Net Insight’s Network OS, NimOS, providing an automated control plane with signaled end-to-end provisioning and rerouting, is included in all hardware platforms together with a web-based element manager. It is possible to further enhance the functionality of the network elements with software packages and feature licenses.
NimOS, Net Insight’s optical control plane, comprises a set of functions for establishment and control of Services. These include
- Signaling
- Routing
- Topology discovery
- Resource management
- Synchronization establishment
Also Service management such as re-establishment of circuits in case of failure, and general configuration, fault and performance management is part of NimOS. Additional Value Added Functionality is available in the following add-on feature licenses:
• Facilitates flexible point-to-multipoint distribution of any service supported by the Nimbra platform.
• Enables Ethernet switching with up to 8 forwarding functions
• Used for distribution of timing information, 1 PPS and 10 MHz, with high accuracy over a Nimbra network
• Provisions Forward Error Correction (FEC) to improve transmission performance over unreliable media such as microwave links.