Data Sheet
IT Operations Management
Network Operations Management
(NOM)
Unified management for software defined networks
Network teams require a broad solution that Broad Solution Approach to Quick View
addresses the network management problem Network Management • Modern networks—Industry-leading support for
differently, cutting across traditional organiza- Unlike point-tools, NOM’s comprehensive set physical, virtual, WiFi and SDN-enabled networks
tional structures and functional silos of fault, of capabilities provide the broadest set of sce-
• Toolset reduction—A single, collaborative
performance, configuration, and compliance. narios to identify, analyze, and solve incidents. toolset for both the network operations and
NOM provides visibility into your network to- System guided workflows lead users through network engineering
pology, health, and configuration; optimizes the steps necessary to understand problems.
• Security—Enable network operations to put
it for performance, capacity and compliance; As a result, your users now have the ability to an intelligent eye on network configuration
and orchestrates the configuration through work across traditional organizational teams violations
automation. to solve problems faster and with confidence.
• Service impact—Insights into network services
Staff is more knowledgeable, and mean time
that impact higher-level business services
Product Highlights to remedy (MTTR) is improved. Because NOM
also reduces tool sprawl, it removes conflicts • Compliance—Reduced costs for meeting
NOM: Unified Management for SDN network policy requirements
that result from conflicting reports from mul-
To stay competitive, businesses must make
tiple tools. • Automation—Network-focused automated
smart investments in network management orchestration that speeds remediation and new
software. The Network Operations Manage service delivery
ment suite (NOM) from Micro Focus® delivers What Network Teams Need
Network teams require a broad solution that • Work smarter—Via intelligent root-cause
complete control of your modern network in- analysis compressed incident lifecycle: Data on
frastructure. This proven product suite enables addresses the problem of managing complex
fault, health, performance, configuration, and
you to deliver the network foundation you need modern networks differently, cutting across
validation to reduce MTTR
for your critical business services. traditional organizational structures and func-
tional silos of fault, performance, configura- • Extreme scale—Industry-leading scale to
reduce total cost of ownership through simplified
NOM brings network engineering and opera- tion, and compliance. A better way to look at
deployment and maintenance efforts
tions teams together as they face an increas- this is to group capabilities into three catego-
ries, repre-senting visibility, optimization, and • Confidence—All from an industry leader and
ingly complex network infrastructure, with ever pioneer in open network management
changing technologies. A recent independent action, and then enable use-cases that work
study of network experts predict unification of across them—ultimately using automation
teams with many benefits.* Unlike using a myr- wherever possible to maximize efficiency and
iad of different management tools, NOM helps save time.
network teams deal with equipment outages, 1. Visibility
slowdowns, brownouts, security breaches, re- High-level business services require
source availability, and access denials. These fast and stable network infrastructure.
and other issues that can be caused by any- An accurate and automatic view of
thing from a bad interface connection, errant __________
or unapproved changes, to devious hackers
* SDN Survey by Dimensional Research Inc.—2018
hijacking resources
Data Sheet
Network Operations Management (NOM)
Key Benefits
Unify Management of Virtual, Physical,
SDN and Wireless Networks
Keeping up with the market adoption of new
technologies, NOM provides a unified view
into your heterogeneous network including
virtual, physical, SDN and wireless devices.
NOM includes unified discovery, visualization,
configuration, and compliance management
of all these network infrastructures in one suite.
This is critical as you begin to deploy SDN in
specific regions of your network and manage
all networks from a single tool. Unlike device or
network software vendors’ point management
tools, NOM consolidates connections across
multi-vendor heterogeneous networks. This
reduces the learning curve for both operators
and engineers who use multiple management
tools, and it identifies issues in one place, with
a single source of truth.
Enable Compliance through
Network Device Lifecycle Management
Figure 1. Micro Focus NOM environment overview
NOM monitors the physical, virtual, SDN and
wireless device configurations to maintain
your organizations network compliance poli-
topology, health, and configuration These three categories of visibility, optimiza-
cies. It detects any deviation from these con-
provides visibility of the network, enabling tion, and action are built on a best-in-class
figurations, and sends intelligent alerts to
you to understand the state of your foundation of scalability, and device support. your NOC operators. NOM understands the
network and troubleshoot issues with NOM has been deployed to monitor networks specific changes (for example a rogue device
accuracy and confidence. on the scale of one million interfaces. And the password change) and can manually or au-
2. Optimization NOM suite releases bi-monthly updates to its tomatically roll back to return to a compliant
Modern mission-critical applications require library of supported devices which already in- configuration. NOM dashboards provide quick
optimal user-experience. Deep insights cludes support for over 3,400 network device views for executives and department manag-
across performance, capacity, and types from 180 vendors. ers to understand the status of their networks.
compliance give you the capability to
optimize network performance and NOM is the first network management product Advanced Security Dashboards
secure and stabilize the network. to introduce a modern containerized deploy Deliver Network Risk Visibility
3. Action ment model known as the Container Deploy Perhaps the most costly deficiency of any
Constantly evolving networks transitioning ment Foundation (CDF). Based on Docker network is sub-standard security. Recent
to virtual/SDN require a consolidated containers and Kubernetes platform, the CDF events have demonstrated the liability as-
solution to understand the big picture and brings rapid delivery of new functionality and sociated with undiscovered security deficits.
deep details. Automation and orchestration updates. This demonstrates the commitment NOM’s Security Risk Dashboards provide a
based on knowledgeable insights give you of Micro Focus to utilize an open founda- real-time perspective into the status of your
the ability to refresh existing services and tion for NOM that accelerates deployment organization’s security policies. Summarizing
deliver new services to support today’s on premises, in the cloud or in hybrid-cloud a comprehensive set of security compliance
dynamically changing environments. environments. indicators—including configurations, OS and
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firmware versions, run-time diagnostics, and
performance metrics. NOM’s Security Risk
Dashboards provide visualization of all the
dimensions of your network security compli-
ance model.
Innovative Technologies to
Help Solve Problems Faster
Figure 2.
The three categories of visibility, optimization,
Examples of
and action require a best-in-class foundation NOM GUIs:
of root-cause analysis, scalability, and device Security,
support. Armed with these capabilities, net- workflow, SDN,
work teams can focus on the issues at hand, and performance
with confidence in the knowledge presented
to them. A modern user interface means noth-
ing without a strong core architectural founda-
tion—and NOM has both. At the core of NOM
is a patented and scalable spiral discovery to
keep up with your network changes, and com-
prehensive root-cause analysis to make all us-
ers more knowledgeable of what’s underlying
network issues.
■■ Broad Modern Network Support Licensing Models to Fit Your Requirements
Reduces Dependency on
Device Vendor Point Tools
NOM analyzes your on-premise network
and its connection to private, managed,
and public clouds in addition to multiple
types of advanced network technology,
whether legacy IP, protocol overlays,
wireless and SDN network functions on
virtual hosts. NOM is continually evolving
to stay ahead of your network’s continuing
transition to new technologies. Figure 3.
Choose the
■■ Deep and Accurate Analysis edition of NOM
Adds Intelligence that works best
NOM’s root-cause analysis uses related for your network
events, connectivity relationships of
the network, and the critical protocol
fabric overlays on the network. It can
also automatically launch targeted
investigations in the region of concern,
saving operator time and effort, as well
as capturing critical data before it’s gone.
NOM’s RCA also uses powerful inference
logic to identify patterns leading to fast
and accurate conclusions.
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System Requirements
Minimum Hardware Requirements Optional External Database for
• Intel / AMD 64-bit, 2.5 GHz Performance and Monitoring
• Entry Tier: 2 CPU Cores, 4 GB RAM, 3 GB Disk, • Oracle RAC 12c R1, or 12c R1 Enterprise
• 10 GB DB Edition
• Very large Tier: 12 CPU Cores, 48 GB RAM, 3 • Oracle 12c R1 Standard Edition
GB Disk, 80 GB DB • Oracle RAC 11g R2, or 11g R2 Enterprise
Edition
Operating System Support • Oracle 11g R2 Standard Edition
• Windows Server 2016*, 2012 R2, or 2012
Datacenter or Standard Edition Web Browser
(*Configuration management and compliance only) • Microsoft IE 11, Mozilla Firefox 52.x ESR,
• SUSE Enterprise Linux 12, 11 SP3+ Apple Safari 10.x, Google Chrome
• Oracle Linux Red Hat Compatible Kernel 6.4 • Pop-ups, cookies, and JavaScript enabled
to 6.x, or 7.x • Adobe Flash (for real-time graphs)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.4 to 6.x,
Languages
or 7.x
• English, French, German, Japanese, Spanish
Optional External Database for
Configuration & Compliance Core Important Note
• Oracle RAC 12c R2, or 12c Enterprise Edition • System requirements and localization
• Oracle 12c Standard Edition compatibility can vary. Please see the detailed
• Oracle RAC 11g R2, or 11g Enterprise Edition support matrix for each component before
• Oracle 11g Standard Edition installing.
• Microsoft SQL Server 2014, 2012, 2008 R2
SP1, or 2008 SP3 Enterprise Edition
• Microsoft SQL Server Cluster on 64-bit 2014,
or Cluster on 64-bit 2012 Enterprise Edition
• Microsoft SQL Server 2014, 2012, 2008 R2
SP1, or 2008 SP3 Standard Edition
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