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1Introduction.fm November 27, 2006
Chapter 1. Introduction
This chapter provides an overview of Netcool
®
/Precision for Transmission Networks
(Netcool/Precision TN).
This chapter contains the following sections:
• "Introduction to Netcool/Precision TN" on page 1
• "How Netcool/Precision TN works" on page 2
• "Netcool/Precision TN product components" on page 6
• "Overview of the Netcool Installer" on page 8
• "New relational database" on page 10
Introduction to Netcool/Precision TN
Netcool/Precision TN enables real-time network asset management and reconciliation,
regardless of the management protocols, technologies, and vendors' products used.
Netcool/Precision TN:
• Collects any network data, including fault, performance, inventory, facility, and
connection information.
• Provides complete asset visibility, enabling you to visualize the network in real time,
including the inventory image for each device, the topology of the network, and
customer circuits provisioned in the network.
• Provides the information needed to generate asset and network capacity reports to
reconcile all offline OSS databases, such as inventory, provisioning, and billing.
• Provides flexible asset reporting, including standard and customizable asset reports,
as well as direct access to the XML stream and the network data in the database.
• Provides a web-based GUI called Network Pilot for collecting and viewing the
network data.
• Optionally integrates complete inventory, facility, and connection data with
Netcool/OMNIbus alerts so that operators can locate, diagnose, and solve network
problems more easily.
Telecom networks are more difficult than ever to manage; they are built on multiple
technologies and managed by systems from multiple vendors. Service providers generally
have multiple management systems (OSSs), each of which performs one function for one
portion of their network. Each of these systems provides a limited view of a vendor-specific
portion of the network.