
Extreme Networks Data Sheet
Make Your Network Mobile
Ridgeline
Service Advisor Feature Pack
Operational Simplicity
• Reduceoperatingcostswitheasy-to-usemanagement
software
Service Fulfillment
• Simplifytheturn-upofnewservicesandaccelerate
revenue
Service Assurance
• Improvesubscriberloyaltybyvisualizingandassuring
theservice
Service Engineering
• Improvenetworkeciencywithsimpliedtracand
transportengineering
The Ridgeline™ Service Advisor Feature Pack integrates key
features and solutions that enable carriers to monetize their
networks by shifting from reactive circuit monitoring to proactive
service management.
Carriersaredeployingnext-generationnetworksthat
provideconvergedIPservicesoveracommonEthernet
Transportnetworkinaneorttomaximizerevenue.
Withthisconvergence,networkoperatorsfacecomplex
operationalchallenges.Withasmanyashundredsof
thousandsofsubscriberswithvaryingrequirementsall
supportedoveracommonplatform,thecomplexityin
managingthenetworkincreasessignicantly.
TheCommandLineInterface(CLI)methodofcongura-
tion,mostcommonlyusedtoday,involvestime-consum-
ingmanualtaskstoprovisionservices.Thisincreases
theprobabilityofhumanerrorwhichadverselyimpacts
servicefulllmentandcansubsequentlydelayservice
revenue.Providingserviceassuranceisalsoachalleng-
ingtasksinceeectivemonitoringandtroubleshooting
ofservicesrequireshavingdetailed,real-timevisibility
intothenetwork.
Theinterplaybetweenbulktracandtime-sensitive
applications—suchasstreamingvideosandvoicecalls—
coexistinginthenetworkalsoincreasesthecomplexity
oftracandtransportengineering.Properutilization
ofnetworkresourcesandcapacityiscrucialinorderto
maximizenetworkeciency.
ExtremeNetworks®Ridgelineisnetworkandservice
managementsoftwarewithfeaturesthatenablecarriers
tomonetizetheirnetworksbyshiftingfromreactive
circuitmonitoringtoproactiveservicemanagement.
ThekeyfeaturesandsolutionsprovidedbytheService
AdvisorFeaturePackhelpunifyservicefulllment,ser-
viceassurance,andserviceengineeringsocarrierscan
eectivelymanagenext-generationresidential,business,
wholesaleandmobileEthernetservices.
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