Vision EMS™As Carrier Ethernet continues to grow, network operators are increasing their footprint to reach new customers, open up new markets, and increase their revenue stream.

Managing networks has become increasingly complex; reducing operational expenses and increasing productivity become key strategies in maximizing shareholder value.

Accedian Networks’ Vision EMS™ Accedian Networks’ Vision EMS™ is a centralized management platform for Accedian Networks’ MetroNID®, MetroNODE 10GE™ and VeloCITY FS™ performance-assurance solutions. From this application, multiple concurrent users can view and manage Accedian Networks devices, greatly simplifying the tasks of network operators.

From initial installation through unit lifecycle administration and maintenance, Vision EMSTM simplifies, secures and accelerates Ethernet service validation, fault management, performance monitoring and network management.

Vision EMSTM combines proven open source platforms with a browser-based end user interface to provide a powerful management tool for your Accedian products. Built around a robust task-automation engine, Vision EMSTM can perform network-wide operations for device backups, device commissioning, firmware upgrades and even run multiple concurrent service validation tests.

By extending Accedian Networks’ Plug & GoTM instant provisioning system, Vision EMSTM reduces operational effort to an absolute minimum. New units go from the box to being managed in just minutes.

Product Benefits• Point-and-click web browser based

user interface

• Centralized fault management

• Northbound SNMP API for Network Management System (NMS) alarm integration

• Commissioning workflows for efficient node turn-up

• Job scheduling for automation

• Plug & Go™ inventory discovery

• Network-wide configuration backup and restore functions

• Network-wide firmware upgrades

• One-second, stream-based performance data collection

• Centralized service turn-up validation

• Commissioning templates

• Appliance-based deployment model for peace of mind

1. Device is received and powered on the network

2. Device receives periodic beacons from the beaconing NID and configures its management channel from the beacon information

3. Device identifies itself to the Inventory-Tracking NID

4. Vision EMSTM monitors the Tracking NID and adds the new device to its list

5. Vision EMSTM establishes communication

6. Vision EMSTM provisions the device

Next Generation Element Management System for MetroNID®, MetroNODE 10GE™, and VeloCITY FS™ Solutions

Management of Accedian Networks Devices

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Plug & Go NMS/EMSTM Integration

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Feature Benefits• Alarm Banner

• Real-time updates• Provides bird’s-eye view of alarms

in the network

• Alarm Event List• Alarm details pane• Severity, description and probable

cause information

• Alarm Query• Supports queries per network element,

time range, severities and probable cause

• Alarm Synchronization• SNMP listener for real-time events• Periodic resynchronization with

network elements for alarm list accuracy

• Detects and raises alarms upon loss of contact

• Northbound Event Forwarding• Up to four SNMP receivers• Provides inform and notification

support• Sends out keep-alive messages to

ensure connectivity

Fault ManagementVision EMSTM provides centralized fault management for a rapid view of your network health. An alarm banner is always visible, providing a quick tally of all active alarms, as well as any loss of connectivity to the underlying elements.

Operators can drill down in the active alarms event list, which displays the most recent events in the system. This list provides alarm conditions, source entities and probable cause details.

Vision EMS™ provides real-time events by listening for activity from the underlying network. The alarm list is periodically refreshed on each device to maintain accurate alarm counts and to ensure operators are provided with an exact view of active alarms.

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Alarm QuerySorting and filtering active alarms is possible through an active alarms query tool. The multiple query options available can be combined to provide a view based on specific network elements, severity or time range.

Vision EMS™ - Next Generation Element Management System for MetroNID®, MetroNODE 10GE™, and VeloCITY FS™ Solutions

Vision EMSTM automates network-wide unit backup archiving and export, leveraging its task-automation engine to process thousands of Accedian devices at the same time.

Configuration files can be stored on either the Vision EMSTM server or on an external server, depending on your specific requirements.

Product Benefits• Inventory Collection

• Device Name

• Device model

• Serial number

• Firmware version

• Management IP address

• Ports and interfaces

• Backup and Restore• Centralized archive of device

node configuration information

• Support for concurrent backups

• Firmware Upgrade• Centralized management

of firmware upgrades

• Support for concurrent firmware distributions Quickly restore a unit’s previous configuration or swap in a replacement unit in a few

easy steps.

Vision EMSTM supports large-scale firmware upgrades for individual units, as well as for groups of units that can be broken down into smaller target clusters for incremental execution.

Multi-threaded batch processing and status tracking enable full-inventory upgrades to be completed and verified within time-sensitive maintenance windows.

Configuring a Backup Job

Restoring a Node

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Firmware Upgrades

Configuration Management

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Vision CollectPerformance Data StreamsData is the great equalizer. Providing network operators and service providers with insightful data about the performance of their network is key to ensuring that SLAs are being met and that the required quality of service is being delivered to end customers.

Vision EMSTM offers Vision Collect as an optional value-added module to obtain this data. Vision Collect is a performance data collection and distribution engine that provides near-real-time statistics, down to one-second granularity.

In order to optimize network bandwidth while minimizing CPU and data-caching requirements, a permanent data stream is established between the devices and the Vision EMSTM platform.

Vision Collect’s permanent data stream distribution:

• Provides immediate access to available data

• Eliminates the overhead of legacy SNMP polling

• Streamlines the device’s CPU and memory profiles

• Streamlines the Vision EMSTM server’s CPU profile

Customizable output formats are possible via the Apache Velocity Engine. This powerful template tool can be leveraged to meet the needs of network operators and service providers.

Because Performance Matters • Centralized configuration and collection

of performance metrics for up to 1,000 devices at one-second granularity.

• Stream-based data exchange that optimizes network bandwidth and device resources

• Reception of one-second bins for• PAATM

• Policies

• Regulators

• FlowMETERTM

• Reception of one-minute bins for all historical data• Service OAM DMM, Packet Loss,

Service Availability (SA), SA Metrics and Service Level Management

• Distribution of performance data to third-party systems through highly-customizable CSV files

Vision Collect Agent Configuration

Vision Collect Status

Performance Data Streams

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Vision SP (Service Performance)Service Turn-Up Validation Made Simple

• Y.1564 and RFC-2544 testing with Layer-2 and Layer-3 support

• One-way and two-way configurations

• VLAN, DSCP and PCP flow validation

• CIR and EIR throughput characterization

• Centralized configuration of up to eight flows per suite

• Configuration of multiple validation suites

• Generic suites can be used as templates for consistent validation across an entire network

• Site-to-site, or site-to-multisite configuration

• Concurrent flow execution for true service validation

• Automatic configuration of reverse flows for one-way tests

• Automatic creation and control of Layer-3 loopbacks

• Centralized validation of circuit configuration and performance

• Validation launch and status updates from the Vision EMSTM GUI

• Retrieval and archival of validation results that can be used as “birth certificates”

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RFC-2544 and Y.1564 Testing

Vision EMSTM offers Vision SP as an optional value-added module. Vision SP is an ITU-T Y.1564 and RFC-2544 coordinator that enables centralized configuration and control of service validation tests.

From one central screen, network operators can configure tests that include up to nine devices. Near-end and far-end inventory drop-down lists guide operators through the test configuration process by suggesting available Layer-2 and Layer-3 interfaces on the target endpoints. Vision EMSTM handles the testing configuration on all nine devices, creating loopbacks for two-way flows and offering the possibility to configure reverse tests for one-way flows.

Once tests are configured, Vision EMSTM is used to launch them from a central location. Test progress can then be monitored and test results retrieved in real time as the test runs.

Leveraging the Vision EMSTM task-automation engine, multiple tests can be executed in parallel by multiple operators, providing a truly centralized service- validation hub.

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Vision FlowDevice CommissioningVision EMSTM offers Vision Flow as an optional value-added module. Vision Flow provides network operators with template-based commissioning tools to standardize and streamline the device turn-up process.

Leveraging the Vision EMSTM flow engine, commissioning operations can be either launched automatically upon device installation or scheduled for a single device or multiple devices concurrently.

Once configuration jobs are set up, Vision EMSTM is used to apply them to network elements from a central location.

Leveraging the Vision EMSTM task-automation engine, multiple configurations can be applied to one or several network elements in parallel.

Vision Flow Execution

Vision Flow Job Scheduler

Vision Flow Configuration Job

Device Turn-Up Made Simple• Centralized template-based

commissioning of MetroNID® TE, MetroNID® GT, MetroNODE 10GETM, and VeloCITY FSTM devices. Intuitive GUI-based templates reduce operator’s node turn-up times.

• Automated commissioning on device installation.

• Batch support for Mass Deployment of commissioning changes. No more logging into individual nodes for bulk edits.

• Data set support provides the means to tailor templates to specific node attributes while keeping wildcard values for common attributes.

• Daily scheduling for execution of routine tasks and deferred scheduling for the execution of unattended tasks.

• Progress tracking for job monitoring and job control to interrupt in- progress activities.

• Direct OPEX savings resulting from improved efficiencies in device turn- up times and consistency.

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Vision EMSTM 2.4 Feature EtherNID GE VeloCITY FS MetroNID TE MetroNID GTMetroNODE

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Firmware Version All releases 5.4 and above 6.0 and above 5.4 and above

Configuration Backup All releases 5.4 and above 6.0 and above 5.4 and above

Configuration Restore All releases 5.4 and above 6.0 and above 5.4 and above

Job Scheduling All releases 5.4 and above 6.0 and above 5.4 and above

Firmware Upgrade All releases 5.4 and above 6.0 and above 5.4 and above

Standing Alarms

Alarm Bursts

Commissioning Workflows 4.7 & 4.9 All releases 6.0 and above 6.0 and above 6.0 and above

Supported Templates Custom Commands

Streaming API All releases 6.0.1 and above 6.0.1 and above 6.0.1 and above

Supported Granularity - Low Res All releases 6.0.1 and above 6.0.1 and above 6.0.1 and above

Supported Granularity - High Res 1.0 and above 6.3.1 and above 6.3.1 and above 6.3.1 and above

Bandwidth Requirements (average, max collections enabled per device)

Y.1564 Support All releases 6.0 and above 6.0 and above 5.5 and above

Y.1564 Flows Supported 2 2 8 8

RFC-2544 Support All releases 5.4 and above 6.0 and above 5.5 and above

RFC-2544 Flows Supported 1 1 1 1

EMIX Support No No Yes Yes

Number of Tests Defined (per device) 16 16 16 16

Number of Running Tests (per device) 1 1 1 1

Number of Running Tests (per Vision EMSTM)

Number of Tests defined (per VisionEMSTM)

Supported Browsers Firefox version 21 and above, Google Chrome version 28 and above, Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 & 10

Hardware Platform Vision EMS Appliance (16 GB RAM, E3-1200 family processor, solid state redundant disks)

Physical Dimensions 431 x 44 x 550 mm (12 Kg)

Operating / Storage Temperature / Humidity 0 ~ 40º C / -20~70º C / 5~95%, non-condensing

Power 1U ATX redundant 275W each, AC 100~240V @50~60 Hz

Management Port One 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet (front)

Other Network Ports Four 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet (front)

Regulatory Compliance CE emission, FCC Class A, RoHS

Operating System / Database

Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS / MySQL Server Enterprise Edition 5.5.28

Redundancy Scheme Cold Standby

Maximum Number of Devices 3000

Vision Collect Streams 3000 @ one-minute granularity 1000 @ one-second granularity

Maximum Number of Concurrent Users 20

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