NetAct for enterprises

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Providing NMS choice to suit all requirements
Variety of needs that generally breaks into 2 categories

MPW-S Enterprise WAN core

Nokia Modular Private Wireless (MPW-S) Nokia Enterprise WAN core
• Modular, mid-size; customer operated • Pre-defined segment solutions for “CSP-
• Customizable architecture, choice of solution like” Enterprise WAN
elements and network O&M approach • For Utility Wide Area Networks, Public
• Focused on fully owned Safety, Mainline Railways
• Carrier networks integration capabilities
• Focused on fully owned with option to shared
RAN
• Cloud native with Carrier networks
capabilities

End-to-end private wireless solutions

• Latest generation LTE: 4G with smooth 5G evolution OR start with 5G SA

• Leading small cell portfolio & cloud core, largest range of spectrum options

• End-to-end Management and orchestration

• Completement with IP-MPLS and optical transport solutions

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MPW-S Solution Overview – Real end-to-end proposition

4G & 5G Radio Enterprise Mission Critical IP Transport Enterprise

Packet Core Communication Voice Core

Flexi Zone Compact Mobility Group Communications Router & Switches Enterprise Voice
Small Cells Unit (CMU) (GC) • 7250 IXR-e
Core (EVC)
• Indoor & Outdoor Interconnect Router • IMS Core
(4G) EPC with MME, PTx Server
• Single / Multi Band SGW, PGW, HSS and • 7210 SAS Service • Telephony Application
Recording Server
PCRF Access Switch Server
AirScale Indoor Radio Dispatch Console
5G Core with AMF, SMF, Cell site Access Router • Session Border
AirScale Radio UPF, AUSF and UDM Android Client Controller
• 7705 SAR
• Micro & Macro
EPC with 5GNR in NSA Geographic Information • Media Resource
MW Transport
• Beamforming or 5GC with 5GNR in SA System Function
• Wavence portfolio
• mMIMO arrays NB-IOT Services

Network Management Network Management

NetAct NetAct roadmap item

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Main management functions for enterprises

Network Monitoring Performance Analysis Configuration and software

management

Centralized network Analyze of your network in Minimize effort to SW and

monitoring for radio and order to detect problems configuration management.
core technologies early.
. .

Northbound Interfaces Southbound Interfaces Secure Management

Allows integrations with Integrations to the network Reliable and secure

umbrella management elements seamlessly with operation of the system
system. Enables on the fast pass. through user, data and
demand automation. traffic security.
.
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NetAct - same management for
enterprises and CSP’s

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NetAct Monitor
Centralized network monitoring

• One tailorable desktop for all monitoring

actions
• Fast detection of network incidents
• Overview of all technologies and drill down
to single NE
• Powerful alarm correlation, post-processing
and filtering engine
• Correlation rules valid for NBI too
• Automated trouble ticket management via
OSS/J Trouble ticketing interface off-the-shelf
• Integrated NetAct self-monitoring

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NetAct Performance Manager
Stay on top of your network performance

• A family of tools for processing, analyzing,

and visualizing network and service
performance data coming from various sources
• Data collected from RAN & Core network
with persistent storage
• Historical reporting with 7-day data retention
period
• Data collection with intervals of 1, 5 & 15
minute (or longer)
• Raw & aggregated data with busy hour view
in reports
• Flexible dashboard & panel creation options

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NetAct Configurator
Network data is always up-to date providing the optimal service and network quality

• Consistent network configuration • Simplified troubleshooting • Full view to the network

with automated auditing configuration management
• Centralized toolset for multi-
• Managing configuration changes on radio, macro and micro network • Re-hosting, rebuilding and
preparation, activation and post management modernization
activation stages
• Automated workflows for • Flexible network grouping with
• Easy network features activation operational processes mass operation capabilities and
tools

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Network Software Manager for radio
Overview
Main functionality:
Remote management of RAN network element software and backups
• Read, store and examine NE software details
• Prepare and execute concurrent NE software roll-outs
• Trigger and store NE backup
• Enable task automation via Command Line Interface

Benefits:
• Provides centralized NE software and backup inventory
information
• Enables fast and mass rollout of new services, features or
software corrections to network
• Cost reduction due to remote and automated software and
backup operations on multi-technology systems

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NetAct open northbound interfaces
Interfaces are essential building blocks for automated operations

Northbound interfaces provide information Northbound interfaces

towards other management systems FM SNMP

PM sFTP
• Fault management data XML Based Inventory Data Export
• Performance data XML/CSV Interface for Planning Data
• User management data OSS/J Trouble Ticket Client Interface
• Configuration management TMF615 Unified User Management
• Audit and system logs interface
Security Log interface
Automation with Open REST APIs Email Alarm Forwarding
• Enable automating s from other systems Open REST APIs
• Reliable standard interface Configuration Management
Software Management
Security Management

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 Updated Dec 2022

NetAct 22 FP 2302 release integrations

Seamless Integrations to the network
Radio Starting from Core Starting from

2G GSM20A IMS EVC Not available

2G Airscale BSC 20FP1 RoadMap: PaCo CMU 22.10, APC 22.9 and GR
22.5
GSM –R RGR 50
RoadMap: PaCo CMM 23, CMG 23 and 7750-MG
Tetra Details in compa matrix 23
WCDMA WCDMA 20FP1 RoadMap: PaCo NRD 23
WCDMA Airscale RNC 20FP1
RoadMap: EVC EVC 23.x
WCDMA FZ 18SP1
RoadMap: 7250 SROS 22.10
LTE/ SRAN SRAN 20B iXRe
LTE/ SRAN SRAN FZ SP1 Existing Core Details in compa matrix
elements
LTE / SRAN SRAN 22R1 SR and FZ
LTE/ 5G / SRAN SRAN 22R2-SR and FZ
ASiR ASiR 20A

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NetAct System Monitoring
Dashboard - NetAct health status at a glance

Tools for NetAct administrators to

troubleshoot the system to keep system
availability and stability:
• Centralized health view
• Preventive Health Checks
• Log Browsing tool
• Symptom Collector
• Configuration Changes tool
• E-mail notifications

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Secure management with NetAct

User Account System Secure

management hardening environment

Certificate Secure Cybersecurity

management transport regulations

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NetAct deployments for enterprise networks

NetAct – Single Node NetAct Cloudified NetAct

Compact
NetAct applications

Virtual machines

Network size: Big networks

under 3000 cells or 5 CMU’s Redundant and scalable Cloudified environment

MPW-S Enterprise WAN core

Cloudified NetAct is at first step based on CBIS/ VM Ware

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NetAct system

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NetAct compact configuration for enterprise networks
Capacity, hardware and OEM software

NetAct capacity for enterprises: Main OEM Software

• Virtualization - VM Ware
• 500 Radio BTS (3000 cells) or • Database - Oracle
• 10 CMM or • OS - RedHat
• 5 CMG or • User interfaces - Windows
• 5 CMU • Data Protection – EMC Avamar
• Windows virtualization - Citrix XenApp
• combination of NE's up to 100 Million
counters per hour (mcph)
• FM and PM data retention :7 days Hardware
Hardware
HPE DL360 Gen10plus server:
Northbound interfaces: • CPU – 2 x Intel 6330N 28 core
• 1 client of each type (FM, PM and CM) • RAM – 512 GB
• Storage – RAID 2 x 960 GB + 8 x 3,84 TB
Node manager • Connectivity - 10G LC fiber / 1G RJ45
• 5 concurrent user • Switches not included

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NetAct fast pass: Remove tight dependency of NetAct and network
element releases
Operator challenge Enable new NE release deployment without
NetAct release upgrade

For the new NE support, new Quick acceptance testing, no regression testing
NetAct release is needed
Network
• Long upgrades
• Extensive testing element
• Long time-to-market for Reduce number of NetAct upgrades: Select the
metadata
new NE features time when NetAct upgrade is done
delivery

Even small maintenance window suffices for fast

pass installation

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Network sharing

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Network management for enterprises

Full blown management solution to all Umbrella Management, e.g.,

enterprises Assurance Center

Visibility to enterprise elements

Management expertise from partners
Combined management to enterprises NetAct NetAct for enterprises
• One NetAct to small enterprises’ which is
manage by partners
• Own management for enterprises whose
requires data segregation 4GRAN
RAN 5GRAN
RAN CMU 4G 5G
4G 5G CMU CMU
RAN RAN

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Powerful data selection rules

Changeable network classification based

on all configuration data
Change radio configuration based on
enterprise needs like
• Slicing parameters
• Network behavior
Automated configuration changes based
on selection rules

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Summary

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NetAct for enterprises
Summary

• Full blown management to

enterprises
• NetAct Compact designed for small
• Industries
• Utilities
• NetAct offers special capabilities
for Enterprise-wide area networks
• Railways
• Public networks
• Utilities

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NetAct configurator
Simplified network configuration management

• Centralized toolset for multi-radio, macro

and micro network management
• Automated workflows for operational
processes
• Flexible network grouping with mass
operation capabilities and tools
• Consistent configuration with automated
auditing
• Simplified troubleshooting
• Full view to the network configuration
management
Planned availablity for core 2023

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SW Upgrade: 2020 NetAct Upgrade improvements
NetAct 20:
Harmonized upgrade documentation across NetAct variants

NetAct 20:
• NetAct containers – CLS deployment with NetAct software upgrade
• Harmonized procedure for dedicated SP deployment
• Automated PP deployment
NetAct 20 SP2011:
• Reduction in NZDT upgrade project duration

NetAct 19 SP2004:
• Automated Node Manager deployment procedures
vSphere 7
• Automated blade firmware update along with vSphere upgrade
• Automated AVE upgrade & configuration

NetAct 20 DR:
• fastpass packages merged to NetAct builds
• Reduction in DR upgrade project duration
• Faster backup and restore for fastpass packages
• DR Switchover time reduction
• FIT based fastpass package deployment without breaking DR

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NetAct secures management for enterprises
User Account Management
• Prevention of unauthorised
access
• Single Sign On
• User traceability and
auditability
• Granular roles and policies
Public Key Infrastructure
• X.509 certificates
• EnterpriseOperator or NetAct
Certificate Authority
• Chain of trust
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Hardening
• System hardening
• Reducing surface of
vulnerability
• Overload and brute force
protection
• Design of Security
Secure Transport
• Transport Layer Security 1.2
and 1.3
• Encryption with HTTPS or
SSH
• secure LDAP, NTP, SNMPv3
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Personal Secure Environment
• Signed Software
• Data confidentiality and
integrity
• Sensitive data encrypted at rest
Cybersecurity Regulations &
Compliance
• Security scan and testing
• Security updates
• Design for Security
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