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Net-Net EMS functions
Net-Net EMS enables element configuration, provisioning and software management for multiple networks: - Configuration via GUI client interface or SOAP/XML northbound interface to third-party management provisioning applications
- Multiple networks of multiple network elements supported
- Hierarchical view of Acme Packet network elements and their physical and logical components (physical interface, virtual interface, realm, signaling service, session agents, etc.)
- System auto-discovery imports and displays system inventory component information and configuration parameter details
- File-based discovery/re-discovery provides SFTP-based retrieval of entire compressed system configuration
- EMS database storage of multiple configuration files
- Active folder shows operationally active configurations
- Inactive folder stores configuration backups and multiple off-line configurations
- Multiple concurrent users supported per SBC configuration copy
- Off-line configuration support enables building multiple configuration files for future deployment
- Drag-and-drop feature supports moving configuration file to different network elements
- Selective configuration replication eliminates repetitive configuration operations on multiple elements
- Naming/renaming of configuration objects in navigation tree
- Global configuration parameter definition and single field editing for parameters common to all network elements
- Complete control via commands—save, activate, save and activate, reboot, switch active/standby system roles in high-availability configuration
- Granular save optimizes EMS performance by only saving/activating configuration changes versus entire configuration
- Software image management and upgrade/downgrade
- EMS tool tip displays Acme Packet CLI parameter name by “mousing over” EMS GUI parameter description
- On-line, context-sensitive help
- User-defined filtering support for all tables within configuration screens
- Configuration search for same-type elements within SBC active or inactive configurations
- Configuration integrity check
- Display SBC configuration version
Net-Net EMS enables real-time monitoring of operational status by collecting and displaying alarms and fault-related statistics: - Event delivery via SNMP traps and syslog
- Alarm synchronization with SBC
- Visual display of alarms on main GUI screen
- Alarms color-coded by severity level
- Configurable alarm severities
- Configurable audible alarms and alarm thresholds
- Alarm, event and log filtering and management
- Alarm correlation and forwarding to third-party fault management applications
- Alarm forwarding by severity to one or more e-mail addresses
- Alarm acknowledgement, clearing, deletion, and save to a file
- Real-time display and storage of syslog events via a log reader
- CLI cut-through capability (telnet or SSH) for access to “show” commands for fault management
Net-Net EMS enables the collection, real-time monitoring and historical reporting of Acme Packet performance statistics: - Real-time, on-demand collection and display of performance statistics, exportable to CSV formatted file
- Bulk data collection at user configurable intervals for use by third-party performance management applications
- Graphical reports based on statistics collected from each Acme Packet network element
- Graphical display, audit and delete operations on registration cache
- Statistics available for all configurations object—systems/high-availability nodes, physical interfaces, network interfaces (VLANs), realms, session agents
- Comprehensive performance metrics
- Signaling—session rate and quantity, registrations, acceptance/rejection, etc.
- Media—packets & bandwidth
- Network—frames, packets and bandwidth
- System resources—CPU and memory utilization, health score
- Configurable, performance-related threshold crossing alerts
- CLI cut-through capability (telnet or SSH) for access to “show” commands for performance management
Net-Net EMS enables the definition and control of access rights for both individual users and user groups and an audit trail for all changes: - Access control lists define permitted user and user group access rights
- EMS functional areas—fault, configuration, performance, security and EMS configuration
- System operations and information
- Network realm operations and information
- Access rights—read, read-write and read-write-admin
- Support for third-party X.509 security certificates
- User and user group support
- Users assignable to groups with pre-defined permissions
- Override to group permissions to grant/deny permissions for individual user
- Unique user name/passwords for each individual user for authentication
- Audit trail log of all activities performed on EMS by individual user including user name, date, time and description of action
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