User guide

Canopy System User Guide Adjunctive Software Products
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Adjunctive Software Products
The capabilities of available applications and tools are summarized for comparison in Table 17. In this
table, Prizm represents the element management system capabilities of Prizm, CNUT represents Canopy
Network Updater Tool, WM represents Wireless Manager, and BAM represents the Bandwidth and
Authentication Manager capabilities in Prizm.
Table 17: Applications and tools
Capability
Application or Tool
Prizm
CNUT WM
Prizm Server BAM Server
authenticates SMs
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controls authentication in APs
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manages Committed Information Rate (CIR)
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has dependency on another application
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automatically discovers elements
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exports network information with hierarchy
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supports user-defined folder-based operations
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senses FPGA version on an element
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upgrades FPGA version on an element
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manages the high-priority channel
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imports network information with hierarchy
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interface to a higher-level network management
system (NMS)
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interface to an operations support system (OSS)
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manages Maximum Information Rate (MIR)
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automatically works from root (highest) level
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element selection can be individual or multiple
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element selection can be criteria based
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element selection can be user-defined branch
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senses software release on an element
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upgrades software release on an element
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