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AN Explorer

 

E2E ATM Topology Discovery system

 

ANexplorer will automatically explore and discover ATM network devices as well as the L1 and L2 topology of the network, and present a consistent view of all components discovered with the relevant details on its user interface. The Northbound Interface of the tool provides access to all discovered information for higher-level systems in the solution stack.

 


 

AN Explorer consists of the following modules:

 

atmxcaudit Interface

  • Uploads configuration details directly extracted from ATM network devices to the AN Explorer database.
  • Automatically identifies ATM devices based on information from router(s) with network management capabilities.
  • Device types supported: Cisco routers, Cisco switches, Siemens XP144, Cisco BPX 8620, RAD ACE-xxx, etc.

anmsxcaudit Interface

  • Uploads configuration details directly extracted from the ANMS ADSL element management system to the AN Explorer database.
  • Automatically identifies DSLAM devices based on information from the network management system.
  • Device types supported: Siemens, Ericsson, ECI DSLAM devices

ipxcaudit_bras Interface

  • Uploads configuration details directly extracted from IP network devices to the AN Explorer database.
  • Automatically identifies IP BRAS devices by scanning a complete IP address range.
  • Device types supported: Cisco BRAS devices (7301, 7401ASR, 6400NRP, 10008ESR)

AN Explorer Database

  • This database stores network discovery results.

Discovery Module

  • Discovery module for the ATM network as well as L1 and L2 topology.
  • The discovered topology is stored in the AN Explorer database.

Static LINKs Module

  • Module used to record information on undiscoverable links between ATM devices.

AN Explorer GUI

  • Interface for viewing discovery results as well as running and viewing reports.
  • The interface includes general search capabilities for looking up ATM network components and circuits.
  • The GUI includes a dedicated interface to add or remove static link information mentioned in the previous item.
  • The GUI includes a reporting interface with standard report types.

AN Explorer SOA NBI: This interface provides access to all discovered information for higher-level systems in the solution stack.