Table of Contents
Customer Network Management Requirements
Copyright & Notices
Customer Network Management Requirements
Today’s Networks
Reminder: Generic Packet Format
Where Packet Types Fit...
Move from the “Private” Network
Customer Network Management Requirements
Management Challenge Areas
Configuration Management Example: Frame Relay PVCs
Frame Relay Pricing Elements
Committed Information Rate
Computing an Appropriate CIR
Economics
Bottom Line
Customer Network Management Requirements
Possible CNM Solutions
Example 1: FR “Customer Network Management”
Scope of FRF.6
Span of FRF.6
Representative Capabilities
Multiple Carrier Networks
Frame Relay DTE
Carrier Offerings of CNM Capabilities
Frame Relay Service Level Definition IA
Example 2: FR/ATM CSU/DSU-Based Management Tools
Who owns the CSU/DSU?
Status of CSU/DSU Management
CSU/DSU Future
Example 3: FR Switched Virtual Circuits (SVCs)
Current SVC Status
CNM and SVCs
CNM, SVCs, and Pricing
SVC Availability
Summary