VMS: VALUE MANAGEMENT SUITE™
- Traffic engineered resource management (TERM) for Ethernet-type Access and Metro networks
- Easy to use service and tunnel provisioning
- Activation and element management
- SOA, web services design on a carrier scale platform
A TRUE CARRIER GRADE ETHERNET SOLUTION
Gridpoint Systems is shaping the evolution of Ethernet by advancing the state of the art in Ethernet service and transport management. Addressing the need of businesses converging on Ethernet as a ubiquitous networking technology, Gridpoint delivers on the promise of profitable Ethernet services.
The Value Management System
The VMS is designed to provision the optimal path to support tiered ethernet services and optimize network utilization and service resiliency. Using an elegant network-view GUI, subscription templates, and "drag and drop" creation, operators can easily provision new services across any Ethernet topology. The VMS is the ideal way to configure, manage, abstract and visualize networks for Carrier Ethernet.
Multi-Constraint Path Provisioning
Using the VMS, a service operator may specify EIR, CIR, and 8 Classes of Service (CoS) based on QoS parameters (delay, delay variation, loss) to ensure a path determined by the provisioning algorithm that supports the required SLAs. The operator may also specify provisioning policies based on parameters such as cost, load balancing and traffic type.
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND PREDICTABLE NETWORKS
The VMS manages bandwidth resource allocations across the network and manages traffic profiles to ensure proper allocation of resources and managed traffic flows for a predictable network operation.
FEATURES:
- Traffic engineered resource management (TERM) for Ethernet-type Access and Metro networks
- Advanced, multi-constraint path computation for effective service and tunnel routing
- Templating for policy and service catalogue support
- Support of multiple access technologies and topologies
- Flexible scope of operation, from path computation service to full activation and domain management
- Carrier-scale - up to 5,000,000 possible paths
- OSS integration via XML/SOAP/WSDL and MTOSI
- SOA, web-services design
BENEFITS:
- Multi-constraint path calculation supports tiered Ethernet services in an economical way
- Path computation capability drastically reduces Service/Tunnel design time
- Easy to use GUI with service templates allows setups with minimal operator training
- Integrates Business Policy with Network Investments through Traffic Engineering and Traffic Management
- Advanced traffic resource management increases asset ROI and service delivery quality