AN Explorer  

E2E ATM Topology Discovery system

for Enterprises and Telecommunication Service Providers 

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.