End-to-End DSL Architectures

CDM's Key Features and Concepts

CDM includes the following capabilities:

• Autodiscovery or manual configuration of Cisco IP DSL Switches and their components, such as line cards

• IP DSL Switch chassis mapping for graphical representations of the physical components

• Graphical and textual reporting of alarms and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps

• Management for FCAPS (Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security) for the chassis and line cards

• Highly scalable, multiprotocol management package

• Analysis and reporting of performance statistics, including dynamically-updated graphics

The CDM also has labor-saving, human-error-reducing features:

• Predeployment of NI-2 chassis and line cards within CDM before the physical installation, ...