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Manager Agent Technology Case Studies

Application ScenariosApplication Scenarios

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Case I: Retail Store Chain

3000 retail stores3000 retail stores VSAT backboneVSAT backbone 5-20 devices per store5-20 devices per store Resources to be managedResources to be managed

VSAT interfaceVSAT interface –– UNIX OSUNIX OS HUBHUB –– Oracle RDBMSOracle RDBMS RouterRouter –– ApplicationsApplications POS terminalsPOS terminals –– Critical ProcessesCritical Processes

Framework: CA-Unicenter TNGFramework: CA-Unicenter TNG Agents: DSM + CA Agents + User AgentsAgents: DSM + CA Agents + User Agents

Highly Distributed Environment: Central ManagementHighly Distributed Environment: Central Management

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Retail Store Chain: Star Configuration

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Retail Store Chain: Remote Site

Individual Store ConfigurationIndividual Store Configuration

Clients

DataBaseUNIX Server

Hub Router VSAT UpLink

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Retail Store Chain: Solution

TNG World ViewTNG World View

+ CORE+ CORE

+ TNG EM Services+ TNG EM Services

+ Quick D ESD+ Quick D ESD

TCP/IPBackboneNetworkStore # 1Store # 1 Store # nStore # n

DMDM DMDM

SNMPSNMP SNMPSNMPDistributed State Machine +

System Agent +

DBMS Agent +

User-Built Agents +

3rd Party Agents

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Case II: Large Financial Company

Seven growing to ten regionsSeven growing to ten regions T1-based private TCP/IP WANT1-based private TCP/IP WAN 200-2000 devices per region200-2000 devices per region Resources to be managedResources to be managed

FDDI controllerFDDI controller –– UNIX OSUNIX OS HUBHUB –– Sybase RDBMSSybase RDBMS RouterRouter –– ApplicationsApplications Windows NTWindows NT –– Critical ProcessesCritical Processes

Enterprise Console: TNG World ViewEnterprise Console: TNG World View Surveillance: TNG DSMs + AgentsSurveillance: TNG DSMs + Agents

Regional Environment: Primary and Secondary MCCsRegional Environment: Primary and Secondary MCCs

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Financial Company: Geographic Domains

TNG 2D World View +TNG 2D World View +

Local CORE +Local CORE +

Quick D FanOut Servers +Quick D FanOut Servers +

DSMDSM

TCP/IP

BackboneNetwork

Region # 1Region # 1 Region # nRegion # n

DSMDSM DSMDSM

SNMPSNMP SNMPSNMP

System Agent +

DBMS Agent +

User Agents +

3rd Party Agents