autoVoIP™ Consultancy Kit

autoVoIP™ Consultancy Kit is at the forefront of VoIP management. This versatile value added tool provides in-depth network analysis with integrated Frame Flow and RTP analyzers. Installed on a laptop PC it enables a service engineer or consultant to perform on site troubleshooting.

The unique One Click Management™ and the dashboard approach make it easy to navigate to all reports and diagnostics.

From a single point network managers can view phone status in real time, track errors, registration problems and view QoS SLAs making troubleshooting much more effective.

One Click access to historical information enables users to identify if problems are persistent or intermittent. autoVoIP™ Consultancy Kit includes an expert system that automatically correlates Historical Information to isolate the root cause of problems.

autoVoIP™ Consultancy Kit uses passive analysis and produces live views and SLA graphs. It gathers phone software information, error reports and Quality of Service (QoS) parameters, including delay, lost packets and jitter.

autoVoIP™ Consultancy Kit integrates with autoMap™, visualizing phones monitored and real time status information directly in Microsoft® Office Visio®. The visual overview has a significant impact on how network managers can tackle challenges and provides an unparalleled platform for troubleshooting VoIP networks.A pinger is included providing visual indicators, notification emails, SNMP Traps and sound patterns to alert device failure.

The Registration server performance is also tracked continuously, monitoring response time and identifying error patterns.

Adding the powerful SQL Call Logging system provides a facility for long term call logging that stores the information directly to SQL databases. A simple user interface is provided to enable for example a network manager to easily locate problem calls, calls made by a specific user or calls made at a specific time. Information includes who the call was from/to, how long it lasted, the response times, the QoS achieved and the SIP dialog associated with the call set up and clearance. No SQL language knowledge is required.

autoVoIP™ Consultancy Kit can be deployed as a stand alone or with other tools and modules from Codima Toolbox.

• Dashboard approach and One-Click Management™ makes the tool easy to drive and highly useful
• The integrated autoMap™ automatically generates Microsoft® Office Visio® VoIP topology views

• Consolidates a diverse set of functions that integrate the capabilities of network management and analyzer products as well as dedicated voice application ones
• Easy to deploy, starts monitoring immediately. Minimal to zero configuration.
• Reduces cost significantly by minimizing downtime in converged networks
• Delivers in-depth real time network performance information using the Troubleshooting Grid, Response Code/Error Analysis, Phone Software Analysis and Registration Analysis Reports
• Provides proactive maintenance capability
• Speeds up troubleshooting by undertaking automated root-cause analysis of historical data. Identifyes security situations such as Ping attacks and automatically correlates with other network activities to help find operational problems
• Alerts network managers when key devices stop working
• Lowers administration and training costs
• Monitors Registration Server performance and error reports independently
• Provides scalability on larger networks when used in conjunction with distributed Probes
• Automates logging of key historical data to History charts, which can be easily converted to HTML reports
• Shows VoIP topology in Visio views
• Add on Report Browser produces more VoIP reports in htm format. The reports are automatically created daily, weekly or monthly and can be customized to local languages and include company logos.

• Troubleshooting Grid - provides a single point to view phone status in real time, track errors, registration problems and view QoS SLAs
• Response Code/Error Analysis - identifies if error is serious or if it can be safely ignored
• Phone Software Analysis - isolates problems to specific phone types and software versions
• Registration Analysis - identifies why Registrations are failing and to establish if the failures are persistent or intermittent
• Automated Correlation Engine (ACE) - pin points the root cause of problems
• QoS tracking - tracks call quality and calculates MOS and R values
• Frame Flow Analyzer - analyzes frame files, separating the dialogs breaking them down to show the Media, Signaling and Reporting components
• RTP Analyzer - identifies equipment queues and multiple paths, shows the payload patterns in relation to dropped frames and sequence errors
• Real time plain text Call Analyzer with graded levels of event information - isolates call set up issues
• SQL Call Logging - automatic call logging stores the call information directly to a SQL database and provides a simple interface to filter and display the long term call information
• VoIP Topology Visio view - provides connectivity information for fault isolation
• Pinger using Alarm sound patterns to provide an instant warning to a network manager, eliminating the need to watch a pinger console or read alarm reports

• Mirror port or Tap access to Signaling, Reporting and Media traffic
• Microsoftreg; Windows Vista, XP or Server 2003 with 2GHz CPU (minimum)
• 1Gb RAM (minimum)
• Monitor resolution: 1280 x 1024 (recommended), 1240 x 768 (minimum)

• Enabling larger organizations to manage VoIP networks at local offices
• Adds the ability to view Remote Probes
• Remote access is secure and uses very little bandwidth
• Gives full local interactivity - remotely
• Additional requirement - a PC for use as a Probe, running Windows XP or Server 2003 with 2GHz CPU (minimum)

• Adding Call playback makes it possible to listen to phone calls for quality measurement purposes, by replaying the voice payload part of pre-captured frame files though a media player
• Note that recording of phone conversations must be permitted according to law for Call Playback to be installed

• Produces a wide range of useful VoIP reports in htm format monthly providing a long term view of network trends.
• The reports are automatically created daily, weekly and monthly
• Customization to local languages available
• Company logos can be included

• Adds Pre Assessment Stress Testing to stress test any VoIP network - identify the phone loading levels where QoS is not acceptable

• Adds Long Term VoIP QoS History Tracking

• Adds Discovery and Reporting for software and devices in any infrastructure