Alcatel-Lucent 5530 manual Architecture, OSS and customer care integration, Multi-vendor support

Architecture

The Alcatel-Lucent 5530 NA runs in a clustered SUN server configu- ration, which provides the greatest scalability as your network evolves. The database provides high avail- ability due to the redundant master slave configuration.

The Alcatel-Lucent 5530 NA interfaces with the access network Element Management system to align with the list of network ele- ments that it needs to manage. The Alcatel-Lucent 5530 NA implements a web-based GUI, letting it run in a PC browser.

OSS and customer care integration

The interface to the OSS is based on XML/SOAP. All testing and diagnosis capabilities are accessible from this interface so you can easily integrate testing capabilities on your other OSSs. A high-level API has also been specially developed for integration into customer care systems. This enables you to expose simplified information to customer care agents, while supporting flexible workflows for customer support operations.

Multi-vendor support

The Alcatel-Lucent 5530 NA supports most Alcatel- Lucent access nodes. The product has also been expanded with a multivendor interface to facilitate support of third-party vendors’ access nodes. Support of third-party access networks is handled on a project-by- project basis.

Figure 9. Alcatel-Lucent 5530 NA architecture overview

EMS

Telnet

SSH

				Customer care
		OSS
	(Planning, inventory, provisioning,
	fault management, etc.
	Web services			Web services
	(XML, HTTP)			(XML, HTTP)
			Northbound interface
Pre-qualification			Optimization	Troubleshooting
Networkwide quality			Dynamic line	Proactive line monitoring
	assessment		management	Line diagnosis
Line pre-qualification				Narrowband line testing
				Customer care
			Multivendor Interface
	SNMP, TFTP
	(bulk)

SELT

DELT

NBLT

Dashboard

Alcatel-Lucent access nodes third-party nodes – on a project-by-project basis

HTTP

S-HTTPWeb-based

GUI

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