Oracle Communications

OSS Product Portfolio Overview

The following is intended to outline our general
product direction. It is intended for information
purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any
contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any
material, code, or functionality, and should not be
relied upon in making purchasing decisions.
The development, release, and timing of any
features or functionality described for Oracles
products remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.
 Oracle ISV Partners

Oracle Communications Footprint (2009)

Business Applications
Advanced Call Center Partner
Campaign Mgmt Sales PLM EBPP Self-
Self-Care
CRM Mgmt Mgmt

Analytics Business Operations

Service
Enterprise Service Fulfillment Assurance Billing & Revenue Management Delivery
Analytics Order & Service Service Rating Mediation
Management Assurance
Operations
Inventory Pricing/Discounts Balance Mgmt
Analytics

Intelligence
Mgmt Revenue

Network
Assurance Billing Service Control Service
CRM Analytics Reconciliation Delivery
Invoicing Interconnect Platform
Fraud Mgmt
Discovery A/R & Collections Settlements
ERP Analytics
Service Activation Policy Mgmt
Payments Vouchers

Corporate Administration
HR Financial Mgmt Asset Mgmt Security Mgmt Knowledge Mgmt Help Desk

Infrastructure
Universal Data Hubs (Customer, Product, Asset)

Middleware (e.g. BPEL)

Carrier Grade Framework (e.g. Application Server, RAC, Times Ten)

Ten)
Oracle Communications Solutions
OSS Components
 Oracle Communications Solutions
OSS Component Introduction

Order Management Process enabled application for

optimized delivery of captured customer and network orders.
Performs order transformation, decomposition and
orchestration of all order activities with full visibility & status
aggregation over entire order lifecycle.

Design
Studio
Order Management Design Design time
Studio environment
Inventory MgmtDelivery
Service Service Activation
Platform for rapid
assembly,
config and
deployment of
new services
Inventory Unified, accurate inventory Activation Multi-service, multi-vendor
of subscribers, services, logical & physical service activation of network and IT
resources together with design / assign applications. Stateful configuration and
capabilities for service fulfillment and Service-aware configuration management
actionable network analytics for network of enterprise Ethernet / IP services.
optimization.
 Oracle Communications Solutions
OSS Component Introduction

Oracle Communications Order &

Service Management (OSM)

Oracle
Communications
Order Management Design Design Studio
Studio
Inventory MgmtDelivery
Service Service Activation
Platform

Oracle Communications Unified Inventory

Management (UIM) Oracle Communications ASAP
Oracle Communications Network Intelligence Oracle Communications IPSA
Oracle Communications Network Integrity
 Oracle Communications Solutions
Where the OSS Components Fit

Siebel CRM Oracle BRM

External Partners
Order
Front Office BSS Management

Back Office OSS

Mediation
Oracle
Fulfillment ERP
Service Inventory
Management

Service
Activation

Network & IT
Infrastructure Oracle SDP
 Order & Service Management
http://www.oracle.com/industries/communications/oracle-communications-order-service-
management.html

Orchestrate orders across
systems and people
Ensure visibility of order
progress at any point during
order execution
Functional Positioning
Order & Service
Management
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Enable fast time-to-market
deployments with ability to Orchestrate between order capture and multiple
scale order execution systems
 Order and Service Management (OSM)
Key Product Capabilities

Key Capabilities Description

Decomposition Decompose sales orders and network orders to
processes and tasks
Orchestration Manage fulfillment actions involving the right systems
and people at precisely the right time
Visibility Ensure visibility of order progress at any point
through OSM UI and through integration to other
systems
Change Management Manage in-flight changes to orders automatically
Reporting Provide data and analysis on order process and
activities
Service Studio Graphical service creation tool for users to view,
build, configure, and deploy services
 OSM Component Architecture

CRM Activation Inventory

Custom
DBMS

Service HTTP JMS Message Bus

Creation
& Business OSM Web SOAP XSLT Custom DB
Plugin Plugin Plugin Plugin
Tools Web XML API Services
Client API Automation & View Frameworks

Security
OSM Intelligent OSM Order Decomp &
View Rules Change Mgmt
Controller Synchronization

Process Order Workgroups Order Scheduling

Execution Lifecycle Mgmt & Permissions Prioritization & Assignment

OC4J (Planned), BEA WebLogic Server

(Application Server, J2EE Services, LDAP)

Metadata In Progress Historical Reporting Enterprise

OSM Database (Oracle)
Repository Orders Orders Schema LDAP

Enterprise
Reporting
 Get New Port ID Compensation Process

Gain Control
Rollback
Verify ADSL
of In-flight Order Changes Check if Port Rollback Port
Create ADSL Svc Avail. Activated Activation
Order Rollback
Ship Modem

Submit CompareGetaNewsimpleActivate
order New
Port ID Port ID
Verify ADSL
Ship Modem
Self-install fulfillment process in
Service
Availability Success
Pkg Completed
other tools
Custom Logic for
Supplemental Order Entry Point
including rainy day
-Handle unsolicited order
-Match to existing in-flight order
Assign Port
Port Rollback
scenarios
-Determine version of Available Activate
supplemental order and handle DSLAM
stacked/pending supps
Port
Rollback
Unavailable
Completed Send
Customer
Custom Logic to Analyze Survey
Order and Determine Add Capacity
Compensation Plan Activate
-Determine tasks executed DSLAM Success
to this point Rollback Add
-Identify data for this task Capacity
Rollback
-Determine changes in data Rollback
Verify Order
for this task Assign Port
Send
Customer
Check Bandwidth Compensation Process Survey
Completed
Check Chk Port Finish
BW Chg BW
Verify Order
Is
Compati
Sunny day Process Definition Rainy day Process Definitions
ble?
 Compare for a Simple Fulfillment Order
Before
Excessive Process Pollution for Rainy days
Excessive Custom Code for Order matching,
delta analysis and compensation analysis
Fragile to change, impossible to re-use
Never sufficient for all scenarios
Cost Growth for every service and change
Every service is Slower-to-Market than the last
After
Clean processes for any and all Rainy days
Built-in order matching, delta analysis, net-
effect analysis and compensation plan
Easy to change, Highly re-usable
OCM works for current and future services
No Cost Growth for each service or change
Every new service is Fast-to-Market
Design Studio plugin to Eclipse
 Design Studio for OSM Process Whiteboard
In-line task
Visual design creation or
of fulfillment drag and drop
processes

Floating process
design palette

Productivity Pluses Magnifier

Design without OSM
run-time
Drag and drop
Multi-select
Copy/cut and paste
Undo/redo in process design Floating birds
Zoom eye view and
Auto-layout navigation of
Sticky tool mode process
Multiple entity editors
 Using External Data in Web Client

DB Validations

External Presentation
File
On-line help
Tool tips
Web Service Calculations

Language
OSM
localization
Order
Order Data
Other OSM Order
view
System Attachment
 OSM Reporting Module

OSM Reporting Module add-on

provides an interface to runtime data
Supports multiple configurable and filterable
reports output in CSV or XML format
Orders
Order History
Tasks
Pending at Tasks
Processes
Notifications
Integration with enterprise reporting
packages is also possible
Architecture and Process

Orders

OSM Database
Views

Reporting
Stored Procedures
Schema

OSM
Server

BIPEE
 Activation

Customer Billing and

Relationship Revenue
Management Management Business
ERP Intelligence
and Corporate and
Management Order Management
Analytics
Inventory Mgmt Service Activation
Service Delivery Platform
Service Delivery Platform

Application Integration Confirmed Market Leadership

Architecture
Activation
Multi-service, multi-vendor
service activation and
configuration management
Fusion Middleware
AcrossIntegration Master Data Management
Oracle is the [activation] market
Mobile Services leader.
Consumer Multi-Play SF Market Review Global
Telecom Software Market
Infrastructure Carrier Grade Framework
Enterprise IP Services Analysis, Larry Goldman
OSS Observer April 2008

Activating over 500,000 mobile service orders per day at a given customer

Managing some of the largest IP/MPLS networks
 Activation Applications
At a Glance

IP Service Configuration
APPLICATIONS ASAP Policy Services
Activator Management
Flow-through high Complex Enterprise Service-Aware Centralized Mgmt of
WHAT IT IS scale activation for IP/Ethernet service Config Mgmt of IP infrastructure
Consumer services Activation IP/Eth network (DNS, DHCP, Radius)

High volumes of Very complex Reliable config Inefficient use of

Service Orders to service back-ups IP address
activate configurations Relating services Resources
PAIN POINTS to configurations
ADDRESSED High subscriber Tedious and error Silent service Management of
growth rates - prone network failures on config multiple DNS and
want rapid turn-up updates changes DHCP servers

INTEGRATION OSM OSM, CM, Policy OSM, IPSA OSM, Inventory

POINTS Services
 Communication Domains

Business Applications
Mobile Subscriber Consumer Multi Play Enterprise IP Services
OSM UIM OSM UIM OSM

ASAP Policy ASAP Policy IPSA and Policy Disco

Services Services CM Services

Characteristics:
Services being Service Only Network and Service Network Only
Configured: Layers 4+ Layers 1-3 + Layers 4+ Layers 1-3
Service Pre/Post Paid, Voice DSL, Cable, FTTP, Satellite, L3 MPLS VPNs, QoS,
Examples: and Data mobile services Consumer & SME VoIP & Video VPLS, Ethernet, etc.

Volumes: High Medium Low

Complexity: Low Medium High

$$$ / Transaction: Low Medium High

Customer
Examples:
 Activation Credentials
Vendor Support by Domain

Circuit Packet Broadband ATM

IP-TV IP Mobile
Voice Voice Access Frame

Nortel Nortel Alcatel Microsoft Alcatel Cisco Ericsson

Siemens Siemens Lucent Nagra Cisco Juniper Nokia
Lucent Cisco Cisco Lucent Alcatel Nortel
Ericsson Sonus Nortel Nortel Foundry Lucent
Alcatel Alcatel Huawei Redback Huawei Alcatel
AGCS Sylantro Nortel Motorola
BayPackets Riverstone

Multi-service, multi-vendor cartridges enabled through proactive hardware

partnerships and deployments
Activation as part of OSS/BSS

Billing System CRM System

Performance
Management Messaging/EAI
Fault Upstream XML
OSM API
Management Service/Subscriber
Studio Service Creation Web GUI
OSM Control GUI
GUI

Inventory
Workforce

API
Order and Service Management Service Inventory

Management
Process Control
View Frame Engine
Engine Subscriber Inventory

OSS/J
Upstream
Activation API Inventory
Activation
Design/Assign/Admin
GUI
Activation Controller

Discovery
API
Physical Inventory

Existing High Volume Unique IP-Based

Activation Mass Market Next Generation
Logical Inventory
System(s) Services Services
(ASAP) (IPSA)

Cartridge
Plug-in Framework

Riverstone

Juniper
Mobile

Voice

Cisco
IPTV

VoIP

XML
 Activation
Activation Control

Order Management & Inventory

SOA based SOA based

OSS/J request OSS/J response
Activation Service

Activation Service
Activation Control Functionality:
Transformation
 Activation Transaction Management
 Scheduling / Due Date Management
Activation Control  Order Prioritization
 Supplemental Processing
Transactional Order Translations  Cancellation Processing
Activation Service Service Network  Related Order Management
Bundles Actions Actions Scripts
Workflow  Batch Order Management
SCE

 Fallout Management Order Control

(suspend, edit, abort, retry, resume,
etc.)
 Order & Task Timeouts

Cartridge Distribution Layer

Network / Systems
 ASAP Design Studio

IDE for rapidly building and

deploying services
(subscriber or network build
out)

Design, document and deploy

Network and Service
Activation Cartridges

Design, document and deploy

SRT Cartridge for upstream
integration

Cartridge relation
graph for showing
relationships
among Service
and Network
Cartridges, and
run-time
environments
 Activation
IPSA Component Overview

Policy & role-based Upstream OSS Layer

Order and Service Management & Inventory

management of IP & Carrier OSS/J Activation API & Service Transformation

Activation
Ethernet services Activation Controller

Stateful, abstracted, intelligent, Design and

Runtime Tools
Activation Engines

multi-vendor High Volume

Mass Market
Unique IP-Based
Next Generation
Existing
Activation
System(s)
Services Services

Seamless operation within Service Studio

Provisioning

Activation or as part of Service GUI Cartridges

Broadband, IP VPNs,
Fulfillment for multi-domain, Voice,
Video, Mobile
QoS Management

multi-vendor service control Network

Integrated Configuration
Management for lifecycle
management of service and
device configurations
Archiving, intelligent restore,
compliance management
Key Value Proposition
Productised intelligence for rapid
deployment with little / no customisation
Both activation & ongoing management of
device configurations
Activation
IPSA Component Overview

Expert
GUI Wizards API
IP Service Capability
L3 MPLS VPNs (RFC 2547)
L2 MPLS VPNs
PWE (Martini)
VPLS
IP/MPLS QoS
Dedicated Internet Access
Security ACLs/Firewalls
IP/MPLS/Ethernet Network
Metro Ethernet VLAN
MPLS-TE LSP Management
IPsec VPNs
VRF Lite
Extensibility via:
Flexible,
Flexible,Highly
HighlyAutomated
Configuration Templates Automated
Activation for IP Networks
Activation for IP Networks
Generic Policies
Activation IP Service Activation
VPN Configuration Made Easy

Drag & drop service activation, or

wizard-based
Full support for RFC 2547 MPLS VPNs
Automatic configuration of PE routers
including:
VRF table creation
PE-CE communication (using eBGP,
OSPF, RIP, static routes)
Device Drivers:
Convert generic service requests into
device / vendor specific commands
Distributed approach drives scalability
Audit trail in place - no fire and forget
activation
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Unified Inventory Management (UIM)

Oracles Strategic Next-Generation Inventory Platform

Combines flexibility and speed to Modern, standards-based

market for mature service providers IT architecture
Extensible SID-based data model Java EE, Web Services,
enables next generation services XML, browser-based GUI,
across and beyond the network SOA compliant
Dynamically extensible to support Modular structure allows
business process variations UIM to be used for specific
Designed to enable pre-built support needs alongside legacy
for multiple communications service systems
domains

UIM is a leading-edge, future-driven software

product built on current leading practices from
the communications and software industries
 Oracles Information Model
Alignment Between Oracle CIM and TMF SID

Oracles Unified Inventory Management

Communications
Product Inventory Catalog
Information Model
is based directly on Product Product Configuration Specifications
the SID. This is the Service
Characteristics
native object model Service Service Configuration Rules
for our Inventory
repository. Resources Common Business
Entities
Physical Logical
Physical Device Logical Device
Place
Network
Hardware
Network Address Party

Pipe / Connectivity Business Interaction

Role
Common Services
Search Entity Topology Inventory Group
Life Cycle Involvement Capacity
 UIM Product Structure
Modular Functionality, Modular Value

Phone Mobile Internet Video & Data Networking

Media
Technology Packs
VoIP GSM/ DSL FTTx IPTV MPLS Metro TDM Available la
Enable concepts, 3GPP L3 VPN Ethernet carte, with
terminology & process certain
variants specific to POTS CDMA/ WiMax HFC L2 VPN SONET PDH
customer-oriented 3GPP2 /SDH dependencies
services, or network-
oriented technologies Managed Solutions Applications Collaboration

Service Configuration Management

Functional
Managers

Logical Device Account

Physical Connectivity

Geographic Address

Logical Connectivity
Available la

Network Design and

Universal Resource
Telephone Number
Manage resource life
Physical Device
carte

Logical Device

Path Analysis
cycles and
Management

Management

Management

Management

Management

Management
Management

Management

Modeling
relationships between
resources, services
and customers

Core Platform Included with

Java APIs
Architectural UIM Plug-In for TMF SID-based purchase of any
framework and Design Studio Object Repository Web Services Functional
common services SDK Manager
 UIM System Architecture
Structural view

Web UIM Pages of other

browser-based Apps OSM Other apps
Browser pages

Web Page Orchestration /

http Integration https http JMS Automation
Java

Web GUI Web Services Java APIs

Behavioral Extensibility
Structural Extensibility
Design & Deploy
Customization

UIM Server
Technology specifications, rules, and extensions loaded from
Packs Technology Packs

Lifecycle Capacity Topology Security

Design Studio Persistence and Core Model
for UIM
Java EE Application Server
Inventory Enterprise
Schema DBMS
Security
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Domain Support in UIM

Artifacts Built in Design Studio Give UIM Its Face

which are a
realization of the
object model of the
To model these DSL service
inventory components in
UIM
we first use Design
Studio to create the
specifications that are
templates for these
types of object

Representing inventory in a DSL context

will need as a base a set of pre-configured
specifications for the equipment, devices,
connections etc. that are part of this
domain. These would be created in UIM by
importing the Design Studio cartridges
bundled as a DSL Technology Pack.
 Consumer VoIP Technology Pack
Product Description

Consumer VoIP Service

Technology Pack Facts Subscriber association
Telephone Number
Domain Consumer VoIP IP Phone
Home with Softswitch Management
Internet access Phone Feature Assignment
Business Logic Deep Core IP Network
POTS
User credentials
Business Model Broad Phone
VoIP Terminal Modeling
Vendor/Device Independent VoIP variant: SIP, H.323
ATA
Home with Voicemail Server CPE details
Model Perspectives Internet access Serial, MAC, IP
L2C: Service Fulfillment address, etc.
Associations to:
Specifications 85 Gatekeeper, Proxy,
Characteristics 67
Session Border
Controller
Rules 19 DHCP, TFTP servers
Implemented Ext. Pts. 6
Business Logic
Allocation of Telephone
Cartridges 18 number
Custom Web Services 5
Provides business entities and behaviors commonly required by providers of
Product consumer Phone service using VoIP technology.
 Metro Ethernet Technology Pack
Product Description

CE
CE
Technology Pack Facts Provides business entities and UNI
UNI
behaviors commonly required by
providers of data networking
Domain Metro Ethernet services using Metro Ethernet
Business Logic Deep
technology as standardized by CE
CE
the Metro Ethernet Forum. UNI
UNI
Business Model Broad

Vendor/Device Independent
Model Perspectives Metro-E Services
L2C: Service Fulfillment Ethernet Private Line Services: EP-Line, EP-LAN, EP-Tree
Ethernet Virtual Private Line Services EVP-Line, EVP-LAN, EVP-Tree
Specifications 22+
VLAN Management
Characteristics 29 VLAN assignment and usage management within a domain
Rules 13+ Ethernet Sites
Implemented Ext. Pts. 4
UNI-N parameter modeling
VLAN assignment and EVC mapping
Cartridges 3
Logical modeling for CPE device, interfaces
Custom Web Services 0
Business Logic
Product Model integrity Validation and characteristic validation
 MPLS L3 VPN Technology Pack
Product Description

Comprehensive model for RFC4364 MPLS L3 VPNs Technology Pack Facts

Specific type of a Data Networking Service
Network Based VPN Domain MPLS L3 VPN
IP VPN Service
H&S/Mesh/Hybrid Topologies Business Logic Deep
IP/MPLS
Extranets Business Model Broad
Managed resources: Router Target and VPN-ID
Vendor/Device Independent
IP VPN Termination
Modeling of Dual homed Sites Model Perspectives
PE PE
CE

Logical modeling for CPE device, interfaces PE

PE
Customer
Customer
Network
Network
L2C: Service Fulfillment
P New
NewYork
York

PE and VRF modeling

MPLS Core Network
MPLS Core Network

P P

Specifications 37
Logical modeling for PE device, VRFs, interfaces PE
PE

Managed resources: Route Distinguisher, IP Customer

Customer
CE
CE
Characteristics 212
addresses
Network
Network Customer
LA Customer
LA Network
Network
Miami
Miami
Rules 27
Extensive Routing attributes for:
eBGP, OSPF, RIP, EIGRP Implemented Ext. Pts. 10
Static Routing Provides business entities and Cartridges 10
VRF attributes behaviors commonly required by Custom Web Services 0
VRF-lite, Interface-less VRFs providers of data networking
Business Logic services service using MPLS Product
Allocation of RDs, RTs, VPN-IDs Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks
 Layer 2 VPN Technology Pack
Product Description

Technology Pack Facts IP/MPLS

Domain L2 VPN
L2 VPN Services
Business Logic Broad Virtual Leased Line (aka Pseudo WIre Emulations (PWE))
Ethernet VLAN, Port-based, Q-in-Q
Business Model Broad
Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS)
Vendor/Device Independent H&S/Mesh Topologies
Model Perspectives Technology Variants: Lassare (LDP-Based) &Kompella (BGP-based)
L2C: Service Fulfillment
Managed resources: Router Target and VPN-ID

Specifications 30 VPN Site

Modeling of Dual homed Sites
Characteristics 15 Logical modeling for CPE device, interfaces
Provides business
Rules 8
PE and VSI modeling entities and
Implemented Ext. Pts. 4 Logical modeling for PE device, VSIs, interfaces behaviors
Managed resources: Route Distinguisher, commonly required
Cartridges 7
VSI attributes by providers of
Custom Web Services 0 consumer Phone
Business Logic service using VoIP
Product technology.
Allocation of RDs, RTs,
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Network Intelligence
New Emerging Market with Strong Growth

Yankee Group: "Five Significant OSS Trends We Expect to See in 2008"

One of the Five Significant Trends:

Network capacity planning and trend analysis will also become an area of key
focus for OSS vendors. Accurate capacity planning and trending is becoming
critical in the context of fulfillment of NGN services.

On-demand, bandwidth-intensive service requires dynamic, real-time allocation

of network resources across the end-to-end network infrastructure. Accurate,
realistic and proactive network capacity planning and trending capabilities are
a key requirement for OSS solutions.

Planning will not only enable correct sizing of the future network but will also
help CSPs reduce capacity shortfalls, minimize order fallout and increase
efficiency by identifying underutilized network resources.
Network Intelligence
Objectives

Just-in-Time capacity anticipate necessary network

change just ahead of the demand curve
Balanced asset utilization and routing, have adequate
stretch capacity
Business Intelligence dashboard for improved
decision making
View multiple networks, with multiple inventories, as if
one homogenous network (Federated View)
Model What-if scenarios as to future demand and
impact on network
Network Intelligence Business Driven Resource Management

BSS
3 S&M Forecasts 4 Build Plan 5 Work Flow

Network Intelligence
2 Synch Model

OSS
1 Discover & 6 Network Build
Reconcile
Network Intelligence Module Interaction

BSS Layer
Financials/ERP, CRM, BRM, Order Orchestration, etc.

(Northbound)

BSS Connection Layer

Outage Data Published Plans Dashboard KPIs
Outage Restoration Plan Migration Migration Monitor
Manager Plans Manager Plans Manager Manager
Routing Routing
Solutions Demands
Routing
Manager

Core

OSS Connection Layer

(Southbound)

OSS Layer
Inventory, Provisioining, Activation, Performance/Fault Management, etc.

UIM Other Inventory Systems MSS

& OSS data
 Principle Network Intelligence Value Propositions

PROBLEM SOLUTION VALUE

Lack of Forecasting Plan Manager Accuracy tracking forecast system that couples
marketing forecasts to engineering data
Agile adjustment of plan to market conditions
Inaccurate Bid Plan Manager Rapid cost and plan generation for major customer bids
Network Design Clarifies margin and detailed plan improves bid
Costing credibility

Un-validated Plan Manager Move toward market driven JIT planning

Planning Budget is built from sales/marketing plan and
continually tracked and adjusted
Lack of governance Core Manager Keep the network optimal with circuit routing
over service Routing Manager optimization reporting
delivery Create Service and/or Customer specific Routing profiles
to enforce circuit routing policies
Optimization of Routing Manager Do optimal re-routing studies of high bandwidth circuits.
existing inefficient Improve resilience with shorter routings
network routings
Feasibility analysis Migration Manager Calculate the cost of traffic migration
for traffic migration Produce a rerouting plan to do it
Service Assurance Outage Manager Report on affected customer services quickly and
identify restoration paths.
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Network Discovery & Network Integrity

Process Flow

1. Discover networks and services

Inventory Repository by scanning NEs, EMSs, NMSs
Ex 1: Poll NE to find all ports and if each
port is free or assigned
Network Discovery & Integrity Ex 2: Poll optical EMS to find unused ports

2. Match Discovered networks and

services with Inventorys view
Ex 1: Match the discovered NE and each
port with objects in Inventory

Discovery Results Discrepancy Reports Reconciliation GUI 3. Detect discrepancies (errors),

generate reports
Reports can be used by management to
understand and track Inventorys accuracy

4. View and correct discrepancies

with easy-to-use Reconciliation
Keeps Inventory synchronized with the network & GUI
other systems
Rapidly make corrections
Flexible, configurable, extensible & easy-to-use
Reduces manual errors
Supports any type of network, service & data source
Key Discovery Capabilities

Discovery from any type of network or data source

Core competency is telecom/data NE, EMS & NMS
Also applicable for any type of data source such as Billing, CRM,
Asset Management, etc.
Focus on GUI configuration for ease-of-use
Flexible Scheduling of Discovery Scans
Highly flexible & extensible Cartridge approach
Rapidly add support for discovering new NEs, EMS & NMS
Extensive library of network interface cartridges
Enrich raw data with Enhancement cartridges
CDK enables Oracle PS & SIs to meet customer-specific needs
Carrier Grade OSS
Provides significantly more then an Enterprise-grade tool or home-
grown systems
 Discovery Scan Configuration

GUI provides configuration

& scheduling of Discovery
Scans
A Discovery Scan includes:
Interface protocol
Address range
Config items (retries, etc.)
Schedule
Discovery Groups simplify
operation
Scans can be grouped to
manage geographic
regions, device types,
departments, etc.
Entirely user-configurable
 Discovery Cartridge Configuration

NE Discovery

EMS/NMS Integrity
EMS/NMS Modeling EP XML
Discovery Distribution

SNMP
Discovery

A Cartridge Chain typically provides:

Collection interface to NE using the required protocol (SNMP, TL1, etc.)
Modeling map discovered data into object model
Distribution in MTOSI XML
Numerous discovery methods can be supported simultaneously, for example:
SNMP Discovery automatically discover NEs by polling an IP address range
EMS/NMS discover the network by querying an NMS
Discovery Cartridge Configuration
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Key Integrity Capabilities

Innovative Visualization GUI allows users to see all

discrepancies (errors) with simple labelling
Easy navigation
Corrections can be uploaded automatically to any
inventory database via a suitable API
Discrepancy reports are produced at configurable
intervals
Summary and Detailed discrepancy reports are automatically
generated and emailed
Integrity will work with any inventory system which
provides data extraction and insertion capability
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Network Integrity GUI

Simple Visualisation Network Entities Shelf/Slot/Port Circuit Graphical View

The GUI lists all objects with
discrepancies in an easy to Live Network Object Full Drill Down on All Elements
navigate tree browser and Error Indicators
Smart Object Comparison
Compares discovered data
with extracted inventory and
highlights discrepancies
Clever Copy and Paste
Correction
The Discovered Live object
can be copied and pasted
into the Inventory view
Rapid Reconciliation
Create a Configuration
Change report and/or
Upload changes to Inventory

Inventory Object