Management Software

Glimmerglass provides a comprehensive suite of software tools for the setup, management and monitoring of its products. All systems support both SNMP and a Command Line Interface which can be easily integrated into existing network management systems. Software Release 7 for IOS Now Available! Features: • SNMPv3 sets/gets and traps • Support for Network Time Protocol v4 Glimmerglass Management Software Solutions Data Sheet

Management Systems include: ClickFlow™ Graphical User Interface (GUI) is a web-based interface that displays a graphical view of the Glimmerglass systems allowing remote management. Glimmerglass Console Server is a server-based application with a web graphical user interface that provides centralized management of family of systems.

Highlights

• Intuitive ‘Point and Click’ GUIs
• Centralized Alarm and Event Reporting
• Northbound interface to Network Management System
• Configurable Thresholds for ‘At a Glance’ Color-coded power monitoring
• Rapidly Switch Between System-wide Connection Configurations
• Backup and Restoration of Configuration Settings
• Easy Sharing of Integrated VOA and Photonic Multicast Devices

Fast Installation, Easy to Program & Use
• Built-in user-friendly web interface
• Topology templates to instantly reconfigure connections
• CLI (TL1) and SNMPv3 interface for provisioning and monitoring
• Support for Network Time Protocol v4

 
Control
• Secure access control via SNMPv3 (backward compatible with v2c and v1)
• Point and click creation of optical paths via ClickFlow
• Automatic switching configuration
• Optical power threshold setup
• Supports Variable Optical Attenuator(VOA) and Multicast usage

Monitoring
• Optical Power Thresholds
• Events
• Alarms

ClickFlow The Glimmerglass ClickFlow™ Graphical User Interface (GUI) is a web-based interface that displays a graphical view of the Glimmerglass IOS allowing remote management. It supports a secure environment with authentication to manage fiber connections, devise configurations, alarm notification, logs and reports of the system. It provides real-time status reports of all ports and connections, as well as general information about the system and configuration.

Glimmerglass Console   The Glimmerglass Console Server is a server-based application with a web graphical user interface that provides centralized management of a family of Glimmerglass Intelligent Optical Switch systems virtually any location. The web-based Glimmerglass Console (GGC) interface accesses the Glimmerglass Console Server application, which runs on an independent server that securely communicates with the switches and receives switch status and events via encrypted packets.

Users are granted password protected access to the GGC based on their pre-defined role and access privileges, which provides them with a secure client login from anywhere in the world. The Glimmerglass Console Server provides the following general functions:

 
• Centralized configuration
• Centralized monitoring
• Centralized logging and viewing of events
• Forwarding of Events and SNMP Traps
• Direct operation and provisioning

Case Study

 

Problem

AMS-IX needed to manage rapid traffic growth at its data centers while at the same time offer a high-bandwidth service for its customers.

Our Solution

Glimmerglass Intelligent Optical Systems enabled a dynamic optical layer that could make physical topology changes without disrupting customer traffic – the ideal solution for facilitating network upgrades and managing high-bandwidth customer traffic.