Overview
Alcatel-Lucent 5650 Control Plane Assurance Manager2
They make it difficult to provide
more consistent service delivery
quality. They impact the ability to
offer stricter service level agreements
(SLAs) that can differentiate
service offerings. And they make it
impos sible to cost-effectively scale
Internet protocol/multi-protocol
label switching (IP/MPLS) opera -
tions because network operators
must rely on scarce IP routing experts
to manually resolve Layer 2 and 3
service and MPLS infrastructure
provisioning problems caused by
the routing plane.
The Alcatel-Lucent 5650 Control
Plane Assurance Manager (CPAM)
closes this gap in IP/MPLS manage -
ment. It offers real-time control
plane visualization, proactive control
plane surveillance, configuration
validation, and control plane diag -
nosis. In addition, by seamlessly
integrating with the Alcatel-Lucent
5620 Service Aware Manager
(SAM), the 5650 CPAM provides
simplified diagnosis and intuitive
visualization of the relationship
between services, the MPLS infra -
structure and the routing plane.
A significant portion of service failures, provisioning problems and
troubleshooting delays can be directly attributed to control plane
mis-configuration, undetected routing topology changes and the lack
of simple tools that could be used to understand the control plane’s
impact on services. These operational inefficiencies lead to a number
of business problems for service providers.