SafariView Element Management System
The SafariView™ Element Management System (EMS) supports the full Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance and Security (FCAPs) suite of management functions and integrates FCAPS functionality into a feature-rich management system with a powerful Graphical User Interface (GUI) for complete management of the
SAFARI C³™ Media Switching System from Cedar Point Communications. SafariView provides:
- Rapid and flexible provisioning of services and applications. SafariView’s rich GUI functionality requires minimal training for operations staff.
- Long-term investment protection, seamlessly scaling from small to very large configurations.
- The ability to improve network operations and customer satisfaction by providing comprehensive, proactive maintenance capabilities.
- Ubiquitous Web access to management information that delivers major productivity and efficiency advantages.
- Web-driven service features such as self-service provisioning of services and viewing of service-level reports improve user satisfaction
High Scalability
SafariView EMS consists of three tiers of server components that are separate from its Relational Database Management System (RDBMS):
- A management server tier, which provides protocol mediation with SAFARI C³ system(s)
- A back-end server tier that provides database transaction and encapsulation service
- A front-end tier that provides client session management services
The front-end tier can support a large number of clients, and the management server tier can support large networks, achieving scalability on both the size of the network (up to 10 million subscribers) and systems (up to 100 SAFARI C³ 
switches) as well as the clients that connect to the servers (up to 100 concurrent clients)
View, modify, add and delete subscribers using SafariView’s dynamic, real-time and Web-based graphical interface. SafariView’s multi-tiered, modular design allows instant “drill-down” access to detailed subscriber information, as well as critical, top-level system details.
High Availability
SafariView is designed for carrier-class availability by providing fail-over capabilities of all its functions, along with load balancing and database replication. From a network and service availability perspective, SafariView can be deployed in a hierarchical and redundant fashion.
For redundancy, multiple SafariView peer systems can be deployed to provide primary and secondary coverage in different operational domains. This guarantees that no operational domain is without element management coverage when network failures or service outages occur. For applications where multiple regional operation centers are supported by one or two National Network Operation Centers (NOCs) for redundancy and multi-tier operations support, SafariView systems can be deployed in a hierarchical fashion.
Advanced Functionality
SafariView EMS delivers features and benefits for next-generation operations management, enabling sophisticated control over operations networks as well as self-provisioning of call services by customers through a Web browser.
It provides proactive maintenance at the system and network level and provides open standards support to facilitate integration with Operational Support System (OSS) applications and other decision-support systems using common northbound interfaces like CORBA, SNMP and XML. With SafariView EMS, operations personnel can manage infrastructure availability and performance needs with minimal training and support.
Fault Management
Alarms are generated if the situation requires operator intervention or attention. SafariView provides proactive maintenance management that helps NOCs to identify, verify, sectionalize and localize faults. Extensible customization of alarms is available via alert filters and alert notifications. Automatic actions such as sending an email, running a system command, suppressing an alarm or sending a trap are available.
Configuration Management
SafariView EMS provides several utilities for easy configuration of SAFARI C³ subscribers, trunk groups, performance thresholds and call features. For operations that require uploading configuration information from a SAFARI C³, all switch equipment is automatically discovered and graphics of the bay, shelf and slot configuration are automatically drawn. All outstanding alarms and events are automatically uploaded, giving the network operator an accurate status of the network.
SafariView provides a graphical user interface with point-and-click, drill-down access to the functions. This reduces the labor and training costs associated with system turn-up and network provisioning. SafariView employs several databases for network topology, events, alerts and performance metrics. These databases ensure the current operation of SAFARI C³ and also provide the necessary and critical information to backup and restore the network.
Accounting Management
SafariView EMS interfaces with current and/or future billing infrastructure. Open XML, SNMP and CORBA Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) permit SafariView to exchange OAM&P information with OSS applications. This support of open northbound interface protocols ensures maximum flexibility when integrating SafariView with new or existing network management infrastructure. SafariView collects usage information and provides a standard AMA billing record to the billing system.
Performance Management
Monitoring real-time system performance parameters can help operators determine when to upgrade an aspect of SAFARI C³ to accommodate an unanticipated increase in traffic demands. SafariView proactively maintains parameters such as the number of trunk interfaces, SS7 links, line side capacity, general purpose processing and overall system throughput. It allows network operators to proactively manage all SAFARI C³ system performance parameters via configurable thresholds. These thresholds allow operators to filter and identify potential issues before they escalate to customer-visible performance problems or alarms.
Security Management
Communication links between SafariView and SAFARI C³ are secured through the use of the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol. Full-featured user administration is provided, and the system administrators can define security roles and access restrictions based on organizational structures. Network element entity access permission provides the ability to partition network access to different users. Typically, this is used to partition user access to correspond to a region or geographical area. User activity reports can be utilized to track details of each user’s activities, assuring the administrator’s accountability.
Service/Subscriber Management
SafariView EMS is the key enabler of applications at the network, service and billing management layers. This includes network development and planning, network inventory management and network provisioning. For rapid, customer-driven provisioning, SafariView allows the network operator to easily add, modify and delete a subscriber’s record.
For More Information
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