ImageControl^TM 

DOCSIS Firmware Management Software

ImageControl^TM provides cable operators with an automated and highly scalable solution for upgrading and maintaining firmware on DOCSIS devices in the field, including cable modems, Multimedia Terminal Adapters, digital set-top boxes and others. It is designed to handle large networks with network discovery and inventory tracking functions to identify each device's vendor, make, model type and version. ImageControl^TM provides centralized, automated cable firmware management with multi-vendor DOCSIS device support. It also offers the flexibility of scheduled or on-demand updates, a high-performance architecture and scalability to millions of devices.

Benefits

ImageControl^TM accelerates the deployment of new services by quickly and seamlessly upgrading modem firmware, reduces administrative costs by automating complex firmware management functions, minimizes errors by centralizing management and automating recurring functions though an intuitive graphical interface, supports subscriber growth by scaling to millions of devices and improves customer satisfaction by ensuring version compatibility with minimal service disruption.

Features

Centralized, Automated Management

• ImageControl automates the discovery and inventory management of DOCSIS devices by maintaining a centralized inventory of DOCSIS devices and automatically detecting newly provisioned devices, validating firmware versions and upgrading, if needed.

Intuitive, Flexible and Customizable Administration

• The intuitive web interface provides easy-to-use point and click operation. Flexible, custom configurations support off-hour, scheduled and on-demand firmware upgrades based on vendor, model, hardware revision and firmware version.

Scalable, High-Performance Architecture

• ImageControl used a distributed architecture that ensures scalability, load balancing and the option to choose between decentralized or centralized deployments. Its multi-threaded architecture ensures portability and maximum throughput, allowing thousands of devices to be updated per hour.

Built-In Security and Reliability

• All sensitive data is encrypted to ensure maximum security and reliability is maintained by supplying upgrades only to modems needing new firmware.

Robust Reporting

• Real-time progress indicators and reports show the status of discovery and update tasks while automatically archiving data to create an audit trail for each update task at the device level.