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Network Management for Large Scale Converged
Services Networks
Ross Rehart, Sr. Solutions Engineer
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Agenda

• The Converged Network
• Converged Network Components
• Issues Managing a Converged Network
• Defining the need
• Compliance and Process Flow
• Costs
• Conclusion

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Converged Network

• Aspects
• Multi-service
• High bandwidth
• Multi-node type
• Decentralized mediation/control
• Complex interaction between nodes

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Converged Network Components
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Issues the NOC Must Handle

• Multiple Element Management (EMS) and Operations
  Support Systems (OSS)
• Manufacturer specific
• May or may not have northbound reporting
  capabilities
• Multi-disciplines needed to manage/respond
• Ever changing infrastructure
• Ever increasing node/service count
• Volume of alarming

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Defining the Need

• What level of management is needed?
• What needs to be managed
• Applications
• Services
• Network
• Protocols
• Centralized or decentralized
• Business requirements

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Compliance Considerations
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NOC Process Flow
NOC
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Costs Building and Operating

• Notes
• Estimates do not include facilities related
  expenses such as power, connectivity, furniture,
  space, desktops etc.
• Estimates based on 500 nodes under management

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In Sourcing v. Outsourcing

• Cost
• OpEx vs. CapEx
• Need
• Outsource to in-source migration
• Expected alarm volume
• Staffing needs
• In-house Expertise

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Conclusion

• Network complexity is on the rise
• Ever increasing demand for service diversity
• Issues around managing a converged network are as
  complex as the network
• The need must be defined
• Compliance and Process must be considered
• Cost OpEx vs. CapEx

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Ross Rehart Sr. Solutions Engineer rrehart_at_network
insight.com 858.362.8367 www.networkinsight.com