How to improve the efficiency of network infrastructure troubleshooting and bid farewell to data blackouts?

​ In the past decade or so , China's informatization level has been continuously improved , All walks of life are keeping up with the policy , Rapid development . The network infrastructure is expanding 、 Increasing business , The network demand has started from the beginning “ Functional ” Turned into “ Efficient and smooth ”, Again from “ Efficient and smooth ” It eventually evolved into integrated security 、 accurate 、 Benefits 、 Low carbon 、 service 、 Stability and other management requirements , In this context , All walks of life have built a large number of network infrastructure information systems for different business demand scenarios . at present , Network infrastructure management has the following commonalities .

（ One ） Strong functional block characteristics

When building the existing information system , Focus on business problems in a certain field or region . For example, the moving ring system solves the temperature and humidity alarm of the machine room 、 monitoring , Network management software from different manufacturers can solve the problems of network equipment of different brands 、 Data configuration ,OA The system solves the problem of entering and leaving the data center 、 Management issues such as process approval of on-board and off-board equipment , The above system functions are relatively single , Take an energy industry data center as an example , There are more than ten data center management information systems , These systems involve equipment operation control 、 Process approval management 、 Network monitoring alarm 、 Temperature and humidity monitoring alarm and other dimensions , Daily operation and maintenance requires staff to constantly switch between different systems .

（ Two ） The phenomenon of data islanding is serious

Large data centers are often managed by multiple departments , Small data centers 、 The park is also composed of many people , Different departments / Personnel are responsible for the management of different dimensions of network infrastructure , The data we have are also based on departments / Mainly internal personnel , Rarely cooperate with other departments , Each department is responsible for different asset dimension management , But the management objects are consistent , That's what happened A department / The personnel made some changes in the data center and B department / People don't know , So much so that B department / The dilemma that personnel cannot work normally , thus B The Department has to survey, plan and design again , laborious .

More Than This , The same is true of systems , Huawei's network management software can only manage Huawei's active devices 、 ZTE's network management software can only manage ZTE's active equipment 、 Passive equipment can only be recorded in tables , because excel Tables are stand-alone versions , Various departments / The way people record is also very different , Data islanding is limited to a certain department / The phenomenon of personnel is more serious .

（ 3、 ... and ） The network infrastructure record is out of stock

The life cycle of a device is very long , The optical cable is super doubled , Start planning -- Put the equipment on the shelf -- Run the business -- Finally off the shelf , It can span several years or even more , During this period, equipment maintenance is involved 、 Repair order 、 Business change 、 Port bearer 、 Occupy idle 、 Running state 、ip Address 、 Peak power 、 Different types of historical faults, etc 、 Data and information from different dimensions , Now we use the form to record , Or record it in the mind of the person in charge , With personnel changes and other factors , The whole life cycle data of the equipment cannot be obtained or retained , The digital data of the equipment is out of gear , So that it can not be repaired for subsequent faults 、 Change, etc. to improve effective data support , Reduce the operation and maintenance efficiency . In case of failure , It is self-evident that it is difficult to arrange the work .

The foundation of network is the construction of network infrastructure , The level of network infrastructure directly determines the level of informatization . So how to solve the above problems , Real security 、 accurate 、 Benefits 、 Low carbon 、 service 、 Stable data center operation objectives .

（ One ） Build software systems to replace tables 、 Drawings and other records

Similar to network management software 、 Moving ring system , Will currently use the form 、 Manually recorded assets such as drawings are transferred to software system management , At present, most tabular records are based on distribution frames 、 Jumper 、 Optical delivery box and other passive equipment , There are different ways of recording , Huge amount of data , At present, the basic data is inaccurate 、 The new O & M engineer cannot take over 、 Resources cannot be shared with each other and cannot be plugged in or out at will , Software management can be used to achieve normative records 、 There are traces to follow , At least the new employees can get started quickly , Data can also be quickly retrieved across departments or in case of failure .

（ Two ） Build an integrated network infrastructure management platform

Network infrastructure is an overall construction , It is difficult to achieve the goal just by looking at the personnel of a certain department or the software system , Only the key data of each node in operation can be summarized , Supported by a large number of data in various dimensions , Mobilize all departments to participate , Effectively cooperate with the existing system of the company , To ensure that the network infrastructure can play its maximum role , Improve the efficiency of operation and maintenance , Avoid repetitive work .

The movable ring can be 、 Network management 、OA Process work order 、 Passive equipment and other management software departments are all integrated into the integrated network infrastructure management platform , Implement a platform to complete the management of the entire network infrastructure , Analyze from query -- Condition monitoring -- Intelligent planning -- Business records -- After the work order is dispatched, the unified closed-loop management shall be completed and the records shall be kept . Final realization ：

• In terms of management function, the whole process is controlled

Comprehensive data collection through network infrastructure 、 Master data management , Realize data control 、 Information control , Will record 、 analysis 、 planning 、 monitoring 、 Distribute 、 Work orders and other management functions are integrated into the unified platform for operation .

• Data driven

In daily operation and maintenance operations , It can enrich the data of different dimensions of the equipment , Including but not limited to the manufacturer 、 When will the maintenance be completed 、 Running state 、 Peak power 、IP Address 、 ambient temperature , Carrying business, etc , With these basic data, many management functions can be realized , For example, key business guarantee 、 Fault query and analysis 、 Intelligent algorithms avoid idle device ports and so on , When changing the connection, you can also know the impact scope and business , Plan ahead ……

For the above functions, please refer to nVisual Network infrastructure management software , Its software can realize visual recording of passive equipment , Clearly record the multi hop connection relationship , Including cable type 、 Equipment location 、 Occupied port 、IP Address and other dimension information , The unified recording mode and multi account management authority make the data recording mode standardized , And adapt to other software interfaces , Capture relevant data to realize management function , Bid farewell to the problem of data disconnection , The new operation and maintenance engineer can also quickly and accurately understand the network infrastructure , Improve obstacle removal efficiency , To improve the security of enterprise network infrastructure 、 accurate 、 Benefits 、 Low carbon 、 service 、 Stability as the goal , Guarantee enterprise business , Retain basic data , And then accelerate the informatization construction of network infrastructure , Promote the informatization level of enterprises .