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 the 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 the NFM-P management traffic must allow for the successful transmission of 9216-byte SNMP packets. The NSP Troubleshooting Guide contains more information about packet fragmentation issues.

Note: Ensure that you 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.