VC4 Service2Create: A Comprehensive Solution for MPLS Network Planning and Inventory Management

Navigating the dynamic telecom landscape demands innovative solutions. Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) technology, with its flexibility and scalability, plays a crucial role in the provision of advanced network services. VC4’s Service2Create Inventory Management System (previously known as IMS) rises to the challenge, offering a comprehensive solution for MPLS network planning and inventory management.

Service2Create (S2C): Elevating MPLS Network Registration

S2C shines with its automatic network discovery and reconciliation capability. By connecting directly to live networks, it synchronizes all physical and logical MPLS network data from the live network with the network inventory data stored in the system. This function ensures up-to-the-minute data accuracy, a crucial element for proficient MPLS network planning and management.

A wide array of MPLS data can be captured and registered with the VC4 IMS. It can register equipment, cards, Small Form-factor Pluggable transceivers (SFPs), 10 Gigabit Small Form-factor Pluggable transceivers (XFPs), and physical connections of varying capacities (400Gb, 100Gb, 10Gb, and others). Additionally, it can handle Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (L2VPN), Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks (L3VPN), Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) instances, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, and much more. With this comprehensive data capture, operators gain an in-depth view of the network, facilitating informed decision-making and efficient network management.

Complete MPLS Topology Management with Service2Create

Service2Create maintains a detailed record of all MPLS network elements and their interconnections, providing an overarching view of the complete MPLS topology. This complete visibility extends to both physical and logical aspects of the network, thereby empowering operators to understand their network structure, identify potential bottlenecks, forecast capacity requirements, and plan network expansions effectively.

Service2Create: A Versatile, Vendor-Agnostic Solution

Uniquely, VC4’s Service2Create is both vendor and technology agnostic. This enables it to manage the interrelationships between MPLS and other networks, including MPLS running over WDM, Mobile networks over MPLS, and the interactions between MPLS and GPON/MSAN networks. By providing a unified view of these networks, S2C allows for holistic network planning and management, thereby ensuring peak performance across all network layers.

The Right Tool for the Right Time

In the intricate arena of network management, having a powerful tool like VC4’s Service2Create (S2C) isinvaluable. Its ability to provide real-time data, comprehensive MPLS network planning and inventory management, and its adeptness at managing relationships between MPLS and other networks, makes S2C an essential asset for network operators.

In this era of digital transformation, network operators need to stay ahead. An investment in Service2Create (S2C), which assures top-tier MPLS planning and MPLS inventory management, is more than just a smart move; it’s a strategic one. Harness the power of Service2Create (S2C) for your MPLS network planning today.

Why Service2Create (S2C) is the Ideal Platform for MPLS Management

As MPLS networks grow in complexity, traditional inventory systems struggle to keep up. That’s why Service2Create (S2C) was built — to handle real-time, multi-domain, technology-agnostic inventory needs in a smarter, automated way.

Here’s why S2C is the right choice for MPLS network operators:

• Real-Time Discovery: Automatically pulls live data from NMS/EMS and reconciles it with your inventory.
• Unified Inventory: Tracks physical and logical MPLS components — from routers and cards to L3VPNs, VRFs, and IPs.
• Topology Awareness: Visualizes MPLS layers and their interactions with WDM, mobile, GPON, or SDN networks.
• Vendor-Neutral Flexibility: Designed to support diverse technologies and evolving hybrid topologies.
• Low-Code Adaptability: Empowers your teams to configure, extend, and operate the platform without heavy IT support.

Common Questions About MPLS Inventory

1. What makes Service2Create (S2C) different from other MPLS inventory tools?
Service2Create (S2C) combines real-time network analytics with network inventory automation, automatically discovering live MPLS elements (SFPs, XFPs, L2/L3 VPNs, VRFs, etc.) and reconciling them against your stored inventory. Its vendor-agnostic design lets you see MPLS, WDM, mobile, and GPON/MSAN networks together in a unified network management view—something most legacy tools cannot deliver.

2. How does automatic network discovery improve MPLS planning?
By connecting directly to live devices, S2C instantly registers any changes (new cards, transceivers, connections, VRF updates, etc.). This removes manual entry errors, ensures continuous data accuracy, and gives planners confidence that their capacity forecasts, topology diagrams, and expansion plans will reflect the network’s true, up-to-the-minute state.

3. How does S2C handle changes in the live MPLS network?
S2C automatically detects and reconciles changes using real-time discovery, ensuring your inventory is always up to date without manual intervention.