Managing New Devices on the Fly
The Alcatel-Lucent 5580 HNM can manage new device types or releases on the fly. For that purpose, you can simply load the object model of the device in an XML form. The Alcatel- Lucent 5580 HNM will take over management of the device with no need for further adaptation.
Interaction in Your
OSS Environment
The Alcatel-Lucent 5580 HNM pro- vides a northbound interface to com- municate with higher level OSSs. This interface is implemented through a set of high-level primitives covering serv- ice provisioning, device configuration, software management, etc. These
Figure 5. Multiple Device Activation Scenarios
primitives provide a powerful means for OSS applications to perform management operations on one or several devices with a single command.
System Architecture
The Alcatel-Lucent 5580 HNM has been developed as a J2EE application, making it independent of the under- lying operating system. The Java Virtual Machine shields the applica- tion server from the underlying hard- ware. The Alcatel-Lucent uses BEA WebLogic, but owing to the use of J2EE, it can be easily adapted to other middleware systems (e.g., Jboss). Hibernate provides the same inde- pendence for the database technology and enables smooth migration from Oracle to any other database system.
Zero-Touch Activation Processes
(All processes are fully automated; no customer or operator intervention)
| | Pre-Provisioning | | Zero--Touch | | Customer Self-Serve |
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Initial Device Status | | Unique Credentials | | | | |
| (User name, password, | | Default Credentials | | Default Credentials |
(Factory pre-provisioning) | | | |
| management system URL) | | | | |
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Process Highlights | | Configure Device | | Set Unique Credentials | | Set Unique Credentials |
| for Service | | Configure Device for Service | | Configure Device for Service |
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| | Limited Upfront OSS | | Device Configured | | Devices Configured on the Fly |
Pros | | | | Support for Customer |
| Adaptations | | on the Fly | |
| | | | Self-Ordering |
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| | Factory Pre-Provisioning | | | | |
Cons | | Implies Logistic | | Need Upfront OSS | | Need Upfront OSS |
| Challenge and Device | | Adaptations | | Adaptations |
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| | Delivery Lead Time | | | | |
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