321 Studios OL-2706-01 manual Target Market, Scope of the Solution, Document Purpose

Chapter 2 Provisioning

Overview

Target Market

The applications and devices described in this document are positioned for service provider scale, VoIP networks. Although many of the applications can be deployed in enterprises and smaller scale networks, the solution suite referred to in this Solution guide is aimed at the large carriers and providers of VoIP network bandwidth and services. It also concentrates on the devices deployed in a VoIP network, although non-VoIP devices integral to the VoIP network must also be taken into account.

Scope of the Solution

The provisioning component of the Cisco VoIP: Infrastructure Manager Solution provides the applications and network level visibility required to manage the distributed telephony architectures detailed in the next sections.

The Cisco Packet Telephony Center application operates at the Network Management Layer (NML) of the Telecommunications Management Network (TMN) hierarchy. Its most important function is the realization of a virtual entity view, hiding much of the internal complexity of the OPT network detailed in the “Solution Architecture” section. The Cisco Voice Routing Center (Cisco VRC) application is used to help service providers manage dial plans for H.323 based VoIP networks. Cisco VRC can be applied to existing networks with working dial plans and can also be used to design new dial plans for the set of gateways, gatekeepers, and directory gatekeepers.

The Cisco CNS Intelligence Engine 2100 Series (Cisco CNS IE2100 Series) is a network management device that acts as a configuration service for automating the deployment and management of network devices and services.

The Cisco MGC Node Manager (CMNM) provides an element management system for the PSTN Gateway (PGW 2200). CMNM provides alarm processing and performance data collection that can be displayed in a self contained Graphical User Interface (GUI) or forwarded to upstream processing applications.

The provisioning component of the CMNM comprises two applications:

•Voice Services Provisioning Tool (VSPT)

•CiscoView.

VSPT is used as a provisioning service for the PGW 2200. VSPT communicates in Man Machine Language (MML) to the PGW 2200, to configure point codes, link sets and SS7 paths and routes CiscoView displays and monitors, and provides a GUI for chassis configuration for the Cisco SLT (c2600 series) and LAN switch (Cisco Catalyst 2900, 5500 and 6509) devices.

Document Purpose

A large collection of documentation, referenced in the “Related Documents” section, covering the descriptions, installation, and preliminary setup of the applications and components of this Provisioning Management Solution. The purpose of this chapter is to describe a basic network containing the network elements that are covered by these applications, install the management applications that comprise the provisioning application set of the Internet OSS (IOSS) for packet voice networks, complete initial configuration of those applications, and then use them to provision a sample network.

For detailed, in-depth information on installation and configuration of the individual applications, refer to the documentation listed in the “Related Documents” section, that is available on Cisco Connection Online. This chapter attempts to serve as a quick start guide to help you understand the entire Provisioning Solution and how it fits into the overall Cisco VoIP: Infrastructure Manager Solution.

Cisco Internet OSS for VoIP: Infrastructure Manager Implementation Guide

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