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These calculations in Table 5 are based on a PRI system integration—not a system signalling 7 (SS7)
integration.
For each POP site, also plan for the following elements:
Power, space, and cooling for each Cisco AS5800
Required number of AAA servers
Required number of Cisco 2511s (OOB ports)
WAN link capacity
To design the dial NMS inside the NOC, the network engineers at THEnet identified these software and
management system requirements:
UCD-SNMP
Multi Router Traffic Grapher
(MRTG), version 2.8.12
Web-based management
HP OpenView (HPOV) Network
Node Manager Release 5.0
CiscoWorks 2000, maintenance
release 2
Resource Manager Essentials
(RME), version 2.2
Uses CLI-based SNMP freeware to explore the SNMP MIBs
and OIDs that are useful for operating a dial network.
Monitors and graphs the traffic load on the network.
Manages a network by using light-weight NMS tools (LWT).
A LWT is light on:
Budget
Staff support
Course requirements
GUI requirements
THEnet requires the following LWTs:
Device Navigator—A web page that links network devices
together.
Cisco IOS Command Center—A web page that provides
HTTP access to the CLI.
Log File Rotator—A freeware script that archives, sorts,
and deletes syslogs.
Modem Call Record Viewer—A tool that enables you to
view modem records and syslogs on a web page.
Creates the SNMP framework for the dial NMS and identifies
what is breaking in the network.
Archives configuration files, upgrades the Cisco IOS,
determines how much memory is installed, and discovers what
boot ROMs are present.
You can install HPOV and CW2000 RME on the same Sun
workstation—without conflicts.
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