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Cisco Prime Network™
Cloud and Systems Management Technology Group
Business Overview
March 2014
Cisco Prime Product Management Team
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Agenda
Prime Network Introduction
Network Element Management
Network and Services Support
Integration and Customization
Redundancy
Prime Network Introduction
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Cisco Prime Network Function ScopeNetwork Information
MediationIntegration Layer
MTOSI, 3GPPTraditional Integration
BQLEvent Forwarding
SNMP, email
Device Component and Feature Configuration
Network Element Operation and Administration
Logical/Physical Inventory
InventoryReports
OS-ImageManagement
Configuration FileBackup/Restore
ElementDiscovery
ConfigurationAudit
Network Fault Management
Event MonitoringTraps, Syslogs, Polling
FaultCorrelation
Network Topology Display Virtual Connectivity Views
Alarm Managementand Display
TroubleshootingMethods
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Agenda
Prime Network Introduction
Network Element Management
Network and Services Support
Integration and Customization
Redundancy
Network Element Management
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• Physical Containment- Chassis- Shelves and cards- Ports and parameters- Sensors and more
• Logical Inventory- Routing and circuit tables- Label-switching tables- Traffic profiles- PWs, tunnels, services and more
• Network Element Administration- Over 200 available command scripts
• Map Network-to-Business- Add business tags to network resources
Device Discovery and Administration
Exceptional Fine-Grained Visibility into Physical and Logical Inventory
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Network Element Discovery
• Physical and logical inventory sync in real time with the device by change event (default) or by polling cycles
• Physical Containment• Detailed Technologies Discovery• Logical inventory grouped by
category• Alarm indication on faulty
objects• Hyperlinks to easily switch from
logical to physical components or to jump from one device to its adjacent device
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Multi Chassis
Prime Network supports multi-Chassis modeling for following platforms
• Nexus 7000/5000/2000
• ASR 9000 + Satellite and Cluster
• CRS• UCS
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ASR 9000 Network Virtualization (nV)
• Prime Network manages ASR 9000 cluster as a single node
• Prime Network also represents:- Device/Execution status- Redundancy status- Redundancy relationship
ASR 9000 Cluster
CPT 50 Satellite
• Prime Network shows ASR9000 host and Satellites as a multi chassis view
• Supported on 9000v, CPT 50, ASR 901 and ASR 903
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vCenter VNE
• A simple and single view of virtualization
• Support for Cisco and non Cisco servers
• VM monitoring without physical servers
• Mapping to physical servers• Mapping to virtual device or service• Fault Correlation
• Discovers UCS, HP, IBM, DELL servers and link them to virtualization inventory if ESX is installed
• Discovers Virtual Elements (Nexsus 100v, VSG and CRS1000v) running on a VM• Easly locate any VM managed by a vCenter VNE
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Virtual Elements
• Basic logical and physical Inventory for Nexsus 100v, Virtual Security Gateway (VSG) and CRS1000v
• Basic faults• Cross launches from Virtual
Elements to vCenter VNE andvice versa
• Physical links between Virtual Element and Compute Server
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UCS (B-Series and C-Series)
• Prime Network supports both UCS C-Series and B-Series (6120 and 6140 Fabric Interconnect)
• When VMWare ESX is installed, it discovers virtualized details and VM• It discovers FIC to Chassis interconnections and blade servers topologies on a Chassis
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Non-Cisco Compute Servers
• For Non Cisco servers, Prime Network implements a Generic Compute Server mechanism
• By leveraging SYESTEM-MIB, IF-MIB and HOST-RESOURCES-MIB standard MIB, can discover DELL, HP and IBM Servers
• When VMWare ESX is installed, it can discover virtualized details and VM
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ASR 5000/5500
• Multi-Context support• 3G Full support (GGSN and APN)• 4G Support (P-GW and S-GW LTE equivalent of GGSN and APN)
Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) Access Point Name (APN)
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ASR 5000/5500 (Cont.)Operator Policy Active Charging Service
• GTPP and EGTP tunnel protocols• ACS (Active Charging Service)• PDSN and ePDG Solutions• SGSN
Supports also
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Change and Configuration Management
• Dedicated web interfaces to manage the software and device configuration changes that are made to devices in your network. Device configuration management tools are provided by the Configuration Management function, and software image management tools are provided by the Image Management function
• HTTP Dashboard• Exec reports• Most recent configuration
changes
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• Can be used as stand alone component or cross-launched via Prime Network Vision
• Change and Configuration Management supports Evolved Programmable Network (EPN), Mobility, Data Center architectural plays
• New VNE support released with device packages approach
• Framework ready for non-Cisco devices- Validated with Juniper M10i
Change and Configuration Management (Cont.)
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Configuration Management
• Archival or backup of configurations• View, differentiation, removal, export, search,
and restoration of configurations• Synchronization of devices with different
running and startup configurations• Configuration of change history, logs, and
reports• Configuration audit to compare with baseline
configuration (policies) and template fix • Schedule, i.e.: during authorized
maintenance window• Periodic configuration exports• Operations scheduled to act on dynamic
device groups• Backup Configuration for all Boot Priority
configured on ASR 5000/5500• Editing of archived configurations• Restoration in overwrite mode support
New
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Image Management
Install Add
Install Activate
Install Deactivat
eInstall
Remove
Install Commit
Install Rollback
• Image repository integrated with cisco.com (it requires a CCO account)
• Offline servers can import from the local file system or from an external server
• Image distribution and activation per device or per image file
• Upgrade analysis to help ensure that the network element is compatible with the image
• Cisco IOS® XR Software updates from cisco.com or Cisco Prime Network server
• Cisco IOS XR Software specific image lifecycle• Boot configuration file and priority for ASR
5000/5500• Email notification upon completion• Warm upgrade and NSSU support• Booting ASR903 in Sub-package mode
New
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Agenda
Prime Network Introduction
Network Element Management
Network and Services Support
Integration and Customization
Redundancy
Network and Services Support
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The Challenge of Network Faults
UnmanagedNetwork
IP BackboneSyslog: Lost Connectivity !
Trap: DLSw Peer Down !
Syslog: HSRP Standby Active !
Syslog: FR DLCI Down !
Ping: Device Unreachable !
Ping: Device Unreachable ! Syslog: LSP
Reroute !
Syslog: Lost OSPF neighbor !
Syslog: Lost BGP Neighbor !
Syslog: Lost Neighbor !
Syslog: Lost Connectivity !
Syslog: Lost BGP Neighbor !
Trap: DLSw Peer Down !
Syslog: Lost OSPF neighbor !
Syslog: Lost OSPF neighbor !
Syslog: Lost BGP Neighbor !
Trap: Link Down !
Trap: Link Down !
Syslog: LSP Reroute !
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Network Fault
• Network health at a glance• Network elements list and status• Root cause alarm• Probable cause and
recommended action (ASR 5000/5500)
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Network Fault (Cont.)
• Complete alarm history with every single trap/syslog or service alarm correlated by an outage
• Hierarchical correlation tree, representing the causal relationships between the alarms, starting from the "topmost" root cause alarm
• Potential and actual services affected by a fault
Affected Parties Alarm History
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Troubleshooting Info
A string suggesting the costumer how to trace the source of the problem, how to proceed with fixing it, and when it will be cleared
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Generic Events
Prime Network can apply parsing methods to create events for any SNMP trap or syslog notification where Prime Network does not provide specific mapping rules• Association to the managed
element• Severity information for generic
trap or syslog is extracted from the syslog’s text
• Alarm type and nature set to "Unknown"
• Immediately archived• Disabled by default
New
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ASR 5000 Alarm Synchronization
• Resync ticket reporting the resync internal, cleared once retrieving events is completed• Only available on the ASR 5500 and ASR 5550, Prime Network syncs with device events
after disconnections
New
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50:1 average event reduction
Events Alarms Tickets
Non-actionable events
CausalityGrouping
CardOut
LinkDown
LineDown Line
Down
LinkDown
OSPFNeighbo
rDown
LDP NeighborDown
• Automatically suppression of duplicate events: - Regular-expression filters- Flapping events
• Group related events for convenient review
• Synchronous poll for network status to confirm suspicion
• Automatically correlation of alarms to identify causality - No code book or rules to develop- Local correlation: alarms emitted within a
single network element- Topology-based correlation: alarms from
multiple network elements
Reduced Fault Resolution Time
Root-Cause Analysis
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CardOut
LinkDown
LineDown Line
Down
LinkDown
OSPFNeighbor
Down
LDP NeighborDown
50:1 Average Event Reduction
• Topology-based correlation
• No correlation rules to create and maintain
• Quick and effortless deployment
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• Syslog and traps - 1000 events per second, with bursts of well over 3000 events• Incoming alarm notifications for offline analysis• Northbound notifications to other systems
Network Alarms
High-Volume Trap and Syslog Management
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Network Discovery
• Users can select devices from the discovery result list and assign VNE preferences before adding them to the system
• Based on user defined templates• Can use Ping Sweep to ping each IP address
(support both IPv4 and IPv6) in a given range, or a seed device where discovery protocols (CDP, OSPF and others) can be used to find its neighbors
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Multilayer Maps
• Protocol topologies representing MPLS, BGP and other to represent protocol adjacencies between devices
• Service topologies showing at a glance how services are traversing the network
• Physical topologies leveraging CDP, REP, LAG and other, plus Ethernet port MAC for neighbor discovery
BGP Topology
Physical Topology
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MPLS-TP Service View
EVC Service View
Detailed Networking Feature Discovery
• Converged MPLS core and service edge- MPLS-TP (working and protect configurations), MPLS/IP, OSPF, LDP,
BGP, and Layer 2 and 3 VPNs• Carrier Ethernet
- Dot1q, ISL, QinQ, LAG and EtherChannel, VTP, STP, VPLS, PW-HE, LFA, VLAN mappings, and E-OAM (E-LMI, IEEE 802.3ah, and IEEE 802.1ag)
• Access and RAN backhaul (IP-RAN)- xDSL, ATM, Frame Relay, PPP,
Ch-T1, Ch-T3, SONET (OC3-OC12), MLPPP, and ATM and TDMoPW (PWE3)
• Mobile- GGSN, APN, GGTP, GTPU, EGTP, and DHCP- P-GW and S-GW- Home Agent, Subscriber, HA SPI List, AAA Group, Route Map, Route
Access List, and Proxy DNS Intercept List- Active Charging, RuleDef, RuleBase, AccessRuleDef and
GroupOfRuleDef • Datacenter – UCS, Nexus, datacenter connectivity and virtualization• Tunneling – GRE, L2TP, and pseud wires• IPv6 - 6VPE (IPv6 VPN over MPLS core)
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• Auto-Discovery- Layer 3 MPLS VPNs + CsC- Ethernet Virtual Connections (EVCs)- Pseudowires, VPLS and VLANs - MPLS-TP and MPLS TE- GRE tunnels
• Multilayer service maps• Service path tracing
- Across circuits, layers, and technologies
Virtual Connection (Services) Assurance
Multilayer Service Path
VLAN Topology
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• 200+ predefined Command Builder Scripts grouped by categories
• Create, preview and execute user defined scripts via GUI wizards
• Simple CLI command sequences or programmable Bean shell scripts
• Can be defined on any physical or logical entity
• Offers programmatic controls• Publishing capabilities to extend to all
devices• Easy access browsing SubMenu Options
Activation Scripts
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• Create and execute commands from Command Manager repository• Create and execute command sequences• Run same command/sequence on user defined scope• Schedule options
Command Orchestration
Create and execute command/sequence limited to Device Level only
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Integrated Reporting Tool
• Private and public user defined reports• Events, inventory and network service
reports• Customizable reports based on existing
templatesInventory Reports
Events Reports
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Operations Manager
Optional add-on component to Cisco Prime Network that provides extended reporting functionalityNetwork Domains• Physical inventory• Fault• Data Center• MobilityOut of the Box foldersand reports• Easy navigation • Charts and tables• Input parameters• Drill-down reports
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Operations Manager (Cont.)
Interactive Reports• Drag and drop report creation• Easy selection of data • Sort, filter, grouping and totals
capabilities• Input parameters• Inline editing• Custom Cisco report template• Multiple formats• Pre-packaged samples• Sharing between users• High performance
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Agenda
Prime Network Introduction
Network Element Management
Network and Services Support
Integration and Customization
Redundancy
Integration and Customization
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• Northbound interfaces for NMS and OSS integration:- BQL over XML- SNMP Notification System- E-mail Notification System- MTOSI for packet networks- 3GPP for mobile networks
(ASR 5000/5500)• Pretested integration solutions:
IBM Tivoli Netcool for Prime, Prime Performance Manager
• Reduced replication of mediation and abstraction layers
• Common source of network-derived inventory
NMS and Operations Support System
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Prime Network Information Model
• TM Forum TMF-513/608-compliant hierarchical specification of entire information model
• Easy-to-use XML query language (BQL), through web services API or simple Telnet
• Synchronous (get and execute) or asynchronous (register)
Information Model Hierarchy
Query with Retrieval Specification
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MTOSI and 3GPP Interface Overview
• MTOSI Interface- Standard complaint Web Services for service providers to access inventory
information in MTOSI format- Synchronous in nature
• 3GPP Interface- Standard complaint Web Services for service providers to access inventory
data collected from mobile network managed by Cisco Prime Network in 3GPP format
- Asynchronous in nature- Inventory data stored in files- Inventory functionality and data model as per 3GPP recommendations
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Event Notification Service
• Event type selection • Fine tune filtering for
syslogs/traps and service alarms
• Multiple notification services for same IP address
• Additional Ticket\Event information to populate in the user customized fields
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Process Management
• Prime Network leverages XDE procedure to provide Process Management for Command Builder scripts
• It replaces Workflow Engine (from LiquidBPM)
• Prime Network transactions can be executed via BQL NBI
• Prime Network provides an HTTP interface - Transaction Manager – who leverages XDE to:- Execute/Schedule transaction- Select devices and input parameters- Monitor transaction jobs execution and edit
scheduled oneTransactions will be created using Eclipse SDK
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• GUI-driven integration reduces the cost of systems integration
• Contextual cross-launch of reports from Prime Network
• Threshold Crossing Alerts (TCA) trap integration
• Device list, credentials, and business tag synchronization
Performance Manager Integration
Reduce Deployment Time from Weeks to Hours
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Dynamically extends right-click menu to launch PM reports
Performance Manager Integration
Device Reports
Interface Reports
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Dynamically extends right-click menu to launch device data sheet, find it in Google maps, or sendan e-mail to its contact person.
Cross Launch External Applications
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Customization tools
Extend and Customize
Comprehensive Customization Toolkit
Soft PropertiesAdd new properties to an existing network element or network element family.
Support template variables (for example,$ifindex$) for instance-referencing, parsing rules, and regular expressions.
VNE Customization Builder (VCB)Field extension for additional device modules, events, and software releases
Extend network element drivers, customize events, and support new devices and releases.
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Cisco Developer Network
Cisco Developer Network (Cisco DevNet) is an online community for integration and customization engineers who use Cisco Prime Network’s APIs• Access the Cisco DevNet at
https://developer.cisco.com/(direct link on Prime Network on the last page)
• Requires a www.cisco.com login
• Partner training and support is available through Cisco DevNet Partner Program
Partner, Developer and Community Support
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Customization tools
Advanced Services
Advanced Services, Training, and Technical Support
• Broad range of services available provide customized assistance to help ensure smooth deployment.
• Multiple technical support programs to accelerate customer success.
• Cisco Services helps you protect your network investment, optimize network operations, and prepare the network for new applications.
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Agenda
Prime Network Introduction
Network Element Management
Network and Services Support
Integration and Customization
RedundancyRedundancy
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Prime Network Redundancy Components
• Gateway and Database Local Redundancy- Active Standby- Automatic Failover- Veritas or Red Hat Cluster Suite
• Gateway and Database Geographic Redundancy- Active/Standby- Manual Failover- Veritas or Oracle Active Data Guard
• Local Unit Protection Groups
- N+M Hot Standby
• Software Process Protection- Local Watchdog process
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• Redundancy solutions for Cisco Prime Network gateway- Integrated local redundancy with Red Hat
Cluster- Embedded replication for Geographical
redundancy (Linux platforms)- Integrated solutions for local and
geographic redundancy with Veritas
• N+M stateless standby Cisco Prime Network Unit redundancy with automatic graceful failover
Local GW redundancy
GUIClients
WWW
WebClients
CustomerOSS/BSS
Server P1(Primary ANA)
Server P2(Primary Oracle)
HeartbeatPrime Network
Gateways
External StorageDual-node cluster
Cisco Prime Network Gateway and Unit Redundancy
Scalable, Reliable, High Availability
Prime Network
Gateways
Prime Network Units
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• Administrators can create new protection groups and customize the High-Availability servers assignments
• Create new Protection Group(s) to define the cluster of Prime Network Units protected by a specified Stand-by Prime Network Unit
• Use Administration Perspective, System Settings to define one or more Protection Groups- The default-pg protection group was created by default- Multiple protection groups can be created and assigned to a subset of those Prime Network units,
thus having a stand-by unit covering a specified group of units
Cisco Prime Network Unit High-AvailabilityN+M High-Availability Deployment
Prime Network Gateway
Prime Network Unit
Prime Network Unit
Prime Network
UnitPrime Network Unit(s) (Stand-
by)Protection Group A
Prime Network Unit Protection Group B
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Red Hat/Oracle Solutions – Key Features
• Affordable cost for Local Redundancy
• Two independent solutions• No additional cost for
Geographic Redundancy• Single installation process• Leverages Embedded Database
Red Hat/Oracle: Cost Effective Redundancy
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Additional Resources
• Cisco Prime Network on Cisco Employee Connection:http://www.cisco.com/go/primenetwork
• Cisco Prime Network Tech Center developer support:https://developer.cisco.com/site/networking/cloud-system/service-provider/prime-network/home/
• Cisco Prime Network field portal:http://iwe.cisco.com/web/ese/go_primenetwork
• Email Alias for product inquires:prime-network@cisco.com
•Technical support:https://techzone.cisco.com/t5/Prime-Network/bd-p/nms_apps_prime_network
Thank you.
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Cisco Prime Network for EPN
Deployed at Top Service Providers in the Americas, Europe, Australia, and Asia
Network and Service Management• MPLS, CE, and IPRAN/MToP support• Service discovery and network and
service maps• Service fault management and
troubleshooting• Graphical fault visualization• Complete CE and MToP service activation• Activation using point-and-click GUI or NB
API• Topology-based root-cause analysis• Service impact analysis• Graphical workflow builder
Foundation• Abstract VNE model and mediation layer• Distributed scalability, carrier class, and
high availability• Embedded database• Solaris and Linux server; Windows client• Telnet, web services, and SNMP APIs• NB event, alarm, and ticket notifications• Solution integrations with provisioning,
inventory, and performance systems• Extensible, customizable, and
configurable• Cisco® Developer Network support
Element Management• NE and topology autodiscovery• NE physical and logical Inventory• Network topology• Event, alarm, and user TCA management• Configuration support (script builder)• Built-in configuration scripts• Open toolkit for extensions• NE configuration archiving• NE image management• Security: authentication and RBAC• Over 50 device families and over 300 NE
types
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Cisco Prime Network Q&AQ. What happened to Cisco Active Network Abstraction (ANA)?
Cisco Active Network Abstraction has been renamed to and will continue to evolve as Cisco Prime Network.
Q: Why is Cisco Prime Network version 3.9?Cisco Prime Network 3.8 is the evolution of Cisco Active Network Abstraction (ANA) and continues expanding the
functional scope and features of Cisco ANA plus add the infrastructure for becoming part of the Cisco Prime suite.
Q: Is Cisco Prime Network 3.9 a minor upgrade from Cisco ANA 3.x?Yes. Cisco Prime Network 3.9 is offered as a minor upgrade from Cisco ANA 3.7.3 and Cisco Prime Network 3.9.
Customers with a valid support contract for versions 3.x of Cisco ANA are entitled to no cost upgrades to Cisco Prime Network 3.8.
Q. Why did you change the name of Cisco ANA to Cisco Prime Network?Cisco changed the name to Cisco Prime Network to let our customers know that Cisco Prime Network is part of the
Prime Suite of products. For more information on these network management products for service providers, please visit http://www.cisco.com/go/prime-sp.
Q. Is Cisco Prime Network part of another line of software bundle?Yes. Cisco Prime Network is part of the Cisco Prime suite of products, assisting service providers in lifecycle
management and inventory and provisioning services as well as metrics reporting.