UI: Standardized single-pane-of-glass for Real6me Inventory, Data & Analy6cs, Network Control Automa6on, Visualiza6ons, and much more.

API: standard API framework to consuming apps. Enables simplified integra6ons for future network evolu6on and Network-as-a-Service (NaaS).

Mul6-Vendor, Mul6-Genera6on: 300+ Network Elements over two decades of technology development.

Across all supported technologies: Uniform UI and API/Services. netFLEX Alien Aware Networking enables uniform Opera6onal Support and System Integra6ons to the underlying technology to… MAKE IT ALL LOOK THE SAME

THE LIGHTRIVER APPROACH TO TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION AND NETWORK ABSTRACTION

netFLEX Dev ToolkitSDN Reference Architecture and REST/JSON API Services Framework

Partner Integrations and Development to SDN or OSS/NMS Platforms• Mul6ple OSS/BSS, Orchestra6on and BigData PlaZorm Integra6ons• OSS/Inventory: AMDOCS, NetCracker, Exfo Ontology, Ericsson, others• OEM Domain Controllers: Ciena, Infinera, Fujitsu, others• NMS Fault Managers: VMWare(SMARTS), IBM NetCool, Ericsson, Errigal, others• Open Source Orchestrators (Tier 1 internally developed)• NBI/SBI Supported: REST/JSON, SNMP, TL1, ASCII, MTOSI/XML, netCONF/Yang, other Interfaces

Multi-Vendor OTN Transport (DWDM & DCI)• Adva FSP-3000R7, FSP-3000RE• Ciena 6500 (Fixed, CD, CDC, broader)*, RLS*, Waveserver, Waveserver Ai, Waveserver 5*, Z-series• Cisco NCS 2000 / NCS 1002• Fujitsu 1Finity* (T100 / T300 / T600 / L100 / L110)• Infinera DTN/DTN-X, Flex-ILS*, Groove G30*, XTM*, Cloud Express*• Juniper BTI7060/7800 • Nokia 1830: 1830 PSS family (Fixed, CD, CDC, broader), 1830 PSI-2T, 1830 PSI-M*• SmartOp6cs DCP-M40/M8*• Optelian MXP-9103• *Addi6onal Disaggregated Networks / Open ROADM / White Box, under development…

*Under development with more to be released across all of these domains

ALIEN AWARE NETWORKINGSPECIFICATION SUMMARY:Network Element Support and System Integrations

End CustomerOperator / SP Non-TraditionalService Provider

Realtime Inventory Data & Analytics(AI/ML)

~ 300 Supported Network Element Types

Direct Connect

Network ControlAutomation

UI & API

LegacyDevices

PacketDevices

NetworkDisaggregation

WavelengthDevices

Routers / Switches• Ciena CES* - 39XX, 51XX, 81XX, 87XX• Cisco Router – ASR family, 2650XM, Catalyst 2960/3400/3550/3750, MGX1/MGX45, Various other• Inphi Pluggable Op6cs – PAM4, 400ZR, 400ZR+• Juniper Router/Switch family - ACX, MX, PTX, other• Nokia (Alcatel-Lucent), 7330 ISAM, 7705/7750/7250/7450/OS6850• *Arista Edge/Service PlaZorms

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SERVICE LIFE-CYCLE AUTOMATION

PERSONALIZATION

ADD/CHANGE

From service ac,va,on and beyond – ability for the user to uniquely ‘define the experience’ for OnDemand, Scheduled, or Programmed interac,ons (Data-Driven, Intent-Based-Networking). And… do so through uniform UI and API access.

Similar to service ac,va,on, ability to add/change service at any point aPer through UI/API for OnDemand instan,a,on.

Real,me and all-the-,me discovered inventory & analy,cs to monitor service against upfront Golden Config and Policy. Available to all apps to auto-detect, -fix, -no,fy, and -maintain.

In support of Network Automa,on and full Service Life-Cycle support, the following matrix reflects netFLEX func,onal capabili,es across each core category.

PCE and A-to-Z automa,on for service ac,va,on. Instan,ated with Real,me

Design/Inventory, Golden Config, & Policy (IBN) for automa,on of all Day 2 visibility-and-control to ensure service

up,me and performance.

Any excep,on to Day 1 service ac,va,on around Golden Config

and Performance is auto-detected, auto-tested/triaged, auto-no,fied,

and auto-fixed where possible.

When a network upgrade, groom, rou,ne maintenance or similar work is required -

control automa,on is leveraged to do in bulk, scheduled, or other ‘human hands off’ op,ons.

EVERY SECOND, EVERY DAY

ALIEN AWARE NETWORKINGFUNCTIONAL CAPABILITY MATRIX

SERVICE ACTIVATION

HEALTH/VISIBILITY

UPGRADE/MAINTAIN

ALIEN AWARE NETWORKINGSPECIFICATION SUMMARY:Functional Capabilities

AN

ALYZE

DISCOVER

CONTROL

AN

ALYZE

DISCOVER

CONTROL

AN

ALYZE

DISCOVER

CONTROL

SERVICEACTIVATION

UPGRADE / MAINTAIN

HEALTH / VISIBILITY

ADD /CHANGE

CATEGORY FEATURE DESCRIPTION

NE Aggregated Alarm List Consolidated alarm listing of multivendor, multitechnology, multigeneration network elements. Sortable, filterable, queryable, exportable.

Historical Alarm Report Graphical and Tablular report of historical data for a range of dates for alarms by date and type, or by user and type for a single day. Sortable, filterable, queryable, exportable.

New Alarms Report The New Alarm report shows all alarms that have occurred since the last New alarm search was done, also clearing the flashing NEW ALARM icons located in the Alarm Central area of the GUI. Sortable, filterable, queryable, exportable.

NE Problem Alarm Report A historical report showing alarms that have cleared on a chosen day and the sta,s,cs associated with each alarm while it was ac,ve for each alarm category. Sortable, filterable, queryable, exportable.

Automatic NE & Card Discovery (DNO) Dynamic Network Opera,ons (DNO) performs auto-discovery of equipment inventory which is used to display equipment views and is used in the assign database.

Geographic Network Map The Map View displays the individual and grouped network elements on a panable and zoomable map, op,onally showing links, autorefreshing alarm and connec,vity state, and clickable as an entrée to other netFLEX func,onality.

Network Layout Diagram The Network Layout shows a graphical layout for all interconnected NE. The re-arrangeable customizable display is a visual representa,on of the Network Neighbor Report.

Physical Equipment ViewDisplays a graphical representa,on of the selected NE, autorefreshing if desired, showing shelves and circuit packs as found in the card database, fiber links for WDM elements, and also providing card details, alarm state, and other data, with naviga,on to addi,onal func,onality.

Logical View of card & facilities connections

WDM Logical View is an interac,ve graphical representa,on of the NE, cards, and ports, and the topological links between them. Color iden,fies the card type (Amplifier, ROADM, Muxponder, Transponder/Muxponder, etc.) and provisioned state. Transponder/Muxponder ports can also iden,fy the payload on the client side and the wavelength or frequency for line ports.

Card Inventory Report The Card Inventory report lists informa,on for a specified NE Type, Subnetwork, Network Element, or AID, including card Type, CLEIs, PIDs, Ac,ve/Standby status, Version, etc. Sortable, filterable, queryable, exportable.

Ring Layout Diagram Graphically displays the logical Ring Layout for a selected NE. Refreshable NE icons reflect connec,on and alarm status, and Ring Analysis func,on displays Performance Data for endpoints.

Alarm Visibility & Management

Network Inventory &

Topology

CATEGORY FEATURE DESCRIPTION

Wavelength Usage Reports

Wavelength match discovers exis3ng wavelength carrier and client services and displays via tabular Wavelength Carrier / Services reports, Wavelength Op3cal Cross Connect (OCH) reports, Wavelength Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL) and/or Op3cal Data Unit (ODUk) cross connects reports, etc, with associated informa3on and naviga3ons. In addi3on, the Wavelength Usage Matrix displays the WDM wavelengths possible on a given DWDM network ring specified by an NE and Line AID. Each table cell represents if a specific wavelength is in use. Addi3onal features are provided for FlexGrid.

LLDP Router IntegrationnetFLEX iden3fica3on of the far end network element connected to a transponder client port, if it has been discovered through Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP), even though the far end network element is not managed by netFLEX. These are iden3fied graphically on Logical Views.

A-Z Detailed Circuit Trace Circuit Trace displays the structure of a circuit from end to end. Circuits may be contained in one network element, or may be carried through a number of network elements. The informa3on is displayed in both graphical and tabular format, with detailed informa3on and naviga3ons.

Fiber Panel DiagramThe FDP Fiber Diagram graphically displays interconnects between Fiber Distribu3on Panels (FDPs) and allows them to be followed end to end, showing each of the FDPs traversed between two ports, and all of the fibers that exist between adjacent FDPs. The fibers display the transmission direc3on and alarm color of the NE ports that they inter-connect. In addi3on it allows those fiber links to be provisioned graphically.

Schedule Automated PMThe netFLEX system automa3cally schedules PM collec3on for any facility that is cross-connected and for any op3cal ports. The Schedule PM form can also be used to schedule and deschedule automa3c data retrieval of 24 hour performance counts of a specified facility.

Circuit Level PM Reports The Retrieve Circuit PM form retrieves in real 3me all collected 24 hour PM on a specific circuit, regardless of what monitor types (MONTYPES) are set in the PM preferences tab

Graphical or Tabular Service PM View Display PM retrieves the PM data for the specified user and service view and displays the informa3on in both graphical and tabular format. This query displays the PM counts for facili3es that have been scheduled for automa3c PM retrieval.

Ethernet PM / SLA A collec3on of queryable reports providing Ethernet service performance data, interface performance, excep3on, and capacity forecast repor3ng for select network element types.

Predictive Analytics/ThresholdingThe netFLEX system logs all autonomous performance monitoring threshold crossings reported by network elements. For polled collec3on, netFLEX can report a thresholded "Performance Quality Value". These Analy3cs can provide predic3ve informa3on for proac3ve maintenance.

Problem PM Discovery The Problem PM form is used to iden3fy facili3es which have non-zero counts. Sortable, filterable, queryable, and exportable, it focuses a]en3on on the 'bad actors' worst performing facili3es.

Circuit Analysis ToolThe Circuit Analysis Tool displays Trace informa3on including the card and ports types as well as real 3me alarm, PM, cross-connect, and other audits. For Wavelength circuits CAT will also audit the op3cal light levels where possible. It allows rapid trouble isola3on across even mul3-vendor mul3-technology circuits and services.

Optical Power ManagementAZ Power forms provide real 3me monitoring of the expected and measured power at each decode point through a circuit, for specific network elements. Both a tabular report, and graphical display are provided, for power, loss, and commisssioing loss. Z-bars indicate the provisioned target power and target devia3on.

NE Backup & Restore For select NEs, these features provide the ability to perform database backups and restorals to and from the netFLEX system. Op3ons included scheduled, repeat, real 3me backup and local or remote backup storage.

Proactive Waves Restoration(Control-Loop)

Proac3ve OTN and Wavelength Restora3on (POWR) features respond to alarms and events from OTN/WDM equipment, autonomously gather circuit based diagnos3c informa3on, and perform autonomous restora3on of facili3es and service.

PM Worklist features

Enhanced Performance Monitoring (EPM) is a netFLEX configura3on which provides a set of features and tools to collect and display NE data. This informa3on is used to analyze circuits for problem detec3on and preven3on. Key features include Automated circuit informa3on feed, Real 3me PM display and historical PM collec3on and storage, Circuit trace and circuit analysis including circuit audit, Alarm management features, Interfaces to trouble 3cket systems, Interfaces to automated test systems, and a Worklist with worklist management features to monitor selected circuits targeted for proac3ve maintenance.

Circuit Provisioning Both point-and-click A-Z graphical provisioning and table driven provisioning provide mul3-vendor, mul3-genera3on, and mul3-technology circuit provisioning, using human directed or our automated Path Computa3on Engine for route choices.

Wavelength Services ProvisioningBoth point-and-click A-Z graphical provisioning and table driven provisioning provide mul3-vendor DWDM/CWDM/OTN wavelenght service provisioning, using human directed or our automated Path Computa3on Engine for route choices. Mul3-vendor provisioning applies to select WDM equipment where interworking is supported.

GUI Based Card & Port Provisioningfor SONET

Equipment Management features allow for provisioning of card and port features via graphical forms that retrieve data from network elements and allow the user to modify and push back to the devices.

GUI Based Card & Port Provisioningfor DWDM

Equipment Management features allow provisioning of card and port features via graphical forms which retrieve data from network elements and allow the user to modify and push back to the devices. In addi3on, point and click port provisioning is available from Logical View representa3ons of specific WDM/OTN network elements.

NE Software Download Sobware Management provides the ability to upgrade the sobware for specific network elements using netFLEX. A network element can be loaded from files stored on netFLEX orcopied from another NE

Northbound Real-Time Alarming The netFLEX REST API provides current alarm informa3on with JSON formated data. Legacy APIs can provide this via MTOSI/XML formats and real-3me TL1 and SNMP forwarding. The REST API is recommended.

Northbound Real-Time PMThe netFLEX REST API provides current 15 minute and 24 hour performance informaton with JSON formated data. Legacy APIs can provide this via MTOSI/XML formats. The REST API is recommended. The REST API also supports the launch of the Circuit Analysis via a GET method.

Command Cut ThruThe NE Cut Thru allows cut-thru (pass-thru) access to any NE for command I/O in the na3ve language of the selected network element. A Launch Area contains a customizable list of default commands for the type of NE being cut thru to, and users can select from this list, or type their own command. Macros and scripts can be sent to one or mul3ple NEs. In addi3on, the REST API allows this func3onality via machine to machine integra3ons.

NE Inventory Data Inventory (NEs, physical and connec3on termina3on points, and subnetwork inventory) can be requested, or subscribed to, via the REST API. Legacy MTOSI/XML is also supported, as is legacy 'flat file' data retrieval.

Vendor EMS Integration netFLEX can integrate to vendor EMSs via the vendors required methods. Today TL1, CLI, SNMP, REST, and other methods are used to retrieve data from vendor EMSs as needed.

Encrypted Optical Wavelengths The REST API supports Retrieval or Updating of wavelength encryption parameters on specific network elements

Multivendor Client Services (Ethernet, OTUk, etc) The REST API supports Add, Update, and Delete Client Services via its POST, PUT, and DELETE methods

Multivendor Wavelength Service Provisioning The REST API supports Add, Update, and Delete Wavelength Services via its POST, PUT, and DELETE methods

Multivendor Wavelength Service "Reporting"

The REST API supports retrieval of Wavelength Services informa3on (including DOC channel, OCH, SNC, and U3liza3on data) via its GET methods

Equipment Management The REST API supports Add, Update, Delete, Remove, and Restore cards, XCONs, and facili3es, via its POST, PUT, and DELETE methods

Port Management (Service Templates) The REST API provides the ability to execute a port management script on the netFLEX server and retrieve the scripts output, via its POST methods

Provisioning

APISystems

Integration & Automation (TL1,

CLI, SNMP, REST/JSON,

MTOSI, NETCONF/YANG,

other)

Performance Monitoring

Maintenance

Network Inventory &

Topology