📦Module 4
Network Inventory & Activation
Physical & Logical Resource Inventory
Managing physical and logical network resources — devices, ports, VLANs, IP addresses, and topology. How Resource Inventory feeds activation, capacity planning, and service assurance.
Sections
4.1
Network Inventory Overview
What network inventory means in telco — the runtime record of physical and logical resources on the network, managed by solutions like Ericsson Adaptive Inventory.
10 min
4.2
Resource Inventory
Resource Inventory for managing physical and logical network resources — devices, ports, cables, VLANs, IPs, and network topology.
12 min
4.3
Activation & Provisioning
How services are activated on the network: provisioning patterns and integration.
15 min
4.4
EMS/NMS Architecture
Where ROM stops and EMS/NMS begins — vendor-specific element management, integration patterns, protocol landscape, and the O-RAN boundary shift.
12 min