White Paper
© 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information.
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Cisco Carrier Ethernet Management
Contents
1
Executive Summary
1.1
Preface
1.2
Introduction
2
Historical Overview
2.1
Business Needs
2.2
Target Market
3
Solution/Technology
3.1
Carrier Ethernet Network
3.2
Carrier Ethernet OAM Overview
3.3
Carrier Ethernet Management Solution
4
Acceleration of Carrier Ethernet Success with Cisco Advanced Services
4.1
Prepare, Plan, Design, Implement, Operate, and Optimize Services
4.2
Services Stacks for Carrier Ethernet
4.3
Post-Delivery Support
5
Conclusions
6
References
White Paper
© 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information.
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Executive Summary
1.1
Preface
The target audience for this white paper is network management engineers involved in developing
solutions for managing service provider Carrier Ethernet networks. It is helpful to have familiarity
with how Ethernet works and Ethernet OA&M [1], and products such as Cisco Active Network
Abstraction (ANA) and Cisco IP Solution Center (ISC).
1.2
Introduction
The main objectives of this white paper are to:
● Introduce Cisco solutions that are available for managing Carrier Ethernet networks.
● Help readers determine the best solution based on their organization’s size, requirements,
and budget. To accommodate different needs, two types of solutions are proposed: the
“Jump-Start Solution” and the “Complete Solution.” More details are provided later in the
paper.
● Describe a full lifecycle services approach available through Cisco Advanced Services for
service providers.
2
Historical Overview
Currently ISC is used to support Cisco’s Metro Ethernet customers. Moving forward with Carrier
Ethernet, a new management solution is proposed based on Cisco ANA. This solution will support
service providers who wish to deploy Carrier Ethernet services on the Cisco 7600 Series