Cisco Prime Provisioning is an intelligent, automated provisioning solution designed to accelerate consistent and reliable service deployments across entire networks, including core, aggregation, access, and edge components This comprehensive tool offers extensive automation capabilities for the design and provisioning of network services, enabling efficient utilization of network resources

Deployment Options

• Cisco Prime Provisioning can be deployed in two primary ways:As a standalone product
• As an integrated component of Cisco Prime Carrier Management, a comprehensive suite for managing multidomain carrier networks

Additionally, it is offered as part of a service fulfillment solution in conjunction with Cisco Prime Order Fulfillment, enabling the fulfillment of multiservice, multidomain, and multivendor offerings

Key Features

Cisco Prime Provisioning offers a range of features designed to streamline network management and service deployment: Layer 2 VPN and Carrier Ethernet Management

• Accelerates deployment of Layer 2 VPNs and Carrier Ethernet services
• Utilizes automated provisioning for faster implementation
• Validates deployments through automated service configuration and functional audits

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPN Management

• Enables fast and predictable service activation
• Automates provisioning, configuration, and functional audits of MPLS VPNs
• Utilizes predefined service profiles for efficient management

MPLS Traffic Engineering Management

• Meets stringent service-level agreement (SLA) requirements for voice and video traffic
• Manages the configuration of Cisco MPLS Traffic Engineering tunnels

MPLS-Transport Profile (TP) Management

• Reduces complexity and time to provision MPLS-TP-based services
• Discovers MPLS-TP-enabled devices
• Calculates and visually displays working and protected paths in the network

Asynchronous Device Updates

• Reduces time to market for new services
• Provides support for new or enhanced devices from day one
• Enables quick adaptation to network changes

Simplified Integration into Operations Support Systems

• Integrates with OSS applications, such as IBM Tivoli Netcool
• Enhances overall network management capabilities

Benefits

By implementing Cisco Prime Provisioning, organizations can:Accelerate service deployments

• Improve consistency and reliability of network services
• Reduce complexity in managing MPLS-TP-based services
• Enhance SLA compliance for voice and video traffic
• Streamline integration with existing OSS applications

Cisco Prime Provisioning offers a comprehensive solution for network provisioning and management, enabling organizations to efficiently deploy and maintain complex network services while reducing time to market and improving overall network performance