Cisco Cloud and Systems Management - Prime Network

1. Introduction
Product Overview
Networks are becoming ever more complex in the era of virtualization, consisting of both physical and virtual infrastructures. Service providers are faced with the task of realigning network and data center operations with the corresponding operations support systems (OSSs) to build a more profitable operational model. Today’s disjointed management systems, however, make it difficult to achieve this.
Cisco Prime™ Network addresses this challenge by providing a single solution for device operation and fault management—supporting both the traditional physical network components, as well as compute, and the virtual elements—Cisco Prime Network helps service providers better meet the requirements of delivering carrier-class services. (Refer to Figure 1.)

Features
● Comprehensive, graphical views of the entire network from topology down to the device level with centralized inventory, status, and fault information (refer to Figures 2 and 3)
● GUI-based device component configuration with more than 200 prebuilt and downloadable configuration plug-ins
● Automated discovery, device configuration, and change management with up-to-date displays of network events, states, and changes
● Automatic root-cause identification, alarm reduction through de-duplication, and topology-guided troubleshooting
● Optimized for multilayer, multitechnology networks and enabled for multivendor network scenarios, supporting major third-party device types and configurations

2. Device Discovery and Administration

• Autodiscover network elements and topology

• View physical containment and logical inventory

• Over 40 carrier technologies and services supported

• Status of over 1500 attributes

• Use the integrated topology and fault viewer

• Support configuration and diagnostics

• Over 200 bundled command scripts (more added through community site)

• Command script builder (model-based scripting)

• Add soft properties: extend inventory discovery

• Define additional threshold-crossing alarms

• Provide secure authentication (LDAP or local), and role-based authorization, with full security auditing

• Create inventory and top-event reports

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3. Documents

Cisco Prime Network Introduction

Cisco Prime Network Business Overview

Cisco_Prime_Network 3.9 Business Overview

Cisco Prime Network 4.1 Business Overview

Cisco Prime for IP NGN Technical Education Series Introduction to Prime Network

Cisco Prime Network 4.0 Business Overview

Cisco Prime Deep Dive