NFM-P network requirements

Overview

The network interconnecting the NFM-P systems, network elements, and XML-API systems is of significant importance to the effective management of the network. The following sections describe the requirements for the network links between NFM-P stations and the connection to the network being managed. Nokia recommends making sufficient bandwidth available to the NFM-P stations within the Data Communication Network.

For SNMP management of Nokia network elements, all network segments that carry NFM-P management traffic must allow the successful transmission of 9216 byte SNMP packets. The NSP Troubleshooting Guide contains more information about packet fragmentation issues.

Be sure to consider the bandwidth required for statistics collection in the total bandwidth required between the NFM-P components, as they are in separate tables.

The tables do not specify the underlying infrastructure required to support these bandwidth requirements.

See NFM-P multihoming for information about configuring the NFM-P components with multiple interfaces.