Sycamore Networks

SILVX® NMS

End-to-End Visibility and Control for Evolving Multiservice Networks

Fully integrated SILVX® NMS products encompass every aspect of intelligent optical network management, from provisioning to performance monitoring. Together, they:

  • Accelerate end-to-end provisioning and simplify multiservice management
  • Empower Ethernet service flexibility and circuit/packet convergence
  • Improve visibility and control of multi-layer network resources
  • Ensure high network availability, security, and scalability
  • Shorten development cycles and reduce cost of new service introduction

SilvxManager® (network-level) and SilvxSource® (node-level) management intelligence allow NOC operators and local technicians to share the same views, tools, and access to information from any web browser. Building on the BroadLeaf® control plane common across Sycamore edge-to-core switching platforms, the SILVX unified management platform dramatically simplifies end-to-end configuration, management, and maintenance.

Exceptional network awareness translates to Layered Services Management capabilities that make it easy to correlate multi-layer service information (Ethernet, optical, low-order and high-order SONET/SDH). You can provision a service in one simple step, manage that service by correlating alarms, hardware, and other information at the circuit level; and access all of this from one simple and secure, Web-based interface. What's more, SilvxManager can partition service-specific network management information, making network views accessible only to an authorized subset of operators.

Distribute high-speed bandwidth with point-and-click speed and simplicity; gradually and selectively turn up automated features... SILVX puts the pace of change at your fingertips.

Additional Features and Benefits

  • Support rapidly growing broadband traffic, with the high-availability Ethernet solutions and unprecedented control provided by Ethernet Packet Intelligence (through SILVX)
  • Improve performance management with threshold crossing alerts, path-level performance data, and other resource monitoring tools that enable proactive alarms and simplify troubleshooting
  • Take advantage of the full suite of SILVX features in an economical service management solution for evolving metro and regional networks, by deploying SilvxManager for Windows
  • Transfer full TMN FCAPS information to higher level management systems, via industry- standard OSS interfaces
  • Ensure the integrity of vital communications and infrastructure with enhanced security services, including RADIUS central authentication and IPsec trusted path support
  • Protect against disaster or data loss with SILVX Hot Standby and database synchronization providing full redundancy of location, hardware, software, and data
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