Nortel Visualization Performance and Fault Manager (VPFM) is a network management application that discovers and manages network attached devices. With open support for all vendors, it is able to discover any IP/SNMP device on the network including:

• Network Switches and Routers
• File and Storage Servers
• Applications and Server Operating Systems
• IP phones, PCs and other end nodes

While allowing organizations to manage networks based on their environment, VPFM also integrates with other Nortel Network Management applications to deliver a complete Unified Communications Management solution. As a result, enterprises are able to deploy custom network management solutions made up of standard management applications in order to address their unique requirements.

Key Features:

• Heterogeneous Network Discovery provides a full, end-to-end view of the network
• Hierarchy-based maps with physical and logical network connectivity views allow network administrators to determine if faults occur at the network or VoIP application level
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA) consolidates faults into the most likely causes, decreasing the Mean Time To Recover (MTTR)