- play_arrow Main Window
- play_arrow File Manager
- play_arrow Topology Window
- play_arrow File Menu
- play_arrow Import Network Wizard
- play_arrow Network Menu
- Network Menu Overview
- Network Menu: Summary
- Network Menu: Nodes
- Network Menu: Links
- Network Menu: Interfaces
- Network Menu: Demands
- Network Menu: Tunnels
- Network Menu: Sites
- Network Menu: SRLG
- Network Menu: Owners
- Nework Menu: Templates
- Network Menu: OSPF Areas/Domains
- Network Menu: QoS Manager
- Network Menu: Service Type
- Network Menu: Admin Weight
- Network Menu: Path and Capacity
- Network Menu: Show Site Demands
- Network Menu: Aggregate Demands/Tunnels
- play_arrow Design Menu
- play_arrow Simulation Menu
- play_arrow Traffic Menu
- play_arrow Inventory Menu
- play_arrow Report Manager
- play_arrow Admin Menu
- play_arrow Tools Menu
- play_arrow Appendix A: Input Files Format
- play_arrow Appendix B: Search Preferences
NorthStar Planner Power Features
Feature | Description |
|---|---|
Discrete Event Simulation | Packet-by-packet simulation is available for Frame Relay and Router device models, giving statistics on queueing delays and packet loss ratios. |
Domain/Structured Networks | Partitioned or structured networks, including PNNI, are supported by NorthStar Planner. Device-specific support of domains is also correctly modeled. |
Traffic Load Analysis | Analysis of real traffic load per demand can be loaded into the software model to obtain a more accurate link utilization for failure simulations. NorthStar Planner can do multi-period load and performance analyses. |
Facility Feature | Any number of nodes and/or links can be grouped together in a facility for failure scenarios and reporting options. |
Class of Service (CoS) Feature | The class of service feature allows you to classify traffic into four classes, including the strict priority class. With this feature, the accuracy of the NorthStar Planner’s Design and Discrete Event Simulation modules are greatly improved, as the software takes into account all the details of class-based weighted fair queueing (CBWFQ) in its routing process. |
Customer Tariff | The customer tariff feature allows you to specify various tariff classes and their rates for the network. Each node is associated with a particular tariff class. All links would then be priced according to its service and the classes of the nodes it connects. |
Path Diversity Design | The path diversity design feature allows you to configure demands (or tunnels) on link-disjoint, site-disjoint, or facility-disjoint paths. |
