In complex and ever-expanding networks, manual documentation and maintenance of inventory data is error-prone and costly in terms of labour. This can quickly result in a loss of quality and a wasted potential for savings.

The Inventory App generates an exhaustive overview of the entire inventory with relevant information on a wide range of components including installed modules, sub-modules, optics, etc.

If the monitoring process identifies any issues within the network, direct access to one or more network elements is usually required to narrow down the problem. In most network management systems, a separate jump host will then be needed.

Together with the jump host, which is integrated into the Yukon core, the Shell App provides secure and direct access to the command lines of network elements and servers with a simple mouse click or via drag and drop.

At the beginning of an incident, the clues for troubleshooting, e.g. IP or MAC addresses, service end points etc. are often quite unspecific, typically requiring considerable efforts to obtain the correlations in the network in order to detect which network elements and services are affected.

The Locator App finds MAC and IP addresses across all systems as well as VLAN IDs or interface aliases, making it easy to trace the paths used for dynamic communication in the network.

Having to provide vendor-specific information for every incident or change causes considerable manual effort, ties up resources and can sometimes delay the fault clearance and the restoration of the service.

The XTAC App simplifies and automates this data exchange. Tickets can be opened using drag-and-drop and all relevant system and contract data is automatically transferred to XTAC.

Often, interface metrics are displayed statically, can only be opened in different browser tabs and cannot be accessed from the respective context, all of which is unnecessarily cumbersome.

The Metrics App graphically depicts the incoming and outgoing data traffic per interface for individual network components, and allows a user-defined adjustment of the time resolution of the graph.

In modern networks, special monitoring systems are used to ensure availability. However, the use cases to be monitored can differ greatly, and not every tool is capable of retrieving all relevant data across the entire technological spectrum.

Dashboard Plus adds to the functionality of the Dashboard App with a proactive alerting and notification system (via e-mail, SNMP etc.) whenever pre-defined thresholds such as CPU usage, number of sessions etc. are exceeded.

Most of the time, analysing syslog data only leads to results if performed across different network elements. Consolidation is usually done manually and outside the management system.

The Watchlog App correlates the log data of various network components in a detailed overview and supports both real-time and time-delayed analysis and supply.

Many networks only collect metrics that provide information about the amount and type of network traffic, omitting flow data for cost-related reasons or because of its complexity.

The Flow App allows for a comprehensive evaluation of collected meta communication information. The incoming and outgoing data of individual components can be searched and analysed with the help of filters.

The continuous development of technologies means that the vendor will sooner or later discontinue and no longer support individual systems. In complex networks, however, it is difficult to keep track of all individual system data. Furthermore, hardware and software renewal projects must be thoroughly planned and implemented.

The Lifecycle App maps the devices integrated into Yukon on the network and allows for a number of functionalities, such as adding status and planning information or comments to better manage the respective life cycle status. As part of an optional service, data can also be made available to external systems via API.

Adjustments within a network often bring about undesired side effects. Changes made to individual network elements are often not adequately tracked and the root causes tend to be difficult to determine in retrospect.

The Differ App compares the current state of a network element, with a snapshot created in the past or other comparable systems, whilst visually highlighting any changes and allowing the user to export them for further analysis.

With the level of requirements constantly on the rise, innovation cycles in network technology become increasingly shorter. To compensate, operators of high-performance network infrastructures in particular are under considerable pressure to regularly renew both their hardware and software. Individual service step-downs, introduced by vendors, and their frequent adjustments, however, are often unclear or difficult to apply to the existing inventory.

With the XCare End-of-Life reporting system, Xantaro takes care of analysing the life cycle of all components covered by XCare maintenance. Service step-downs such as end-of-life, end-of-service etc. are duly documented in a detailed report, making it easy to identify the resulting need for action.

Across networks, alarms triggered on network elements are often overlooked or ignored by the operations team as a result of technical conditions, since they do not (yet) have any direct influence on the service. In the event of an actual error that impacts the service, however, such alarms make troubleshooting more difficult and delay recovery.

With the Alarms Report, Xantaro supports Yukon users in systematically checking and eliminating alarms. The incidents of individual components in the network are consolidated, while any relevant information is documented and made available in a report.

With the level of requirements constantly on the rise, innovation cycles in network technology become increasingly shorter. To compensate, operators of high-performance network infrastructures in particular are under considerable pressure to regularly renew both their hardware and software. Individual service step-downs introduced by vendors and their frequent adjustments, however, are often unclear or difficult to apply to the existing inventory.

With its End-of-Life-Audit (EoL), Xantaro takes care of analysing the lifecycle of any component in the network and checks for service step-downs of the respective vendor. Lifecycle information such as end-of-life, end-of-service etc. are duly documented in a detailed report, making it easy to identify the resulting need for action.