topology-guided troubleshooting; simplification of troubleshooting results from alarm reduction through correlation and deduplication capabilities. Lower total cost of ownership Rich set of NBI s to integrate into NMS/OSS environment. Integration into CIC/Netcool serving as MoM or via SNMP to any Trap Receiver. Integration into Inventory System Eases Service Provider network transitions Single integrated solution supporting both legacy and next generation equipment

52 Demo 2012 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Connect 55

53 Demo steps (Overview) (1/5) Prime Central Inventory Event List Views Prime Network Map roll over NE and Links Map overlay Device Inventory Physical Inventory Logical Inventory PW VRF Bridge Table Routing

54 Demo steps (Design, Fulfill, Inventory) (2/5) Design (PN & PP) Resource pools Service Policy Fulfill (PN & PP) MPLS VPN policy ASR9K-AGG1: GigabitEthernet0/1/0/0 ASR9K-AGG3: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/13 Logical Inventory Overlay ELINE Service policy (EPL) Match Tagged and Untagged, Autopick Outer VLAN ASR9K-AGG1: GigabitEthernet0/1/0/0 ASR9K-AGG3: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/13 Logical Inventory Overlay

55 Demo steps (Design, Fulfill, Inventory) (3/5) Fulfill (PN & PP) VPLS Policy ASR9K-AGG1: GigabitEthernet0/1/0/11 ASR9K-AGG3: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/ AGG2:GigabitEthernet1/11 Logical Inventory Overlay UPE ME3400E QoS Provisioning Demo 3400E-ACC1 GigE 0/3 3400ME-ACC3 GigE 0/3 Overlay Path Trace

56 Demo steps ELINE with QoS (4/5) QoS.XML <additionalinformation> <group name="qos"> <attribute> <name>$cir_in_bps</name> <value></value> <displayname>committed Bandwidth</displayName> <type> <string> <rangeunits> bps</rangeunits> </string> </type> <description>cir Target Bit Rate (bps) (postfix k, m, g optional; decimal point allowed)</description> <required>true</required> </attribute> <attribute> <name>$pir_in_bps</name> <value></value> <displayname>peak Bandwidth</displayName> <type> <string> <rangeunits> bps</rangeunits> </string> </type> <description>pir Target Bit Rate (bps) (postfix k, m, g optional; decimal point allowed)</description> <required>false</required> </attribute> </group> </additionalinformation> Ingress Template policy-map qos-in-$interface_name class class-default #if($pir_in_bps==0) police cir $CIR_in_bps #elseif($pir_in_bps!=0) police cir $CIR_in_bps pir $PIR_in_bps #end! interface $Interface_Name service-policy input qos-in-$interface_name

57 Demo steps (Assure & Analyse) (5/5) Assure (PN & PPM) ASR9K-AGG3 GigE 0/0/0/1 Correlation Affected parties Availability and Resources Analyse ASR9K-AGG2 Loopback 7606-AGG2 Loopback Decommission and Clean-up

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59 Prime for Carrier Management Summary Accelerated MPLS L2/L3 service deployment through automated network configuration and pointand-click provisioning Service Life Cycle following the Design, Fulfill, Assure and Analyse Flow on Network Service s Promote consistencies in delivery and management of services through seamless integration between domain managers and service lifecycle management applications Deliver improved QoS eliminate outages and service degradation caused by operational errors and massively reduce the impact of system failures through rapid fault isolation and repair. Comprehensive service assurance fault analysis, root-cause event identification, and topology-guided troubleshooting; simplification of troubleshooting results from alarm reduction through correlation and de-duplication capabilities. NMS / OSS Integration: Rich set of NBI s to integrate into NMS/OSS environment. Integration into CIC/Netcool serving as MoM or via SNMP to any Trap Receiver. Integration into Inventory System.