Management System Overview - Cisco ASR 5000 Series Administration Manual

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Management System Overview

The system's management capabilities are designed around the Telecommunications Management Network (TMN)
model for management - focusing on providing superior quality Network Element (NE) and element management
system (Web Element Manager) functions. The system provides element management applications that can easily be
integrated, using standards-based protocols (CORBA and SNMPv1, v2), into higher-level management systems - giving
wireless operators the ability to integrate the system into their overall network, service, and business management
systems. In addition, all management is performed out-of-band for security and to maintain system performance.
Cisco's O&M module offers comprehensive management capabilities to the operators and enables them to operate the
system more efficiently. There are multiple ways to manage the system either locally or remotely using its out-of-band
management interfaces.
These include:
Using the Command Line Interface (CLI)
Remote login using Telnet, and Secure Shell (SSH) access to CLI through SPIO card's Ethernet management
interfaces
Local login through the console port on SPIO card using an RS-232 serial connection
Using the Web Element Manager application
Supports communications through 10 Base-T, 100 Base-TX, 1000 Base-TX, or 1000
Base-SX (optical gigabit Ethernet) Ethernet management interfaces on the SPIO
Client-Server model supports any browser (i.e. Microsoft Internet Explorer v5.0 and above or Netscape v4.7 or
above, and others)
Supports Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) protocol and Simple Network Management
Protocol version 1 (SNMPv1) for fault management
Provides complete Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security (FCAPS) capabilities
Can be easily integrated with higher-level network, service, and business layer applications using the Object
Management Group's (OMG's) Interface Definition Language (IDL)
The following figure demonstrates these various element management options and how they can be utilized within the
wireless carrier network.
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