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Ridgeline® Service Advisor
• Monetize
• Control
• Visualize
Announcement
Date:
May 4, 2010
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Long History of Ethernet Innovation
Strong Partner for Carrier Ethernet Solutions
10+
30%
20
years as a
NASDAQ-listed
company
50
of revenue
from carriers
on average
200
patents
issued/pending
worldwide
ports shipped
around the world
countries with
Extreme Networks®
presence
24x7
global TAC &
professional
services
Ethernet Everywhere®
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Introducing Ridgeline Service Advisor
Pro-active Service Management Software (Q3, 2010)
Massive broadband growth and IP service convergence
requires carriers to take a pro-active approach to
Service Fulfillment, Service Assurance and Service
Engineering
Ridgeline Service Advisor integrates Soapstone Networks’
intellectual property with EPICenter to create a new Service
Management Software
Ridgeline Service Advisor:
- Provisions new services quickly and easily
- Enhances subscriber experience
- Simplifies traffic engineering
Ridgeline Service Advisor Enables Carriers to Monetize their
Networks by Shifting from Re-active Circuit Monitoring to Proactive Service Management
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The State of the Carrier Market
Carriers Converging Multiple Services on Common Ethernet
Transport Networks Must Monetize their Networks to Survive,
Compete & Thrive
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Advances Also Create Challenges
Service Management “Glue” Matters More Than Ever
Subscriber
Services Offered
Triple
Play
Mobile
Residential
Wholesale
Business
Mobile
Backhaul
Business
VPN, DIA
Wholesale
Subscribers Dropping
Land-Line Voice
Carriers Top Spend is
on Customer
Acquisition & Retention
Tolerance for Service
Interruption is Very Low.
Subscribers More Willing to
Switch Providers
Service and Transport
Management
Increased Traffic
Engineering Complexity
Impacts Efficiency of
Network Assets
Ethernet
Transport
Service
Management
Delays in Provisioning
Impacts Revenue
Increased Complexity
Delays Repair
Internet Business Model
Driving Wholesale Services
Pressure to
Deliver More from
Existing Assets
Increased Competition Multiplies the Cost of
Provisioning Delays, Outages, and Network Inefficiencies
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Carrier Services Life Cycle
Monetizing the Network Requires a New Approach to Service
Management
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Ridgeline Enables Pro-Active Service Management
Ethernet Access and Aggregation Network
Subscriber
Metro
Core
Ridgeline Service Advisor
Summit ®
X480
Black Diamond ®
20808
Triple
Play
Mobile
Backhaul
Summit
X480
BlackDiamond
20804
Business
Ethernet
ExtremeXOS® Operating System
Wholesale
Requirements:
Service
Fulfillment:
Service
Assurance:
Service
Engineering
Ridgeline Benefits:
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Accelerate Revenue with Point-andClick Provisioning
Improve Subscriber Loyalty with
Pro-Active Service Management
Increase Network Efficiency with
Simplified Traffic Engineering
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Introducing Ridgeline Service Advisor
1. Point-and-click provisioning model
2. Service management model
LAN & E-Line)
•
Service path visualization
•
Fault to service correlation
•
CAC
•
Resource allocation model
•
Interoperability framework
1. Scripting
2. Network visualization
and
monitoring
• Statistics and reports
• GUI
• Fault management
• Inventory, software and
configuration management
• Secure communication
• Role based access
(E-
1 Point-and-click provisioning model
2 Service management model
(E-LAN & E-Line)
• Service path visualization
• Fault to service correlation
• CAC
• Resource allocation model
• Interoperability framework
• Scripting
• Network visualization and
monitoring
• Statistics and reports
• GUI
• Fault management
• Inventory, software and
configuration management
• Secure communication
• Role based access
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Ridgeline Service Advisor
Helps Carriers Monetize their Network
Enabling the Shift from Re-active Circuit Monitoring
to Pro-Active Service Management
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Carrier Ethernet Transport Portfolio
MEF Certified Solutions
Ridgeline Service Advisor
Ethernet Access Central
Offices
Ethernet Aggregation
Central Offices
BlackDiamond®
20804
Summit ® X650
Metro Core
Central Office
BlackDiamond
20808
Up to 32 x10 GE
Summit X480
24 or 48xGE Access,
4x 10 GE Up
32 x Line-Rate 10 GE
Summit X250e
24 or 48 x10/100 E, 2x GE Up
Summit X480
24 or 48xGE Access,
4x 10 GE Up
64 x Line-Rate 10 GE
100GE Ready
ExtremeXOS® Operating System
Ridgeline Service Advisor the Latest Addition to the Extreme
Networks Service Provider Portfolio
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Thank You!
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