Alcatel-Lucent 5620 AIM

A N A LY S I S A N D I N V E N T O R Y M O D U L E | R E L E A S E 8 . 0

The Alcatel-Lucent 5620 AIM analyzes network data and produces a series of reports suitable for network engineering purposes.

The rapid growth of the Internet has resulted in concurrent growth in networks that is difficult to predict and therefore difficult to plan. This network growth, together with a fiercely competitive environment and a high demand for new services, has left network engineers struggling to make sound and cost-effective decisions about network deployment. The Alcatel-Lucent 5620 Analysis and Inventory Module (AIM) is a network analysis tool that allows for network control. The Alcatel-Lucent 5620 AIM analyzes network data and produces a series of reports suitable for network engineering purposes. The Alcatel-Lucent 5620 AIM is the only tool available that can gather and analyze information directly at the node level from the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 Network Manager (NM). The Alcatel-Lucent 5620 AIM provides information about the contents of networks and databases in a clear, graphical format. The 5620 AIM carrier-class data warehouse provides more information than any other reporting tool.

Data Warehouse
Before reports can be viewed network data must be imported into the AlcatelLucent 5620 AIM data warehouse. The Alcatel-Lucent 5620 AIM will accept real-time data from the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 NM database, and the AlcatelLucent Statistics Collector. For some products, additional information which is not available in the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 NM database is obtained directly from the nodes. Historical data is retained in the database, allowing trend analysis in network inventory and performance.

Analysis Reports
There are over 150 standard reports from which to choose. Network engineers can also easily create ad-hoc reports or customize standard reports to better address their particular needs. All reports can be converted to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, text (txt) or portable document format (PDF) for importing into documents, and to HTML for publishing on the Internet.

Inventory and Configuration Queries

A complete network inventory is valuable information for the network engineer. The Alcatel-Lucent 5620 AIM allows quick and easy inventory reports to be run on the whole network or just on the part of it, providing more inventory information than is available in the standard Alcatel-Lucent 5620 NM database. The Alcatel-Lucent 5620 AIM also has the ability to report information about connections (paths) and overlay links. Reports cover all important aspects from details about equipment configuration to status of individual circuits. Improperly configured cards can easily be detected and identified.

Graphical Topology Analysis

Proper network and node synchronization and control packet switching system (CPSS) design is required for a network to perform efficiently. This design is difficult to achieve without appropriate tools. The Alcatel-Lucent 5620 AIM addresses these areas with its advanced topology analysis capabilities. These capabilities allow interactive exploration and analysis of the synchronization and CPSS design of the network.

Performance Analysis
The Alcatel-Lucent 5620 AIM measures network performance using statistics collected from the Alcatel-Lucent Statistics Collector and availability and status events obtained directly from the 5620 NM. With the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 AIM, todays network performance can be compared with the previous days, weeks or months performance to help maximize the networks quality and effectiveness.

Utilization Queries
As the demands on the network increase, customers need to maximize technology investments. The AlcatelLucent 5620 AIM can be used to identify and pinpoint cards, ports, trunks, paths, or overlay links that are underutilized.

Alarm Analysis
In highly complex network environments, alarms are a regular occurrence. With the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 AIM, alarm trends can be analyzed by time and/or specific equipment and this information can be used to take corrective action in the network.

Alcatel-Lucent 5620 AIM | Release 8.0

T E C H N I C A L
Features
Continuous automated real-time update of the network into the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 AIM from the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 NM and Statistics Collector support for redundant AlcatelLucent 5620 NM and Statistics aggregators managed node support by the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 SNMP Descriptor Module (DM) More than 150 standard analysis reports New reports tailored to individual operational needs Reports in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, txt, PDF or HTML Multi-user server edition (in addition to workstation edition), supporting up to 32 users Configurable and flexible scheduling of operations Scheduled reports (in addition to ad hoc reports) Continuous collection and storage of network data for one years worth of data Availability reports Switched services reports including private network-tonetwork interface (PNNI) node configuration and hierarchy support Alcatel-Lucent 7300 Advanced Services Access Manager (ASAM) reports Enhanced network engineering reports

S P E C I F I C A T I O N S
Schedule Manager for customized and flexible execution schedules Intelligent Execution Manager for full control and status reporting of 5620 AIM platform operations Alcatel-Lucent 5620 NM Security Enhancement support Upgraded Database and Reporting Engine simultaneous data import and reporting capabilities increased backup and restore performance object searching for efficient report creation export in native Microsoft Excel format Customized configuration and scheduling of individual or batch report exports Flexible deployment via command line and silent install capabilities Windows Server 2003 support

Additional Node Data

Additional node data (not obtained in the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 NM database) can be obtained from: Alcatel-Lucent 7470 Multiservice Platform (MSP) to Release 9.1 Alcatel-Lucent 7270 Multiservice Concentrator (MSC) to Release 9.1 Alcatel-Lucent 7670 Routing Switch Platform (RSP) to Release 7.1 Alcatel-Lucent 7670 Edge Services Extender (ESE) to Release 5.1 Alcatel-Lucent 7350 ASAM Releases 4.2, 4.3 and 5.0 3600/3600+ MainStreet Multiservice Bandwidth Managers to Release 9.0 Other products to be added in future releases.

Graphical Reports
Diagram of synchronization topology network Diagram of CPSS topology network

Platform
Recommended platform requirement: Quad-core Intel Xeon 3200 or better 3GHz CPU or better 2GB RAM or better two 80 GB hard disks (dependent on the network size) Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003

Standard Reports
More than 150 standard reports are available for: Inventory and configuration Synchronization CPSS Utilization Performance Availability Alarms Congestion

Product Compatibility
Can import a database from the Alcatel-Lucent 5620 NM (Release 6.2 to Release 8.0) Can import statistics from the Alcatel-Lucent Statistics Collector (Release 6.2 to Release 8.0)
Note: The 5620 AIM does not import data directly from element-managed devices.

Automation, Intelligence, Management

Real-time data collection and import Operations Manager offering full control of operations and batch management

Alcatel-Lucent 5620 AIM | Release 8.0

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