<s>
Avaya	B-Protocol
Unified	I-Protocol
Communications	I-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
in	O
computer	B-Architecture
networking	I-Architecture
is	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
GUI	B-Application
software	O
programs	O
from	O
Avaya	O
utilizing	O
a	O
service-oriented	O
architecture	O
(	O
SOA	O
)	O
that	O
serves	O
as	O
a	O
foundation	O
for	O
unifying	O
configuration	O
and	O
monitoring	O
of	O
Avaya	O
Unified	O
Communications	O
Servers	O
and	O
data	B-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
management	O
tools	O
were	O
originally	O
named	O
and	O
created	O
by	O
Synoptics	O
,	O
carried	O
on	O
by	O
Bay	O
Networks	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
updated	O
with	O
the	O
family	O
name	O
Unified	B-Protocol
Communications	I-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
by	O
Nortel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
1996	O
,	O
release	O
7.0	O
included	O
the	O
Optivity	O
Network	O
Management	O
System	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
version	O
7.0	O
which	O
provided	O
SNMP	B-Protocol
based	O
auto-discovery	O
of	O
the	O
data	B-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
switches	O
,	O
analysis	O
,	O
planning	O
tools	O
,	O
policy	O
services	O
,	O
and	O
telephony	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
management	O
tool	O
was	O
rated	O
very	O
high	O
by	O
Info	O
World	O
with	O
an	O
analysis	O
of	O
the	O
tools	O
from	O
Bay	O
Networks	O
,	O
HP	O
,	O
3Com	O
,	O
and	O
Network	B-Protocol
General	I-Protocol
solutions	O
,	O
with	O
HP	O
open	O
view	O
receiving	O
the	O
highest	O
marks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
products	O
in	O
the	O
Unified	B-Protocol
Communications	I-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
(	O
UCM	O
)	O
suite	O
integrate	O
into	O
the	O
same	O
SOA	O
based	O
Web	O
Services	O
framework	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
set	O
of	O
management	O
capabilities	O
all	O
available	O
through	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
single	O
sign	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web	O
browser	O
sessions	O
of	O
the	O
Unified	B-Protocol
Communications	I-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
Suite	O
use	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
Secure	I-Protocol
sessions	O
to	O
provide	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
UCM	O
Home	O
Page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Visualization	O
of	O
the	O
Network	O
Topology	O
VPFM	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
perform	O
autodiscovery	O
of	O
the	O
Wireless	O
,	O
WAN	O
,	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
and	O
VoIP	B-Application
network	B-Architecture
infrastructure	I-Architecture
as	O
well	O
as	O
Servers	O
,	O
End	O
Node	O
Devices	O
,	O
Printers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
provides	O
more	O
functionality	O
than	O
a	O
traceroute	O
in	O
that	O
the	O
graphical	O
path	O
trace	O
functionality	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
show	O
Split	O
Multilink	B-Protocol
Trunk	I-Protocol
physical	O
connections	O
and	O
related	O
statistics	O
down	O
the	O
path	O
being	O
diagnosed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
diagnostic	O
tools	O
such	O
as	O
trending	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
observe	O
errors	O
and	O
traffic	O
levels	O
down	O
each	O
link	O
in	O
the	O
Split	O
Multilink	B-Protocol
Trunk	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
VoIP	B-Application
Monitoring	O
and	O
Quality	O
Management	O
–	O
Visualization	O
Performance	O
and	O
Fault	O
Manager	O
provides	O
the	O
capabilities	O
to	O
monitor	O
the	O
traffic	O
levels	O
to	O
key	O
Voice	B-Application
over	I-Application
IP	I-Application
equipment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VPFM	O
can	O
also	O
receive	O
and	O
display	O
Syslog	B-Protocol
Messages	O
from	O
Network	O
Devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
software	O
network	O
management	O
system	O
to	O
discover	O
and	O
manage	O
network	O
attached	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
