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The OneProvisio provisioning engine is a tool designed to provide an automatic process for the configuration and software image distribution of OneAccess’ Customer-Premises Equipment (CPE). Zero-touch CPE installation is enabled by an autoconfiguration protocol. OneProvisio manages the server-side parameter creation for the autoconfiguration protocol. The systems enables rapid CPE configuration creation from CLI templates. CPE are managed in groups where the network administrator can apply mass changes for a whole group.
The zero-touch service activation reduces installation costs for telecom operators and organizations deploying largescale networks. OneProvisio simplifies network maintenance by automating change tasks in hundreds of CPE in one operation. Updating CPEs with a new software image or populating a template change into many device configurations does not require significant effort and time anymore. While operation costs are streamlined, OneProvisio’s main benefit is also to reduce the risk of error associated with the use of self-designed tools or manual operations.
OneProvisio is based on a modular architecture, where software components can be located on the same or different servers, communicating with each other via IP. The system runs on a proven ‘LAMP’ server (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP). The main components are:
- Web-Based Graphical User Interface (GUI): multi-user and multi-level administration interface, where the users can add/remove/change CPE provisioning data.
- XML Application Program Interface (API): interface for another application managing CPE provisioning automatically. It enables OneProvisio to be controlled by another system. For example, an umbrella provisioning server can request OneProvisio to provision a new CPE and request another system to provision the backbone.
- OneProvisio core: creates provisioning data in a database, in autoconfi g server and fi le servers. OneProvisio creates CLI configurations from templates. The CLI templates are created by the network administrator. All changes that are made in the templates are updated automatically in the router configuration files.
- Autoconfig server: enhanced DHCP server designed for autoconfiguration extensions
- File servers: repository for configuration fi les and software images.
The autoconfiguration protocol runs on the OneAccess routers. It consists of running the DHCP protocol on the WAN interface; multiple WAN encapsulation types are supported: PPP, Ethernet, IPoA… By means of DHCP, the router acquires an IP address (if needed) and some additional information to download the router configuration and software. The router retrieves its configuration and software on OneProvisio fi le servers. The autoconfiguration is re-started periodically so that the router updates its software and configuration autonomously.
Automated tasks (push-model)
If the autoconfiguration protocol is not enabled, the network administrator can make maintenance operations in batch, such as: updating the software on a group of routers, applying a configuration template change, auditing coherence between database and installed routers or saving backup copies of product configuration.
Software Package
- 4 Installation CD (including Linux distribution)
- License for 500, 1,000 and 5,000 products
- PC hardware, at least 256 MB RAM, Pentium4 or equivalent
- Compatible with Linux Mandrake 10.0
- Number of routers managed per server: up to 5,000
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