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Overview: Existing Internal Dashboard (Java Application) (Geant) (Closed-Source)
Strengths:
- Aggregates alarms Correlates data from various sources such as Infinera, NCC, Juniper, IMS, etc.
- Instinctive and familiar to the consumers of the service.
- Proven reliability (Tried and tested)
- Been through years of development and features requests / refinements.
- Complex filtering capabilities.
- Blacklisting.
- Different viewing modes (Large screen mode, pc mode).
- Supports alerts with different states and prioritisation levels.
- Provides an API for integration.
- Retains alarm history for reporting purposes.
- Complete ownership and control of the source code
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Overview:
We also recognise and appreciate the mission of the Sikt team. A common tool could be used among NRENs for Alert aggregation adhering OC Alarm visualization adhering to ITIL best practices and standards.
Argus has positioned itself as a promising candidate for an alert aggregation tool OC alarms dashboard by adopting an open-source approach and actively promoting its usage and availability at networking conferences.
We don’t want 'a fork' of Argus, but would strongly prefer a unified system that can accommodate extended use cases. Our rough impression is that the UI “skin” would be a relatively straightforward part to develop on its own, but the fundamental Argus backend use case differs – the main discussion points will be to decide if it’s feasible to have a common backend and/or pluggable architecture that can accommodate both applications.
Argus excellently meets some of our requirements. However currently misses others to be considered fit for purpose. To be a complete replacement for existing tools it must also achieve at least the following :
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Conclusion
A new and modern Alert aggregation OC alarm visualisation platform is required by the Geant NOC/SOC first and second line support teams. One that satisfies the needs of the consumers of the service but can be maintained by the development team.
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