MetaSolv M6 Fast Track

Description:

The M6 Fast Track course is a 5-day overview course that gives students a broad understanding of the Oracle Communications MetaSolv Solution product. This course is appropriate for all new and current users of the Oracle Communications MetaSolv Solution product who have not previously attended training on M6. During the training, students will be exposed to the functional architecture, application setup, overview of network templates, equipment, designing networks, product catalog, work management, provisioning and engineering work orders.

Upon completion of this course, students will have a foundational knowledge to be able to configure and operate the M6 product. Students will solidify this knowledge through demonstrations and hands-on labs."‚

Learn to:

• To Set up M6- Fast Track
• Engineer Work Orders
• Design an ATM/FR Network
• Enter Service Requests

Audience:

Technical Administrator

Objectives:

• The Functional architecture of MetaSolv Solution
• Navigate the MetaSolv Solution graphical user interface, use desktop features, setup information and customize the application Provides high-level background information
• Provides high-level background information on the features and functionalities of network templates
• Provide high-level background information on equipment specifications and installing equipment
• Use of network templates in MetaSolv Solution to build out your network system
• Designing of networks using the SONET/SDH technology
• Work Management Terms and Concepts
• Maintaining the Inventory of telephone numbers allocated to their organization using MetaSolv Solution
• Understand how to enter several different types of customer orders in MetaSolv Solution
• Learning how to retrieve connection information and how to provision ordered line, trunk and template-based products
• Common Activities performed after a connection design is completed
• Build backbone networks from installing equipment to designing connections
• Basics about the trouble management functionality in MetaSolv Solution
• Learn the tools available within MetaSolv Solution to create, partition and manage IP address inventory
• Creating a network area for telephone numbers and a network area for a IP addresses
• Creating a network area for telephone numbers and a network area for a IP addresses

Prerequisites:

Required Prerequisites:
Familiarity with underlying operation of a telecom Operations Support System (OSS)

Topics:

MetaSolv Functional Architecture
Functional Architecture

Setting up the Application
Navigate and Use desktop features
Application Setup Pages
Preferences
Customize the application interface
Setup data and Security
Groups and Users
Assigning users to groups
Security Passwords and Assigning Permission

Network Templates Overview
Network Template Termsq
ATM/Frame Replay technology module data
Navigating the Canvas
Downstream effects of templates
Customizing Templates
Unlocking Templates

Equipment Overview
Equipment Specifications
Install Equipment
Cross-Connections

Designing an ATM/FR Network
Navigate network systems
Process to design a network system
Design network

Define SONET Networks
SONET/SDH technology module data

Product Catalog Overview
Basic steps to building the product catalog
Product categories
Product Item Types
Product Specifications
Product Catalog
Constructing Product Hierarchies
Create Product Specifications
Create the Product Catalog

Work Management Overview
Work Management Overview
Areas of Work Management
Work Queue Manager

Create and Manage Telephone Number Inventory
Telephone Number Inventories And Inventory of "Owned" Numbers
Telephone Number Life Cycle
System Statuses
Suspend Status
Special Telephone Number Status
Telephone Number Histories and Create Telephone Numbers
Inventory of Outside Numbers
Telephone number types and Telephone Number Blocks

Entering Service Requests
Ordering Overview
Product Service Requests(PSR)
Customer Accounts
Customer Profile
Service Request activity types

Provisioning Service
Design Ordered Connections

Connection Maintenance
Locate Connection Information
Connection Hierarchy
Network grooming
Internal Service Requests

Engineering work orders
Engineering work orders

Trouble Management
Overview
Create Tickets
Trouble Ticket Templates

Create and Manage Internal IP Address Management
IP Address Overview
IP Address Format
Binary System Overview
Public Vs Private IP address
Base Network
Subnets
Internal IP Management
Network Address Translation

Network Areas
Network Area Overview
Network Areas and Telephone Numbers
Associate IP address inventory with Network Areas
Network Area Hierarchies
IP address utilization window

Optical/TDM Lab
Optical/TDM technology module data
Build DWDM network
Build a SONET/SDH network
Enter a engineering work order
Provisioning connection over optical/TDM

DSL Lab
DSL technology module data
Network Design Overview
Design Network
Create the Product
Enter the service request
Assign TNS to voice connections
Generate Tasks
Provision Service