Optoelectronic module management platform
An optoelectronic module management system includes a network connection communicatively coupled to an optoelectronic module, a memory, and a processing device operatively coupled to the memory. The processing device is configured to perform or control performance of operations that include identify the optoelectronic module via a management network. The optoelectronic module includes a management communication element that is communicatively coupled to the management network and an optical communication element that is communicatively coupled to a fiber optic cable. The operations further include add the optoelectronic module to a list of monitored devices, monitor the optoelectronic module, provide a service to the optoelectronic module in response to the monitoring, and generate a report of the service provided to the optoelectronic module.
1. An optoelectronic module management system comprising:
a network connection communicatively coupled to an optoelectronic module;
a memory;
an optical communication transceiver that is communicatively coupled to a fiber optic cable; and
a processing device operatively coupled to the memory, the processing device configured to perform or control performance of operations comprising:
identify the optoelectronic module via a management network, wherein the optoelectronic module comprises a management communication transceiver that is communicatively coupled to the management network, wherein the fiber optic cable is associated with a network that is different than the management network;
add the optoelectronic module to a list of monitored devices;
monitor the optoelectronic module via the management network;
in response to the monitoring, provide a service to the optoelectronic module via at least one of the management network and the fiber optic cable; and
generate a report of the service provided to the optoelectronic module.
2. The optoelectronic module management server of claim 1 , wherein when identifying the optoelectronic module via the management network, the processing device is configured to receive a HELLO message from the optoelectronic module.
3. The optoelectronic module management server of claim 1 , wherein when monitoring the optoelectronic module, the processing device is configured to:
send a status request to the optoelectronic module; and
receive a status response from the optoelectronic module.
4. The optoelectronic module management server of claim 3 , wherein the status request includes a request for an attribute of the optoelectronic module, wherein the status response includes a status of the attribute of the optoelectronic module.
5. The optoelectronic module management server of claim 1 , wherein the management communication transceiver is wirelessly coupled to a wireless hub, wherein the wireless hub is coupled to the optoelectronic module management server via the Internet.
6. The optoelectronic module management server of claim 1 , wherein the management communication transceiver is coupled to the Internet via a cellular network, wherein the management communication transceiver is coupled to the optoelectronic module management server via the cellular network and the Internet.
7. The optoelectronic module management server of claim 1 , wherein the report of the service provided to the optoelectronic module is to be presented via a graphical user interface to a system administrator.
8. An optoelectronic module, comprising:
an optical communication transceiver that is communicatively coupled to a fiber optic cable;
a management communication transceiver that is communicatively coupled to an optoelectronic module manager via a management network that includes at least one wireless network in a networking plane that is separate from the fiber optic cable;
a memory; and
a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to perform or control performance of operations comprising:
receive, from the optoelectronic module manager and via the management network, a status request for a monitored attribute;
identifying a status of the monitored attribute;
sending a status response of the monitored attribute, via the management communication transceiver and the management network, to the optoelectronic module manager in response to the status request;
receive an instruction pertaining to the monitored attribute via at least one of the management network or the fiber optic cable;
execute the instruction; and
send a message indicating the execution of the instruction to the optoelectronic module manager via the management network.
9. The optoelectronic module of claim 8 , wherein the management communication transceiver is communicatively coupled to a wireless hub via the management network, wherein the wireless hub is coupled to the optoelectronic module management server via the Internet.
10. The optoelectronic module of claim 8 , wherein the at least one wireless network includes a cellular network, wherein the management communication transceiver is coupled to the Internet via the cellular network, wherein the management communication transceiver is coupled to the optoelectronic module management server via the cellular network and the Internet.
11. The optoelectronic module of claim 8 , wherein the monitored attribute includes a software, firmware or hardware characteristic of the optoelectronic module.
12. The optoelectronic module of claim 8 , wherein the monitored attribute includes a characteristic of a data transmission through the fiber optic cable connected to the optical communication transceiver.
13. The optoelectronic module of claim 8 , wherein the monitored attribute includes a characteristic of a device connected to the optoelectronic module.
14. A method comprising:
identifying an optoelectronic module that has connected to a fiber optic network and to a management network, wherein the fiber optic network is associated with a network that is different than the management network;
adding the optoelectronic module to a list of monitored devices;
monitoring the optoelectronic module via the management network;
in response to the monitoring, providing a service to the optoelectronic module in response to the monitoring via at least one of the management network and the fiber optic network; and
generating a report of the service provided to the optoelectronic module.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein when identifying the optoelectronic module via the management network, the processing device is configured to receive a HELLO message from the optoelectronic module.
16. The method of claim 14 , wherein monitoring the optoelectronic module, comprises:
sending a status request to the optoelectronic module; and
receiving a status response from the optoelectronic module.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the status request includes a request for an attribute of the optoelectronic module, wherein the status response includes a status of the attribute of the optoelectronic module.
18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the optoelectronic module is wirelessly coupled to a wireless hub, wherein the wireless hub is coupled to an optoelectronic module management server via the Internet.
19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the optoelectronic module is coupled to the Internet via a cellular network, wherein the optoelectronic module is coupled to an optoelectronic module management server via cellular network and the Internet.
20. The method of claim 14 , wherein the report of the service provided to the optoelectronic module is to be presented via a graphical user interface to a system administrator.