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Elements

Proactive operations, administrationand maintenance system forintelligent networks
KEY BENEFITS• Single viewpoint for operation andmaintenance, delivering a centralized,
graphical interface for key functions,
including alarms, licenses, configuration,and deployment• Unified configuration management tool for
Sandvine products• Real-time health check and performancemonitoring• Automated traffic classification updates
for latest signature distribution• Centralized single user management forauthentication and authorization with
Role-Based Access Control

Elements, an integral component of the Application and Network Intelligence (ANI)
Portal, is Sandvine’s unified tool for operations, administration and maintenance(OAM) of all Sandvine ANI portfolio products and has been specially designed fornext-generation intelligent networks. It monitors any Sandvine deployment, physicalor virtual, to ensure the high availability of the infrastructure, and enables real-time
updates of system policies to maintain a high quality of experience (QoE) for users.
Elements empowers network operators to proactively respond to new opportunities or trends
by creating and deploying network-wide service policies from a centralized graphical userinterface (GUI), drastically simplifying all aspects of Sandvine operations management withgranular, role-based control.
Sandvine’s Elements architecture is based on lightweight microservices to deliver highperformance real-time management capabilities. By delivering real-time information, it
positions operators to have precise control over their network nodes and starts them on thepath to full orchestration and automation using industry standard interfaces.

• Enhanced application/data security withSecure Software Download• High availability with Active/Standby
redundancy

KEY CAPABILITIESElements supports a full range of operation and maintenance capabilities for Sandvine
products, including the service and platform capabilities mentioned in figure 1.

Figure 1
Elements Key Capabilities

ServicesConfigurationand Deployment

Inventory
Management

System HealthManagement

LicenseManagement

Alarms andSNMP Traps

Audit
Management

Log
Management

User
Management

Traffic Classification
Updates

Backupand Restore

SoftwareManagement

Bulk Operational
Management

Appliance
Bare Metal

VirtualHigh
Availability

5G

Cloud

Security

Platform

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Key Service Capabilities:•Configuration and Deployment: Dynamic configuration support for Sandvineproducts, including bulk configuration changes across multiple nodes in one click. GUIfor configuring Sandvine products via NETCONF/YANG protocols, with full support forhierarchical configuration groups for configuration inheritance and pre-staging•

Inventory Management: Real-time inventory reporting, with multiple systems
characteristics like system type, version, IP address, etc., for logistics and sparing control
and monitoring•

System Health Management: Real-time and historical performance and KPI metrics forsystem health metrics of deployed products and network nodes•

License Management: Dynamic management for capacity and use case licensing, with afull entitlements inventory across all systems•Alarms and SNMP Traps: Elements enables alarms via SNMP traps to display real-time
network node fault information•

Audit Management: Capable of auditing the system for configuration inconsistencies
between the configuration database and the node•

Log Management: Elements offers a centralized GUI to visualize all Sandivne’s network
elements logged information. Logs can be exported via SupportBundle and viewed locallyin Sandvine network.

•User Management: Elements supports centralized single user management, authentication,and authorization. It offers Role-Based Access Control and supports single sign-on
authentication for ANI portal and third-party authentication via TACACS+ and RADIUS•Traffic Classification Updates: Elements offers both online and offline modes for
signature updates. In the online mode, signature updates get automatically downloaded
whereas in the offline mode this process is done manually. Downloaded signatures can beupdated by user via a push mechanism•Backup and Restore: System backup and restore is supported in both CLI and XMLformats and can be downloaded as a TAR file•

Software Management: Improve software and firmware selective upgrade capabilities
and add validation safeguards pre/post installation

Key Platform Capabilities:•Cloud Native: Enables flexible deployment models and cloud readiness with Virtual
Network Function (VNF) and Cloud-Native Network Function (CNF) solutions to support
operator’s cloud transformation plans and procurement preferences•

Security: Provides additional security with safe encryption algorithms and features likerole-based access control•

High Availability: Offers high availability with Active/Standby redundancyFigure 2Elements User Interface main views:• System Health• Topology• Operations• Configuration• License

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Figure 3
Configuration anddeployment services• NETCONF/YANG support• Full view of network element
configuration and YANG model• Configuration changes push via
NETCONF or bundles• Audit mechanism andmisconfiguration detection• Hierarchical groups forconfiguration templating

Figure 4
Alarms, Logs, and System Health• Access to operational CLIs via
web client• Access to logs via web client• Alarms and alarms history view
• Performance view
• CPU utilization• RAM utilization• Disk utilization• Network element inventory

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ABOUT SANDVINE
Sandvine’s cloud-based Application and Network Intelligence portfolio helps customers deliver high quality, optimized experiences to consumers and enterprises. Customers
use our solutions to analyze, optimize, and monetize application experiences using contextual machine learning-based insights and real-time actions. Market-leadingclassification of more than 95% of traffic across mobile and fixed networks by user, application, device, and location creates uniquely rich, real-time data that significantlyenhances interactions between users and applications and drives revenues. For more information visit http://www.sandvine.com or follow Sandvine on Twitter @Sandvine.

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