A service provider who opts to purchase the other CSM applications extends the value of the VPN Solutions Center and makes CSM modules VPN aware. The VPN Solutions Center can be used standalone to help service providers improve their time to deploy services, enable error-free deployment, and reduce operational costs associated with providing VPN services.
Operators can add, delete, or modify customer VPNs.
In addition, they can easily set up extranet relationships. This enables a service provider to make arrangements for hardware delivery or for other steps required prior to activation of the service. Elements are tested to ensure successful delivery of the commands. When scheduled, the solution reads the current configuration files for the routers, analyzes the service request history, and generates a report based on the current status of the service deployment. NetFlow captures a rich set of traffic statistics including information at the application port and customer IP address level.