The key issues involved in developing on-device network management systems for carrier-grade enterprise and operator networks are the same for any other networked resource, only with more complexity and built-in restrictions due to the limited space and processing capabilities inherent to these types of devices.
Building Carrier-Grade On-Device
Network Management Systems
An Enterprise Management Associates White Paper October 2007Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................................................................1
New Services Increase Network Complexity ................................................................................................................................1
Enterprise and Carrier Requirements are Converging..................................................................................................................1
Network Management Design Challenges......................................................................................................................................1
High Availability...................................................................................................................................................................................1
Scalability and Performance...............................................................................................................................................................2
Security...................................................................................................................................................................................................2
Fine-grained Control and Logging...................................................................................................................................................3
Data Consistency and Integrity.........................................................................................................................................................3
Change Automation.............................................................................................................................................................................4
Rapid Development.............................................................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................................................................5Building Carrier-Grade
On-Device Network Management Systems
Introduction every time they pick up the phone whether it comes over The key issues involved in developing on-device network a Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) or an IP network.management systems for carrier-grade enterprise and operator networks are the same for any other networked Network Management resource, only with more complexity and built-in restric- Design Challengestions due to the limited space and processing capabilities The developers of networking equipment and their inherent to these types of devices. The requirements for network management systems must meet or exceed the on-device network management systems will be reviewed expectations of network operators in an environment in the context of the business and technical expectations that is increasingly complicated.of network operators that drive these requirements and their ever changing network environmental demands. The number of network devices and their form factors Increasing levels of complexity and converging industry are proliferating. In addition to appliances and Advanced requirements are the key factors that are continuing to Telecommunications Computing Architecture (ATCA) shape this unique industry segment. compliant chassis products, blade servers are being increasingly adopted for networking applications. The New Services Increase growth in the number of network devices requires mul-tiple devices to be configured and supported for flexible Network Complexity high availability frameworks.Modern networks have become increasingly sophisticat-ed platforms for delivering data, voice, video, and wire- The number and complexity of required northbound less services. Network management systems must adapt management interfaces is also increasing. In addition to to meet new challenges. The old paradigm of humans simple network management protocol (SNMP) and com-administ... [download for more]
