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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
Initial Device Status	Unique Credentials
	(User name, password,	Default Credentials	Default Credentials
(Factory pre-provisioning)
	management system URL)
Process Highlights	Configure Device	Set Unique Credentials	Set Unique Credentials
	for Service	Configure Device for Service	Configure Device for Service
	Limited Upfront OSS	Device Configured	Devices Configured on the Fly
Pros			Support for Customer
	Adaptations	on the Fly
			Self-Ordering
	Factory Pre-Provisioning
Cons	Implies Logistic	Need Upfront OSS	Need Upfront OSS
	Challenge and Device	Adaptations	Adaptations
	Delivery Lead Time

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