
30 Chapter 1 Management Overview
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• Manage and allocate IP addresses and domain names, record and provide remote connectivity
to the enterprise computing systems.
The descriptions and procedures contained in this guide assist with the objectives of service
assurance:
• Monitor the network for alarms and performance threshold
• Ensure service network integrity
• fault isolation, diagnosis and repair
• performance management. Network Operations Center (NOC) takes first call from the alarms
and performs initial troubleshooting of the problem. Monitor link status and view, provision,
edit and audit connections. Log into network elements. Monitor inventory. Monitor network
performance (performance threshold provisioning).
Network management model
The Business Communications Manager network management model defines the management
functions into layers to show the flow of management information between various
communicating entities. The following figure illustrates the various management layers.
Figure 2 Business Communications Manager network model
Business & Policy Management Layer
• Policy assessment, definition & evolution
System & Config
Management Layer
• Multi-site configuration
• Asset inventory mgmt
•Bulk MACs
Network Management Layer
• Event & Alarm Mgmt
• Infrastructure access
• Performance & optimization
• Communications
• QoS Monitoring
Element Management Tools
• Enable/disable software keys
• Configuration & administration
Manageable Systems & Endpoints
• User access
• Threshold settings
• Software keys
• User applications & capabilities
• Event / alarm generation
• System data / traffic
• Troubleshoot events & alarms
• Backup & restore
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