Avaya Network Management Overview

Avaya Network Management
Overview

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Centralized Provisioning for Avaya Networking Devices
Reduced CAPEX & OPEX
Automatic Detection of changes and re-provisioning of Network Devices
Simplified Device set-up and Administration
Enhanced Application Performance and Troubleshooting
What is Avaya Network Management?

The Right Tool for the Job
Configuration and Orchestration Manager
Visualization Performance and Fault Manager
Virtualization Provisioning Service
WLAN Management Software
IP Flow Manager
Common Framework for Management

What are the network management issues?
 Global system and network operations must be available 24x365
 Converged network infrastructures can be complex to manage
 Number of different Management Applications must be reduced
 Resolution time for network related issues must be shortened
 Too many management applications to learn
 Entering reusable data must be streamlined
 Re-entering the same data leads to potential errors
 Need for multiple administration access levels
 Support costs must be reduced

Avaya's Networking Management offers …
Single product for network inventory, event, configuration and provisioning
Network wide bulk change management, upgrades, patches, backups
Topology map highlighting key multi device configurations
Enhanced Wizard based & best practices aware workflows
Ease of use, install, patch and maintain
Audit Log & Secured role based access
1. Simplified Management
2. Intuitive Features
3. Secure, Web-based & Multi-User Access

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Solution Components

 Topology-based Network Configuration and Provisioning
 Real-time, Web-based Network Configuration Management
 Automated Provisioning:
– Device Configuration, Security Management, Backup and Restore
 Multiple Administrator across an enterprise network
 Centralized Off-box Element Management
 Security audit logs
 Network Troubleshooting
 Patch & Policy Management
 Network Inventory
Simplifies configuration and provisioning so that valuable IT resources
can focus on other important activities such as running the network

 Complete Layer 2 and 3 Network Topology discovery
 Simplified Element Management with role-based access privileges and audit trails
 Reduced configuration setup time saves operational costs
 Network protected from unauthorized changes
 Faster network configuration and changes
 Reduced risk of configuration and provisioning errors

Enterprise Device Manager - Two Flavors
On-box EDM
 Embedded Element Management Tool
 Web-based Device Management
 Successor of Java Device Manager
 Available across all Enterprise Switches
Off-box EDM
 Completely integrated into COM
 Context based Device Management
 Plug-in files posted on Support Site
 Completely secured device access
 Low latency response

Managing different Aspects of the Network

COM Feature Overview
Wizards
For easy configuration of complex features and to hide complexity
Devices
Network Discovery based inventory, Device categories Views, Device details and export
Managers and Viewers
VLAN - Multilink-Trunking - Security - Routing - Trap/Log - Virtual Routing - Multicast -
Bulk Configuration – VSN - Multimedia Manager, as well as Trap and Syslog Viewer
End-to-End Management of Servers and Network between Data Centers
Tools
Smart Diff Tool, Scheduler, Port Scanner, CLI*Manager, Configuration Auditing
Templates
To reduce configuration error and speed-up provisioning time
Admin
Preferences, Device Credentials, Licensing, Audit Log, Security Admin, Operator user

VLAN Manager
 Configure and monitor across multiple devices
- VLANs, Spanning Tree Groups, Routing interfaces on a VLAN
 Distribute VLAN configuration to other devices
 Domain synchronization
 View and edit port membership information

Virtual Services Network Manager
 Complete support for
- SPBm Infrastructure
- SPBm Service
 Device and Service agnostic provisioning
 Inventory of SPBm deployment
 Point-to-point path troubleshooting
 Device specific Tree view
- SPBm Tree based diagnostic
- SPBm specific topology views
 All IS-IS connected devices
- ISID based Tree view
- Device ISID membership
- ISID based selection

Simplicity of mapping a VLAN to a VSN

Mapping a Layer 3 VRF to a VSN

Routing Manager
Configure routing parameters for devices across a network
Routing Manager supports the following protocols:
 IP Routing
 RIP
 OSPF
 ARP
 VRRP
 IPv6 Routing
 IPv6 OSPF

Multicast Manager

Multimedia Manager

Bulk Configuration Manager
 Bulk Configuration
 Software Updates
 Configuration Backup and Restore
 Centralized License Management
 Centralized Password Management
 Eliminates Manual Configuration Errors
 Reduces change management and software
update execution times
 Lowers costs, improves security and uptime

Traps and Syslogs

Trap and Syslog Management

Inventory Management

Security Manager
Synchronize, change, and view security features for the following:
 Command Line Interface (CLI) access
 Web access
 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) access
 Access policies
 Remote Access Dial-In User Services (RADIUS) properties
 Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System (TACACS)
 SNMPv3 properties
 Secure Shell (SSH) bulk password

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 Automatic configuration of the vSwitch and
physical infrastructure
 Historical reporting and tracking of VM moves
and network provisioning
 Manage and visualize a Data Center Network
 Consistent performance in the Data Center
 Configures switches with server virtualization
aware networks
 Provides reports of network usage and access
 Eliminates manual configuration errors
 VMware today, future-ready for Hyper-V, Xen

Positioning of Virtualization Provisioning Service
vCenter Server
Secure API
with Virtualization Provisioning Service

Deployment Requirements
 Avaya Network Devices
– VSP 9000, VSP 7000, ERS 86xx/88xx, ERS 4xxx, ERS 5xxx
– Addresses both SPB & non-SPB deployment
– Support for all existing device versions
 VMware
– VMware vCenter: 2.5.x & 4.x
– VMware ESX: ESX 3.x & 4.x
Operation & Device
Support
SPBm Network Non-SPBm network
VLAN & iSID mapping  iSID  VLAN  VLAN only
Filter & ACLs  ACLs  ACLs
QoS & BW limiting  QoS & BW  QoS BW
Devices supported  ERS 87.1
EOR Config
VSP 9000, VSP 7000
ERS 86xx, ERS 88xx
ERS 4xxx, ERS 5xxx
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Other COM Tools
 SMartDiff
– Compare Config file and store Diff
 TFTP Server
 MIB Browser
– MIB walking capability
– SNMP settings and BULK settings
 Port Scanner
– Scan device port
 Scheduler
– Schedule task – Device configuration backup
 CLI*Manager
– Execute CLI commands simultaneously on multiple devices
– CLI*Manager script capabilities
– CLI*Debugger
 Configuration Audit Tool

Command Line Interfaces
 Avaya provides two modes of CLI syntax:
– ERS CLI, original NES CLI for backwards compatibility
– Avaya CLI, familiar syntax for administrators in the industry
 Administrator can choose the preferred CLI
 In-band and Out-of-band Management
 Products that support ACLI:
– VSP 9000 and 7000
– ERS 8800/8600
– ERS 8300
– ERS 5000
– ERS 4000
– ERS 3000
– ERS 2500

CLI*manager
 Executes CLI commands simultaneously on multiple devices
 Provides quick access to commonly-used features
 Quickly switches between multiple active CLI sessions using session tabs
 Draws flowcharts that integrate with the command-line
– Buttons on flowchart can run commands & scripts, link to other flowcharts
 Transfers files to and from remote devices using FTP or SFTP window

 Basic Event Management
 Off-box Element Management
 Monitoring the entire system
 Configuring all devices
 Debugging and Troubleshooting
 RF tools for monitoring, visualization, and
location services
 Statistics and Trending
 Identifying the ideal access point locations on
detailed floor plans

Site Model Designer
 Calculates WLAN topology, and
configurations including power level and
channel settings
 Provides system-wide configuration and
updates in a single-step
 Alerts administrators of conflicting
change requests
 Imports existing floor plans in AutoCAD
DXF™, JPEG or GIF, Ekahau™
 Includes RF attenuation characteristics
for doors, pillars, walls, ceilings, and
other physical obstructions
 Generates a detailed RF map showing
calculated RF coverage on floor plan

IP Flow Manager
 Manages network usage
 Monitors growth enabling better planning
 Works in multi-vendor switching
environments
 Accelerates investigation of abuse
 Analyzes applications, protocols and
user activity based on IP Flow data
 Make more informed/accelerated
resolution/planning decisions
 Resolve issues before they impact
productivity
 Reduce TCO associated with planning
and diagnosing performance and abuse
investigation

Visualization Performance & Fault Manager
Heterogeneous Network Discovery
 Discovers devices and applications
 Device information can be used to provide a network
inventory listing
Network Visualization
 Hierarchy-based topology and service-based views
 Device connectivity and their relationships to each
other
Fault Management
 SNMP Trap Receiver and Syslog Collector
 Event correlation
 Device status monitoring
 Event handling and scripting
 MIB compiler/browser
Performance Management
 Instance-based performance monitoring
 Long-term (trending) performance monitoring

Single Sign-On
for all Network Management Applications
 Integrated and centralized set of Enterprise Network Management Applications
 Provides comprehensive Network Management capabilities across
- Voice, Data, Wired, and Wireless
 Framework for Common Services built into the Applications
- Common Services serve as a foundation for unifying Management Applications
 An essential component of an Avaya Enterprise Solution

Historical Context
Enterprise Policy Manager
 Alter bandwidth for real-time QoS assurance
 Reduce energy consumption
 Generate and deploy filters across your entire network
 Generate instantaneous, detailed reports
 Functions are being implemented in COM
Subscriber Manager
 Manage end users on CS 1000
 Functionality moved Avaya Aura® System Manager

Avaya Professional Services
Unified Communications, Contact Center & Networking Services
 Avaya VPS is a service-led offer to ensure proper installation & deployment
- Avaya VPS Bundle = Product + APS service
- Levels of service to fit in customer budgets
 Avaya Professional Services will offer
- Network and server network analysis
- VMware vCenter integration
- Limited Avaya VPS rules & configuration template creation
 Project Management
 Planning & Design
 Installation
 Implementation and Configuration
 Integration
 Testing
 Knowledge Transfer/Training
 Cutover/Implementation Support
 Implementation bundle (Basic/Standard/All-inclusive)

Roadmap

Support for POD and
Virtual appliance
Expanding Fabric support
with VSP4k
Expanded Unified
Management by Integrating
with System Manager &
Continued Fabric support
Expanding Fabric Connect
support by providing
additional configuration
capabilities in COM
• Support for POD
• SPB configuration
• Support for Virtual appliance for
COM/VPS combo ( only for
POD)
• VSP4k 3.0 full device support
• VSP7k 10.2 Switched-UNI
support
• Multicast Over SPB support
• Private VLAN/Etree for VSP4k
• ACLI support
• Integration with System
Manager
• POD workflow support
• Support for advanced POD
configuration.
• Expanded SPB configuration
support for newer device
version releases.
• GA of COM/VPS as Virtual
appliance.
• VPS 7k 10.2 full device
support
• Available as VmWare Virtual
appliance (OVA for RHEL 64-
bit OS)
• Device Grouping available for
Base License
• Inventory Manager “Actions”
Menu re-enabled
• Upgrade issues solved from
2.3.x to 3.0.1
• New Browser version support (
FF – v12, 13, 14, 15)
• Full device support for following
devices(including BCM):-
• ERS8xxx/v7.2 /v 7.1.5
• ERS3500/v5.0/5.0.x/v5.1
• ERS45xx/48xx/v5.6.2
• EDM Plug-in support for:-
• VSP9k 3.4
• VSP4k 3.0.1
• VSP7k
• Full device supprt for following
devices(including BCM):
• ERS5000 v6.3
• VSP7k v10.3
• VSP9k v3.4
• VSP4k 3.0.1
• ERS4500/4800 v 5.6.3
• EDM Plugin-support for:
• ERS45xx/48xx v5.7
• ERS5000 v6.6
• BCM support for ERS8800 v
7.2.10
• Full device support for following
devices(Including BCM):-
• VSP7k v10.3.1
• ERS5000 v6.6/ v 7.0
• ERS4xxx v5.7/v 5.8
• ERS 3500 v5.2
• ERS8800 v 7.3
• EDM Plugin support for:-
• VSP7k 10.4
• VSP9k v4.x
COM Product Roadmap
Release 3.0.2
(GA)
Theme
Core
Values
Release
Top
Features
Release 3.1
(1HCY14)
Release 3.0.1
(GA)
Committed
Generally Available
Intent
Release 3.2
(4QCY14)
Return to Networking Roadmap Summary

Avaya VENA
Management
1-Hop up
provisioning
Collaboration Pod
Support
Unified Voice and
Data Infrastructure
• Extends market leading
and differentiating
network virtualization
using VENA
Management
• Driving Private Cloud
networking for the Data
Center and Campus
using VPS and SPBm
management
• Extends market leading
and differentiating
network virtualization
using VENA
Management
• Bring VPS to the same
release version as COM
• OVF/OVA support
• Bring VPS into the
system Manager
platform
• DC management based
integration with VMware
vCenter
• Auto-networking
provisioning
• End-to-end Inventory
and synchronization
• Reporting & audit logs
• One-hop-up provisioning
for Non-SPB Edge &
SPB core
• Device Support – VSP
7xxx 10.1/2, VSP 9xxx
3.2
• GUI enhancements
• Bug-fixes
• LLDP support
• Vsphere 5.x support
• VSP7k support
• Auto Monitor purge
• Discovery improvement
• Port scan improvements
• SAN monitoring
• Blade Server Support
• Enhanced UI
• Bulk VM Event Handling
• Bug fixes
Virtualization Provisioning Service Roadmap
Release 1.0
(GA)
VPS 1.0.1
(GA)
VPS 2.0
(1HCY14)
Theme
Core
Values
Release
Top
Features
VPS 1.0.2
(GA)
Committed
Generally Available
Intent

Aura VE
Collaboration
Pod
Aura VE
CC Elite Auxiliary Apps
Aura Attach and Common
SMGR Service Support
More Aura and Contact
Center Support
• Comprehensive management suite
for monitoring and configuration of
rack components
• CC Elite Solution
• Public Cloud Accessibility
• Expansion
• Leverage System Manager
common services across all
deployments
• Support PLDS/WebLM
• Expanding support of Avaya Aura
UC and CC offers
• Aura and SMGR support
• Avaya Collaboration Pod (Avstore
/RedRack) Management
• ova file delivery for the Pod
• PVM (rack element manager)
support
• Rack Discovery
• Rack Dashboards
• Visualization Workflow and Reports
• Link-n-Launch Central
Management
• Fault and Performance
Management with diagnostics of
the Rack components
Infrastructure
• Multi-Rack Configuration
• Multi-Data Center Deployment
• Multi-Customer in a Pod
• VMware 5.1
• General OS Updates
Applications
• Aura VE 6.2 FP2
• SBC (Sipera) 6.2
• ACME SBC 4500
• AAM 6.2
• MX 6.2
• G650 & G860 R6.2
• VSP4k v3.0
• ERS35xx v5.1
• CMS CCVE
• AAEP CCVE
• EMC CCVE
• Call Recording VE
• Leverage System Manager
common services across all
deployments
• Support PLDS/WebLM
• Serviceability Agent (SAL Gateway
and SMGR integration)
• Update data device support
• OVA Packaging
Applications
• TBD
• Enhanced reporting
• Report scheduling
• Complete voice quality workflows
support
• VPFM and SMGR bundle
• FPM transition to VPFM
• More Avaya Aura UC and CC
support
• Integrated Wired and Wireless
Management
• Integration with Services
Diagnostic Server /SLAMon (TBD)
• Update Networking device support
• Customer & GRIP Requested
Enhancements
• Update voice and data device
support
• Enhanced failover scenarios
Applications
• Conferencing
• Radvision
• CC/UC as a Service solutions
• FCoE Connectivity
• VDI Solution
• Enclosure Variants (Racks &
Power)
• Branch & Campus Pods (Micro-
Pods)
Visualization Performance Fault Manager
Release 3.0.2
(GA)
Release 3.1
(1HCY14)
l
Theme
Core
Values
Release
Top
Features
Release 4.0
(2HCY14)
Committed
Generally Available
Intent
Release 3.0.3
(Q4CY13)

Product Licensing

Avaya Data Licensing Portal
http://avayadatalicensing.com

Licensing Administration

Product Licensing
COM_50_base (50 nodes can be managed)
COM_Upgrd50_250_base (250 nodes can be managed)
COM_Upgrd50_1200_base (upgrade from a 50 to 1200 nodes)
COM_Upgrd250_1200_base (upgrade from a 250 to 1200 nodes)
Node based licensing
Four types of COM licenses
Avaya Configuration and Orchestration Manager Installation
https://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100141035

Product Licensing
Bulk Configuration Manager
BCM requires a separate license from COM
Four types of BCM licenses
BCM_100_base (100 nodes)
BCM_Upgrd100_1200_base (1200 nodes)

Product Licensing
Virtual Services Network
Upgrade license for COM 2.3
Enables SPBm configuration, provisioning & troubleshooting management
features
COM Enterprise base 50 for 2.3 license is needed before installing this license

Product Licensing
Virtual Provisioning Service
Trial license
- Active for 60 days from the day it is downloaded
- Valid permanent license can be installed over the evaluation license
Base license
- Each base license supports up to 20 nodes
- A node accounts for one switch in a stack
Incremental license
- Upgrade by increments of 50 nodes, to a total of 4 increments
Requires a base license supporting up to 20 nodes
Additional nodes by purchasing VPS upgrade licenses for up to 220 nodes
Each switch in a stack requires a license
Installation and Commissioning - Avaya Virtualization Provisioning Service

Product Licensing
64 AP UPGRADE (additional 64 Access Points)
Requires a base license supporting up to 64 Access Points
Includes:
- Element Management
- RF Mapping
- Location
- Rogue AP Protection Monitoring and Reporting
Upgrade licenses for up to 2000 Access Points

Product Licensing
IP Flow Manager
Trial license for up to four devices
- 200,000 flows per minute for up to 60 days
Base license for up to 4 devices
- 200,000 flows per minute
Incremental license for one additional device
Enterprise license for up to 50 devices
IP Flow Manager supports from 4 to 50 devices
One ERS 8600 chassis equals 1 device
One ERS 5500 stack equals 1 device
Installation Avaya IP Flow Manager 1.0
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100121128

Product Licensing
Visualization Performance & Fault Manager
Base license
- Up to 500 Managed Objects
Incremental license (max 10 incremental licenses for a total of 20,500)
- Up to 2000 additional Managed Objects
Enterprise license (for a total of 20,500)
- Up to 20,000 additional Managed Objects
The VPFM licensing policy is based on the number of managed nodes
Avaya Visualization Performance and Fault Manager – Installation
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100122089

Resources

Related Fact Sheets
Fact Sheet for Configuration and Orchestration Manager
http://www.avaya.com/usa/resource/assets/factsheet/dn5249%20-%20com%20product%20brief.pdf
Fact Sheet for Virtualization Provisioning Service
http://www.avaya.com/usa/resource/assets/brochures/mis4741.pdf
Fact Sheet for IP Flow Manager
http://www.avaya.com/usa/resource/assets/factsheet/DN5235.pdf
Fact Sheet for Visualization Performance and Fault Manager
http://www.avaya.com/usa/resource/assets/factsheet/DN5232.pdf
Fact Sheet for WLAN Management Software 8100
http://www.avaya.com/usa/resource/assets/factsheet/dn4528.pdf

Related Support Documentation
Support documentation for Configuration and Orchestration Manager
https://support.avaya.com/css/Products/P0716/All_Documents
Support documentation for Virtualization Provisioning Service
Support documentation for IP Flow Manager
Support documentation for Visualization Performance and Fault Manager
Support documentation for Wireless LAN 8100 Series

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