Introduction to

NetAct
Basics of Network Management and Nokia Network Management System
• Ivan Dimitrov, Marek Gadzina
• 2020

v0.2.1

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Introduction to NetAct
Content
 Network Management
 NetAct Hardware
 NetAct Virtual Infrastructure
 NetAct Architecture
 NetAct Documentation

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Network Management

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Network Management
Basics
• Network Management is the process of administering and managing
telecommunication networks
• Network Management categories are defined by FCAPS model:
– Fault Management
– Configuration Management
– Administration Management
– Performance Management
– Security Management
• Network Operator is a role who is responsible for performing Network
Management tasks belonging to FCAPS categories
• Typically there are many users in above role but with different set of
responsibilities
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Network Management
Way to automation
• With small number of Network
Elements operator can manage them by
making direct terminal connections

NW OPERATOR

FCAPS

x10
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Network Management
Way to automation
• With small number of Network • With growing number of NEs some
Elements operator can manage them by automation is needed, e.g. by custom
making direct terminal connections scripts

NW OPERATOR NW OPERATOR

#!

FCAPS FCAPS

x10 x20
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Network Management
Way to automation
• For very large and complex networks it is impossible to manage them manually
• Network Management System is required to help simplifying FCAPS tasks

NW OPERATOR
NMS
FCAPS

x100

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NetAct Product Highlights

• NetAct is FCAPS compliant Network Management System

– Major NMS in the market
– Used by over 500 mobile operators
• The single management system for traditional and cloud-based networks
– Both Nokia made and multivendor
– Can be deployed as part of ETSI NFV standard compliant telco cloud and manage Virtual NEs
• Provides single, consolidated view of any mobile network
– Multi-domain, multi-technology
• Provides Southbound Interfaces for integration with Network Elements and/or Lower-
Level Management systems
• Provides rich selection of Northbound Interfaces to integrate with Higher-Level
management systems

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NetAct FCAPS

• Fault Management
– Analyzing alarms from the network
– Monitoring health of the network
• Configuration Management
– Configuring network elements
– Performing whole network changes
• Administration Management
– Managing software packages repository and SW configuration for NEs
– Managing licenses for network elements and NetAct applications
• Performance Management
– Monitoring performance of the network
– Reporting measurements and Key Performance Indicators
• Security Management
– Gathering and viewing logs from NEs and NetAct applications, rising security alerts
– User and permission management

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NetAct NMS

NetAct

NETWORK MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM

Nokia
network
NE NE NE NE
N
E
N
E
N
E
N
E
x100

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Configuration Management
NetAct Configurator

NetAct Configuring
network elements
Configuration
Management

Performing whole
network changes

Nokia
network
NE NE NE NE
N
E
N
E
N
E
N
E
x100

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Fault Management
NetAct Monitor

NetAct
Monitoring health
Configuration Fault of the network
Management Management

Analyzing alarms
from the network

Nokia
network
NE NE NE NE
N
E
N
E
N
E
N
E
x100

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Performance Management
NetAct Reporter

NetAct
Monitoring
performance of
the network
Configuration Fault Performance
Management Management Management

Reporting measurements
and Key Performance
Indicators

Nokia
network
NE NE NE NE
N
E
N
E
N
E
N
E
x100

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License Management
NetAct License Manager

NetAct

Configuration Fault Performance

Management Management Management
Managing licenses
for Network
License
Elements
Management

Managing licenses
for NetAct
applications

Nokia
network
NE NE NE NE
N
E
N
E
N
E
N
E
x100

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Software Management
NetAct Software Manager

NetAct

Configuration Fault Performance Managing software

Management Management Management configuration for
Network Elements

License Software
Management Management
Managing software
packages repository

Nokia
network
NE NE NE NE
N
E
N
E
N
E
N
E
x100

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Fast NE Integration
Integration Express

NetAct

Integrating NEs
Configuration Fault Performance
Management Management Management without
adaptations

License Software Integration

Management Management Express

Supports wide range

of NEs and devices

Nokia
network
NE NE NE NE
N
E
N
E
N
E
N
E
x100

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System Level Trace
NetAct Trace Viewer

NetAct

Configuration Fault Performance

Management Management Management

License Software Integration

Management Management Express

System Level
Trace Gathering and viewing
traces for mobile
equipment or subscribers

Nokia
network
NE NE NE NE
N
E
N
E
N
E
N
E
x100

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Audit Trail Logging
NetAct Security Log NBI

NetAct

Configuration Fault Performance

Management Management Management

License Software Integration

Management Management Express
Gathering and viewing
logs from Network
Elements and NetAct
System Level Audit Trail applications
Trace Logging

Rising security
alerts

Nokia
network
NE NE NE NE
N
E
N
E
N
E
N
E
x100

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Network Backup Management
Network Element Backup and Restore

NetAct

Configuration Fault Performance

Management Management Management

License Software Integration

Management Management Express
Network
Element
Network
System Level Audit Trail
Backup
Backup &
Trace Logging Restore
Management

Nokia
network
NE NE NE NE
N
E
N
E
N
E
N
E
x100

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Multiple NetAct instances
For increasing number of NEs

NetAct
NetAct

Configuration Fault Performance

Management Management Management

License Software Integration

Management Management Express

Network
System Level Audit Trail
Backup
Trace Logging
Management

Nokia
network
NE NE NE NE
N
E
N
E
N
E
N
E
x200

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NetAct Integrations
Higher-Level systems (Umbrella Products)
Umbrella
Network Advanced
NPM Eden Net Graylog Other products
360 Configurator

NetAct
NetAct

Configuration Fault Performance

Management Management Management

License Software Integration

Management Management Express

Network
System Level Audit Trail
Backup
Trace Logging
Management

Nokia
network
NE NE NE NE
N
E
N
E
N
E
N
E
x200

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NetAct Integrations
Higher-Level systems (Umbrella Products)
Umbrella
Network Advanced
NPM Eden Net Graylog Other products
360 Configurator

NetAct
NetAct
Overview of Global Global Automated Security
a network’s Performance Configuration network Information
Configuration
operational Management Fault ManagementPerformance
configuration and Event
Management
status Management Management Management

License Software Integration

Management Management Express

Network
System Level Audit Trail
Backup
Trace Logging
Management

Nokia
network
NE NE NE NE
N
E
N
E
N
E
N
E
x200

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NetAct Integrations
Multivendor Networks
Umbrella
Network Advanced
NPM Eden Net Graylog Other products
360 Configurator

NetAct
NetAct Managing multi-
vendors networks
Configuration Fault Performance
Management Management Management

License Software Integration

Management Management Express Ericsson Huawei
Network Network
Management Management
Network
System Level Audit Trail
Backup System System
Trace Logging
Management

Huawei
Nokia
network
NE NE NE NE
N
E
N
E
N
E
N
E
x1000 Ericsson
network
NE NE networ NE NE
k

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Wireless networks evolution

All technologies are

5G supported in NetAct

4G
3G
2G

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NetAct Hardware

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HW Architecture Evolution from OSS 5.x

OSS 5.x NetAct 6 & NetAct 7

NetAct 8 onwards

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NetAct Evolution

OSS 5.x / NetAct 6 / NetAct 7 Virtualized NetAct SW only delivery Cloud Native NMS
(NetAct 8 onwards)

NEO
project

2012 2015 2019 …

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NetAct 19 on G10 servers
Compact, Small, Mainstream, Large, XXL Configurations
Xeon Gold 6130 NetAct 19 Gen10 Servers Qty
16C 2.1 GHz 125 watt
Compact DL360 Gen10/2p16c 384GB 2

Xeon Gold 6130 NetAct 19 Gen10 Servers Qty

16C 2.1 GHz 125 watt
Small BL460c Gen10/1p16c 192GB 4*

Xeon Gold 6130 NetAct 19 Gen10 Servers Qty

16C 2.1 GHz 125 watt
Mainstream BL460c Gen10/2p16c 384GB 4*

Xeon Gold 6130 NetAct 19 Gen10 Servers Qty

16C 2.1 GHz 125 watt
Large BL460c Gen10/2p16c 384GB 5*

Xeon Gold 6130 NetAct 19 Gen10 Servers Qty

16C 2.1 GHz 125 watt
XXL BL460c Gen10/2p16c 384GB 5*

*Additional server blades may be needed during NetAct upgrade

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NetAct Virtual Infrastructure

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Virtual Infrastructure in NetAct 8 and onwards

Virtual machines (VMs)

containing NetAct services and
services

services

services

services

services

services

services
applications
NetAct

NetAct

NetAct

NetAct

NetAct

NetAct

NetAct

vCenter
VMware vSphere virtua
infrastructure abstracting the
physical hardware from the
NetAct services and Applications
SUS
RHEL RHEL RHEL RHEL RHEL RHEL RHEL
E Bare-metal ESXi
hypervisors enables full
VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM virtualization of each x86 server

Virtual infrastructure
HP x86 GenX blade servers with
ESXi ESXi ESXi ESXi 10G interfaces and Virtual
Connect Flex 10 Ethernet
Modules in blade chassis

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 Overview of NetAct Cloud deployments options
Customer’s own DC and Nokia’s delivered DC
NetAct on Nokia CBIS NetAct on Customer DC

NetAct Cloud Nokia NetAct Cloud NetAct Cloud

Open Stack VMware Open Stack

Nokia VM VM VM … VM VM VM … VM VM VM …

CBIS Operator Hypervisor Hypervisor

Hardware Hardware Hardware

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NetAct Standard VM Layout
NetAct Compact/Small Configuration
WebSphere AppSrv NodeM NodeM NodeM
gr gr gr

8 2 8 2 4 4 4 1 4 8
4 4 NodeM
6
NodeM NodeM
DNS NFS SeelfM SocksProx gr gr gr
y
Mast on

LDAP-1 DB LDAP-2 LB-1 vMGR LB-2 Admn 4 4 4 1 4 1

Srv
6 6

4 2 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 4 4 4 JBI DA

2
JBI NWI3 JBI NBI JBI JBI JBI COMMED JBI NX2S
NSN t NBI3GC NBIINV

SAU JBI Q3 JBI COMMED JBI NE3S JBI DNS JBI CLS DB CLS FE CLS BE
NBI3GCPM SLAVE GENMED

2 3 2 2 4 9 2 4 2 4 4 9 6 6 2 4 2 4 4 4

FM PM BE IHS IHS T&P App./

PIPE Service
Legend: OS
RA
3 4 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 3 4 1 CPU
M
6
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NetAct Standard VM Layout
NetAct Mainstream Configuration
WebSphere AppSrv NodeM NodeM NodeM
gr gr gr

8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 4 4 4 1 4 8
5 5 5 5 NodeM
6
NodeM NodeM
DNS NFS SeelfM SocksProx gr gr gr
y
Mast on

LDAP-1 DB LDAP-2 LB-1 vMGR LB-2 Admn 4 4 4 1 4 1

Srv
6 6

4 4 8 5 4 4 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 JBI DA

5
JBI JBI NWI3 JBI NBI JBI COMMED JBI NX2S
NBI3GC NSN t

JBI SAU JBI Q3 JBI COMMED JBI NE3S JBI NBI3GCPM DNS JBI CLS DB CLS FE CLS BE
SLAVE GENMED
NBIINV

3 6 4 4 2 4 4 1 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 1 8 8 2 4 2 4 4 4
0 0
FM PIPE PM BE IHS IHS T&P App./
Service
Legend: OS
RA
4 6 4 6 9 1 9 1 3 3 3 3 4 1 4 1 CPU
M
2 2 6 6
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NetAct Standard VM Layout
NetAct Large/XXL Configuration
WebSphere AppSrv NodeM NodeM NodeM
gr gr gr

8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 8 2 4 4 4 1 4 8
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 NodeM
6 NodeM NodeM
NodeM
DNS NFS SeelfM SocksProx gr gr gr gr
y
Mast on

LDAP-1 DB LDAP-2 LB-1 vMGR LB-2 Admn 4 4 4 1 4 1 4 1

Srv
6 6 6

4 4 1 9 4 4 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 JBI DA

6 0
JBI JBI NWI3 JBI NBI JBI COMMED JBI NX2S
NBI3GC NSN t

JBI SAU JBI Q3 JBI COMMED JBI NE3S JBI NBI3GCPM DNS JBI CLS DB CLS FE CLS BE
SLAVE GENMED
NBIINV

3 6 4 5 2 4 5 1 6 6 4 4 4 4 5 1 8 8 2 4 2 4 4 4
0 0
FM PIPE PM BE IHS IHS T&P App./
Service
Legend: OS
RA
5 6 5 6 8 1 8 1 8 1 8 1 3 3 3 3 4 1 4 1 CPU
M
2 2 2 2 6 6
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High Availability
Different levels
1. Service availability within Blade chassis
2
virtual machine via
1
watchdog VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM VM

2. Watchdog availability via 3 Virtual infrastructure

virtual manager 4
3. Virtual machine availability
via hypervisor 2 x VC Flex10 2 x Brocade 8/24

4. Server and network 1/10G 1/10G

8G 8G 8G 8G

1G 1G
interface availability via 5
1G 1G
8G 6
redundancy 8G

5. DCN availability via

redundancy
6. Storage area network
availability via redundant
connections
RAN Core PaCo

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High Availability
Service availability status

status

status

vManager watchdog watchdog watchdog

status status

restart VM status restart status

LDAP Proxy
restart

status
vCenter DNS LB LB NFS NFS
NFS

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NetAct Disaster Recovery
Optional feature

 Duplicated HW Site 1 Site 2

 DB replication: Logical system

 Oracle Data Guard FM P

M

 Other data: CM …

 User files Replication

 LDAP Primary DB Replica DB
CFG
CFG

 Functionality: Hypervisor layer Hypervisor layer

 Switchover / switchback
 Failover/failback WAN

 (N:1DR)
SAN SAN

Storage Storage
(EMC) (EMC)

Data (Data)

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NetAct Stretched Cluster
Optional functionality

Site A Site B
• One NetAct cluster split into two
different sites – providing NetAct services and applications
geographical redundancy
• Solution based on EMC VPLEX and Virtual Virtual
VMware ESXi Infrastructure Infrastructure
• Maximum round trip latency 5ms
(up to 100km distance between
sites)
• Witness server needed to avoid
”split brain” situation

Witness

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Installation overview
1 Setting up Admin Server
1 2 VMWare & RHEL7 Software copy
4 3 Setting up VMware infra
4 Moving Admin Server to VI
Admin Server to VI VM 5 Installing NetAct SW using DCA
6 Post-install tasks
2
SW Repositories
NetAct vCenter

VM VM
VM VM 6
System ready
5 VM
DC Deploy NetAct
A
Automatic task
Hyperviso
VS 3
r Mostly automatic task
E Deploy VI
Manual task

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Upgrade
E2E process

1. Upgrade 2. Upgrade 3. Add 4. Install 5. Upgrade 6. Upgrade 7. NetAct

project pre-check hardware Priority vSphere preparatio software
• Agree timing with • Check need for • Add and configure • 3rd party
customer new HW. hardware (blades,
Packages software
n upgrade
• Install priority • Update virtual • NetAct
• Agree acceptance • Check LUNs, networking) upgrade
packages required infrastructure. software
criteria (SAT tests) customizations. • This is required only prior the upgrade • Remove online/offline
• Clarify installation • Check that if the hardware do scheduled tasks upgrade
requirements environment can not exist (backup)
• Check licensing be upgraded
On-site, On-site,
Before real upgrade, remote manual On-site, partly automated automated

8. Upgrade 9. Install 10. Upgrade 11. Current procedure on-site - possibility to

Node Priority post-tasks Acceptance execute remotely already exists
• Clean-up.
Managers Packages • Backup and
tests
• Upgrade Node • Install priority • Verify the system
backup scheduling
Manager servers packages with SAT tests
required after
upgrade

On-site, partly automated

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Near Zero Downtime (NZDT) upgrade
Main steps
Upgrade the Upgrade
Preparation Clone NetAct Switchover
clone ready

Upgrade

Clone Switchover
NetAct NetAct NetAct NetAct NetAct Upgraded Upgraded
Live Live Clone Live Clone NetAct Live
NetAct

1 Start
buffering
2 Clone NetAct
to an isolated
3 Upgrade the
NetAct Clone
4 Switch NE
connections
6 Delete
original
the network IP sub network and users to NetAct
data (PM) Cloning is done NetAct Clone can Upgraded virtual
with be restarted NetAct machines
virtualization freely without
NetAct Live
any impact to 5 Load buffered
is infrastructure network data to
operational tools NetAct Live Upgraded
line all-the- NetAct
time Multiple
upgrades can be
combined

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NetAct Architecture

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NetAct Enterprise Architecture

• NetAct is based on traditional enterprise • Presentation tier

systems 3-tier architecture
• Business logic tier
• Drivers are: separation of concerns
between components, scalability of tiers • Data tier
and high availability policies
• Presentation Tier is hosting client
applications with graphical user
interfaces; web applications and rich Java
clients
• Business Logic Tier is hosting the
NetAct specific business logic and data
access
• Data Tier is hosting data storages of the
NetAct

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NetAct Logical Architecture

• Logical layers: • Applications and mediations

– Applications and mediations layer • OSS Application Platform
contains OSS specific communication
infrastructure, business logic and
• Computing platform
interfaces
– OSS Application Platform is a group
of components that provide common
services
– Computing platform provides
infrastructure for execution; operating
system, application server, database
and virtual infrastructure

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NetAct Components

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NetAct Architecture
External/Internal View
Higher-Level Systems
Configuratio
Optimizing Reporting Other Other
n

North–bound Open APIs

Interfaces
NetAct
North-bound Mediations
SNMP 3GPP XML PM RESTDA
…
NBI NBI NBI

North Mediations Interfaces

Applications
User
Adaptati CM FM PM UM Workstati
on SWM SLT LIC … on

South Mediations Interfaces

South-bound Mediations
NE3S/WS
NWI3 SBM Q3 SBM ISDK SBM …
SBM

South–bound
Interfaces
Network Elements and Lower-Level Systems
MV MV
NE NE NE NE EMS
NE NE
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NetAct Execution Environments

NetAct

JBI Container JBI Container JBI Container JBI Container

Northbound Northbound Northbound Northbound
mediation mediation mediation mediation
User Workstation

JEE Application Server Web Browser

Non Java
Service Application
Application Application Application Application UI

Non Java JVM

Application Application Application Application
Service Application
UI
JBI Container JBI Container JBI Container
Southbound Southbound Southbound Southbound
mediation mediation mediation mediation

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Load Balancing in NetAct
Internal and external communication
NetAct
JBI Container JBI Container
High level High level
Northbound Northbound
mediation mediation system system

Non Java Non Java

Service Service

JEE Application Server

Application Application Load

User
Balancer
Workstation
Service
Application Application

JBI Container JBI Container

Southbound Southbound
mediation mediation NE NE

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Data Storage services in NetAct
Database and Network File System

NetAct
JBI Container JBI Container
Northbound Northbound
mediation mediation
JEE Application Server

Application Application

Non Java
Application Application DBMS Service
Non Java
Application Application NFS Service

Application Application
JBI Container JBI Container
Southbound Southbound
mediation mediation

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Network Elements Integration
Stable and robust interfaces
• NetAct must support many NE instances of many NE types in many versions at
the very same moment
NW SW at runtime
• Single Instance
• Single release
• Single type
NetAct SW at runtime
• Multiple NE instances (1000s)
• Multiple NE types (10s)
• Multiple NE versions (2-10) of each NE
type

• It is absolutely crucial to avoid new interface variants per each new NE

type/version/instance. Currently the strategic interface is NE3S/WS with all
associated specifications (RAML, OMeS, OFaS etc.)
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Network Elements Integration
Fast Pass and Instant Network Element Support

The goal of INES is to provide on time basic

support for new Nokia NE versions with
minimal R&D effort

FastPass is the marketing name of the process

of developing INES compatible adaptations on
NE side

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Network Elements Integration
Fast Pass Operability Levels

• The purpose of Fast Pass is to Level 1

 No metadata: Network element
decouple NetAct and NEs Instant
releases development from
each other
• The goal is to enable support  2a (NE PL metadata):
Level 2 Content decoupled from NetAct organization
for a new NE release at
customers without the need to Basic  2b(NetAct PL metadata):
Content decoupled from NetAct software
upgrade NetAct
• Fast Pass has three operability  3a (Pluggable SW artifacts/advanced
levels that provide different Level 3 metadata):
Content decoupled from NetAct software
level of integration Advanced  3b (NetAct SW artifacts):
functionality Content coupled with NetAct software
• Currently Fast Pass focuses on
level two operability

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Metadata mapping to Operability Levels (with target solution)
With Fast Pass management Interface

•No metadata: Alarm processing (e.g. new alarm/cancel alarm/alarm change

Level 1 notification), CNUM(PEM), agent capabilities (discover via O&M interface
SoC), Security Log NBI, default icon, NE pre-configuration for integration,
Instant service type, mediation ID, SWM

•2a (NE PL metadata): Alarm manual page, FM object class and lifting rule, PM
counter description, AoM, basic CM (see notes for detail), EM launch, LiC, SWAM
Level 2 (partially), Trace (basic support), NE integration model (NASDA connectivity
Basic adaptation), Integration Manual for NE part, HWM, security adaptations (nada), OAM
traffic load model, NE Cert Management
•2b(NM PL metadata): PM warehouse, icon, subtype, NBI, Integration Manual,
NEIW (NMS configuration)

Level 3 •3a (Pluggable SW artifacts): pre-defined PM KPIs, pre-defined alarm

correlation rules, pre-defined CM rules, etc., NE specific application launch,
Advance e.g. LNCELL Lock/unlock, etc.
d •3b (NMS SW artifacts): base station rehoming

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Network Elements Integration
NE adaptation (metadata) delivery mechanisms to operator NW
• Delivery of INES compatible NE •
adaptation NE INES
compatible NE Deploy to NetAct
adaptation (with DA functionality)
• With Fast Pass SP (package) composed by NE SW
OSS PL, tested by NE PL, available at
Fast Pass online repository
NetAct
• With NetAct release (to ensure NetAct-NE INES
compatible NE
(in operator
runtime)
release compatibility), the traditional way NetAct
adaptation

• With Dynamic Adaptation (DA) where NE release Deploy to NetAct

(within NetAct release upgrade)
adaptation for NetAct would be included
into NE SW package, then NetAct fetches
NE adaptation from NE and takes this in INES
use compatible NE
adaptation

• Note: FM, PM, Integration support only

• Core NEs use this widely NOLS Deploy to NetAct
(as Fast Pass SP delivery)

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Network Elements Integration
The importance of VTK
• Validation ToolKit is a tool which simulates NetAct and communicates with NEs to
validate the exchanged data against the metadata. It ensures that both NetAct and NE
use the same data model described by the metadata. Thus it ensures the robustness of
the interface between NetAct and NE.
Latest • If NE follows fast pass compliancy (no
Fast Pass CI NetAct deviation)
release
Latest VTK
release
- NE team (for OL1 & OL2a) is to test with latest
NetAct n
VTK VTK and NetAct – One time verification
- Compatibility with old NetAct to be guaranteed
New NE by management interface contract
release fast
pass support
SyVe - No extra testing in both side
NE x
• VTK will verify NE compliancy with multiple
interface versions (to ensure N-2 compatibility)
NetAct n-1
NetAct guarantees • N-2 is the default compatibility, if need more,
this by following
management e.g.N-3, it needs to configure VTK to cover
interface contract NetAct n-x more interface versions compliancy

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NetAct Product Summary

• Virtualized
– Components are deployed on Virtual Machines instead of real-servers (bare metal)
• Highly available
– An agreed level of operational performance is ensured
• Scalable
– Predefined configurations for different NW sizes
• Software only delivery
– Deployable on customers own Virtual Infrastructure/Cloud
• Basic support for new NE releases while staying with older NetAct release
– Upgrade network without NetAct upgrade
• Security hardened
– Patches and fixes

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NetAct Documentation

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Documentation in NetAct

• Technical documentation
– Architecture description
– Component Design Description
– Pre-study location
• Release documentation
– Installation/upgrade instructions
– SAT Manual
– Marketing materials
– HW Sales Materials
• Customer documentation
– Release change document
– Operation Manuals
– Principles documentation
– Help documents
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