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Netcool and GIS – New Generally Available capability
Netcool clients have been interested in our GIS capability, which has been available as a Service Management Connect. With the release of IBM Tivoli Network Manager 4.2 FP 2, this GIS capability has now generally available as part of the product release.
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Netcool and GIS – New Generally Available capability
Netcool clients have been interested in our GIS capability, which has been available as a Service Management Connect. With the release of IBM Tivoli Network Manager 4.2 FP 2, this GIS capability has now generally available as part of the product release.
This release includes the following GIS capability:
Support for Google Maps
Netcool supports Google Maps version 3.x. Note that clients will require their own Google Maps licence entitlement.
GIS and network discovery
Network Manager can now obtain device location address, longitude, and latitude data as part of its network discovery process. Alternatively, the Network Manager network topology DB can be enriched with extra device GIS related data.
Network map visualisation
Network devices can now have a geographical map based aggregated visualisation by location. This includes visualisation of the status of locations, network links, and devices via integration with Netcool/OMNIbus WebGUI and the ability to manage events in the context of the network map visualisation. In the event of a network outage within a specific area, operations can drill down into the geographical based hierarchy to investigate the root-cause of the outage. This includes the ability to use Network Manager right-click tooling to aid diagnosis and problem resolution. Network intra and inter location links, enumerated by a topological layer (e.g. MPLS, OSPF or LTE control plane), can also be rendered on Google Maps.
Network administrators can configure Network Manager to ensure manageable numbers of network devices, links and locations are rendered on the geographical map. There are several options to GIS enable network topologies: Network Manager views can be GIS enabled, selected devices can be GIS enabled, or a specific geographical area can be GIS enabled. GIS device filtering options are also available, based on: domains, device class, specific links, link locations, and network layer type.
We’re excited about our new Netcool GIS capability and how it can help transform our telco’s Network Operations Center. To find out more about the Netcool Operations Insight offering, please visit the following site:
https://www.ibm.com/marketplace/cloud/it-operations-management/
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25 September 2022
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