Autonomic Networking System

 

The Ipanema Autonomic Networking System or Ipanema System is at the heart of Ipanema’s ability to connect the network's functioning with the goals of the business. With the Ipanema System, traffic management operations are global and automated. 

 

 

 

 

 


The Ipanema System is built out of central software and cooperative devices

 

The Ipanema System is built out of central software cooperative devices (called ip|engines). The ip|engines are typically positioned inline between the CPE router and the LAN. It is not necessary to put devices everywhere. Traffic can be managed remotely through a cooperation of all the ip|engines located in sites communicating with the unequipped sites, a feature called Tele-Management.

 

 

 


The Ipanema System uses global Application Performance Objectives to manage the traffic dynamically across the entire network

 

The Ipanema System acts on the traffic based on global Application Performance Objectives. Unlike any other solution on the market, no local device parameters are required to manage the traffic. The objectives are defined in the central software which in turn communicates them to the ip|engines. The ip|engines cooperate with each other to form a fully distributed system under the control of the global objectives. In this System there is no single point of failure; if the central software goes down the System it will continue to work properly on the network.

 

 


The ip|engines perform a continuous and real-time analysis of the traffic mix. Based on this analysis and the Application Performance Objectives they globally compute optimal local device parameters once per second. Unlike any other solution on the market, traffic management parameters are dynamic and not static.

 

 
 


The Ipanema System consolidates a picture of the whole network traffic in real-time into a Synchronized Global Table

 

The ip|engines capture information about the network traffic that is then transmitted to the central software. Unlike traditional solutions, this collection and aggregation is performed in real-time (every minute). Each ip|engine is synchronized to the others with a 1 millisecond precision clock in order to build a global and synchronized table of all the active flows. This global table contains detailed information about the flows including both volume and quality information.

 

The table  below is organized in two dimensions: topology and applications. It is used by both the real-time monitoring and the alarming tools of the System. A third dimension is employed to build the historical view of the flows through the dedicated reporting tools. An unlimited variety of custom views can be built out of the global table to focus on specific areas of the network.

 

 

 
 
 

The Ipanema System can be deployed cost effectively and globally thanks to Cooperative Tele-Management

 

The Ipanema System fits any network topology cost-effectively thanks to Cooperative Tele-Management.

 

  • For “star” or “hub and spoke” topologies, only the datacenter needs to be equipped, the other sites are Tele-Managed.

 

  •  For “multi-star” topologies, where branches are able to communicate simultaneously to multiple datacenters, again only the datacenters need to be equipped. Ipanema ip|engine's unique ability to cooperate together is used to manage such “meshed” situations without the need for any devices in branch locations. This feature is unique in the market and represents a paradigm shift in reducing the costs and complexity of application traffic management.

 

  •  For “full meshed” topologies, where branches are able to communicate with any other site in the network, each branch needs to be equipped. In such as fully meshed network, competition is not only between applications but also between sites. The cooperation between ip|engines then ensures total control of the application performance for all protocols (TCP and UDP).

 

 

 

The Ipanema System is a carrier-class system

 

The Ipanema System has all the characteristics of a carrier class solution.

 

  • It fully supports asymmetric routing, redundant router configuration and sites with multiple VPNs.

 

  •  It is highly resilient at the device level thanks to an embedded hardware failsafe and at the System level using self-healing capabilities that ensure service continuity in case of device failures.

 

  •  It is fully compatible with any IP transport technology and is compatible with Class of Service (CoS) through TOS/DSCP marking.
    It is extremely easy to extend and grow due to its fully centralized and modular architecture wherein all the distributed devices are managed and configured centrally.

 

  •  The Java and Web GUIs provide multi-user access to the system from any IP-connected endpoint. They enable managing the solution with an intuitive, dashboard approach. In addition, the Global Command Line Interface (CLI) gives access to all the System's functions and allows users and operators to extend the management functions at will. 

  

 

 

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