Fujitsu NETSMART 1500 元管理系统软件说明书-USB迷|专注于互联网分享

2024年10月5日发(作者：姬冷菱)

Optimizing Networks with

Money Saving Features of the

NETSMART® 1500

Element Management System

Introduction

In today’s competitive marketplace,carriers are even more focused on reducing their OPEX,keeping CAPEX

down and optimizing their network sing potential inefficiencies that can arise from

managing large,complex networks has become an opportunity to substantially improve a carrier’s financial

carriers willing to seize this opportunity need a tool that enables more efficient network

u provides this tool in the form of its powerful and scalable NETSMART® 1500 EMS.

The NETSMART 1500 EMS software centralizes the management of all Fujitsu SONET and DWDM transport

software empowers carriers to reduce their network operating expenses by reducing the

time and complexity associated with day-to-day maintenance maintenance procedures,

such as loading new software into SONET or DWDM NEs,can be labor intensive and therefore costly and

potentially prone to human NETSMART 1500 EMS software supports the transition from a

distributed network model,where each central office performs its own maintenance and provisioning,to a

centralized network model,where significant cost savings and service quality improvements can be

realized.

A recent study by Fujitsu revealed that substantial OPEX reductions are easily realized by using

NETSMART1500 software for typical tasks such as:

• Provisioning new circuits and connections

• Downloading software and backing up NE database

• Managing NE security

• Implementing PCNs

• Retrieval of performance monitoring data from NEs

By centralizing many typical maintenance and operational functions,Fujitsu demonstrates that operational

expenses can be reduced while significantly increasing network survivability and carrier,and

sometimes each individual network,operates differently,providing unique opportunities to improve

,these functions are fairly common to all networks and can be quantified in a standard way to

begin understanding how a management system can help reduce costs.

All carriers,despite unique network configurations,can optimize many operational

unquantifiable aspect of network management also exists—persistent surveillance of the network and

real-time information about the status of network bandwidth and combined,the

savings and enhanced reliability of network operations using NETSMART 1500 software are tremendous.

Provisioning New Circuits and Connections

Today’s focus is on building networks as demand dictates,optimizing the existing infrastructure and

minimizing the operational cost associated with managing that l networks need

constant routine maintenance and carriers with no centralized provisioning capability

will be challenged by inefficient,labor-intensive work processes to complete each task.

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For your convenience,

a list of acronyms can be found at the end of this document.

For example,circuit provisioning can occur several times a day and will often require a time-consuming,

manual search of outdated paper records,databases or both to help find possible network resources or

available network the available network capacity has been found,craft personnel from

multiple offices must make provisioning updates to several NEs to complete a single circuit.

A telecommunications network exists to generate only way to generate revenue is to create

the circuits that will carry this statement is simple and obvious,the fact is that a large amount

of time and money is spent on planning,creating,maintaining and ultimately removing these circuits.

A myriad of tools has been developed to manage circuit creation,ranging from simple homegrown

databases and spreadsheets to complex mainframe-based vast majority of these tools

tend to lag behind new network technologies,often lacking the ability to manage,activate,and

troubleshoot the circuits,and frequently creating routes based on outdated or manually entered inventory

effective management system holds current information and is able to engineer the route

and activate,organize,track,and manage the circuit—and still be robust enough to respond to new

technologies and topologies.

NETSMART 1500 software contains an ACM component designed with the aforementioned requirements

in process of circuit creation involves finding a route between the two endpoints,confirming

available bandwidth and then determining cross-connect requirements based on SONET protection.

Additionally,the circuit must be designed to preserve as much network bandwidth as possible for future

RT 1500 software was designed to handle all of these considerations—in a matter of

only input required from the user is the endpoints (A and Z points),the circuit bandwidth

(e.g.,VT1.5,STS-1,STS-3c,etc) and the type or degree of protection (unprotected,protected,highly

protected,preemptable).ACM then calculates the path,determines the cross-connects and presents this

information to the user in a graphical the user inputs circuit notations,such as customer

name and contact information,the circuit is ready to be limitation exists on the number

of rings traversed or the type of protection used (e.g.,BLSR,UPSR,1+1,0:2),and the user is allowed to

reroute the circuit if specific elements and time slots are also attempts to preserve high order

time slots (e.g.,STS-3c,etc) when creating paths and allows circuits to terminate on different interface types

(e.g.,DS1 DS3) to accommodate circuit handoff to a DCS or to another carrier.

NETSMART 1500 ACM software can activate the circuit immediately after the circuit is designed or maintain

it in a pending state for later a circuit is maintained in this pending state,the time slots are

reserved and other users are unable to enter cross-connects or create circuits that use these same time

ting the circuit is a matter of a single click followed by confirmation that the circuit was

activated and all cross-connects were problems with activation are indicated for easy

the activities performed on a circuit are tracked by the specific change made,the time

and date,and the NETSMART 1500 user who made the change.

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NETSMART 1500 software provides an interface designed to logically group circuits in a customizable tree

view for circuit management and also includes a powerful search tool to locate circuits

by any of the circuit attributes such as customer name,circuit name,contact name, a customer calls,the

circuit details are available to the technician on demand as well as the circuit status and alarm state.

Performance monitoring,configuration management and cross-connect management are all a single click

away from any circuit alarm to affected circuit report is another powerful troubleshooting an

alarm is indicated on the GUI links,the user can immediately get a list of affected circuits to better gauge the

impact of a can also import existing circuits and the associated data so these connections can

be managed as well.

For simple connections involving only a few nodes,a technician located at a central office with visibility to

each node can log on to each node and enter the cross-connections in about an scenario

assumes that no travel time is required,the circuit path calculations are correct and the existing circuit data

is comparison,a technician in a NOC equipped with NETSMART 1500 software can set up an

entire circuit in less than eight minutes no matter how complicated the path or the number of affected

onally,NETSMART 1500 software maintains constant visibility to all network circuits so its data

is never old or counting the data retrieval or design time associated with a manual circuit

entry,an 800% time savings is realized using ACM.

Figure 1:NETSMART 1500 ACM

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Software Download and NE Database Backup

On the system maintenance side,the process can be even more cumbersome than allocating system

fying and locating individual network components that require an upgrade is a tedious

and time-consuming some cases,the time and expense involved is so large that maintenance is

delayed or bypassed completely,which negatively affects the overall performance,capacity and security of

the the end,the carrier is forced to decide between risking the health of the network by

ignoring system maintenance,or spending an inordinate amount of time and money to determine whether

the network requires upgrading.

Downloading New Software Loads To Network Elements

Managing software loads for an entire network with a decentralized management structure is at best,

challenging,and at worst,totally carriers strive to maintain their networks on the latest

releases so that new NE features can be implemented quickly and new service revenue can be realized.

Unfortunately,the complexity of managing the software loads quickly erodes the benefits.

The prospect of upgrading NE software loads within an optical network is usually met with a universal

groan from maintenance fact is especially true as the size of the network and the

corresponding distance between NEs times,the customer is forced to upgrade the network

using a discrete approach to software download via craft tool or some other simple application.

NETSMART1500 software provides powerful tools for organizing,scheduling and performing software

user loads new software for NEs into the NETSMART 1500 user can then install

the software on one node at a time or typically create a list of elements to receive the new software.

Creating NE lists is a simple task as NETSMART 1500 software provides powerful database search tools that

can sort elements based on product type,current software release,TID, the list is created,the

SWDL session can be executed immediately or scheduled via Task Manager for a later date.

The final and most powerful component of the software download process is is an advanced

software algorithm developed by Fujitsu to analyze the optical network,determine the most efficient

means to distribute element software loads selected by the user and then manage the RIPL

algorithm first identifies the appropriate data connection and file transfer protocols (e.g.,IP and FTP) and

then initiates a file transfer to the gateway NEs to begin seeding the the gateway nodes begin

their internal file transfers,the RIPL algorithm initiates another file transfer,but this time from each gateway

NE to each of the subtending process continues in parallel until all the NEs have the new

software and have fully processed the high degree of parallel activity allows NETSMART1500

software to dramatically accelerate the rate at which the software is distributed—with minimal input from

the user.

The savings realized by using NETSMART 1500 software instead of a manual method is dramatic.A typical

SWDL can take up to two hours per NE using a craft software tool at the local central RT

1500 software can complete the same task on multiple NEs with just a few minutes of preparation time.

Fujitsu studies show that,on average,most tasks on NETSMART 1500 software can be completed up to 500

times faster than with manual statistic translates into lower costs,as well as the deployment

of new software in a single maintenance window rather than across weeks or even months.

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Figure 2:Software Distribution Using RIPL

Remote Memory Backup of NE Database

One of the surest facts of running a network is that outages and disasters will ers ultimately

judge carriers by their ability to minimize risk and respond quickly when outages onally,

carriers need the ability to efficiently capture and restore an image of all provisioning data for each NE

should a disaster strike due to flood,fire or unknowing individual.

Recent events have heightened the need for a reliable system for restoring NEs after a Fujitsu

NE has the ability to provide a digital snapshot of its provisioning database,called ,most

carriers cannot afford the tremendous time and effort required for field technicians to perform manual NE

backups on a regular for relatively small networks,technicians in geographically distributed

offices must log onto each NE and request a memory complete,the files must be stored,

preferably offsite,in case the entire central office is affected by a disaster.

NETSMART 1500 software makes RMBU fast,inexpensive and easy—whether the network consists of eight

or 8,000 process is simple:build a list of NEs,schedule the task and let NETSMART 1500 software

do the RT 1500 software will automatically backup the database and store it in the software

repository according to TID of the RT 1500 servers can be equipped with a tape backup system

offering a third level of protection for the NE provisioning cost for NETSMART 1500 software to

perform automated backup is less than 17¢ per month per NE.

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Figure 3:Scheduling RMBU Using Task Manager

NETSMART 1500 software also performs RMR when sends the stored database to the NE

and then activates process is much the same as SWDL except,instead of selecting a software load,

the user selects a database file from the software process is a quick,simple,and accurate

way to rebuild the NE database and restore service to the end ately,element restoration is

not required very r,since NETSMART 1500 software keeps an automated backup,restoration

can be performed in an hour or ed with the research and manual provisioning required

without NETSMART 1500 software,restoration could take one or more days to

NETSMART1500 software translates into significantly lower restoration times and greater customer

satisfaction.

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Network Element Security Management

Along with database backups,another important factor in maintaining network integrity and survivability

is access the optical network,making a network secure means managing NE user accounts.

Unauthorized user accounts present dangerous and potentially devastating backdoor access points to the

network,which can be used by ill-meaning or unknowing individuals to bring down the

network grows,creating,deleting,auditing,and reconciling the numerous UIDs and PIDs for every element

in the network can be extremely time consuming.

NETSMART 1500 software gives network security administrators the ability to consistently audit the entire

network to discover and delete unauthorized user strators create typical accounts for the

NEs including those used for craft personnel,managers,other users and/or NETSMART 1500

user can apply the new UID and PID information to the element in addition to the existing information or

delete all user accounts and replace them with only the profile onally,individual

accounts can be searched out and changed or eliminated.

Issues of work stoppages,employee turnover,new employee additions and regular updates to individual

user passwords can all be addressed using this component of the NETSMART 1500 ming

this operation with craft software at each central office would be extremely time expense

also restricts how often passwords can be updated—certainly not ,craft tools do not have the

capability to automatically audit the accounts within an craft user must clear all backdoor

passwords from the elements to ensure compliance with security standards.

Research shows that when factoring in the cost of truck rolls,carriers will spend approximately $57 per NE

each time a password change is utilizing the NE User Security Manager feature in the

NETSMART 1500 software,a user can audit and update the NE accounts for less than 35¢ per element for an

astounding 16,000% reduction in operating less than the price of a postage stamp,

NETSMART 1500 software increases the security of your network and frees internal resources to pursue

other revenue-producing projects.

Figure 4:NE Security Manager User Interface

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Automated PCN Management

Operating a modern telecommunications network requires periodic hardware updates,upgrades and

u,like other equipment manufacturers,notifies customers of product changes with a

PCN of the critical changes are done with updated software,but many require changing

out networks without centralized visibility to the network,a manual search is required to find

the affected search can be done by logging onto nodes at local central offices or by

searching through paper records,assuming they are accurate.

NETSMART 1500 software comes equipped with an Automated PCN Manager as well as electronic versions

of all Automated PCN Manager can quickly provide the user with a report listing all the NEs

affected by a PCN,along with the number of cards per element and the AID and CLEI of each card.

Intelligent and customizable filtering capabilities allow the user to quickly sort through and prioritize

report data according to criteria such as new/old CLEI,major system affected,PCN date and reason for

s can also be exported to other applications using a variety of common formats (e.g.,Adobe

Acrobat,plain text,comma-separated value).An orderly process of unit replacement can now begin with

the proper number of replacement units and no wasted trips to remote offices.

Research indicates that carriers can reduce the operating expense associated with identifying product

changes by a factor of almost 30 through the use of the Automated PCN Automated PCN

Manager is incredibly valuable as a proactive tool and is also very helpful in the troubleshooting process.

Users can narrow a PCN search to a group of NEs that may be experiencing problems,saving hours or days

of troubleshooting time.

Figure 5:Results of a PCNSearch with NEDetails

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Retrieving Performance Monitoring Data

From time to time,circuits can experience lost data,erratic performance or intermittent

problems are frustrating to troubleshoot and can be extremely time consuming without management

tools to process Fujitsu NE observes and records anomalies in circuit traffic as it passes

through the information is stored in performance monitoring registers within each element and

can be invaluable in troubleshooting circuit g into each affected node daily to retrieve

data is time consuming enough without then having to sort and analyze the data.

Fortunately,the NETSMART 1500 software comes equipped with PM data retrieval and analysis tools to

assist users with this the NETSMART 1500 software is centrally located and connected

simultaneously to all NEs,the EMS has the greatest visibility to PM software includes tools to

speed analysis of the element’s data and graphical functions to display the data in a meaningful way.

NETSMART 1500 software is also configured to display the information with a single time ying

this information seems like a small issue until sorting through information from different nodes that are

not set to the same day or time.

As an example of cost savings,an experienced technician can log onto an NE and retrieve PM data

(the NE stores 24 hours of data) in less than 30 process is easy if only one or two elements

need analysis and if the errors have occurred in the last 24 hours,but this example is seldom the case.

Compare this process to the less than 15 seconds per NE required to configure the NETSMART 1500

software to automatically perform this task as often as onally,NETSMART 1500 software

keeps historically consecutive files of months or years worth of performance software also has

sophisticated tools for data analysis and automated backup of performance data.

Figure 6:Performance Data in Tabular and Graphical Formats

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Additional NETSMART 1500 Features

NETSMART 1500 software offers many additional features that contribute to reducing costs and improving

network reliability:

• Network Surveillance– 24 x 7 x 365 network visibility for quicker response to outages or

performance degradations

• Identify Stranded Network Capacity– Find circuits that have been disconnected by customers but

only partially deactivated in the network

• Current Information to Aid System Design and Engineering– Improves accuracy of planning,design

and budgeting of new networks or bandwidth expansions

• Link To Higher-Level Operations Systems– NETSMART 1500 software can interface with third-party

network,inventory or services management systems

• Secure Access to System Information– Network information stored in the NETSMART 1500 software is

user password protected

• Accurate and Rapid Equipment Inventory Reports– Quickly identify any units affected by PCNs for

fast and efficient replacement

• Centralized Provisioning of NEs– Establish consistent provisioning of all elements in a network

• Protected Server Hardware– Use the high-availability software module to enable working and

protected servers

• Secure Web Interface– View system performance,alarm activity and download NETSMART 1500 client

software from a secure Web site

Conclusion

As expenses for operating complex optical networks must be reduced,carriers are looking for advanced

and integrated software tools to make the management of the network more network

maintenance is performed regularly and more rapidly,network reliability is RT 1500 EMS

software from Fujitsu offers enhanced network reliability while reducing operations -to-day tasks

can be automated,and advanced graphical interfaces reduce operator errors and speed delivery of

revenue-generating services to carrier k maintenance time is reduced through

powerful network information search utilities and data analysis tools.

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Acronyms

ACM

AID

CAPEX

CLEI

DCS

DWDM

EMS

FTP

GUI

NOC

OPEX

PCN

PID

RIPL

RMBU

RMR

SWDL

TID

UID

Automatic Connection Management

Access IDentifier

Capital Expense

Common Language Equipment Identifier

Digital Cross-connect System

Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing

Element Management System

File Transfer Protocol

Graphical User Interface

Internet Protocol

Network Element

Network Operations Center

Operating Expense

Product Change Notice

Password IDentifier

Performance Monitoring

Remote Intelligent Parallel Loading

Remote Memory Backup

Remote Memory Restoration

Software Download

Target IDentifier

User IDentifier

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