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ORACLE COMMUNICATIONS UNIFIED INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

METRO ETHERNET TECHNOLOGY PACK

Domain Metro Ethernet

Business Logic Deep

Business Model Broad

Vendor/Device Independent

Model Perspectives

Service Fulfillment

Product

Technology Pack Facts

Specifications 45

Characteristics 50

Rules 16

Implemented Ext. Pts. 15

Cartridges 13

Custom Web Services 0

Domain Metro Ethernet

Business Logic Deep

Business Model Broad

Vendor/Device Independent

Model Perspectives

Service Fulfillment

Product

Technology Pack Facts

Specifications 45

Characteristics 50

Rules 16

Implemented Ext. Pts. 15

Cartridges 13

Custom Web Services 0

• This is a large modular set of

object templates and related

business logic created using

Oracle Communications

Design Studio for UIM. It is

based on Oracle’s leading-

practice model for Metro-E

service fulfillment

Supported Metro-E Services

• Ethernet Service variants: EP-

Line, EP-LAN and EP-Tree

• Ethernet Virtual Service

variants: EVP-Line, EVP-LAN,

EVP-Tree

Oracle’s Technology Packs for Unified Inventory Management

leverage our domain expertise and experience in building models to

provide a rich set of business entities for a particular domain. The

Metro Ethernet Technology Pack enables service providers to

quickly define and manage Metro Ethernet services and resources

using Oracle Communications Unified Inventory Management, and

provides a solid base for project-specific adaptation.

Metro Ethernet Forum Standard Alignment

The Metro Ethernet Technology Pack provides pre-defined business entities and

behaviors commonly required by providers of data networking services using Metro

Ethernet technology as standardized by the Metro Ethernet Forum. (MEF).

The modeling provided by the Technology Pack is aligned with MEF architecture

defined by MEF 4 Metro Ethernet Network Architecture Framework Part 1:

Generic Framework definitions and Metro Ethernet details described by MEF6.1

Metro Ethernet Services Definitions Phase 2 and MEF10.1 Ethernet Services

Attributes Phase 2. Therefore, users can be confident that terminology and concepts

are aligned with industry direction and common usage.

Metro Ethernet Services

Metro Ethernet technology enables great flexibility in providing connectivity

amongst customer sites. Tracking the variants in deployed services is important in

managing customer services and managing internal resource usage.

The Metro Ethernet Technology Pack provides the ability to represent port-based

Ethernet Service variants as well as VLAN-based Ethernet Virtual Service variants

for point-to-point, multipoint-to-multipoint and rooted multipoint services. Ethernet

Virtual Connections are modeled to represent the appropriately connectivity

amongst sites and validation rules are included to ensure the integrity of each service

instance. For Ethernet Virtual services, the mapping of customer VLANs into

specific service instances is maintained. In addition, a rich set of service

characteristics is defined within the model to allow an accurate standardized

representation of the service to be maintained.

Data Networking Modeling

Consistent representation of customer sites with associated geographic information

and customer premises equipment (CPE) is a critical aspect of managing a network

for any sort of business networking service.

The Metro Ethernet Technology Pack includes a standard Data Networking model

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Oracle Benefits

• Productized Technology

Packs are supported and

maintained by Oracle

• Investment protection with

Oracle Lifetime Support

• Open, partner-friendly

business model

• Oracle commitment to, and

investment in,

communications

that captures key aspects of the service deployment directly visible to the customer,

including CPE and interface information. The Data Networking site definition is

applicable to multiple different instances and implementations of a service thereby

minimizing inventory churn as the customer’s service deployment evolves.

VLAN Identifier Management

VLAN identifier resources are a fundamental aspect of Metro Ethernet networks.

The Metro Ethernet Technology Pack provides VLAN assignment and usage

management for both service provider and customer VLANs. This ensures

appropriate resource usage within service provider Metro Ethernet instances and

avoids errors in customer connections.

Extensibility

The Metro Ethernet Technology Pack provides a consistent structure and a rich set

of building blocks for managing Metro Ethernet services. However, in many

circumstances, it may be necessary to extend standards-based definitions with

additional information or business logic specific to a provider’s unique environment.

The Metro Ethernet Technology Pack supports this requirement by providing several

natural extension points that can be utilized without modifying the Technology Pack

itself. These extensions make use of standard patterns supported within Oracle

Communications Unified Inventory Management for augmenting existing models.

For example, different or additional business rules for validation or allocation may

be introduced as well as additional configuration modeling for Ethernet Service

configurations and Ethernet Termination specifications.

Summary

The Metro Ethernet Technology Pack provides an essential set of components

aligned with industry standards for Metro Ethernet services. Using these

components in conjunction with standard UIM capabilities enables service providers

to accurately model their Metro Ethernet service environment to the appropriate

level of detail required to support their operations. The domain knowledge and

modeling patterns encapsulated in this Technology Pack provide significant benefits

in reducing overall implementation costs and timelines for Metro Ethernet

deployments.

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