richard crounse telecommunications & networks industry manager osi software
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Richard Crounse
Telecommunications & Networks Industry Manager
OSI Software
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ATM/FRSwitching &
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STM/PDHDomainIP Networking
Inter-Domain Configuration, Fault & Performance Managers(Flow-Through Provisioning, QoS Assessment, etc.)
Voice and Data Services Management(Service Order Processing, Billing, Service Level Reporting, Customer Care, etc.)
Electronic Customer Interfaces(Electronic Commerce, Customer Network Management, Electronic Gateways)
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Directory Enabled Technology
OneVision Management System
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Inter-Domain Configuration, Fault & Performance Managers(Flow-Through Provisioning, QoS Assessment, etc.)
Voice and Data Services Management(Service Order Processing, Billing, Service Level Reporting, Customer Care, etc.)
Electronic Customer Interfaces(Electronic Commerce, Customer Network Management, Electronic Gateways)
ATM/FRSwitching &
SignalingSTM/PDHDomainIP Networking
OSS Architecture for OSS Architecture for Converged Voice/Data Converged Voice/Data
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Access NetworkAccess Network
DWDM/SONET Network
ATM Network
IP Services
Switch Network
Inter-Office NetworkInter-Office Network
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National Carrier Company Profile
• Provider of advanced data communications services
• Customers include:
• Competitive Local Exchange Carriers,
• Internet Service Providers
• Multi-state business customers.
Core & Access Networks
ATM Backbone
Dial Customers
• 2,000,000,000 minutes of Internet traffic per month • 1,000,000 subscribers in 150 major markets
• 800 cities
o NOC
RadiusCDR
Telnet
Processbook
Monitoring
NOCOperator
Provisioning
Facilities&
Billing Data
1997 Network Configuration
ProdigyJuno
Dialup
1997 Network Configuration
Utilization ??
Operational Problems
•Could Not See Circuit Utilization
•Could Not Determine Performance
•Could Not Perform Capacity Planning
•Perpetual Fire Fighting Mode
Software Requirements
•Scalability to 100,000 + Ports
•Multi-Vendor Environment (Cisco, Lucent,Nortel, Foundry)
•Integration with Legacy Systems
Solution Must Provide…
•Central Configuration
•Distributed Polling
•Open API/SDK for Legacy Integration
•Exception Reporting & Data Reduction
•Installation In One Month or Less
Commercial Products Reviewed
•Network Management Systems
•HP OpenView
•Tivoli
•Performance Management Systems
•Concord
•Lucent Vital Suite
•Others
TM
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Product Shortcomings
•Inadequate Data Polling & Storage
•Can’t Install & Configure Quickly
•Data Loss
•Not Scalable Enough !!!
Inadequate Polling & Storage
•Centralized Polling Consumes Bandwidth
•White Noise Not Eliminated
•No Data Compression
•Redundant Data Archived
Lengthy Installation
•Configuration Complex & Lengthy
•Customization required
•Many Products Incomplete
Data Lost
•Central Server Failure Causes Data Loss
•Data Polling Rate Not Fast Enough
•Data Summarization Eliminates Peaks
Not Scalable
•3500 Dial Access Units
•100,000 + Ports
•350 Points Of Presence
Solution Found“PI”
• Able to Provide Performance & Scalability
• Able to Integrate With Legacy Systems
• Able to Remotely Poll & Centrally Configured
• Installation In 48 HOURS for Collection & Storage of Data
PI in the Electric Industry(partial list)
Egyptian ElectricityElectricorp of NZ (4)Entergy (3)Enron North AmericaEZH - HollandFlorida Power & Light First Energy (6)IES UtilitiesIllinois PowerIndiana & Michigan PowerIntermountain PowerIsrael Electric (10)Kansas City Power & LightKP&LLong Island LightingLouisville G&E (2)Meckenburg CogenMorgantown EnergyNational Power (16)Nevada Cogen (2)Nevada PowerNew Brunswick Power
New England PowerNIPSCONorthern States PowerNY State E&GOhio Power Co. (2)PG&E Generating (30)Philadelphia ElectricPotomac Electric Power Co.PSE&GPSI Energy (8)Rochester Gas & ElectricScottish HydroScottish PowerSouthern Company Tampa Electric (2)Tennessee EastmanTennessee Valley AuthorityTXUUCOSVirginia Power (10) “DOMINION”Wisconsin Power
Alcan Power UKAlcoa (2)Allegheny Power (4)American Electric PowerBaekwhaBoston EdisonBritish Nuclear FuelsCalifornia CogenCentral Illinois PowerChambers WorksCincinnati G&E (2)Cleveland ElectricColumbus Southern (3)CAL ISOCommonwealth Edison (20)Consolidated Edison (4)Consumer PowerDelmarva PowerDubai ElectricityDuke Power (12)Eastern Group - UKEDF FranceEdison Termoelettrica
The previousvalue is archived
When a
“value vector” slope is outside the slope filter...
A Filter is pre-defined for each tag.
“Swinging Door” Compression
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The filter is then used to define the minimum and
maximum “range” of slope deviation for the vector.
When a new value comes in a
“value vector” slope is calculated from the last stored value and compared to min &
max “range ” slopes (S1, S2 )
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The previous value is dropped from the snapshot database if
the “value vector” slope is
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Octets vs Line Speed
receive rate, interface 6 speed, interface 6
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Long Term Disk Space
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Bandwidth UtilizationPlot-0
Peak Entergy Common High Peak Entergy Most Low 1/1/97 00:00:00 AM 12/20/97 06:49:10 PM353.78 Day(s)
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Spike in usage
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Cleansed Data
Collector
LOG
AppGateway
Statistical Data
Trends
Raw Data
Real-Time Web
StateStatus
SAPBSS
National Carrier Network 2000
ATM Backbone Covers 90 Percent of US350 POPS
20,000 DevicesPVC & SVC Circuit Types
RouterSwitch
Solaris PI Net
OSI – PI Business Infrastructure Platform
ProvisioningBillingFacilitiesPerformance
2000 Network & Operational Support Infrastructure
Observations & Conclusions• Remote Polling & Testing Provides
• Bandwidth Preservation
• Data Reduction
• Centralized Performance Management Improves
• Daily Operation
• Capacity Planning
• Flexible Infrastructure Provides
• Legacy Integration
• Dynamic Data Model
• Capture Business Opportunities
OSI Software
•Founded 1980
•4000 Customer Sites
•Global Support