Chapter 3 System Features
Network Management
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application or the
AQueView
™
EMS Client-only application on the same
management workstation as
NavisCore
™
, the service management software
for the core switches. Running both service management systems on the
same workstation, sharing HP OpenView resources, provides users with the
following advantages:
•
Based on a graphical user interface, the
AQueView
™
element
management system can be launched from the
NavisCore
™
map.
•
Real-time circuit statistics are easily viewed.
•
Centralized collection of PSAX and core events in the NavisCore Events
Browser (found within HP OpenView), including customized PSAX
Events View, and separate customized events windows for PSAX product
traps and for Lucent core switch traps.
•
Easy access to both
NavisCore
™
and
AQueView
™
device configuration
screens from the
NavisCore
™
map, with consistent symbol color behavior.
•
Fault Server updates to support the latest PSAX releases.
•
Service provisioning across PSAX devices and core switches:
~
Native element management systems are used for port, interface, and
logical port configuration (
AQueView
™
for the PSAX devices and
NavisCore
™
for the core switches).
~
End-to-end provisioning allows high-priority services including ATM,
frame relay services, and circuit emulation (with support for DSP2
features).
~
PNNI is used between PSAX devices and between PSAX and core
devices, while using VNN across the core switches.
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An integrated client/server end-to-end provisioning application is
based on next-generation Navis architecture.
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The End-to-End Provisioning Server (EEPS) will interface with the
AQueView
™
server in managing PSAX devices.
~
The EEPS will interface with the existing
NavisXtend
™
Provisioning
Server for ATM core management.
~
The EEPS will use the
NavisCore
™
Provisioning Server Sybase Database
for assessing end-to-end circuit and minimal PSAX node information.
~
The EEPS will also feature a CLI interface for flow-through
provisioning.
The
AQueView
™
element management system (EMS) software Release 4.4,
supports the same software features supported in the PSAX system software
Release 6.3.0. The new EMS release simplifies the use of both the
AQueView
™
system and managed PSAX devices. New security features have
been added, along with a number of configuration shortcuts for simplified
management of the PSAX systems. It offers significant new aids in
troubleshooting problems encountered with the
AQueView
™
management
system. It continues to be offered in two versions, the Client/Server
application, for use within the HP OpenView Network Node Manager
framework on Sun Solaris platforms, and Standalone, designed for use with
either Windows NT or Solaris platforms. The
AQueView
™
R4.4 system
software supports Releases 6.1.0 through 6.3.0 software for the PSAX 2300,