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Management, Installation, Configuration & Operation

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Prerequisite

• Participants should have knowledge and experience in the areas of network operations fundamentals and telecommunications fundamentals.
• The student will need a Notebook computer with an Ethernet port and running on one of the following Operating Systems:
   
  • Windows XP Pro
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 2003 Server
  • Windows 2008 Server

Objectives

By the end of this course, the participant should be able to competently install, use, and administer ProVision software.

Course Content

ProVision Introduction

• Functions & features
• Minimum hardware specifications
• Understand ProVision Architecture
• Deployment Options

ProVision Installation and User Administration

• Requirements for ProVision Installation
• ProVision Server and Client Installation
• Verifying ProVision Server is running
• Logging in to Client Software
• Navigating ProVision
• Basic User Account creation and access level 

Navigating ProVision

• Main User Interface
• Menu Bar
• Tree Viewer – Physical and Logical Viewer
• Map Viewer, adding a map background to map viewer
• View and change radio configuration
• View and change network IP addresses 

Deploying and Managing Radios and Generic Devices

• Information required for deployment
• Deploying containers – regions, sites and racks
• Deploy, Manage, Rename, Delete and Unmanage Radios and Generic Devices such as switches, routers, third party microwave radios, multiplexers etc
• Deploying EMS/Proxy in ProVision
• Re-parenting an object
• Create, verify and delete a link
• Reposition Map viewer objects – lock/unlock object moving
• Verify ProVision is receiving events 

Fault Management

• Managing Events – event properties, acknowledge, clear
• Event Browser – filters, browser options, scoreboards
• Viewing Security logs – log on/off, configuration changes
• Configure Event Notifications
• Configure and Interpret Scoreboards

Configuration Management

• View and Change Network IP addresses
• Uploading Eclipse licenses
• Perform Bulk configuration for devices on the Network
• Network Auto-Discovery of Radios and Devices
• Circuit Provisioning and Collection
• Configure Logical Containers
• Creating Map Annotation 

Performance Monitoring

• Configure device data collection
• Interpret performance history & trends
• Set up Performance thresholds
• Interpret Ethernet Bandwidth Utilization
• Produce Inventory & fault reports

Reports

• Generate Helpdesk reports
• Generate Capacity, Inventory and Fault Reports
• Generate Network Health Reports – RF and Ethernet Network Health Reports
• Generate Security Status Report of Radios and Devices
• Configure Schedule Reports
• Customize reports from report fields and objects

Eclipse Features

• Create, trace, view and diagnose circuits
• Perform bulk software loads
• Produce capacity, inventory & fault reports

ProVision Installation and Administration

• Understand ProVision server/Client relationship
• Creating Regional access for users
• Session Manager Administration
• Email Server Configuration
• Understand communication with Network elements
• Administer database manual and scheduled backup and security profiles
• Northbound Interface (NBI)description and configuration
• Configure ProVision Redundancy Controller
• Discuss remote access options
• Understand licensing requirements and procedures