AMDOCS OSS

RELEASE 8.1

Resource Manager 8.1.0

Product Description
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 7
Key features and benefits .................................................................................................................... 7
Network inventory model .......................................................................................................................... 7
Service and customer model .................................................................................................................... 8
Fulfillment projects .................................................................................................................................... 8
Technology and business rules ................................................................................................................ 8
Comprehensive graphical user interface .................................................................................................. 8
Integrated product suite ....................................................................................................................... 9

2 Product Features ............................................................................................................ 11

Network modeling in Resource Manager ........................................................................................... 11
Multi-technology and multi-vendor network model .................................................................................. 13
Physical network modeling ..................................................................................................................... 13
Logical network modeling ....................................................................................................................... 13
Cross-domain routing ............................................................................................................................. 14
Converged service infrastructures .......................................................................................................... 14
Topologies .............................................................................................................................................. 15
Protection modeling ................................................................................................................................ 15
Service modeling .................................................................................................................................... 16
Resource Manager functionality ........................................................................................................ 16
Configurable business rules and constraints .......................................................................................... 16
Powerful selection of assignments using wizards ................................................................................... 17
Planning design projects......................................................................................................................... 17
Comprehensive reporting ....................................................................................................................... 17
Persistent audit trails .............................................................................................................................. 17

3 User Interface Functions ................................................................................................ 19

Views .................................................................................................................................................. 19
Application View ..................................................................................................................................... 19
Card View ............................................................................................................................................... 19
Circuit View............................................................................................................................................. 19
Circuit Routing View ............................................................................................................................... 19
Connection Views ................................................................................................................................... 19
CoS Partitioning Mapping View .............................................................................................................. 20
Device Port View .................................................................................................................................... 20
Elevation View ........................................................................................................................................ 20
IT Infrastructure View............................................................................................................................. 20
Link View ................................................................................................................................................ 20
Link Protection View ............................................................................................................................... 20
Location View ......................................................................................................................................... 20
Logical Environment View ...................................................................................................................... 20
Network View .......................................................................................................................................... 20

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Redundancy Group View ........................................................................................................................ 21

Shelf View............................................................................................................................................... 21
Technical Routing View .......................................................................................................................... 21
Topology View ........................................................................................................................................ 21
WebReports ....................................................................................................................................... 21
Application Impact WebReport ............................................................................................................... 21
Capacity WebReport............................................................................................................................... 21
Circuit Hierarchy WebReport .................................................................................................................. 21
Circuit Protection WebReport ................................................................................................................. 21
Port Hierarchy WebReport...................................................................................................................... 22
Connected Equipment WebReport ......................................................................................................... 22
CoS Partition Hierarchy WebReport ....................................................................................................... 22
CoS Partition Utilization WebReport ....................................................................................................... 22
Cross Connect WebReport ..................................................................................................................... 22
Event WebReport ................................................................................................................................... 22
Event Hierarchy WebReport ................................................................................................................... 22
Find Results WebReport......................................................................................................................... 22
Logical Cross Connection WebReport .................................................................................................... 22
Owner WebReport .................................................................................................................................. 23
Port Capacity WebReport ....................................................................................................................... 23
Pre-emption WebReport ......................................................................................................................... 23
Project Summary WebReport ................................................................................................................. 23
Service WebReport................................................................................................................................. 23
Technical Routing WebReport ................................................................................................................ 23
Terminating Traffic WebReport ............................................................................................................... 23
Through Traffic WebReport .................................................................................................................... 23
Topology Utilization WebReport ............................................................................................................. 23
Traffic Matrix WebReport ........................................................................................................................ 23
Wizards .............................................................................................................................................. 23
Card Wizard ............................................................................................................................................ 24
Circuit Wizard ......................................................................................................................................... 24
Port Wizard ............................................................................................................................................. 24
Copy Circuit Wizard ................................................................................................................................ 24
Divide Circuits Wizard............................................................................................................................. 24
Join Circuits Wizard ................................................................................................................................ 24
CoS Partition Policy Wizard .................................................................................................................... 24
Create Cross Connections Wizard.......................................................................................................... 24
Modify Cross Connection Wizard............................................................................................................ 24
Automated Cross Connection Wizard ..................................................................................................... 24
Logical Cross Connection Wizard ........................................................................................................... 25
Device Wizard......................................................................................................................................... 25
Rack Wizard ........................................................................................................................................... 25
Document Wizard ................................................................................................................................... 25
Create Links Wizard ............................................................................................................................... 25
Bulk Link Wizard ..................................................................................................................................... 25
Modify Link Wizard ................................................................................................................................. 25
Divide Link Wizard .................................................................................................................................. 25

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Reservation Wizard ................................................................................................................................ 25

Logical Environment Wizard ................................................................................................................... 25
Application Wizard .................................................................................................................................. 25
Redundancy Group Wizard .................................................................................................................... 26
Location Wizard ...................................................................................................................................... 26
Number Wizard ....................................................................................................................................... 26
Modify Attributes Wizard ......................................................................................................................... 26
Bulk Attributes Wizard ............................................................................................................................ 26
Role Wizard ............................................................................................................................................ 26
Port Aggregation Wizard......................................................................................................................... 26
Project Wizard ........................................................................................................................................ 26
Service Wizard........................................................................................................................................ 26
Add Shelf Wizard .................................................................................................................................... 26
Subscriber Wizard .................................................................................................................................. 26
Topology Wizard ..................................................................................................................................... 27
DesignRecord Wizard ............................................................................................................................. 27
Archive Wizard........................................................................................................................................ 27
Copy Object Wizard ................................................................................................................................ 27
Delete Wizard ......................................................................................................................................... 27
Find Wizard ............................................................................................................................................ 27
QuickFind Configuration Wizard ............................................................................................................. 27
QuickFind wizard .................................................................................................................................... 27
Resource and Relations Browsers..................................................................................................... 27
Homepages ........................................................................................................................................ 27

4 Licensing Information..................................................................................................... 29

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1 Introduction
Amdocs Resource Manager is Amdocs’ core OSS inventory management product.
Resource Manager maintains an accurate model of network capacity and connectivity
by maintaining a detailed inventory of the physical, logical and service components
of the network. The model is scalable, with Resource Manager maintaining a network
architecture that supports a universal inventory for multi-technology, multi-vendor
networks and a capacity model that supports automated network and service
fulfillment.
Resource Manager puts accurate inventory at the heart of your OSS and ensures that
automated processes are driven by accurate data. Resource Manager can help to
deliver and assure the quality of all the services offered to your customers and help to
overcome the typical service fulfillment problems faced in today’s
telecommunications market.
In summary, Resource Manager is:

A centralized repository for all physical, logical and service inventories.

Responsible for maintaining data integrity and enforcing an operator’s
business rules and constraints.

Responsible for providing inventory operations and logic.

Key features and benefits

Network inventory model
Resource Manager supports modeling of both physical elements (such as devices,
cards and locations) and also logical elements (such as circuits and bandwidth
consumption). The network model is a fully integrated, multi-technology and multi-
vendor, showing the interdependencies of all elements.
An accurate and complete network inventory offers numerous benefits, some of the
most significant business benefits include:

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A reduction in service reworking and site visits by engineers

Fast fault analysis and resolution

Improved performance in capacity planning

Identification of stranded or underused assets

Service and customer model

Resource Manager supports the modeling of relationships between the network and
end services, whether those services are assigned to end customers or internal
business customers. Resource Manager’s service and customer modeling supports:

Pro-active customer fault management. Network faults reports allow for
reporting on impacted services and customers

A reduction in billing discrepancies, where services have been built but
remain unbilled

Awareness of the impact of customer SLAs on network planning and
change

Fulfillment projects
Resource Manager provides the basis of all network and service fulfillment activities,
providing a point of reference for all capability, capacity and feasibility questions.
Benefits include:

Improved efficiency in service and network change delivery time and
effort

Visibility of current and planned network state

Records and audits for all planned and implemented changes to the
network

Technology and business rules

Maintaining an accurate inventory requires that certain rules are followed to ensure
data integrity, accurate modeling of network technologies and alignment with a
service provider’s own business practices.
Application of rules and constraints delivers:

Network changes and service fulfillment consistently driven by an
operator business rules

Higher levels of inventory accuracy

Correct configuration of the network

Comprehensive graphical user interface

Amdocs OSS 8.1 includes a powerful graphical user interface (GUI) that provides
access to network modeling, automation and data synchronization products. The
Resource Manager GUI offers end users of Resource Manager a number of benefits.

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Easy access to the full functionality of Resource Manager using the web-
based thin client GUI

Specialized working environments customized for particular roles and
responsibilities

Integrated product suite

Figure 1 – Amdocs Resource Manager product positioning

The Resource Manager ‘end to end’ inventory model forms the core of the Amdocs
OSS Portfolio, as a complete network inventory application. Additionally, Amdocs
has developed a number of tools to support every stage of network resource
management. These include:

Inventory management tools, which support Resource Manager in
maintaining a complete, accurate and maintained model of network
resources.

Provisioning automation tools, which provide the capability for
encapsulating, and then automatically executing, the design and
implementation processes.

Adapters and integration tools, to rapidly integrate Amdocs OSS products,
including Resource Manager, with external OSS applications.

Developer tools, to enhance the processes of building and maintaining
inventory data.
Resource Manager offers network modeling capabilities in its own right, and may
also be supplemented with specific technology solutions available as part of Amdocs
OSS 8.1, including:

Cable Manager

Partition Manager

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Parameter Manager

Asset Manager
See the relevant Product Descriptions for further information.

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2 Product Features
Network modeling in Resource Manager
Resource Manager contains a detailed model of the physical, logical and service
layer resources within the network (Figure 2). The following section includes
an overview of the types of object that would be expected in Resource
Manager. The list is not exhaustive. Network models in Amdocs OSS are built
from powerful, flexible templates – new device, service and circuit types for
example can be readily configured to address the needs of new and emerging
technologies.

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Figure 2 – Resource Manager’s

Manage Complete, Multi-layer
layer Inventory
The major inventory types supported by the Resource Manager platform are as
follows:

Devices, including racks, shelves, slots, cards and ports

Physical links, for example, copper, fiber, coax and radio

Leased links and capacity

Timeslot-based
based circuits and circuit hierarchies

Data networks including class-of-service
class management

Protection types

Information technology, including applications and logical environments

Services and subscribers

Locations and sites

Network topology
topology structures such as rings, chains and interconnects

Documents

Numbers, such as IP address and VPN configurations
Templates describe the characteristics of an object instance. For example, in the case
of a device type, the template configuration defines the number of shelves in the
device, the number of slots in the device and the cards types that can be accepted by
the device for each defined device type, whereas the template configuration for the
card entity defines the type and number of ports on the card
card for each card type.

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Each instance of a Resource Manager object inherits the data attributes from its
template. Standard attributes of all objects include identifiers, alias names and status
information. Any number of additional attributes can be added to the template using
Configurator (see ED 003039 Configurator Product Description for further details).

Multi-technology and multi-vendor network model

Resource Manager has been deployed across all major transmission, data and
cellular network technologies. There is no need to partition the network into
technology and vendor-specific domains (although this is an option using
Partition Manager), as Resource Manager has the ability to model
technologies and equipment in an integrated model. For example, a
consolidated network model can include a hierarchy of fibers, optical, ATM
and IP technologies, all coexisting in a single, unified network model.
This support for multiple technologies also extends to capacity management
for both TDM and Packet network technologies. Amdocs Resource Manager
combines sophisticated Class of Service based capacity management of packet
networks with the ability to bridge between technologies not only in terms of
configuration, but also in terms of capacity utilisation.
Class of Service modeling supports:

Management of Logical Bandwidth

Automated available bandwidth calculation

Overbooking of capacity
This provides the ability to do both Traffic Engineered capacity management across
large swathes of network infrastructure, but also to do accurate service-based QoS
based modeling in Next Generation Networks. Refer to the CoS Management –
Amdocs Resource Manager 8.1 .0 document for additional details.

Physical network modeling

Resource Manager’s physical model can include, but is by no means limited to, the
following physical entities:

Network elements represented as a hierarchy of racks, shelves, slots, cards
and ports. Both active and passive equipment are modeled

Physical links, for example copper, fiber, coax, leased, microwave and
radio

Network regions, partitions and domains, interfaces to OLOs, or sinks for
dial-up connections

General-purpose nodes that can be used as to model miscellaneous
network elements as required

Logical network modeling

Resource Manager’s logical model supports a thorough and complete representation
of the circuit carrying capability of a telecommunications network.

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The Resource Manager holds information on the following logical elements of

network inventory:

Timeslots representing subdivisions of circuits

Circuits representing wavelength, time or frequency division technologies,
as well as data-oriented technologies. Bandwidth usage is recorded, for
example, timeslot bandwidths in SDH and SONET. Circuit protection can
also be defined

Hierarchies of Logical ports representing the points of termination of data
circuits, for example, IP or ATM

Capacity offered by logical ports or interfaces that can be ‘consumed’ by
connected data circuits

In device configuration of cross connections between Logical ports.

Topologies modeling standard configurations, for example, SDH rings or
base station subsystems in a cellular network

Numbers representing IP addresses – including IPv6, telephone numbers
and number pools

Cross-domain routing
There are no restrictions in Amdocs OSS as to the scope of a circuit crossing multiple
carriers, access networks or customer premises. A multi-part circuit is created by
defining end-to-end paths from the concatenation of circuits from many network
domains. For example, an end-to-end path could comprise:

An access component over copper to a customer CPE

A leased component representing bandwidth provided by a third party
carrier

A backbone component over SDH or PDH

Termination in the network on a switch port or CPE equipment
Different protection schemes can be applied to the different domains as appropriate.
For example, physical protection could apply in the access network with two routes to
the CPE, while SNCP could apply in the backbone SDH network.
Unresolved or partially resolved circuits (that is, those where the underlying paths are
undefined) provide additional flexibility allowing, for example, a circuit to be firmly
resolved in one domain representing a known and managed network, and unresolved
in another domain, representing passage across a third party network.

Converged service infrastructures

Resource Manager incorporates the key IT management capabilities to capture,
visualize and manage the connectivity and interdependencies within and beyond
Service Delivery Platforms in next generation environments. This provides not only
the end-to-end view of connectivity from content and other delivery servers to the
customer premises, but also provides visibility of the complex architectures that
support those servers.
Visualization is essential to understand the often complex and sophisticated
relationships between applications and service delivery platform structures. Resource

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Manager’s IT capabilities provide an Application View as well as browser support,

which coupled with the visualizations for physical and logical network connectivity,
enables the user to view both the IT infrastructure and how the IT platforms are
connected with the network.
Effective capacity management results in better utilization of IT infrastructure and
enables the controlled assignment of applications and services to IT servers and
platforms. Resource Manager provides the framework for defining capacity attributes
on IT infrastructure objects, and for the implementation of business controlling the
allocation of resources.
Understanding the relationship between customers, services, the service delivery
platforms and the network infrastructure is a key component of effective service
assurance. Amdocs Resource Manager provides significant support for a network to
service relationship model, enabling the impact of IT infrastructure failures to be
understood.
More information on the IT management capabilities of Resource Manager can be
found in the IT Management – Amdocs Resource Manager 8.1.0 document.

Topologies
A key feature of Resource Manager is its support for the concept of topologies.
Topologies are used to model standard network structures such as:

SONET, SDH and optical rings, chains and meshes

IP/VPN networks and services

ATM access tree and core meshes

Base station chains and loops in a cellular network
Topologies represent an extremely powerful network modeling concept allowing
network entities to be grouped together and summarized as high-level structures.
This greatly simplifies many aspects of network administration. In addition,
topologies can contain other topologies.
A key benefit of topologies is that they facilitate network operations and
visualizations on a large scale. For example, wizards acting on topologies can be used
for circuit design and visualizations. Sophisticated, interactive WebReports can act
on topologies to provide capacity summaries of large network structures. Topologies
are a vital means by which volume can be managed in large networks.

Protection modeling
Resource Manager is specifically designed to all aspects of telecommunications
network modeling – including secured or protected routing. Network protection can
be implemented in a variety of ways, depending upon the technologies in use.
At the lowest level, physical diversity can be used to implement a resilient circuit (for
example, through using multiple links or diverse node-link chains). In addition,
certain infrastructure technologies, especially SONET and SDH, provide support for a
range of protection schema that can be applied at different levels of the circuit
hierarchy.
During the provisioning process, logical and physical resources can be identified
according to the resilience requirements of the service being implemented. In

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addition, the protected state of a circuit can be readily viewed when assessing the
impact of network faults on customers and services.

Service modeling
Resource Manager maintains a model of network capacity, keeping an inventory of
the provision of network capacity to customers. Logical and physical inventory held
by an operator is delivered to customers as billable services. Resource Manager
records the relationship between the network allocated to a customer service, the
service itself and the customer. This enables the operator to understand the
relationship between any component of the network, at any physical or logical layer,
and the services and customers that component supports. It enables the capture of new
service requirements and the design of the network configuration required to fulfill
the requirement.
The service model is highly configurable. Where physical entities are typically
configured on the basis of equipment manufacturers and logical entities on the basis
of technologies, service entities are configured on an operator’s service offerings and
their business processes.
The service model includes support for objects representing customers, services and
the resources used to deliver the services.

Resource Manager functionality

Configurable business rules and constraints
Resource Manager understands telecommunication technologies; data integrity and
network modeling rules are provided as part of the inventory’s fundamental design.
Vendor or technology specific rules are defined using Configurator and allow
Resource Manager to control modeling constraints such as card compatibility,
technology compatibility, device naming and much more.
Furthermore, a service provider’s own business rule can be implemented in Resource
Manager in the same way as vendor specific rules. More complex business rules can
be deployed using scripting that influences the choices and behavior of the user
interface tools.
The ability to reserve resources, both free and currently in use, for future use as part
of a specific project provides core support for future planning using the Resource
Manager environment.
Engineering and technical rules are implemented through a combination of wizards
and templates. Templates can be defined to capture simple constraints such as:

The numbers and types of cards that can be inserted into a device

The bandwidth associated with a given type of circuit

The timeslot strategy associated with a given circuit type and bandwidth

Device templates specifying the common card combinations that are
available for a particular device

The types of circuit that be used within a particular topology

The port configuration of a card
More complex constraint modeling is implemented algorithmically in wizards.

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Examples of wizard constraints include:

Connection constraints to determine which combination of physical and
logical resources can be correctly connected

Card population rules. Adding a card to a device often forms part of the
provisioning process. It is therefore important to be able to accurately
model the associated constraints. As a vendor introduces a new card or
equipment version, card population rules are often complex and subject to
frequent change. Population rules are implemented in wizard callouts and
are easily maintained

Naming convention rules

Powerful selection of assignments using wizards

Resource Manager is supplied with over thirty standard wizards. Wizards provide a
means to streamline repetitive actions such as equipment build, circuit design and
port allocation. All wizards have the capability to modify designs as well as creating
them.
Resource Manager provides bulk inventory operations that enable a user to quickly
and easily create objects and related components in a single wizard action. For
example, copying devices, adding populated shelves to devices or creating a new site
with installed equipment are all achievable using a single wizard.

Planning design projects

Planned configurations and assignments created by Resource Manager during the
design process are expressed in terms of Resource Manager DesignRecords.
DesignRecords are typically managed using design Projects. Design Projects are a
feature of Resource Manager but may be created by the Resource Manager Project
Wizard, Task Engine, or through the API. The status of Projects can be monitored
using standard reporting facilities, enabling the overall provisioning status of a
service to be determined. Unfulfilled service orders that are about to exceed a
delivery deadline can be readily identified, and the associated DesignRecords
investigated.

Comprehensive reporting
Resource Manager is supplied with standard WebReports that provide
visualization of network capacity and network relationships. The reports
contain a number of filtering options as well as the ability through context-
sensitive menus to link to reports and views of other related objects contained in the
reports.

Persistent audit trails

Resource Manager provides a complete history audit trail for all inventory objects.
The Resource Manager provides an audit page for each object with a time, date and
user stamp for when the object was created and last modified.
A DesignRecord is generated each time an entity is created, modified or deleted
(using the wizards or through the API). DesignRecords provide a technical summary
of the change and may be browsed or queried on. Again, a time, date and user stamp
is issued for each DesignRecord.

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3 User Interface Functions
Views
Resource Manager Views are graphical representations of the network inventory
that enable you to visualize and interact with network topology, connectivity,
and schematic information.

Application View
The Application View is generated for a selected Application and presents a graphical
representation of its relationships with other Applications, with Logical Environments
and with physical devices and servers.

Card View
The Card view provides a schematic representation of a card that shows the ports and
any links connected to a port.

Circuit View
The Circuit view provides a means by which you can view all of the circuits
associated with a selected network object, from location level down to port level, in a
graphical format.

Circuit Routing View

The Circuit Routing view displays the circuit route for a selected circuit. The Circuit
Routing view also shows any protection relationships for the circuit.

Connection Views
Connection views display detailed information on the different types of connections
shown in the Location and Network views.

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CoS Partitioning Mapping View

The data circuit partitioning view is used to readily visualize the complexities of data
circuit hierarchies and their bandwidth allocation and mapping between each layer.
The view allows you to see how the consumer is routed over logical bearers. For each
data circuit partition displayed, the view will report:

The circuit, and the port the partition is associated with

The used and free bandwidth of the partition

Device Port View

The Device Port view displays the ports for a selected device.

Elevation View
The Elevation view provides a schematic representation of a device.

IT Infrastructure View
The IT Infrastructure View provides graphical visualization of IT infrastructure and
the relationships between the displayed components. The view can include
applications, numbers, platforms and physical equipment, and as for the existing
Network View in Amdocs Resource Manager, is constructed by populating the view
with selected objects.

Link View
The Link view provides a means by which you can view all of the links associated
with a selected object, such as a location or a port, in a graphical format.

Link Protection View

The Link Protection view provides a schematic representation of a link. This shows
the connected devices or locations; it also shows ports and protection information for
the link.

Location View
The Location view displays a number of devices and locations, and their physical or
logical connectivity.

Logical Environment View

The Logical Environment View provides graphical visualization of both Platform and
Partition Logical Environments. The view shows dependency information for each
component and/or participant Logical Environments. It also clearly shows the
redundant behavior of each constituent of the Logical Environment.

Network View
The Network view displays a number of devices and their physical or logical
connectivity.

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Redundancy Group View

The Redundancy Group View provides a graphical representation of the constituent
components of a Redundancy Group. These are shown in a hierarchical manner
where redundant groups are dependent on other redundant groups. The view also
shows the redundant behavior of each component in the group.

Shelf View
The Shelf view provides a schematic representation of a shelf that shows all slots and
all cards in those slots.

Technical Routing View

The Technical Routing view displays both the route of a circuit and the circuit
hierarchy underneath it.

Topology View
The Topology view shows all topologies or devices in a topology and any circuits
connecting the topologies and devices.

WebReports
Resource Manager WebReports display comprehensive reports on the data
model, enabling you to investigate network inventory, logical capacity and
service data.

Application Impact WebReport

Applications can have dependencies on other applications, with Logical
Environments and with physical nodes such as servers. The Application Impact
WebReport provides information on applications that may be impacted by the failure
of a specified IT object (application, logical environment or equipment). The report
lists the impacted applications, and can also display the object trace between reported
applications and the selected IT object.

Capacity WebReport
The Capacity WebReport summarizes the circuit capacity for ring, linear chain, mesh
and interconnect topologies. This WebReport also shows you which timeslots are in
use.

Circuit Hierarchy WebReport

The WebReport displays all circuits that use the chosen circuit and that match one of
a number of user-selectable criteria. In addition, you can use the WebReport to
display all services and subscribers that use the chosen circuit.

Circuit Protection WebReport

The Circuit Protection WebReport allows you to visually inspect the details of
protection circuits.

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Port Hierarchy WebReport

The Port Hierarch WebReport shows the hierarchy of logical ports that exist either on
a physical port, or directly on a device.

Connected Equipment WebReport

The Connected Equipment WebReport shows devices connected directly by links or
passing through passive cross connect devices to find the end of a physical path.

CoS Partition Hierarchy WebReport

The WebReport visualizes the details of the utilization of a data circuit. It summarizes
the total bandwidth of the data circuit, the used bandwidth and the utilization status of
the circuit as a whole. The report details the partitioning of the circuit, with each
partition and the bandwidth percent allocated to the partition. For each partition it
displays:

Bandwidth allotted to the partition

Bandwidth used by the partition

Overall percent used by the partition

Booking factor for the partition

CoS Partition Utilization WebReport

The Partition Utilization WebReport provides a means of investigating data circuit
utilization. It is based on identifying circuits that contain CoS Partitions that match a
requested level of utilization. The report will search for circuits within a Topology,
Location or passing through a Node.

Cross Connect WebReport

The Cross Connect WebReport is used to retrieve and display information on ports
that are used by a link or cross connection within the cross connect device.

Event WebReport
When invoked directly for an event, the WebReport provides a breakdown of event
types, the date the event was recorded, the status of the event and the owner of the
event.

Event Hierarchy WebReport

Provides filtered event information showing relationships to child events.

Find Results WebReport

The Find Results WebReport provides a tabular view of objects and their attributes,
populated by the Resource Manager find tools.

Logical Cross Connection WebReport

The Logical Cross Connection WebReport is display information on logical ports that
are cross-connected within a device, or within number ‘bus connected’ devices.

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Owner WebReport
When invoked directly for an owner, the WebReport displays a breakdown of owner
types, group membership and roles.

Port Capacity WebReport

The Port Capacity WebReport provides a the utilization details for a specific Logical
Port’s capacity as defined by it’s partitions.

Pre-emption WebReport
The Pre-emption WebReport displays the impact of potential pre-emption on circuits
and links.

Project Summary WebReport

The Project Summary WebReport shows the planned and actual dates of a project and
the planned and actual dates for the DesignRecords within the project.

Service WebReport
The Service WebReport summarizes the customers and services relying on resources
within the database, for example, links, circuits, cards and ports, applications and
logical environments

Technical Routing WebReport

WebReport provides a complete view of the circuit hierarchy and the physical
resources used to carry the circuit.

Terminating Traffic WebReport

The Terminating Traffic WebReport allows you to view the details of circuits and
links that terminate at a selected node, location or topology.

Through Traffic WebReport

The Through Traffic WebReport allows you to view the details of circuits that pass
through a node, a location or a device-based topology.

Topology Utilization WebReport

Identifies over or under-utilization of circuits in a topology.

Traffic Matrix WebReport

The Traffic Matrix WebReport shows you the number of circuits of a particular type
between two locations in a network.

Wizards
Wizards are the primary tool for creation, modification and deletion of inventory
information. They provide users with a rapid and intuitive user interface, providing
out-of-the-box and customer-specific validation to ensure consistency. Wizards also

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provide fine grain control over inventory changes, enabling users to work at the most
detailed levels of the inventory.

Card Wizard
Creates or modifies cards, including position in a device or parent-card’s slots.

Circuit Wizard
Creates or modifies circuits.

Port Wizard
Create or modifies logical ports and logical port hierarchies.

Copy Circuit Wizard

Duplicates an existing circuit based on the same circuit type, circuit definition,
bandwidth, start device, end device, start location and end location as the original
circuit.

Divide Circuits Wizard

The Divide Circuits wizard takes a circuit, between two devices, and from it creates
two circuits with the same attributes terminating on a selected device. The two new
circuits connect the original devices and the newly specified device.

Join Circuits Wizard

The Join Circuits wizard allows you to join together two contiguous circuits by
removing a common device.

CoS Partition Policy Wizard

This wizard provides the creation, modification and deletion of CoS Partitions and
complete policy hierarchy to be defined and modified. This allows ad-hoc hierarchy
definition and characteristic changes.

Create Cross Connections Wizard

The Create Cross Connections wizard allows a port or card to be cross connected to
another port or card on any device with physical cross connection behavior.

Modify Cross Connection Wizard

The Modify Cross Connection wizard allows a single cross connection to be modified
between ports on the same cross connect device, or between two compatible cross
connect devices.

Automated Cross Connection Wizard

The Automated Cross Connection wizard automates the process of connecting two
devices using one or more cross connect devices.

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Logical Cross Connection Wizard

The Logical Cross Connection Wizard allows the creation and modification of cross-
connections between Logical Ports in both a single device and multiple (bus
connected) devices.

Device Wizard
The Device wizard enables users to create or modify a device.

Rack Wizard
The Rack wizard allows users to create or modify a rack device and to add existing
shelves or devices to a rack device.

Document Wizard
The Document wizard allows creation and modification of a document, and also
association of the document with other inventory objects.

Create Links Wizard

The Create Links wizard creates links between locations and devices.

Bulk Link Wizard

The Bulk Link wizard allows users to create links between two devices based on a
pre-defined template.

Modify Link Wizard

The Modify Link wizard allows users to change the definition of a link and the
locations/devices to which it is connected.

Divide Link Wizard

The Divide Link wizard allows users to insert a device into a link, creating two links.

Reservation Wizard
The Reservation wizard allows users to create multiple reservations on a wide range
of resources.

Logical Environment Wizard

The Logical Environment Wizard allows a user to create or modify Logical
Environments and associated relationships. For Partitions, the Wizard enables the
user to select a parent Logical Environment, and to relate the Partition to card and
port components. For Platforms, the Wizard enables the user to specify the platform
components – nodes or other Logical Environments.

Application Wizard
The Application Wizard allows a user to create or modify Application and
Application Interface objects and associated relationships.

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Redundancy Group Wizard

The Redundancy Group Wizard allows a user to create or modify a Redundancy
Group, to add or remove objects, and to specify the redundancy behavior for each
object.

Location Wizard
The Location wizard enables creation of a location, defining its type and position
within a location hierarchy. The wizard also allows you to modify an existing location
and its attributes.

Number Wizard
The Number wizard allows numbers to be created and modified, associated with
parent numbers and associated with other inventory objects.

Modify Attributes Wizard

The Modify Attributes wizard allows users to modify the attributes of any object in
the database.

Bulk Attributes Wizard

The Bulk Attributes wizard allows users to modify the attributes of multiple objects
of the same class.

Role Wizard
The Role wizard creates and modifies access roles.

Port Aggregation Wizard

The Port Aggregation wizard allows users to create a single port within a device from
a number of underlying ports on the same device providing that they are of the same
port type.

Project Wizard
The Project wizard creates and modifies projects, and allows DesignRecords to be
added or removed from the project.

Service Wizard
Creates or modifies a service, and associates the service with a subscriber and related
inventory objects.

Add Shelf Wizard

The Add Shelf wizard allows users to add a new shelf to an existing device that is
capable of accepting it.

Subscriber Wizard
The Subscriber wizard enables users to create and modify a subscriber and associate
this subscriber with subscriber types and multiple locations.

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Topology Wizard
The Topology wizard is used to create or modify topologies.

DesignRecord Wizard
The DesignRecord wizard allows modification, application and roll-back of
DesignRecords.

Archive Wizard
The Archive wizard allows DesignRecords to be archived.

Copy Object Wizard

The Copy Object wizard allows users to specify a device to copy and the number of
copies you wish to make.

Delete Wizard
The Delete wizard allows users to delete an object from the database.

Find Wizard
The Find wizard allows users to create, modify and run queries on the inventory.

QuickFind Configuration Wizard

The Quick Find Configuration wizard provides the facility to create and modify
additional queries on the inventory.

QuickFind wizard
The Quick Find wizard allows users to run queries that have previously been created
and saved with the Quick Find Configuration wizard.

Resource and Relations Browsers

By default, the left-hand panel of the Amdocs OSS user interface displays two
browser tools:

The Resource browser, positioned in the upper left-hand frame, lists
inventory information about objects in a tree structure.

The Relations browser, positioned in the lower left-hand frame, displays
the network relationships associated to the selected object, also in a tree
structure. The Relations browser is populated by clicking an object and
selecting the Relations choice from the shortcut menu.

Homepages
Homepages provides a forms interface to the inventory, allowing users to visualize
and modify the properties of objects and to view their relationships with other objects
in the inventory.

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Each homepage contains several tabs, with each tab containing different types of
information. The type of information displayed depends on the object. For example,
Project homepages and DesignRecord homepages contain a calendar section and the
Cross Connect Device homepage provides cross connect configuration information.
A homepage can be invoked for all inventory objects.

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4 Licensing Information
Product name Resource Manager
Product Code IN8-SV-0100-00
Product Pre-requisites None.
Platform Amdocs OSS 8.1 Platform Requirements.
API OSS Studio Product Description.
Licensing The product is licensed on a deployed instance basis with a base
price plus a service capability increment.
Delivery list
Right to use license

Software

Documentation

Installation notes and release notes

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Edited Doc
Release Editor Comments Sent to Site Approved By
Date Version
7.5 P. Eksteen 08/10/08 Updated for CoS & IT 1.0
7.5.2 P. Eksteen 06/08/09 Updated for Reservation 1.1
Management
8.0 P. Eksteen 04/12/09 Updated to 8.0 1.2
8.1 P. Eksteen 05/11/10 Updated for 8.1 1.3

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