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Ciena Navigator

About

Ciena Navigator is a DataMiner connector that integrates with Ciena platforms to monitor health, status, and performance via HTTP-based APIs. It focuses on visibility and operational assurance for Ciena infrastructure in a unified DataMiner environment.

Key Features

  • Unified monitoring: Centralized visibility for Ciena devices and services.
  • Status and alarms: Retrieves device status and exposes actionable alarms.
  • Performance insights: Polls performance metrics suitable for dashboards and reporting.
  • Redundancy support: Optional secondary connection configuration for high availability.
  • Extensible workflows: Compatible with DataMiner dashboards, reports, and correlations.

Use Cases

Network Operations Visibility

Challenge: Limited visibility across distributed Ciena infrastructure.

Solution: Consolidated device health and KPIs in DataMiner dashboards.

Benefit: Faster fault isolation and improved SLA adherence.

Proactive Assurance

Challenge: Detecting degradations before they escalate.

Solution: Thresholds and alarms driven by polled metrics.

Benefit: Reduced MTTR and fewer service disruptions.

Technical Reference

Prerequisites

  • Credentials: Valid API credentials or tokens if required by the device.
Note

For detailed technical information, refer to our technical documentation.

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