This feature was introduced in M2000 V200R010. Summary: The advanced telecommunications application environment (ATAE) cluster solution is an integrated OSS solution developed on the Huawei ATAE platform. The characteristics of the ATAE cluster solution are as follows: ? Highly professional ? Highly integrated ? Carrier-class reliability ? High performance ? Enables smooth expansion through board insertion In addition, the ATAE cluster solution centrally implements the following functions: ? Managing large-scale networks ? Monitoring and maintaining hardware ? Holding multiple OSS products such as the M2000 (including the Trace Server), PRS, and Nastar (including the eSAU, which is short for evolved service aware unit) These features of the ATAE cluster solution help telecom operators minimize energy consumption, save equipment room space, reduce overall deployment costs, and improve competitiveness Benefits: This feature brings about the following benefits: ? An ATAE subrack contains 14 boards, where 12 boards function as servers and 2 boards function as switching boards. Compared with traditional servers that provide equivalent management capability, the ATAE cluster solution reduces energy consumption by over 60%, saves equipment room space by 50%, and reduces the number of cables for connecting servers. ? The ATAE cluster solution helps improve O&M efficiency and minimize OPEX because it can centrally manage large-scale networks. For example, a single ATAE cabinet can hold an M2000 system, the PRS, and the Nastar at the same time. ? The ATAE cluster solution provides carrier-class reliability and ensures that services run smoothly all the time. In an ATAE cabinet, the key function modules such as subrack power supply units, fans, subrack management units, and switching units adopt the redundancy design, which provides carrier-class high reliability for telecom operators. The ATAE cluster solution adopts the N:1 redundancy solution, which improves hardware usage. ? ATAE cluster solution supports board plug-and-play by using SAN boot technology to re-load software automatically . Therefore, services can be quickly restored when a fault occurs. ? The ATAE cluster solution provides the OSS self-maintenance unit (OSMU), which helps telecom operators to improve O&M efficiency. |