Synchrony Network Management Systems Plus (SNMS)

Product Highlights

Integrated Network Management for TimePlex products
Auto-discovery and Auto-Topology
Intuitive Graphical User Interface (GUI) with physical and logical network views
Comprehensive Status and Performance Monitoring
Web-based reports
Distributed, Multi-user access
Advanced security and access control
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
Open, Standards-based network management architecture

Overview

SYNCHRONY Network Management System PLUS (SNMS+) provides
comprehensive network administration and management for the SYNCHRONY and
LINK product families.
SNMS+ is designed to scale between small to very large networks. SNMS+ utilizes
TimePlex's Common Management Architecture (CMA) which allows various levels of
user access and management capabilities from centralized or distributed locations.
SNMS+ alerts network managers to network and service issues quickly and
effectively via intuitive graphical user interfaces, Web-based reports and intelligent
information processing.

SNMS+ allows network managers to configure, monitor and troubleshoot the
interfaces, devices and services on their network to get a unified view of the network,
ranging from the entire network down to a single port.
Combining SNMS+ with the features and flexibility of SNMP based systems delivers
a superior solution for managing enterprise networks, providing network managers
the tools to minimize network downtime and ensure maximum network efficiency.

Web-Based Reports

Customers can generate and view web-based equipment inventory

reports, using a Netscape or Internet Explorer browser.

An equipment inventory report provides details of device type,
modules and daughtercards, revision level and serial numbers, port
types (V.35, V.11, Ethernet, TR, etc.).

INL (Inter Nodal Links) performance report shows the bandwidth
utilization between backbone products characterizing TDM and Frame
Relay bandwidth in use.

The Voice utilization report displays the number of DSP engines
currently being utilized for voice compression and the voice
compression algorithms in use.

The Frame Relay performance report provides the network manager
an insight to Frame Relay statistics (frames sent, frames received,
number of BECN and FECN, DE packets) and Frame Relay line
utilization showing CIR and EIR traffic.

SNMS+ performance and utilization reports provide the network manager

an insight to future capacity planning.

The alarm event summary report provides a list of alarms and events
for any device in the network. Filters may be established based upon
alarm, severity, or device to assist the network operator to troubleshoot
network problems.

Web-based reporting allows the user the flexibility to display, export, print

or save to an ASCII file any reports requested.

System Specifications

Products Supported

SYNCHRONY ST-1000, ST-50, ST-20
SYNCHRONY IAN-150 Release 1.3 and above
SYNCHRONY IPP Release 1.3 and above
SYNCHRONY Enterprise Router (ER-5, ST-1000/ER) Releases 3.x, 4.x, 5.x
SYNCHRONY Access Router, AR-150, AR-350 Releases 3.x, 4.x, 5.x
SYNCHRONY Access Devices (includes AD-3, AD-7, AD-10 Point-to-Network)

With the LINK MANAGEMENT AGENT (LMA) option installed SNMS+ will support:

LINK/2+, microLINK/2+, miniLINK/2+ Releases 5.0 thru 11.0
LINK/100+ Releases 3.0, 4.0
entréeLINK+ Releases 3, 4

Hardware Platform

SUN Ultra 1, Ultra 2, Ultra 5, Ultra 10
4 GB hard disk drive minimum
128 MB RAM minimum
CD-ROM drive
QIC Tape drive for backups

Software Requirements

HP OpenView Network Node Manager (version 5.x)
INGRES RDBMS 6.04/06
SUN Solaris 2.6 or 2.8
SYNCHRONY Network Management System PLUS software

Network Management Standards and Protocols Supported
-- Request for Comments (RFCs)

1157 (SNMP Version 1)
1213 (MIB II)
1155 (SMI)
1212 (Concise MIB Format)
1215 (SNMP Trap Definition)