Definition

Logical inventory management on the U2000 applies to fiber/cable pipes, links, and interfaces with the following functions provided:

l   Collecting statistics on access services

l   Collecting slot usage information

l   Collecting statistics on ONUs

Benefits

With the logical inventory management function, the U2000 can query, collect statistics on, and maintain logical inventories to help carriers plan services and network expansion.

Function Description

l   Fiber/Cable Pipe Management: A fiber/cable pipe is a model for fiber/cable management. That is, multiple fibers/cables are combined and considered as a pipe for management. The fibers/cables that are laid outdoors often are combined and coated. A fiber/cable pipe contains multiple fibers/cables and a fiber/cable belongs to multiple fiber/cable pipes. Fiber/cable pipe management helps implement unified management of fibers/cables through pipes. To use the function of platinum services, you need to perform the fiber/cable pipe management.

l    Link Source Management: Link source management provides information such as types and levels of links among NEs so that networking information can be learned in time and carriers' service planning can be supported. Users can also view alarms of links to quickly rectify faults based on detailed alarm information and handling suggestions.

l   Interface Resource Management: Interface resource management provides information such as names, types, associated NEs, IPv4 addresses, and MAC addresses of interfaces on the network so that detailed NE interface information can be learned in time and carriers' service planning and capacity expansion plans can be supported.

l   Access Service Statistics Management: Access service statistics management refers to collecting statistics on status or rates of ports of various types on access NEs.

l   Collecting Statistics on the Slot Usage: This function provides how to calculate the number of total slots and the number of slots in-use based on the NE type to help determine the board capacity and future capacity expansion.

l   Collecting Statistics on the ONU: This function provides how to collect statistics on the ONU types on the entire network based on the NE type or collect statistics on each terminal type and ONU version based on the subnet.

l   Exporting Electronic Labels of NEs: Before upgrading the U2000, you need to export information about U2000, NEs or boards, such as hardware electronic labels and versions, from the U2000 and save the information into a file in the .txt or .xml format.  This facilities the management and statistics of inventory resources on a network.