Vital Enterprise Software

Streamline management and cut administrative costs with award-winning multi-vendor, multi-service softwareSuccessful IT management means implementing an integrated system in which your network, your applications and your business processes work together to support strategic enterprise objectives. An integrated system demands centralized configuration, administration, visibility and control over your entire infrastructure — the total visibility and complete control only Vital software systems can provide.

Alcatel-Lucent, a proven global provider of multi-vendor, multi-technology software, provides market leading management solutions that maximize the availability and performance of mission critical communications. Alcatel-Lucent’s award-winning Vital Network and Service Management portfolio is used today by more than 200 service providers and over 1500 enterprises and government customers worldwide. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

VitalQIP® IP Address ManagementMarket-leading VitalQIP® DNS/DHCP and IP Management software helps you efficiently configure, automate, integrate and administer IP services across your entire network, locally or globally. This powerful management software centralizes planning and administration, enabling you to rapidly provision address space and reliably deliver critical IP name and address services throughout your network.

BENEFITSPerformance-proven in today’s most demanding networksAutomates critical IP name and address servicesEnhances administrator effectiveness and user satisfactionMaximizes the return on your IP investmentsScales to support any number of IP addresses with unsurpassed reliabilityProvides secure IPAM infrastructure and extended auditing capabilities

VitalSuite® AAA The VitalSuite® AAA Server is the Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server of choice for major service providers, ISPs and Enterprises due to its proven performance and its flexible, extensible PolicyFlow™ architecture built on Java™-based programming language.

BENEFITSMost extensive set of Authentication, Authorization and Accounting features available todayComplete support for Wi-Fi Wireless LANsFull interoperability with 3G Wireless WANsFeatures for all AAA requirements;

DIAMETER - EAP, SIM and SS7 Gateway - IP Ad-dress Assignment - Session Manager - Mobile IP/IPv4/IPv6 - Dual processing of RADIUS and Diameter requests

Easy integration in heterogeneous architectures and with other RADIUS systems

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VitalSuite® Performance ManagementVitalSuite® Application and Network Performance Management tools maximize the uptime for end users and systems across your entire network. Providing real-time views into everything from complex e-commerce transactions to mission-critical network resources, it lets you continuously monitor, measure and optimize performance at every level of your IT operations.

BENEFITSAccess personalized network performance data at a glancePre-empt potential network problems with real-time enterprise-wide visibilitySimplify analysis and planning with drill-down reports for every organizational levelCentrally manage network, application and service qualityMaximize uptime by proactively tracking faults to their sourceStrengthen support of critical business transactions by monitoring applications performanceProtect your network investment with enhanced operational performanceRealize rapid ROI through immediate system deployment and access to performance data

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Vital Enterprise Software Network and Application Performance Management The VitalSuite® performance management system is comprised of three advanced software modules for Application, Network and Real-time Event analysis offering you a comprehensive fully integrated solution in a cost effective package.

Carrier-grade scalability - flexible deployment capabilities permit support for millions of performance-monitored objectsEnterprise-wide visibility - network-wide views allow monitoring and measurement of all network elements, servers and clients by the “My Vital” portalApplication performance management - transaction monitoring from an end user perspective facilitates performance optimization and enhanced QoSNetwork performance management - continuous network-wide visibility helps improve resource optimization and planning for maximum ROIEvent management - real-time network event data allows proactive responses for corrective action and prevents problem escalation

Unmatched IP Address Management, DNS/DHCP Functionality with Proven Reliability, Scalability & Speed Alcatel-Lucent answers the need for IP services and IP address management issues in small networks up through high volume environments requiring high performance and high availability with its market-leading VitalQIP® software.

Multi-vendor, multi-platform compatibility - for investment protection and cost-effective growthIndustry’s highest performance DHCP and DNS servers - enabling rapid IP address assignment for the delivery of robust IP servicesHigh availability architecture - minimizes downtime of critical IP services and maximizes user satisfactionFlexible administration - local or remote administrators streamline management of IP names, addresses and distributed DHCP/DNS services to help reduce operating expensesConsolidated IP inventory - ensures network-wide consistency and accuracy of management dataExtend VitalQIP® functionality with optional pre-integrated modules to address specific needs

Authentication and Access Management SoftwareVitalSuite® AAA server provides an extensive list of features with millions of ports managed worldwide. It is a complete AAA solution that addresses the strictest requirements for flexibility, reliability and security.

Fault tolerant solution to achieve five 9’s reliability with a carrier grade AAA serverOutstanding performance capable of achieving over 800 AAA/sec or 2400 transactions/sec/server

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Comprehensive third-party vendor support: Cisco, Juniper, Nortel, Alcatel, Ericsson, Nokia, etc.Full support for today’s applications: 2G, 3G, 4G, IMS, UMTS, DSL, Wi-Fi (Wireless LAN) 802.1x/EAP, WiMaxEAP Types: TLS, TTLS, PEAP, MD5, Generic Token Card, LEAP - EAP-SIM support optionally available – Certificate handling for EAP-TLSAuthentication for all leading service & IP types –SS7 Gateway, DIAMETER, Mobile IP, IPv4 and IPv6 (RFC 3162)Meets RAS, DSL, IMS, 3G, and other mobile standardsExtensive 3G Wireless support for 3GPP, 3GPP2, IS-835A/B/C, EAP-SIMWide variety of interface support: SQL, LDAP, Windows NT, Proxy, Radius, SecurID/Safeword, Unix GetPwNam, and DiameterComprehensive Platform support: Solaris SPARC & x86, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, HP-UX, Compaq/DEC TRU-64 UNIX, Windows 2000, XP, Server 2000 & 2003, Macintosh OS X, and other releases of Linux and Unix

To learn more about these and other enterprise solutions, contact your Alcatel-Lucent sales representative, authorized reseller or sales agent. You can also visit our web site at http://www.alcatel-lucent.com.

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Pre-Built &Customizable

Reporting

Application Traffic Custom Delivery of SLA,Alarm, and Reporting

Detail

Secure Web-BasedCustomizable Portal

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Capacity Planing& Trend Analysis

Remote Tests& Diagnostics

ProactiveTroubleshooting

Historical

Real-Time

AdaptiveMonitoring

Detail Device ViewsAdvanced Performance Event Filtering

and Notification for SNMP Devices

SNMP RMON

Long TermArchiving

VitalSuite®PerformanceManagementNetwork Real-Time

Application Reports

SNMPRMON

Agents, TCP/IP

End-To-End Transport Path View

VoIP Network& Voice Metric

Monitoring

VitalSuite® Performance Management